Grace Tseng

School board places PUSD Superintendent Phelps on paid administrative leave

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • February 16, 2024

Following Superintendent Dr. Marian Kim Phelps’ paid administrative leave, which started Feb. 1, Associate Superintendent of Student Support Services Greg Mizel was appointed as the Poway Unified School...

Inflated housing prices force people out of Peñasquitos

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • January 26, 2024

When the sky is still tinged with a blueblack, pre-sunrise darkness, Gabriel Sanchez (11) begins his morning routine. He wakes up at 5:45 a.m., showers, gets dressed, brushes his teeth, and then makes...

Foreign language and fine arts credit combine, adhere to CA Education Code

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • January 26, 2024

Effective at the start of this school year, Westview students are required to take 10 combined credits of fine arts, foreign language, or career technical education (CTE) pathway courses for...

Kang sells her art for 2k

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • December 22, 2023

After displaying her charcoal art piece “Halemeoni” (meaning ‘grandmother’ in Korean) at the Del Mar Fair in her sophomore year, Judy Kang (12) did what she does with all of her other completed...

Steel discovers love for teaching, helps TK students at ESS program

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • November 16, 2023

Growing up, Sevilla Steel (12) spent more hours in classrooms than anywhere else. From accompanying her mom to meetings in the teachers’ lounge to visiting her dad’s high school classroom, Steel—being...

Miss Dalia shares snacks, support

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • October 6, 2023

Unlike every other desk in the Wolverine Center, student support specialist Dalia Yacoub’s desk faces the door. It’s a conscious decision made by Miss Dalia and the counseling team so that she...

Daily Pledge of Allegiance to fulfill Education Code

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • September 15, 2023

Effective as of Tuesday, Westview will now start each day with the Pledge of Allegiance led by the front office over the loudspeakers. While the Pledge of Allegiance previously only occurred on Mondays...

Ramaprasad investigates supernovas at Yale program

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • August 25, 2023

For 5-year-old Gowri Ramaprasad (12), the highlight of her every morning was listening to her parents read aloud the daily NASA news releases. Entranced by the thought of space exploration, Ramaprasad...

Staff grapples with excess instructional minutes

Grace Tseng and Jillian Sinder • June 2, 2023

Due to an excess of approximately 1,311 instructional minutes, Westview has accumulated this past school year, we will be having minimum days on Monday and Tuesday. Annually, California high schools are...

GOLD hosts solo, ensemble Command Performances

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • May 5, 2023

For a Saturday morning, the campus was bustling. Students in black dresses, suit jackets, and button ups rushed onto campus and lugged instrument cases into the band room, where trumpeters played...

Robotics team seniors savor final season

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • April 7, 2023

Throughout the past five years JJ Siu (12) has been a part of First Tech Challenge (FTC) team Gear Up, many facets of the experience have been variable—the game manual, the robot’s design, Siu’s...

ASB, Coastal Charms arrange Women’s History Month events

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • March 17, 2023

Juliet Kim’s (9) morning was off to a nerve-wracking start. After complications with organizing a list of female staff members and a growing worry that she hadn’t ordered enough flowers for everyone,...

Intertwined

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • February 10, 2023

Perceived as one, twins live in parallel Up until her 18th birthday, Nasha Mavandadi (’21) chose her birthday celebrations every other year. Every birthday that ended with an even number, Nasha invited...

Theater wins Best Ensemble at festival

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • January 26, 2023

David Azcona’s (12) heart sank. The moment he saw the stage at Los Osos High School, he knew that the number of performers in the Three Musketeers sword-fighting scene would barely be able to fit. However,...

Best Wolverine Teams of the Past Decade

Grace Tseng and Robbie Gray • January 26, 2023

GOLD performs in MC tournament

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • November 18, 2022

The sound of gears clicking blared from speakers as GOLD stood in formation at the Mt. Carmel field tournament, Oct. 29. For eight continuous minutes, the students maneuvered formation changes and...

Student endorsement: Rob Bonta for attorney general

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • November 1, 2022

As a member of Westview’s mock trial team, I have been deeply invested in the upcoming election of our state’s next attorney general. Since the attorney general represents the people of California...

Acing the Audition

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • October 10, 2022

As soon as school ended, Siena Naylor (10) rushed into the theater, which was already packed with students plastering blue and white name tags across their chests and huddling over clipboards where...

Reuney, Kadali attend Poway to Palomar Middle College

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • September 16, 2022

The Poway to Palomar Middle College (PPMC) opened its campus to their inaugural class of 37 high school juniors, August 15. PPMC is the first middle college in the Poway Unified School District (PUSD),...

Football kicks off

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • August 26, 2022

Westview kicked off the year with a 21-0 loss against Olympian High School, Aug. 19. The game started strong, but the team was unable to keep up their momentum. Safety Fares Krichati (11) caught the...

Balais finds community, confidence through practicing weightlifting

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • May 6, 2022

On school days, William Balais (9) wakes up at 6 a.m. to make himself a quick breakfast of avocados and eggs on toast before riding his electrical bicycle to his local YMCA. There he’ll spend his...

Girltelligence, ASB celebrate women

Robbie Gray and Grace Tseng • April 8, 2022

Growing up, Sydney Hubbard (12) always felt that there weren’t enough places where she could find support as a woman. It was only two years ago that Hubbard really found a community with the app,...

Nayak, Gupta win science contests

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • April 8, 2022

When Ayush Nayak (11) was in elementary school, he often rushed home after school to sit in front of his parents’ old computer and watch video after video about computer hardware. As the computer’s...

