Abby Siu (12) is in her fourth year as a part of The Nexus. She enjoys writing, watching anime (One Piece atm), music, and her part-time at Sunmerry Bakery. On rare occasions, she can also be found foraging for wild berries and greens.
Emmuel Reyes (’15) had always envisioned himself making it big somewhere, someday. The only problem was, he had absolutely no clue where or how he’d make it happen.
Even so, Reyes never could’ve...
Senior year of high school, Nicole Musano (’18) said she felt like a disaster. From the get-go, Musano knew that financially, going to a four-year university wasn’t feasible for her family. She also...
Craving a Cookie
For Lily Miller’s (12) family, Christmas doesn’t start until they’ve made a batch of bratzeli cookies – crunchy, buttery Swiss holiday cookies that are pressed till paper-thin....
Two years ago today, if you were to ask Evan Liu (10) his thoughts on Speech and Debate, he would’ve said it was “a complete waste of time.”
“I was kind of indoctrinated into it in middle...
This year, Westview High School has added AP Precalculus to its list of course offerings. The course is offered as a year-long AP Precalculus/AP Calculus AB class replacing the previous Honors Precalculus/AP...
PUSD will soon increase the variety of fresh produce in its school cafeterias and the number of local farmers from which they source food.
According to PUSD Food and Nutrition Area Supervisor Flora...
When Assistant Principal Craig Bowden walks out of his office every day, he places a heavy-duty biking jacket over his wrinkle-free button-down shirt, puts his neon decal helmet on his head, and hops...
Coming home from school junior year, Allison Hauw (12) couldn’t bring herself to step into her bedroom.
She couldn’t bear to.
As the fear of infecting her clean, safe room with the germs she’d...
At the CIF SDS Finals badminton doubles match, May 15, against Patrick Henry High School (PHHS), who won the 2023 badminton CIFs, Amy Hu (11) and Kate Liang (10) never expected to win.
After all, not...
A few months ago, for the first time ever in my 16 years of life, I had a true “what a wonderful world” moment — a moment where I was truly able to enjoy the things around me. It took place during...
Forty-six student volunteers assisted the non-profit organization Tree San Diego to plant 13 trees in the Westview plaza, May 20.
After nearly nine months of extensive planning, which included...
After preparing for an entire week for the Mt. San Antonio College relay competition, Kamila Nava (11) felt overwhelmingly excited to compete in the 4x1600 meter relay. Grabbing hold of the baton, she...
Rounding up the most musically talented individuals he knew, bassist Aeon Vue (12) gathered vocalist Romrich Brian Esparagoza (11), drummer and singer Roman Andre Oliver (11), and guitarist Kelan Javien...
To most people, one second feels like an instant. To Franklin Pham (11), one second feels like an eternity — especially when he’s solving a Rubik’s Cube.
“Time slows down,” Pham said. “It’s...
Landon Howard (11) didn’t want to die young.
He didn’t want to leave the group of close-knit friends he’d had since second grade. He didn’t want to leave his loving family who was always there...
Madhav Ramaprasad (9) stood in his garage, getting ready to play his saxophone. As his fingers glided over the instrument’s keys, he took a deep breath and tuned out the world around him. When he...
Whenever I have time to think, my thoughts usually take me back to my 9th- and first half of my 10th-grade years: what I generally consider “the golden age of my teens.”
During those years, all...
After almost a decade of having no trees other than palms in the campus plaza, Tree San Diego, a nonprofit organization that focuses on improving urban forests, has been enlisted to lead...
Wednesday morning, 3-year-old Tino Torpedo woke up and started getting ready for the most important day of his life. Tino was going to apply to NASA.
“I’m going to the moon,” Tino said.
He...
The Nexus and Currents staffs attended the National High School Journalism Convention in Boston, Nov. 1-5. Nine students earned awards in the National Student Media Contests ranging from write-offs to...
The Nexus and Currents staffs attended the National High School Journalism Convention in Boston, Nov. 1-5. Nine students earned awards in the National Student Media Contests ranging from write-offs to...
As Daisy Shetzer (12) walked through Westview’s crowded hallways her sophomore year, all she could think was, “They’re all staring at me.”
“The only thing they see is how much acne you have.”
Shetzer...
It’s been almost 12 years since Disney produced a fully 2D film; that simple fact has gotten me utterly upset. Don’t get me wrong, I go feral every time Frozen, Ratatouille, or Up are played on...
