Lily Shang, Westridge’s Upper and Middle School Chinese teacher, chuckles as she shuts the door of room PA2 to silence the noise from outside. For the past few weeks, Westridge’s two unnamed visitors...
Imagine this: It’s 5:30 a.m. and your alarm clock rings. The sun is still down, but you stand up, still half-asleep, to get ready for the day. Throwing on your school clothes, you quickly grab your violin...
As of this year, Westridge’s summer homework policy will be amended to state that teachers can no longer assess students based on summer assignments. Instead, all additional work provided to students...
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...
Whether he is saving a classroom from malfunctioning technology or blasting your favorite music at a school dance, Brian Murdock, Westridge’s A/V and Tech Support, always manages to have a good time...
Michelle Amos, an Upper School Chemistry Teacher, is known for her baking. She often brings tasty treats for her advisory and Chemistry classes. Honey Joys are one of her most popular snacks.
Honey...
Deep in the heart of PAC, in the back room of the costume shop, a kelly green sign on the door of the storage closet reads, “Thank you for all our wonderful times, I love you all so impossibly much....
Normally Westridge has nice, sunny SoCal weather, but recently all of Los Angeles has been gloomy and full of rain. Westridge’s naturally dry climate means we usually don’t have many weather-related...
Every New Year, I always come up with the same unfulfilled resolutions that I plan to attempt but never follow through—but one resolution I’ve finally decided to cross off the checklist, however, is...
On a chilly November afternoon, Middle School English teacher John Cross sat at a table near the library with a pink flower crown on his head and a mind filled with stories. If there was one thing different...
On January 19th, Upper School Latin students filed into Room 65 as eerie organ music played over the speakers. Latin seniors buzzed around at the front of the classroom, preparing for the ceremony. In...
