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...
This year, the Middle Eastern, North African Affinity, also known as the MENA Affinity, hosted the 2023 All-School Read Assembly, guiding the school through Naomi Shihab Nye’s poem, “Gate A-4”.
The...
“One thing we like to do is hear from people like you!” When I hear that line, I know it’s time to start inching forward onto stage. Hunched over my walker, wrapped up tightly in my shawl, I make...
On November 10th, Westridge hosted Grandparents and Friends Day, a special annual event where students invite their relatives to visit campus and sit in on classes.
For those who missed this event,...
Every year in the spirit of Thanksgiving, the Westridge community collects canned food to donate to the local food pantry, Friends in Deed. This year, Westridge collected 2,658 items, almost twice as many...
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...
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,...
![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)
