As the 2025 school year comes to a close, seniors are ready to anonymously confess everything from their time at Westridge. Take a look at these entertaining confessions:
The Westridge campus, tucked away in a liberal county in one of the most liberal states, can feel isolated from the turmoil of national and global politics. It is a kind of privilege in a very real...
With higher prices and randomized placement, Discovery Week 2025 had Westridge Upper School students concerned before it even began. Now that Discovery Week is over, junior and senior doubts about cost...
In an email to the Westridge Community on April 10, Head of School Ms. Andrea Kassar and Assistant Head of School for Strategic Priorities and Enrollment Management Ms. Sarah Jallo announced Alice Lee...
Almost every week of their freshman year, current seniors Willow N. and Jordan B. have trekked to Michaels, the craft store, and browsed through a selection of glistening beads and eclectic charms. Willow...
Growing up, my parents have empowered me to be financially savvy. My mom, having started her own financial literacy blog, ensures that my sister and I know as much as we can about the topic before college....
Weird. How else can you describe the feeling of stepping onto campus after seven days of absolute devastation just beyond Westridge’s gates? Strange? Surreal? It’s hard to capture the transition back...
I first saw the fire at 6:22 p.m. from my back patio. By 7 p.m., I had evacuated to a friend’s house in South Pasadena. As the San Gabriel Mountains—the background of my life—blazed away, my family...
In the midst of the devastation caused by the Eaton fire, the Upper School Permaculture class decided to help support efforts to replant affected areas in Altadena. Using their extensive knowledge of California...
I put down the pencil that I was doodling all over my notes with, and my ears perk up as my Chinese IV teacher, Ms. Annie Choi, announces that there will be no Unit 12 test. Instead we will use the new...
Proud alumna and 2023 Mary Lowther Ranney Distinguished Alumna Award Recipient Thembisa Mshaka ’88 returned to Westridge in early December as an award-winning author, creative executive, producer, filmmaker,...
Rebecca F. ’27 knocks on a door in the blazing Las Vegas sun and wind, only to get it slammed in her face.
During the weekend of October 25, Rebecca traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada to campaign for Vice...
![Dr. Zanita Kelly, Director of Lower and Middle School, pictured above, and the rest of Westridge Administration were instrumental to providing Westridge faculty and staff the support they needed after the Eaton fire. "[Teachers] are part of the community," said Dr. Kelly. "Just like our families and students."](https://westridgespyglass.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dr.-kellyyy-1-e1748143600809.png)
![Seniors in Chile during Discovery Week. “I was very glad I went [to] Chile…it was a really cool experience,” said Jordan B. ’25. (Westridge School)](https://westridgespyglass.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/487381800_1195002619297536_9109380810578641_n-1200x801.jpg)
