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...
On December 10th, the Westridge Dad’s Club, along with Middle and Upper School students, visited Pasadena’s Carnegie Observatories to tour the campus, listen to a lecture on astronomy, and eat...
“Hey, Sophomore year! You’re up, grab your bat,” my coach said. The first pitch thrown at you is a four-seam fastball—a math project and a history paper due on the same day. “Strike one!” the...
After much anticipation from soccer fans across the globe, the world’s most prestigious tournament is back on our screens—the FIFA World Cup. Though often uninterested in most other sporting events,...
“My view of the world or just everything is expanding,” recounted Lusha G. ’24, Westridge’s only student studying abroad for the 2022–2023 school year.
After hearing about other students...