Nayak serves as San Diego County School Board student representative

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • March 18, 2022

As a defense witness for Mock Trial, Aadya Nayak (11) has always had a passion for learning about the legislative system. Now, as the student representative for District 5 of the San Diego County Board...

After performance during tryout week, Chien, Snyder make teams

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • February 18, 2022

As Frederick Chien (10) was warming up for baseball tryouts, he tossed a ball back and forth with his teammate Matthew Ramirez (10). With each toss, he stepped farther away from his teammate, feeling more...

Mistranslating Mandarin

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • February 18, 2022

Chances are, if you’ve seen me around campus, you have overheard me speaking in Mandarin Chinese to some of my friends. However, if you’ve spoken to me in Chinese directly, you may have noticed...

Tseng, Cheruvallath serve meals as cafeteria workers

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • January 28, 2022

As Richard Tseng’s (11) second period AP Computer Science Principles class was coming to an end, he quickly answered the last few questions on his test paper before dashing to the cafeteria. Unlike...

Park paints future in art publishing

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • December 17, 2021

Cheeyeon (Chelsea) Park’s earliest memory of wanting to become an artist was when her grandmother invited an art teacher to her home in Seoul. Crouching around a Korean-style low lacquered wooden fold-out...

Barksdale advances to finals, prepares to defend CIF title

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • October 29, 2021

When she was just 3 years old, Kaila Barksdale (12) could often be found running around a tennis court with a racquet in her hand while her father, coach Keith Barksdale, taught tennis. At the time, Barksdale...

[Photo] Cancelling celebrities does not hold them accountable

Cara Tran, News Editor • October 29, 2021

Homecoming to feature arcade games, live music

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • October 8, 2021

Micayla Lillie (10) dipped her paintbrush into a paint canister and covered the wooden float in a coat of white. Lillie made large strokes that stretched across the board and laughed as classmates...

[Photo] Opinion: Covid policy needs serious adjustments

Lucy Sullivan, Opinions Editor • September 17, 2021

Zhou participates in UCSD biophotonics program, gains insight in biological field

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • August 27, 2021

As Darren Zhou (12) peered through the microscope, his eyes fixated on a single neuron cell. He scrutinized thousands of images, documenting each cell’s response as they were being cut. Interning at...

Dance Troupe performs in-person senior show

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • June 14, 2021

In the last couple seconds of the senior group dance, the Dance Troupe members hugged one another, then quickly turned away to strike their ending poses. As Dance Troupe captain, Jade Bucci (12), struck...

Principal Ziegler reflects on past four years as principal

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • June 14, 2021

During her first week as principal of Westview in the fall of 2017, Principal Tina Ziegler said that she felt overwhelmed yet excited. Just a few weeks prior to the beginning of a new school year, she...

Dance Troupe places first in West Coast Elite Dance Competition

Grace Tseng, Editor-in-Chief • May 10, 2021

Dance Troupe Officer Alexis Weldner (12) sat at her desk, her eyes fixated on her computer monitor. Displayed on the screen was a Zoom award ceremony for the West Coast Elite (WCE) Dance Competition...

High school students cheat more in online school

Katie Lew and Grace Tseng • April 8, 2021

Niki* (12) opened her vocabulary test in February for her English class and immediately switched tabs to a Google document, which was filled with answers for the test. The top of the page began to...

Academic Honesty Policy fails to deter cheating

Carter Kangas, Katie Lew, and Grace Tseng • April 8, 2021

According to a 2015 survey conducted by the International Center for Academic Honesty, 95% of students surveyed admitted to some form of academic cheating. Cheating is a widespread issue that has only...

Cheating in School: Rules, Reasons, and Repercussions

Carter Kangas, Grace Tseng, and Katie Lew • April 8, 2021

High school students cheat during online schoolNiki* (12) opened her vocabulary test in February for her English class and immediately switched tabs to a Google document, which was filled with answers...

The Nexus staff’s 21 book recommendations for 2021

Brynne Paiva, Sofia Miller, Sydney Alper, Alice Chen, YJ Si, Carter Kangas, Grace Tseng, Amy Wang, and Sara Brownlee • January 21, 2021

Art by Grace Tseng Whether to escape, better understand or cope with our chaotic reality, books are especially necessary in 2021. For our first issue of the year, The...

Rodrigues sisters start hoodie business, raise funds for ACLU

Amy Wang and Grace Tseng • October 22, 2020

The idea first came to Isabelle (9) and Sophia Rodrigues (12) in June. At the time, the murder of George Floyd led to global protests against police brutality, and the Rodrigues sisters were trying...

Political Awareness Club members share thoughts on Vice Presidential debate

Rachael Hudak, YJ Si, and Grace Tseng • October 8, 2020

Following the Vice Presidential debate Oct. 7, The Nexus interviewed Sarina Oshiro (12), Sophia Chiu (12), and Daniel Shaw (12), members of Westview’s Political Awareness Club. Oshiro and Chiu currently...

PUSD, Okolo sisters put forward anti-racism policies

Katie Lew, Caitlynn Hauw, and Grace Tseng • September 2, 2020

Each day, Ekene (11) and Nene Okolo (‘19) work to educate their followers on Black history that is rarely taught within the school curriculum through their Instagram account @BlackinPUSD. The account...

Instagram Activism: more than just for show

Amy Wang and Grace Tseng • July 20, 2020

For any user of the ubiquitous social media app Instagram, it’s easy to see that a change has washed over it in the past few months. Whereas before, my feed was filled with carefully curated pictures...