I (along with seven other raucous third-graders) bounded down the red-brick alleys of Old Town all the way back in 2018, racing into the IPIC theater for the limited run of The Nutcracker and the Four...

In March, Zephyrine L. '27 found herself sitting on an airplane, flying back to L.A. from Paris Fashion Week for work, typing away at a biology report. On another occasion, she read Sula for English class...

The room was silent. Not the rustling pause that follows a round of applause as a speaker takes their place, but a stillness that felt intentional. A deeper, heavier quiet gathered in the air, sharpened...

“Salvete!” Hundreds of voices shout the greeting—Latin for “be well” or “hello.” People often refer to Latin as a “dead language.” No one speaks it fluently anymore beyond an academic...

When Ms. Maria Banuelos, a Dining Service Staff Member, first began working in dining services as a career, she joked that she could “burn water.” Now, more than 30 years later, she’s a smiling,...

It was October 3—the day I had been waiting for for months. I hopped onto my bed, but instead of closing my eyes, I opened Apple Music (don’t judge me, Spotify supremacists). I quickly found the much-anticipated...

Dear New 9th Graders,    The chatter of Westridge girls in the morning brings me back to my first days of high school. Joining a new school was tough—I didn’t know the ins and outs of Westridge....

As a kid, my room was filled with stuffed animals, from my meerkat named CVS to Sheepy the sheep, I had every species, type, and breed of animal. My jungle-themed bed sheets matched the snaking faux ivy...

After three years of attending Westridge events with disposable sticker name tags and jokes about his lack of a title, Head of School Ms. Andrea Kassar’s husband, Mr. Tim McKenna recently received an...

A little girl sits in front of a computer, hits record, and starts singing, and she has not stopped singing since. That not-so-little-anymore girl is now a senior at Westridge and her name is Sydney...

Roller Girl, the graphic novel by Victoria Jamieson, was many girls' first introduction to the world of roller derby. The story follows a girl named Astrid who discovers her love for roller-derby as it...

If you’re a Westridge student, then you understand the difficulties of tackling heated English discussions, vigorous note-taking during lectures, intense meetings with teachers, and a quiz all—in one...