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The student-run newspaper of Westridge School for Girls, Spyglass strives to build community and evoke empathy through the medium of journalism. Comprised of passionate student writers, editors, designers, managers, and leaders, Spyglass is dedicated to ethical reporting that amplifies our unique voices to inform, entertain, and forge connection in the Westridge community and beyond.

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The student-run newspaper of Westridge School for Girls, Spyglass strives to build community and evoke empathy through the medium of journalism. Comprised of passionate student writers, editors, designers, managers, and leaders, Spyglass is dedicated to ethical reporting that amplifies our unique voices to inform, entertain, and forge connection in the Westridge community and beyond.

Spyglass

The student-run newspaper of Westridge School for Girls, Spyglass strives to build community and evoke empathy through the medium of journalism. Comprised of passionate student writers, editors, designers, managers, and leaders, Spyglass is dedicated to ethical reporting that amplifies our unique voices to inform, entertain, and forge connection in the Westridge community and beyond.

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Sophene's Holiday Recipe:

Sophene’s Holiday Recipe:

Sophene A. December 12, 2022

Soft and chewy, chocolate crinkle cookies coated in powdered sugar are perfect for the holidays. These rich and fudgy crinkle cookies require minimal ingredients and can be whipped up fairly quickly. After...

Gia's Holiday Recipe: Kumquat Jamalade

Gia’s Holiday Recipe: Kumquat Jamalade

Gia S. December 12, 2022

Every winter, the kumquat tree in my backyard sprouts hundreds of little orange fruits, more than my family could ever finish in a couple months. So a few years ago, my mom decided to start making kumquat...

Reed's Holiday Recipe: Molasses Cookies

Reed’s Holiday Recipe: Molasses Cookies

Reed D. December 12, 2022

Each year, I look forward to making molasses cookies with my mom. The warm, chewy blend of ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar—and of course, molasses—in each bite tastes like a comforting affirmation...

Ella’s Holiday Recipe: Sufganiyot

Ella’s Holiday Recipe: Sufganiyot

Ella B. December 12, 2022

From crispy potato latkes to dark chocolate gelt, Hanukkah has plenty of delicious foods to offer, but sufganiyot tops them all. Sufganiyot are jelly doughnuts topped with a generous amount of powdered...

Ilena’s Holiday Recipe: Honey-Olive Oil Granola

Ilena’s Holiday Recipe: Honey-Olive Oil Granola

Ilena M. December 12, 2022

“When winter break starts and you have some time,” my mom informed me, “you’re making granola.”  Ever since I invented it during quarantine, this sweet-and-savory granola recipe has been...

Graydon Herriott for Dining In by Alison Roman

Sylvie’s Holiday Recipe: Roasted Salmon

Sylvie S.-J. December 12, 2022

The older I get, the more I realize I should be spending December gyrating to Michael Buble. Instead, I spend most of my December wishing my brain cells didn’t ascend to the astral plane at a time when...

Click Here for May’s Editor’s Note!

Ilena M. May 31, 2022

Last August, as the newly minted Managing Editor of Spyglass, I met my Editor-in-Chief, Katie S., and our faculty adviser, Masami Hansen, at a South Pasadena Starbucks to brainstorm some big goals for...

Click Here for February Editor’s Note…

Katie S. February 14, 2022

It’s Valentine’s Day—I know when you think of Valentine’s Day, you automatically think of Spyglass’s Valentine’s Day Etc. collection. What started last year as an informal class activity in...

Katayif

Katayif

Hannya K. December 13, 2021

When I think of Ramadan, I always think of my dad’s katayif. He’s been making them all his life for himself, me, and my brother every Ramadan. His mom used to make them for him back in Cairo, and he’s...

What your toffee should look like as it sets. (“Hot Toffee” by Liz West is licensed under Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0))

Swiss Milk Toffee

Katie S. December 13, 2021

My great-grandpa created this recipe, and my grandpa continued it, making it during the holiday times when my dad was young. My grandpa was an avid baker, and he often experimented with new recipes. However,...

Coconut Date Balls

Coconut Date Balls

Jessica W. December 13, 2021

My family has never been the type to have traditions; Thanksgiving is just another Thursday, and Christmas another Monday. We’re the type to eat something again and again until we’re absolutely tired...

Thin Mint Ice Cream Pie

Thin Mint Ice Cream Pie

Reed D. December 13, 2021

After a long, successful cookie season in my 3rd grade Brownie troop, we ended up with some leftover cookies that we didn’t end up selling. To make sure the thin mints didn’t go to waste, my mom came...

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