At 10 a.m. April 20, hundreds of students left their second period class and headed to the Chap Court and the stadium to honor the victims of the Feb. 14 school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. Th...
It can be easy to be dragged down by negative news when that’s the grand majority of what we see in the media. And it’s true — from devastating natural disasters to mass shootings, divisive politics to wars, the 2017-2018...
For the second year in a row, the boys won the State Championship, edging out the rest of the field by eight strokes May 14-15 at Legacy Hills Golf Course. Junior Matthew Denton shot the second lowest individual score in the ...
Girls cross country and track coach Patrick Lantzy resigned May 14. When announcing his resignation to the track team, he told them that he attempted to negotiate dropping his eighth period track class, while keeping first peri...
Every year, the Westlake teachers select an educator who they believe has made a positive impact on the school community for the Educator of the Year award. This year, after nearly 20 years of teaching at Westlake, Valerie Taylor had...
On May 3-4 at 6:30 p.m. and May 5 at 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. in the Black Box Theater, the theater department is continuing the tradition of student-directed one act plays. This gives students the opportunity to see the other side...
“I think that there should be some kind of [gun] control, but not necessarily banning of all guns. If you need an AR-15 to hunt, then you must suck at hunting.” —sophomore Jill Dodson
“I believe there should b...
On Friday, April 20, students at Westlake will be walking out of class in peaceful protest in the aftermath of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last month, in which a 19-year-old armed with a semi-automatic rif...
Art history teacher Melinda Darrow always knew she wanted to be a teacher. To her, school was a magical thing that gives us the chance to learn and grow as people. She’s admired by the Westlake community for everything she do...
