On January 8, Head of School Ms. Andrea Kassar announced over email that Director of Upper School Mr. Gary Baldwin will be leaving Westridge at the end of the current school year. Having been a part of...
On November 13, 2023, students poured into the Hoffman Gymnasium, forming a discussion circle facing members of the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) and Jewish Affinities. An atmosphere of palpable...
From November 29 to December 2, six Westridge students traveled to St. Louis, Missouri to attend the Student Diversity Leadership Conference (SDLC). SDLC is a nationwide conference where hundreds of high...
On the morning of Friday, December 1, a sea of Taylor Swift crewnecks, plaid sweatpants, Uggs, fuzzy socks, colorful tees, leggings, blanket hoodies, flannels, waffle knit, cable knit, and Birk clogs flooded...
From November 1 to November 4, eight Spyglass staffers visited Boston for the annual JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention.
After arriving in Boston just before midnight on November...
For the 2023–24 school year, the Westridge Upper School schedule has been amended in an effort to add structure to students’ classes and establish a consistent block for community assemblies and events....
Last February, the English Office relocated to Room 4 due to the smell in the Rothenberg Humanities building. Over the summer, Facilities investigated the smell and worked on the plumbing and ventilation,...
On September 7, moments before teaching her next class, Lower School Art teacher Ms. Val Trimarchi, better known as Ms. T, was in the State Street Parking Lot when she heard a faint meow. At first, Ms....
In its inaugural year, Westridge’s Summer Global Art Program took ten Upper School students to explore cities, make memories, and create art in the impossibly lush Irish countryside. The program is described...
In the 1920s, hundreds of female factory workers were poisoned and killed by working with radium—a seemingly harmless metal that coated thousands of World War I-era watches. These women were known...
As the sun rises and the birds chirp in the morning, another day starts at Tiger Camp, Westridge’s summer camp program for Lower and Middle School, as students slowly trickle in from carline, filling...
![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)
