A sickening snap sounded from Alex Tajbakhsh’s (12) left knee as he warmed up for a soccer game in his sophomore year. Falling to the ground, Tajbakhsh felt his lifelong dream of becoming a professional...

With over 23 million diagnosed cases of senioritis just this year—the worst hit we’ve ever faced—epidemiologists worry that this year’s wave is unstoppable. Scientists are unsure of the disease’s...

Craving a Cookie For Lily Miller’s (12) family, Christmas doesn’t start until they’ve made a batch of bratzeli cookies – crunchy, buttery Swiss holiday cookies that are pressed till paper-thin....

PUSD will soon increase the variety of fresh produce in its school cafeterias and the number of local farmers from which they source food. According to PUSD Food and Nutrition Area Supervisor Flora...

When Assistant Principal Craig Bowden walks out of his office every day, he places a heavy-duty biking jacket over his wrinkle-free button-down shirt, puts his neon decal helmet on his head, and hops...

Coming home from school junior year, Allison Hauw (12) couldn’t bring herself to step into her bedroom. She couldn’t bear to. As the fear of infecting her clean, safe room with the germs she’d...

After preparing for an entire week for the Mt. San Antonio College relay competition, Kamila Nava (11) felt overwhelmingly excited to compete in the 4x1600 meter relay. Grabbing hold of the baton, she...

Rounding up the most musically talented individuals he knew, bassist Aeon Vue (12) gathered vocalist Romrich Brian Esparagoza (11), drummer and singer Roman Andre Oliver (11), and guitarist Kelan Javien...

To most people, one second feels like an instant. To Franklin Pham (11), one second feels like an eternity — especially when he’s solving a Rubik’s Cube. “Time slows down,” Pham said. “It’s...

Madhav Ramaprasad (9) stood in his garage, getting ready to play his saxophone. As his fingers glided over the instrument’s keys, he took a deep breath and tuned out the world around him. When he...

  After almost a decade of having no trees other than palms in the campus plaza, Tree San Diego, a nonprofit organization that focuses on improving urban forests, has been enlisted to lead...

Wednesday morning, 3-year-old Tino Torpedo woke up and started getting ready for the most important day of his life. Tino was going to apply to NASA. “I’m going to the moon,” Tino said. He...

The Nexus and Currents staffs attended the National High School Journalism Convention in Boston, Nov. 1-5. Nine students earned awards in the National Student Media Contests ranging from write-offs to...

The Nexus and Currents staffs attended the National High School Journalism Convention in Boston, Nov. 1-5. Nine students earned awards in the National Student Media Contests ranging from write-offs to...

Ella Bergsmedh (10) felt like an imposter. Although she’s both Swedish and Korean, she doesn’t have the typical blonde hair and blue eyes of a Swedish person and her facial features don’t match...

In middle school, the Kpop boy band BTS was practically my whole life. I joined their fandom a little less than a year before they dropped one of their biggest songs to date, Boy With Luv. After that...

As a child, Dylan Cassara (10) often found herself becoming upset at her mom, Leanh Cassara, a Vietnamese immigrant whose command of the English language was sometimes shaky. As a six year old, she...

Looking back on my elementary school days, a blissful era that tragically ended a half-decade ago, some of my fondest memories with my friends are from when we’d all be playing with whatever things...

Students of all ages, ranging from kindergarten to senior year of high school, walked around the festival grounds at Hourglass Park, watching performances and visiting the booths hosted by the classes...

[metaslider id=13463] The wrestling team held their first official practice this year, Nov. 7. Twenty-one people attended, 10 more than last season.  “Last year, we had a really small team, so...

  The Amnesty International club held a petition-signing event through ActivismX, a three-week initiative that various High School Amnesty International USA groups take part in to bring awareness...

On Sept. 16, Westview was named a 2022 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Secretary of Education. Only 297 schools in the Nation received the Blue Ribbon award this year. To be nominated as...

Before the start of every varsity baseball game, all the players form a huddle for some final words of encouragement from Jack Vargas (11). “This is our team,” Vargas said as the team all listened...

Everyday, Lauren Jennings (12) goes to the same place with her friends. A classroom where she is free to kick back and relax, a place where she always has someone to talk to. Likewise, on rainy...

As the piece started coming to a close, band teacher Jeri Webb swiftly lifted both hands, letting all the band members know that the end was near. Awaiting the last measure, everyone played the last...

In August of 2002, Jenny Wong took her first steps onto the Westview campus. Many freshmen at Mt. Carmel were given the opportunity to transfer to Westview that year. “[Westview] definitely felt...

In this year, Westview’s varsity girls tennis team has become very successful, capturing second place in the CIF League tournament.  “We’ve all been practicing really hard both during school...

After not having a season last year, the boys beach volleyball team is back and playing in games. With a record of 3 wins and 1 loss this season, Noah Lim (12) said he feels like the team is good...

The cross country team competes in a series of races separated by grade, the cross country team at the CCA Invitational, Sept. 4.  Even though it’s early in the season, Alexandre Leroy (12) said...

With tough competitors like Rancho Bernardo, and the season just getting back to normal, the girls volleyball players have started to reconnect with each other and form relationships with the team’s...