The official student news site of Westview High School

The Nexus

The official student news site of Westview High School

The Nexus

The official student news site of Westview High School

The Nexus

Jordyn Vales (9) passes the baton to Kaitlyn Arciaga (10) to finish the second leg of the 4x400 relay, March 23. The team ended the relay with a time of 3.58.
Girls 4x400 relay breezes past record
Ella Jiang, News Editor • April 5, 2024

When it comes down to the last 100 meters in the 4x400m relay race, muscle cramping and blurring vision have to be shoved away as an afterthought.   “If...

Emily Tonnu (20) directs a film for her thesis project at SDSU titled Dissonance, March 9. Tonnus film was aided by DMP class students and equipment.
DMP class acts as extras in Tonnu's thesis film
Rosemary Cabanban, Staff Writer • April 5, 2024

Emily Tonnu, a Westview alumni 2020 graduate and senior film major at San Diego State University carefully watched the monitor in the Westview...

Jordyn Vales (9) passes the baton to Kaitlyn Arciaga (10) to finish the second leg of the 4x400 relay, March 23. The team ended the relay with a time of 3.58.
Girls 4x400 relay breezes past record
Ella Jiang, News Editor • April 5, 2024
Enrollment, attendance to determine 24-25 funding
Robbie Gray, Staff Writer • April 5, 2024

State funding for Westview is based on the average daily attendance (ADA) of the 2,146 students currently enrolled at the school. ADA is calculated as the total number of days of student attendance in a given teaching period divided by the total number of days taught. The Poway Unified School District...

Better locker room options are necessary for gender non-conforming students
Editorial Board April 5, 2024

On Sept. 23, 2023, Gov. Gavin Newsom officially approved Senate Bill 670, an amendment to the California Education Code which adds that by July 1, 2026, all California public schools must have at least one all-gender bathroom that must be “as unlocked, unobstructed, easily accessible by any pupil,...

Fangirls are met with undue criticism
Fangirls are met with undue criticism
April 5, 2024

“Name five songs.” “What?” I ask, confused. “Well, you have a Fleetwood Mac shirt on, and if you are a true fan then you could...

Art by Phoebe Vo
I love my family's cooking and hope to preserve their recipes
April 5, 2024

In my Asian family, food has always been our language of love. My mother always has a plate of sliced fruit ready for my siblings and me to enjoy...

Cartoon by Ella Jiang.
'Robbie Do It' shaped my life
April 5, 2024

At five years old, my mom gazed at her 1970s-era wooden TV that sat on the floor and doubled as a piece of furniture. On this monstrosity...

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