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![CIF Playoffs-Bound Cross Country Pep Rally!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1763075726/westridge/xy6lvmk5vwholia6i9sh/cx-peprally-01.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1763075726/westridge/xy6lvmk5vwholia6i9sh/cx-peprally-01.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1763075726/westridge/xy6lvmk5vwholia6i9sh/cx-peprally-01.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1763075726/westridge/xy6lvmk5vwholia6i9sh/cx-peprally-01.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1763075726/westridge/xy6lvmk5vwholia6i9sh/cx-peprally-01.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1763075726/westridge/xy6lvmk5vwholia6i9sh/cx-peprally-01.jpg","width":1800}])
Three cheers to the Cross Country team for qualifying to the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) playoffs for the first time in 18 years!
![Campus Kudos: Sofia A. '27 Among 13 Students Nationwide Selected for Figure Skating Ambassador Program]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1763062695/westridge/hedxyrgn66augaalu6hv/original-8750B9E2-4AAD-423B-828C-15D2BCC5D212.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1763062695/westridge/hedxyrgn66augaalu6hv/original-8750B9E2-4AAD-423B-828C-15D2BCC5D212.jpg","width":457}])
A huge Tiger congratulations to Sofia A. '27, who was selected to serve as a high school ambassador for US Figure Skating!
![Point & Shoot: Upper School Photography Students Photograph the Streets of Old Town]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1763164112/westridge/y9c7wb2ag2ggl8hgumqu/GIF2-SquareGrid4.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1763164112/westridge/y9c7wb2ag2ggl8hgumqu/GIF2-SquareGrid4.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1763164112/westridge/y9c7wb2ag2ggl8hgumqu/GIF2-SquareGrid4.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1763164112/westridge/y9c7wb2ag2ggl8hgumqu/GIF2-SquareGrid4.png","width":1080}])
Our Upper School students in Art Teacher Shannon Keller's Photo I & II classes recently put their camera skills—and confidence—to the test on the streets of Pasadena as they practiced street photography.
![Westridge Speech & Debate Earns Top Honors During Fall Season]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1762473920/westridge/pzk6bstyrwprinfeowqm/speechdebate-crop.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1762473920/westridge/pzk6bstyrwprinfeowqm/speechdebate-crop.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1762473920/westridge/pzk6bstyrwprinfeowqm/speechdebate-crop.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1762473920/westridge/pzk6bstyrwprinfeowqm/speechdebate-crop.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1762473920/westridge/pzk6bstyrwprinfeowqm/speechdebate-crop.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1762473920/westridge/pzk6bstyrwprinfeowqm/speechdebate-crop.jpg","width":1800}])
Cheers to our Middle & Upper School Speech & Debate students on their phenomenal performance so far this fall! Read on for their numerous accolades so far.
![Westridge Celebrates Día de los Muertos with Ofrendas]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1761866513/westridge/mrmypv1avin3botbf0bc/ofrendas-01.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1761866513/westridge/mrmypv1avin3botbf0bc/ofrendas-01.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1761866513/westridge/mrmypv1avin3botbf0bc/ofrendas-01.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1761866513/westridge/mrmypv1avin3botbf0bc/ofrendas-01.jpg","width":1200}])
Upper School students in Teacher Bonnie Martinez’s Spanish class created beautiful ofrendas (altars) in honor of Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), spotlighting trailblazers of Mexican heritage.
![Campus Kudos: Senior Layla R. '26 Among Top Ten Winners in Teen Monologue Festival 2025]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1761870521/westridge/dyvpwv1yh2pxihlvlgii/LaylaR-ANoiseWithinedited.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1761870521/westridge/dyvpwv1yh2pxihlvlgii/LaylaR-ANoiseWithinedited.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1761870521/westridge/dyvpwv1yh2pxihlvlgii/LaylaR-ANoiseWithinedited.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1761870521/westridge/dyvpwv1yh2pxihlvlgii/LaylaR-ANoiseWithinedited.jpg","width":1024}])
A huge Tiger shout out to Layla R. '26, who placed as a top 10 winner in the annual A Noise Within Theatre's Teen Monologue Festival!
