Laughter. The Black Box Theatre is consumed by laughter. I turn to Ms. Davis, who is actively praising how “ridiculous” and “stupid” my new Superman monologue is (don’t be mistaken, “stupid”...

On my second day of freshman year, I walked into EC20 without realizing I was stepping into a classroom that would reshape the way I understood writing itself. By the end of that year, it would become...

Eighth grade History Teacher Ms. Jennifer Irish has spent the last 15 years enriching the lives of Westridge students through her insightful, thought-provoking teaching style, and at the end of this...

When Ms. Sandy de Grijs came to Westridge 30 years ago as an Upper School History Teacher, she didn’t know what to expect, but quickly, she felt like she’d found her place. “The kids were immediately...

With plastic skeletons posed around the classroom, all-black outfits, and a student-built water wheel affectionately nicknamed “Goopy,” Upper School Computer Science Teacher Ms. Autumn Rogers’ classes...

In mathematics, a “constant” is something that stays the same, a fixed point in a changing equation. For the Westridge community, Mr. Wood has been that constant. For 24 years, his presence has...

  “The last six years of my personal life have been full of lots of different losses and changes,” said Ms. Millard. She has had to become accustomed to inconsistency during her seven-year...

New sixth-grade math teacher Mr. Teo Cutter is no stranger to the trending Taylor Swift albums, as he has his students collect data daily on everything on their minds–including Taylor Swift albums. By...

When I first entered Upper School Science Teacher Dr. Debrah Fine’s office for our interview, she was seated at a table with students working through notoriously challenging chemistry homework. The students...

“Basically, I’m Beyoncé!” joked Westridge’s new Dance Teacher, Ms. Jacklyn Lewis (more commonly known around campus as Ms. Jackie), as she recalled the intense training behind her college dance...