Ethan Swifferland (10) tethers his beliefs to the image of American tradition. Often sporting a baseball cap branded with the American flag, Swifferland is staunchly pro-life, attends Sunday church services,...

I would never voluntarily go around identifying as a “Redditor.”  But recently, I noticed Reddit was flagged by my browser as a “site you visit often.” At first, I half gasped, half grimaced...

Snow sparkled under Anchorage, Alaskan skies, sunlight refracting, but  Grayson Skarsvaag (11) outshone at the Egan Convention Center, Nov. 2, as he weaved through the blue-lit stage, his body expanding...

I’m standing in your corridor, I wonder what I’m waiting for, the leaves are drifting out to sea…  Every road trip started just like this: “I Want Everything” by Cracker thrumming through...

If you happen to catch a glimpse of herds of more than 300 goats roaming the fields on Black Mountain Ranch, please do not be alarmed. Though they are not a wild herd, these hungry helpers were recruited...

If you ask social studies teacher Keith Jain what he did over the weekend, there’s a good chance he’ll say he played in a pickleball tournament. You might even catch him during prep periods going down...

As a result of $12.5 million in cuts for the 2024-25 school year and a bus driver shortage, Poway Unified School District (PUSD) has reduced non-mandated bus transportation services for students.  In...

Warm lights softly illuminated the outdoor stage and music thrummed through the floor as Kalea Minabe (12) neared the end of her group performance. Summer nights in Tahiti were incomparable during the...

  Entering the gym, May 25, the rattle of shuffling Rubik’s cubes reached every corner of the room. People of all ages, chaperoned and adult, waited for their turn to be called to the row of desks...

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 you’re hurting you have to push through,”...

Whether it's cruising down the coast in Del Mar or deep in the Peñasquitos Canyons, on soaring jumps or roadside wheelies — Jake Scarbel (11) rides his Surron bike everywhere. His dad finds it cool,...

The theater was warm as a night of laughter and cheers neared an end, Feb. 2. Spotlights illuminated 10 boys lined up on stage as they awaited the grand reveal of the show in silent anticipation. Before...

I promised myself that I was only here to pick up one thing: a graphic novel that was going to be a birthday gift for my friend. It was a simple task really — I had the title, it was easily recognizable,...

Students pocket their phones in English teacher Jeffrey Wenger’s class, Feb. 13. Many teachers have been implementing this system to get students off their phones during class.

For all 30 days of November, Westview Game Design club focused its efforts on one task — designing, programming, and scoring music for a game. Among the other 631 participants in the 2023 Github Game...

I have a recurring nightmare and it goes like this: I am in a foreign country with my family — we are lost, we are tired, and we are not agreeing on anything. The taxi we called for is 20-something minutes...

Since 1999, Lisa and Dave Melahn have had a train-chugging wonderland laid out in their front yard—a beloved gem of Christmas Card Lane. Every night of December, the Ellingham home attracts a crowd,...

Arborist Kurt Peacock of Tree San Diego points out the different areas that trees could be planted around Westview, Dec. 5. Tree San Diego plans on bringing 10-12 new trees to the school's quad.

At the Mt. San Antonio College (Mt. SAC) starting line, Oct. 21, Kaitlyn Arciaga (11) felt the nerves hit her all at once. Ahead of her was a known course, famous not for its length of 2.95 miles, but...

Indefinite periods of little-to-no pay, risking permanent job loss, undergoing socio-economic stress, losing profit, disrupting the economy—as President Biden said in a statement on Sept. 16 supporting...

As one of the 28 students accepted into the Student Reporting Labs (SRL) Academy nationwide, June 21-29, Sarah Youssef (11) hadn’t expected the story she worked on at the program to end up on national...

Winter Guard took to the floor unshaken. Despite the unfamiliar setting, every step-turn and flag toss of their “Beginner’s Guide to Time Travel” show were locked in by muscle memory. Hours upon...

The bright beam of the spotlights was unforgiving in the arena of the Anaheim Convention Center, marking the dancers’ shadows into the slick wood of the stage—a stage bigger than any they’d ever...

Heavy rain and canceling guests would have sullied anyone’s birthday — but Maile Everly (12) was anything but sad. As she sat in a stable, surrounded by the ponies her parents had rented, she found,...

As lunch came to an end and 20 minutes of SSH began, Aadya Nayak (12), Marissa Kanoya (11), and the rest of their project group went around campus amassing an abundance of plastic trash, discarded...

While the audience only saw the program’s performance onstage, what kept it running was the show backstage. Band Director Mitchell Way and Associate Band Director Martin Fierro said the success of...

  On April 26, 2022, I was sure of one thing and one thing only; I was going to have the time of my life that night and nothing was going to get in my way. It was my first ever concert and...

Bella Santos (12) and Grace Mordhorst (12), presidents of Advocates for a Better Environment (ABE) club, called out to the students around them with posters in hand to promote petitions that aimed...

Zoey Lestyk (10) slowed to catch her breath in the pitch darkness. Determined and on the search for sea turtle nests, she quickened her pace to return to the rest of the patrol, as they combed through...

Art by Ella Jiang.