Considering that it had been nearly five years since the Japanese band Lamp produced an album, I couldn’t contain my excitement when they released “Dusk to Dawn,” Oct. 10. I’m happy to say that...
Ella Bergsmedh (10) felt like an imposter. Although she’s both Swedish and Korean, she doesn’t have the typical blonde hair and blue eyes of a Swedish person and her facial features don’t match...
Ellie Kitchen (12) made it to the world championships two times before making it again this year. Although she was looking forward to the competition itself, there was one Odyssey tradition that Kitchen...
In middle school, the Kpop boy band BTS was practically my whole life. I joined their fandom a little less than a year before they dropped one of their biggest songs to date, Boy With Luv. After that...
As a child, Dylan Cassara (10) often found herself becoming upset at her mom, Leanh Cassara, a Vietnamese immigrant whose command of the English language was sometimes shaky. As a six year old, she...
Looking back on my elementary school days, a blissful era that tragically ended a half-decade ago, some of my fondest memories with my friends are from when we’d all be playing with whatever things...
Rating: 4.5 out of 5
When I, a self-proclaimed poke enthusiast, heard that there would be a new poke place opening up in the Torrey Highlands Shopping Center near Westview, I was ecstatic and knew that...
Given that wrestling is one of the few sports that pairs opponents based on weight for competition, many wrestlers focus on shifting their weight strategically to make sure they’re in the optimal weight...
Students of all ages, ranging from kindergarten to senior year of high school, walked around the festival grounds at Hourglass Park, watching performances and visiting the booths hosted by the classes...
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The wrestling team held their first official practice this year, Nov. 7. Twenty-one people attended, 10 more than last season.
“Last year, we had a really small team, so...
The Amnesty International club held a petition-signing event through ActivismX, a three-week initiative that various High School Amnesty International USA groups take part in to bring awareness...
On Sept. 16, Westview was named a 2022 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Secretary of Education. Only 297 schools in the Nation received the Blue Ribbon award this year.
To be nominated as...
After 13 years, Westview’s gymnastics finally secured the title of CIF champions in the 2022 competition.
“Our coach has been expecting us, everyone’s been expecting us to win, so we [had] to...
At the start of the season, gymnastics coach Diane Wavrik could tell that the team this year was full of potential. Both her and the gymnasts themselves felt they had the ability to make it further than...
Settle in, move, repeat. Her whole life, Hayley Johnson (9) has had to adapt to a lifestyle of moving to different states and countries every few years due to her dad’s job in the military.
The...
Before the start of every varsity baseball game, all the players form a huddle for some final words of encouragement from Jack Vargas (11).
“This is our team,” Vargas said as the team all listened...
Everyday, Lauren Jennings (12) goes to the same place with her friends. A classroom where she is free to kick back and relax, a place where she always has someone to talk to.
Likewise, on rainy...
On his first day of sixth grade in 2018, Neil Zhu (9) walked through the gates of Mesa Verde Middle School with a sky-blue backpack slung over his shoulders and a translator app open on the cellphone gripped...
As the piece started coming to a close, band teacher Jeri Webb swiftly lifted both hands, letting all the band members know that the end was near. Awaiting the last measure, everyone played the last...
In August of 2002, Jenny Wong took her first steps onto the Westview campus. Many freshmen at Mt. Carmel were given the opportunity to transfer to Westview that year.
“[Westview] definitely felt...
In this year, Westview’s varsity girls tennis team has become very successful, capturing second place in the CIF League tournament.
“We’ve all been practicing really hard both during school...
The Pokémon franchise started in 1996 and since its debut, has grown to become worth around $92 billion. One of their more recent enterprises has been the launch of a collaboration with Oreo, Sept....
After not having a season last year, the boys beach volleyball team is back and playing in games.
With a record of 3 wins and 1 loss this season, Noah Lim (12) said he feels like the team is good...
The cross country team competes in a series of races separated by grade, the cross country team at the CCA Invitational, Sept. 4.
Even though it’s early in the season, Alexandre Leroy (12) said...
With tough competitors like Rancho Bernardo, and the season just getting back to normal, the girls volleyball players have started to reconnect with each other and form relationships with the team’s...
![Kamila Nava (11) [right] and Alexi Stysis (11) run at Torrey Pines State Beach, April 27. Nava enjoys going for runs outdoors and tries to run in nature as frequently as possible.](https://wvnexus.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DSCF2398-e1714686258569-800x1200.jpg)
