The International Genetically Engineered Machine competition (iGEM) club has been attempting to genetically engineer a bacteria that can quickly degrade polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) plastics, which are biodegradable....
Tables full of parents listened attentively to Alex Kun (11) as he described the difficulties of balancing school and social life, while managing the stress that his academically rigorous classes bring....
Co-team captain Elizabeth Dang (11) and Brielle Austin (10) tapped their rackets together in confidence after scoring another point against Carlsbad during their doubles match, Sept. 9, where Westview...
The glow of the stadium lights shone upon Chloe Ho (10) during halftime of the season’s first football game. She tossed her baton up in the air before balancing on her right foot and swinging her...
Ayaka Hurtado Ishinabe (9) carefully threaded a needle through her petticoat, painstakingly hand sewing 13 layers of ruffles. Slowly, she was bringing her dream quinceanera dress to life.
Hurtado...
Captains Valerie Hsu (12) and Serenity Calica (12) stood in a circle, hand-in-hand, right over left, with the other 12 members of Color Guard, their coach giving a pep talk in the middle. Preparing to...
Nearly 75 eager eyes watched Charisse Pang (10) and Chloe Ho (9) as they began the first of many English lessons over the course of a week, last July. Pang and Ho traveled almost 7,000 miles across the...
Leonardo Cano (11) serves as the recruitment officer of the Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC). Despite his recruitment efforts, enrollment in the program continues to decline. Now, Cano...
![[Left to right] Matteus Juza (11), Emerson Budde (12), Anuja Jayasundara (12), Michele Nuguid (12), Cory Nguyen (12), Maya Lopez (12), and Pierce McMurry (12) line up for the change of command ceremony outside the NJROTC classroom, Jan. 30. The program currently has 50 members.](https://wvnexus.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/rotc-color.jpg)