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The Nexus

The official student news site of Westview High School

The Nexus

The official student news site of Westview High School

The Nexus

Jillian Sinder

Jillian Sinder, Editor-in-Chief

Jillian Sinder (12) is in her third year as a part of the Nexus. In her free time, she enjoys writing poetry, spending time with friends, and listening to music. Her favorite classes in school are Spanish and, of course, Journalism II.

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Summer camp taught me lifelong skills

Summer camp taught me lifelong skills

Jillian Sinder, Editor-in-Chief May 31, 2024

My parents never snuck vegetables into my brownies when I was a kid. I thought they would never trick me like that. But, as it turns out, they tricked me in a different way: they sent me off to summer...

Letter to Freshman Self: Jillian

Jillian Sinder, Editor-in-Chief May 31, 2024

Jillian,  While there may be things I regret in these past four years, I don’t want to tell you what they are. I want you to choose how you walk through life for yourself. No one gets to tell you...

Wolverines Abroad

Jillian Sinder, Editor-in-Chief April 5, 2024

As seniors settle into their final few months of high school, Alexa Thomason (12) is taking a different path to graduation: one that involves 90-degree weather, plentiful beaches, and weekend ziplining...

Tiny resolutions leave big impacts

Jillian Sinder, Editor-in-Chief December 22, 2023

On New Year’s Day, I will have a glass bowl full of 365 tiny pieces of paper sitting on a shelf in my bedroom. Each of these 365 pieces of paper will have a  singular sentence: something that made me...

Donna Mahmoudi (12) and Aleyna Pala (12) construct inspirational posters out of magazines, newspapers, and paints in their Spanish 9-10 class, Nov. 7. The posters will be used to decorate the classroom, each student's art contributing.

[Photo] Fun engages Spanish 9-10 students

Rosemary Cabanban, Editor-in-Chief November 17, 2023

Donna Mahmoudi (12) and Aleyna Pala (12) construct inspirational posters out of magazines, newspapers, and paints in their Spanish 9-10 class, Nov. 7. The posters will be used to decorate the classroom,...

Kane, Tang build their decade-long friendship

Jillian Sinder, Editor-in-Chief October 6, 2023

Around every other week, Amelia Kane (12) takes her friend and Best Buddy Joanne Tang (12) to get ice cream at Golden Spoon. While the outing can seem like a basic thing, small interactions like this are...

Westview staff supports IEP policy changes

Jillian Sinder, Editor-in-Chief August 25, 2023

According to Westview Program Specialist Michelle Jilly, the law requires that all students with Individual Education Plans (IEPs) have the opportunity to be educated in general education classes. However,...

AVID prepares seniors for future plans

Jillian Sinder, Editor-in-Chief June 2, 2023

During her senior year in AVID, Emma LoPresti (12) did a group project as a culmination of the research she had completed throughout six years of the program. Each group was assigned one college to research,...

Jelly beans bring me joy

Jillian Sinder, Editor-in-Chief May 5, 2023

Since I was very young, there has always been a clear plastic canister of Jelly Belly jelly beans in the same spot on the bottom shelf of my pantry at home. When one canister runs out, we buy another....

Ryan forms Pizza and Peace Christian club

Jillian Sinder, Editor-in-Chief March 17, 2023

Elizabeth Ryan (12) stood at the front of room G-115 and in big letters wrote “GOD’S LOVE” on the whiteboard in blue expo marker. Over the course of the following 30 minutes, Ryan spoke about her...

Front-of-school traffic poses hazard

Front-of-school traffic poses hazard

Jillian Sinder, Editor-in-Chief January 26, 2023

In the past few years, students have seen an increase in traffic congestion outside of Westview during arrival and departure times.  According to Principal Ernest Remillard, the addition of new housing...

Trader Joe's has my heart

Trader Joe’s has my heart

Jillian Sinder, Editor-in-Chief December 16, 2022

There’s no doubt that Trader Joe’s has a cult-like following of loyal customers, one of whom is me. I have always marveled at their unquestionable charm. But, curious about their unique business model,...

