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.

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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Ilena M.

Ilena M., Editor in Chief

Ilena is the Editor-in-Chief of Spyglass. She's passionate about stories-- especially histories-- good snacks, and bad puns. Ilena is a junior and she's been writing for Spyglass since 8th grade, so she has no free time, but if she did she'd spend it swimming, cooking, and reading.

All content by Ilena M.
Scary Places to Find Yourself on Halloween Night

Scary Places to Find Yourself on Halloween Night

November 7, 2022

Click Here for November’s Editor’s Note!

November 7, 2022
The Backstory: Hershey’s Happy Accidents & Flavorful Failures

The Backstory: Hershey’s Happy Accidents & Flavorful Failures

November 7, 2022
The Backstory: A Moo-ving Story of Cow-lifornia

The Backstory: A Moo-ving Story of Cow-lifornia

October 3, 2022
Click Here for Octobers Editor’s Note!

Click Here for October’s Editor’s Note!

October 3, 2022
10th Grade History: A Love Story

10th Grade History: A Love Story

October 3, 2022
What to Say When You Get Dress Coded

What to Say When You Get Dress Coded

October 3, 2022
Summer Editors’ Picks

Summer Editors’ Picks

May 31, 2022
Fun with fruit trees in Mr. Libicki’s B-Block Algebra II class.

Westridge Says Goodbye to Mr. Libicki

May 31, 2022

Click Here for May’s Editor’s Note!

May 31, 2022
Loafing Around With Paleo Bread

Loafing Around With Paleo Bread

May 30, 2022
Advanced Knife Juggling 101 & Other Suggested Replacements to the AP Curriculum

Advanced Knife Juggling 101 & Other Suggested Replacements to the AP Curriculum

March 21, 2022
A Spyglass Guide to Civic Engagement

A Spyglass Guide to Civic Engagement

February 14, 2022

Top 10 Suggestions for Feeling Less Single On Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2022
Top Ten Tips to Dress like Dr. Kelly

Top Ten Tips to Dress like Dr. Kelly

February 14, 2022
Scallion Pancakes

Scallion Pancakes

December 13, 2021
The Backstory: How Weird Clothes Brightened Up the Dark Ages

The Backstory: How Weird Clothes Brightened Up the Dark Ages

December 13, 2021
Andrea Kassar

Andrea Kassar’s Week At Westridge: “An abstract excitement became a really real excitement.”

December 13, 2021
Places To Find Candy On Campus

Places To Find Candy On Campus

October 31, 2021
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[Photo] Imagined Conversations With Weird Neighbors While Trick-Or-Treating

October 31, 2021
James Evans

What’s That British Guy Doing On Campus?

October 3, 2021
Humans of Westridge: Heidi R. 24

Humans of Westridge: Heidi R. ’24

October 3, 2021
The Backstory: Some Fangtastic Suggestions for Warding Off Vampires, Brought to You By Classic European Literature

The Backstory: Some Fangtastic Suggestions for Warding Off Vampires, Brought to You By Classic European Literature

October 3, 2021
Remote Learning Forces Teachers to Rethink Assessments

Remote Learning Forces Teachers to Rethink Assessments

May 21, 2021
The Backstory: How Monopoly Helped Prisoners of War Get Out of Jail Free

The Backstory: How Monopoly Helped Prisoners of War Get Out of Jail Free

May 16, 2021
Westridge students gather for a Tiger Week class. Even when used recreationally, videoconferencing is often still mentally draining.

The Ups and Downs of Zoom Culture

April 11, 2021
The beginning of high school brought with it a very __ need for emotional reassurance in the form of baked goods. On good days, that manifested itself in the form of homemade crepes, which made me gasp in horror at the realization of just how much butter goes into __ food, then shrug and eat twelve. When I didn’t have that kind of ambition, it was jarred whipped cream in a pre-made pie crust -- which I can’t say is too bad at all. And when we couldn’t get our typical honey-laden baklava from a local bakery for the Jewish New Year, I decided to keep up the tradition by brewing homemade cinnamon syrup and experimenting with phyllo dough for the first time. It was a little chewy, and it didn’t cook through until ten oclock at night, but when I sat around in my pajamas at midnight, it tasted like victory.

Etc: Valentine’s Day Edition

March 1, 2021
Some Appropriately Professional, Non-Invasive Valentines For Teachers

Some Appropriately Professional, Non-Invasive Valentines For Teachers

March 1, 2021

Suggested Artisanal Ice Cream Flavors for Valentines Day

March 1, 2021
Fascinating Facts About Valentine’s Day You Never Knew You Needed to Know

Fascinating Facts About Valentine’s Day You Never Knew You Needed to Know

February 28, 2021
The Backstory: Three Historical Couples Who Didnt Start Wars, End Empires, Or Marry Their Cousins

The Backstory: Three Historical Couples Who Didn’t Start Wars, End Empires, Or Marry Their Cousins

February 28, 2021
The Abraham Lincoln

Alternative Ways to Wear Masks: A Photo Essay

January 29, 2021
In Online School, Mental Health is Hurting: How Do We Move Forward?

In Online School, Mental Health is Hurting: How Do We Move Forward?

December 8, 2020
Column: The Backstory: 3 Female Pirates Who Swashbuckled Their Way Into History

Column: The Backstory: 3 Female Pirates Who Swashbuckled Their Way Into History

December 4, 2020
If all else fails, turn off your video and conk out on your keyboard.

Tuesday: A How-to Guide

November 5, 2020
Column: The Backstory: Häagen-Dazs; A Story of Immigration, Entrepreneurship, and... Ice Cream?

Column: The Backstory: Häagen-Dazs; A Story of Immigration, Entrepreneurship, and… Ice Cream?

November 1, 2020

Finding Connection Through the Mundane: My Covid Summer

October 11, 2020
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Opinion: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, My Jewish Feminist Hero

October 11, 2020

When STEM is Forced on Girls

April 30, 2020
(clockwise from left) The author talks with Gia M. ‘27, eighth-grader Sydney W., and Sylvie S. J. ‘24

Lower & Middle School Remember Ms. V.

April 23, 2020

8 Fun Activities To Keep the Crazy Out of Quarantine

April 16, 2020
Sophia L.

Presidential Elections & Peanut Butter Cups: What Westridge Has to Say About the Year Ahead (Kinda)

February 18, 2020
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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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