Hello, my name is Carolina, and I am a senior! If you don’t know already, in this column, I’ll create monthly eclectic playlists full of genres from classical to ’70s rock and R&B to pop. I want...
For a little over a year, I have had a chimpanzee trapped in my mind. Finally, she is breaking free.
Sitting in my tenth grade chemistry class talking to my two tablemates about anything but chemistry,...
April 5, 2025 marked our first full marathon as a family, 26.2 miles. With barely any training, we still managed to cross the finish line and complete the race together. We were exhausted, limping...
There I was, standing in my khaki pants with my bright purple Gopher Glove on, ready to dominate varsity softball. Sure I only played for a season in Middle School, and we lost every game, and maybe I...
Hungry after a seemingly forever lasting C-Block, Layla S. ’28 joined the Commons line to wait for one of her favorite meals—a bowl of pomodoro pasta. After a few minutes without movement in the line,...
I recently had the immense privilege to travel with Westridge to the magical, somewhat-goth (the only color teenagers wore there was black) country of Chile. Many moments of the trip were insightful and...
DISCLAIMER: The writer is also a member of the Track and Field Distance team.
On a sweltering Thursday afternoon, distance runner Dillan R. ’28 drops off her Nike duffle bag on the turf field at the...
If you’ve been keeping up with the Westridge Weekly (or video coverage from the Spyglass Instagram), you may know that the campus has been busy these past few days with Alumnae Weekend. What you may...
Let me make a few things clear right off the bat here. No, I did not play JV basketball just for the PE credit. Yes, I am skilled enough to play on varsity. No, it doesn’t feel weird to be the oldest...
From Frank Field to the Hoffman Gymnasium to the Alhambra Park Pool, this Westridge winter sports season offered a look into a bright future, as well as a sense of positivity after the devastating Eaton...
A chant rings through Garfield Avenue, starting just outside of Pasadena City Hall: “Carbon Free by 2030.” Westridge students hoist signs that say “Cancel Carbon” and “Go Green. Stay Clean.”...
“We are all human. And sometimes a trauma reminds us that we are humans first with needs, and students second,” said Dr. Jennifer Levin, grief and trauma specialist and founder of Therapy Heals....
![Dr. Zanita Kelly, Director of Lower and Middle School, pictured above, and the rest of Westridge Administration were instrumental to providing Westridge faculty and staff the support they needed after the Eaton fire. "[Teachers] are part of the community," said Dr. Kelly. "Just like our families and students."](https://westridgespyglass.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dr.-kellyyy-1-e1748143600809.png)