Antiques create a connection to our history

Antiques create a connection to our history

Jillian Sinder, Editor-in-Chief October 14, 2022

My favorite thing in my bedroom is a little antique lamp that sits on my dresser, with its ornately decorated, cut glass base and cream-colored fabric lampshade, yellowing at the edges of its pleats....

GOLD prepares for Poway Rotary Parade

Jillian Sinder, Editor-in-Chief September 16, 2022

Due to a forecast for rain, Westview GOLD ultimately made the decision to not perform in Saturday’s Poway Rotary Parade. In class the day before, the band directors had still not made a decision on...

Daines hits play

Daines hits play

Jillian Sinder, Editor-in-Chief August 26, 2022

Abigail Daines (11) attended the first football game of the year last week, but even though she was fully engaged in the action, she was not sitting in the stands. She was not cheering in the Black...

Dance Troupe hosts Spring show

Jillian Sinder, Editor-in-Chief June 3, 2022

Dance Troupe is hosting its final performance of the year tonight. The annual Spring show celebrates the end of the season and says goodbye to the eight graduating seniors. To show the dancers’...

What’s the scoop on your personality?

Jillian Sinder, Editor-in-Chief June 3, 2022

While doing an ice breaker at summer camp a few years back, a counselor asked us each what ice cream flavor best represents our personality. Since then, I’ve come to believe that each individual’s...

Spanish teachers Andrea Ford and Carolyn Swaney took 40 students to Perú April 9-19. While there, the
students visited Macchu Pichu, volunteered at a community project, and hiked in the Amazon rainforest.

Shah creates memories, matures in Perú

Jillian Sinder, Editor-in-Chief May 6, 2022

Roshan Shah (11) lay on his back in a wood pavilion. The cool breeze of the Amazon rainforest blew through the open-sided hut. Hammocks hung from the ceiling and as Shah lay there, surrounded by his...

Reality TV is fine art, not guilty pleasure

Reality TV is fine art, not guilty pleasure

Jillian Sinder, Editor-in-Chief April 8, 2022

I like reality TV. There, I said it. Maybe it’s hard to believe, and I know that because of the misconceptions surrounding reality TV you’re all expecting me to hide this part of myself deep inside,...

Winter Guard blooms in competition

Winter Guard blooms in competition

Jillian Sinder, Editor-in-Chief March 18, 2022

Team captain Ella Cuevas (12) stood in a circle with her teammates, hands interlocked. As they waited anxiously to hear themselves called up to go on stage, the entire group inhaled together, then...

BSU facilitates Black History Month events

Jillian Sinder, Editor-in-Chief February 18, 2022

In celebration of Black History Month, Black Student Union (BSU) and ASB teamed up to plan unique events based on three themes: music, art, and fashion. Throughout the first two weeks of February, BSU...

Body-Mind

Body-Mind

Jillian Sinder, Editor-in-Chief January 28, 2022

Alexa Litchev (11) constantly felt like she wasn’t good enough. She believed that social media, movies, the fashion industry, and most everything around her screamed she wasn’t skinny enough, wasn’t...

Ligi shoots for cheerleading stars

Ligi shoots for cheerleading stars

Jillian Sinder, Editor-in-Chief December 17, 2021

As a child, Gina Ligi, an NFL cheerleader for the Dallas Cowboys, often watched the TV show, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team, a show that focused on the auditioning process for the Cowboys...

Employee shortages alter bus schedules

Jillian Sinder, Editor-in-Chief October 8, 2021

Shira Ehrlich (10) arrived at her bus stop at 7:25 last month in preparation for her bus to come at 7:30. She waited and waited for the bus to come, but it never did. “We're thinking, ‘What’s happening?...

Finding a Way Out of the Maze

Finding a Way Out of the Maze

Jillian Sinder, Editor-in-Chief September 17, 2021

Munazil Abdullahi (10) walked out to lunch on the first day of school feeling frazzled. She searched desperately for one of her few friends, but felt overwhelmed with the large campus, crowds of people,...

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