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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

Sophia Chen, Staff Writer

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Letter to Freshman Self: Sophia

Sophia Chen, Staff Writer May 31, 2024

Dear freshman Sophia, I am here, days away from graduating high school, because of you. Contrary to what you may expect, I carry a lot of love for you. It’s easy to pass off younger versions of yourself...

Emily Yu (12) performs a spiral at a public early morning session at the San Diego Ice Arena, May 15. Yu goes to the ice rink to practice her competition routine and technical skills for an hour and a half before school, for five days a week.

Yu continues life-long love for figure skating

Sophia Chen, Staff Writer May 31, 2024

At age 4, Emily Yu (12) ice skated for the first time with her parents at the San Diego Ice Arena, with one on either side holding her small hands and guiding her forward. Her parents eventually stepped...

Ryan Bui (11) and Shayna Mehta (11) reset their Air Trajectory launcher's weight system during one of their practices, March 30. As a weight drops down, a ping-pong ball is launched out of the PVC pipe, which hits a target two to eight meters away.

Bui, Mehta build Science Olympiad machines

Sophia Chen, Staff Writer April 5, 2024

Whether the goal is to launch a ping-pong ball into a bucket, propel a vehicle that carries an egg, or build a tower that holds the most weight, Ryan Bui (11) and Shayna Mehta (11) are no strangers to...

Wolverines Abroad

Sophia Chen, Staff Writer April 5, 2024

When Torrie Parker (12) tells her friends about her time living in Germany, they genuinely don’t believe her. After all, even Parker is astonished by her new life: biking down cobblestone streets lined...

Hometown Taste

Sophia Chen, Staff Writer March 15, 2024

Craving some traditional hearty Chinese food, I decided it was time for me to try a restaurant I’ve had on my food bucket list. Hometown Taste, located in Rancho Bernardo, was opened in January by the...

Principal Ernie Remillard and science teacher Mitch Donnelly's first period biology class gather around a planter as they look for Donnelley's missing turtles, Feb. 8. Throughout the school day, Remillard often visits classes around campus to engage with student life.

Day in the life of the principal

Sophia Chen and Nirja Trivedi February 16, 2024

For the first time in a long time, the two of us (Nirja and Sophia) stepped onto campus, Feb. 8, with fresh excitement. We were going to be spending the day shadowing Principal Ernie Remillard. It all...

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