On Monday, May 22, Upper School parents and athletes gathered inside the Performing Arts Center (PAC) to celebrate the accomplishments of the 2023 spring sports season. As iterated by Coach Horn at the...
I remember the day I walked into Ranney House 1, and Profesora Maldonado, Middle School Spanish Teacher, made her daily grand entrance while exclaiming, “Hola chicas!” The colorful room decorated with...
Just a few weeks ago, The Super Mario Bros. Movie released and became a hit instantaneously. The movie is based on Nintendo’s Super Mario, one of the most iconic video game series in history. In recent...
Lana Del Rey, alternative pop phenomenon, returns to the spotlight with her ninth studio album, Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd (DYKTTATUOB), announced last December with the drop...
On April 19th, the Westridge English Department hosted its 11th annual Voices in Literature and Culture Conference, exploring the theme of “Disruption.”
This conference is connected to the Perspectives...
I’m confident that most Westridge students cramming for quizzes in their bedrooms or binging Netflix with friends on the drizzly morning of Saturday, March 11 weren’t aware that the campus buzzed with...
It is 11:53 p.m. on a Monday night, and I’m grinding out an annotated bibliography, building a playlist (themes include fruitcake and quails), and writing this article. It feels like I’ve been stuck...
New diversity-centered independent bookstore Octavia’s Bookshelf opened its doors to the Pasadena community on Saturday, February 18. After profiling owner Nikki High last month, I swung by the bookstore...
It’s play day in sixth grade, and I’m sitting alone in the back corner of my cluttered classroom with my favorite American Girl doll, Gabi. She’s sitting at her little desk as I teach her the basics...
“America is a land of laws and not chaos,” President Biden said on January 6, 2023, commemorating the two-year anniversary of the United States Capitol Attack, where supporters of former President...
I first discovered Colleen Hoover two years ago while watching a TikTok recommending ‘romance books to make you sob.’ The recommendations were littered with tacky, unalluring covers, including multiple...
![Ms. Heydorff in her office explaining her role when working with ASB. ASB really took the lead on [ASD] and I was just there to support and give them assistance in any way they needed, said Ms. Heydorff.](https://westridgespyglass.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Image-e1713072272110-828x1200.jpg)