![Alums Shed Light on Career Fields in Lunchtime Series—This Week’s Topic: Health Care]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1761935319/westridge/oiaj6ltykjrwqg0d0ljp/GIF2-SquareGrid1.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1761935319/westridge/oiaj6ltykjrwqg0d0ljp/GIF2-SquareGrid1.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1761935319/westridge/oiaj6ltykjrwqg0d0ljp/GIF2-SquareGrid1.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1761935319/westridge/oiaj6ltykjrwqg0d0ljp/GIF2-SquareGrid1.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1761935319/westridge/oiaj6ltykjrwqg0d0ljp/GIF2-SquareGrid1.png","width":1350}])
Westridge welcomed (back!) family medicine physician Dr. Jossalyn Turner Emslie ’83 and Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine Associate Professor and USC Keck School of Medicine Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor Dr. Ashwini Lakshmanan ’97 (parent to Divya L. ’33!) as part of our annual Upper School Lunch, Boba, and Banter series connecting Westridge alumnae to current students over pizza and boba!
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![Eighth Graders Soar to New Heights as Engineers]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1761935028/westridge/qjik0aebk8isyzk4zabk/GIF2-SquareGrid.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1761935028/westridge/qjik0aebk8isyzk4zabk/GIF2-SquareGrid.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1761935028/westridge/qjik0aebk8isyzk4zabk/GIF2-SquareGrid.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1761935028/westridge/qjik0aebk8isyzk4zabk/GIF2-SquareGrid.png","width":1080}])
The 8th grade students made their first 'pilot data' trial for the Nakamura Airplane lab assignment in Middle School Science Teacher Darren Brown's Concepts in Earth and Physical Science class on a mission to engineer optimal planes!
![Westridge Theatre Meets Fall Play Playwright Omer Abbas Salem!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1760644045/westridge/ruvbpjmqi3corwtr3jdu/sisterhoodzoom-1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1760644045/westridge/ruvbpjmqi3corwtr3jdu/sisterhoodzoom-1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1760644045/westridge/ruvbpjmqi3corwtr3jdu/sisterhoodzoom-1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1760644045/westridge/ruvbpjmqi3corwtr3jdu/sisterhoodzoom-1.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1760644045/westridge/ruvbpjmqi3corwtr3jdu/sisterhoodzoom-1.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1760644045/westridge/ruvbpjmqi3corwtr3jdu/sisterhoodzoom-1.jpg","width":1800}])
Ahead of the world premiere of The Sisterhood or Sorority of Scientific Sisterly Science* in November (that's right--our Upper School students are performing a play never before performed on stage!), the Westridge Theatre cast and crew had the special opportunity to virtually meet with its playwright, Omer Abbas Salem.
![Upper School Students Hear from Lawyer, CEO, and Community Advocate Gina Zapanta During LatinExcellence Assembly]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1760649855/westridge/r5roqpdep1rqi70nafn2/latinexcellence25-1_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1760649855/westridge/r5roqpdep1rqi70nafn2/latinexcellence25-1_1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1760649855/westridge/r5roqpdep1rqi70nafn2/latinexcellence25-1_1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1760649855/westridge/r5roqpdep1rqi70nafn2/latinexcellence25-1_1.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1760649855/westridge/r5roqpdep1rqi70nafn2/latinexcellence25-1_1.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1760649855/westridge/r5roqpdep1rqi70nafn2/latinexcellence25-1_1.jpg","width":1800}])
Students in the Upper School Latine Affinity hosted the fifth annual LatinExcellence assembly featuring guest speaker Gina Zapanta—a lawyer, CEO, community advocate, and Westridge parent!
![6th Grade Role Play Stock Portfolio Managers in Year-Long Math Project]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1759245704/westridge/ybzanzyexltyyur7ki7p/stock-3.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1759245704/westridge/ybzanzyexltyyur7ki7p/stock-3.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1759245704/westridge/ybzanzyexltyyur7ki7p/stock-3.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1759245704/westridge/ybzanzyexltyyur7ki7p/stock-3.jpg","width":1200}])
Sixth graders are immersing themselves in the world of Wall Street through the Stock Market Game (SMG), a year-long program in Lower School math teacher Teo Cutter's class that blends real-world finance with essential math skills like statistical measures, arithmetic, percentages, and data interpretation.
![Micaela R. '26 and Nia H. '27 Elected to Private School Village* (PSV) High School Executive Board]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1749168487/westridge/vicjiciypulu3szmg6ah/championship-news-post.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1749168487/westridge/vicjiciypulu3szmg6ah/championship-news-post.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1749168487/westridge/vicjiciypulu3szmg6ah/championship-news-post.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1749168487/westridge/vicjiciypulu3szmg6ah/championship-news-post.jpg","width":1080}])
Kudos to Micaela R. '26 and Nia H. '27 who were recently elected to the Private School Village* (PSV) High School Executive Board, a leadership program for Black students in grades 9-12.
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