Starting on January 15, a third math option was opened to seventh grade students, Math 7. Math 7 is a grade-level math class aligned with California State Standards. Previously, all students were placed...

On March 19, middle schoolers gathered in the Mudd Pit, anticipating the unknown advisory challenge. The room was split in two, with eighth graders sitting on the right side and seventh graders sitting...

You can do this…you’ve done this jump so many times already.… I mutter to myself, shaking the chills off of my body. With that motivational note in my mind and my butt pads to save me, what could...

A buzz fills MB27 as Upper School students putter into the classroom. A quiet chatter surrounds students settling into desks and preparing for the class to begin. Tucked into the corner of the classroom,...

For Middle School students, not many positive things can be said about the current schedule which exchanges a full year of study hall for only a semester. Add to that, academic core classes like math,...

"We strive to rise." Rebecca U.-G. ’29 Paints a Symbol for Westridge in Response to the Fires “When [the phoenix] is reborn, it’s not reborn from nothing. It’s reborn from ashes, destruction....

The morning of November 6 was gloomy, the usual lively music and happy greetings evidently absent. No casual banter between middle school students filled the air. Instead, as students trickled into...

“Rubes! Let’s watch a movie!” my dad calls out. It’s a familiar summon that echoes in my home as my dad pulls me from friends, phone calls, and homework. Focused, I call back, “Dad, I have homework.”...