Intrigued by the shutter sound of his father’s old cameras, a 10-year-old Alex Tran (12) took his first photo. Since then, his love of photography has grown to bring new depth to his life. “I really...

On National American Sign Language Day, ASL Club hosted its first-ever guest speaker, Rikki Poynter, an online advocate for the Deaf community, April 15. Interpreted by club president Kiana Lee (11), Poynter’s...

Although Women In STEM (WiSTEM) co-president Shaari Calidas (11) attended the past two years’ Society of Women Engineers (SWENext) forums, she said moderating it, March 14, was a whole new experience. “I...

While some students focus on sciences, and others on humanities, Citlali Martinez’s (11) goal has always been to make her learning as diverse as possible. This led her to find an unexpected home in broadcast...

Westview’s biomechanics team, a branch of the nationwide Integrative Movement Science Team made up of various colleges and high schools, hosted a three-day workshop for Mesa Verde’s STEM-oriented eighth-grade...

In the dark theater, star projections moved across the onstage rock band; all was quiet on set as director, cinematographer, and editor Spencer Segraves (11) focused the camera on the first guitar, Jan...

After The Play That Goes Wrong brought Westview Theatre Company’s (WVTC) fall season to a successful close, and before The Prom takes the stage by storm, new stars and crewheads will get their time to...

One summer night at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon waterpark, Kuzcotopia, the over-the-top summer getaway mentioned in The Emperor’s New Groove, was brought to reality, complete with photo ops, character...

Dragging shapes onto digital workspaces on their Chromebooks, members of Best Buddies constructed 3D pumpkins, composed of an ellipse between two circles. With representatives from 3D Printing Club,...

In the weeks before Homecoming, Westview’s most experienced artists, all specializing in different artistic techniques, gathered to prepare for the annual Homecoming speed paintings. Though the tradition...

Boys water polo dove into the season with a ninth-place finish at the annual Rancho Bernardo Invite, Aug. 22-23. The team won two of their three games, and according to center Ethan Diep (10), the tournament...

Nine months ago, the very thought of high school terrified me. My eighth-grade self couldn’t fathom making the jump from middle school to Westview’s sprawling campus, endless homework, harsh grading,...

Boys swim sank the notoriously skilled San Marcos Knights 112-70, while girls lost 115-65, March 27. According to captain Kai Snyder (12), the boys win was big for the team since San Marcos’s high demographic...

With the clack of 20-sided dice and the scribble of pens, the party, ranging from clever magic-users to fierce barbarians, journeyed across a perilous landscape. As the characters devised their next course...

While cars meandered by and families strolled down Christmas Card Lane, club president Crystal Chen (12) blew a familiar note on her pitch pipe and counted off the members of the Fellowship of the Sing,...

The buzzer blared as the clock reached zero, and, stunned, the boys water polo team took in the sight of Coggan Aquatic Complex’s scoreboard. In the Division II CIFs championship game against La...

With speakers blaring music and headlights polished, flashy cars and sleek motorcycles filled the entire Mira Mesa Market Center lot, Nov. 10. Partnered with Insomnia Cruises and BB6, Car Club president...

Varsity water polo player Ethan Diep (9) has spent most of his life in the water. Having started swimming when he was 6, the open waters of a pool always felt natural to him. He spent his younger years...

I had a plan for my last summer before stepping into the grueling, horrific cloud of stress that I’d been forewarned is high school: I was going to get back into sports. It hadn’t been a priority...