Kaushika Naya (10) is in her first year of The Nexus. She spends most of her time doing sports, sleeping, and hanging out with family. She loves cats, baking, and reading.
Joyce Chen (11) stood on the spring board, shaking the chalk off her grips. She faced the uneven bar set, one of the four gymnastics apparatuses, taking one last deep breath to calm her nerves before jumping...
A room full of wide-eyed children stared at their hands, gradually realizing that language could exist without sound. As they signed the alphabet together, their smiles widened as they began to master...
Bollywood music blasted through the quad as curious students lined up to taste classic Indian snacks — sweet ludoos and savory sev — and paint small clay lamps called diyas, Oct. 20. These traditions...
One hand on top of the other, in a steady rhythm, and with the torso making a right angle with the arms. Students gathered around the fitness lab during lunch to learn and practice compressing the CPR...
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With every note Luke Millay (12) pressed on his piano, he created melodies and harmonies that echoed through...
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is meant to provide accurate and tested scientific data to the public. However, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK), the secretary of the HHS, is...
Valen Miao (9) pushed and pulled the heavy dragon boat paddle, propelling himself and his team forward with each stroke. He was fourth from the back, within his team of 15. A bead of sweat rolled down...
I used to love watching Voltron, a Netflix original fantasy show, on the weekends. I was sure that two of the characters would get together at the end, since they had so much romantic tension between them....
Olivia Watson-Parris (10) swam through the swelling ocean with a young girl with autism who she was paired with for the Bridge to the Beach program. The shores of Mission Beach seemed as far as the horizon,...
Jordyn Vales’s (11) eyes darted from player to player, but her focus was on the goal in front of her. Her team trailed 1-0 late in the semi-finals. Vales weaved through her opponents and shot the ball...
![Riddhi Bhavsar (10), Siddhi Bhavsar (10), and Avi Patel (10) [left to right] pass out diyas to students, Oct. 20. These clay lamps are a traditional part of Diwali.](https://wvnexus.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Diwali-photo-e1761860007835-800x1200.jpg)
![Valen Miao (9) [front] paddles in a dragon boat for Chinese Youth Dragon Boat, Sept. 13. Miao has been racing for one year.](https://wvnexus.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Dragon-Boat-1200x491.jpg)
