Michelle Lee (10) just recently joined The Nexus and is excited to start writing articles. She dabbles in writing fictional short stories and loves listening to music of all genres.
Standing in his sound-treated pod, or screaming box as he liked to call it, Sammy Reilly (11) read the lines on the computer in front of him for the Roblox game Otra. But he didn’t read them, he brought...
The Academic League moderator’s voice echoed inside Westview’s library, asking team captain Eileen Terral (10) to spell the word yellow in French, Feb. 27.
She had buzzed in before anyone in Del...
Amid the bustling atmosphere of El Pastor Del Rica Taqueria, Tayde Aburto (10) was hard at work in front of his camera, arranging various plates so that the tacos fit in frame and miking himself and his...
ASL Club President Kiana Lee (10) stood in front of members of the ASL and Best Buddies clubs, seamlessly clenching her fist into the sign for the letter “A.” Next, she folded her thumb over an open...
Michelle: Hey, Meghan. You know how it’s common for people with straight hair to wish they had curly hair and people with curly hair to wish they had straight hair? You were born with straight hair....
When the stage went dark and signaled the end of the show, Hadestown, two weeks ago, the audience in the San Diego Civics Theatre erupted in deafening applause. Having clapped after every song, my palms...
The wind rushed loudly outside the plane window as Helena Shi (12) steered the airborne Cessna plane. Shi checked the airspeed indicator to ensure she had accelerated to 68 knotts and maneuvered the plane...
The whimsical theme of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” from The Wizard of Oz musical filled the auditorium as production director Melissa Glasgow read through the show script. The Westview Theatre Company...
Since second grade, I’ve jumped at any opportunity to sing in a choir. After school elementary choirs, middle school choir, and high school choir, I’ve done it all. Singing in school choirs has always...
The air was tense as Hannah Liu (10) attentively listened to the question being read to her. Her hands were resting on the buzzer, ready to strike. It was the final round. Once she heard the keyword, she...
Standing in Westview’s black box, Kendall Ratcliff (12) faced a table of four directors. With a nod of her head, she queued her backing track to play, and began her song “I Wonder What the King is...
When Library Media Technician (LMT) Luz Oikawa graduated from college with degrees in engineering, biochemistry and processed food, the last job she expected to take was as a librarian.
At first,...
