Skip to Main Content
The student news site of Westwood High School.

Westwood Horizon

  • Pick up your Yearbook on Distribution Day (5/6)!
  • Order Your Dreamcatcher!
  • Last Day of School: 5/22!
The student news site of Westwood High School.

Westwood Horizon

The student news site of Westwood High School.

Westwood Horizon

Robotics Team Competes at First Robotics

Robotics Team Competes at First Robotics

Ethan Lao, Yearbook Designer April 14, 2016

The Westwood Robotics team attended the First Robotics Competition (FRC) in San Antonio on March 10-12. Though the team experienced multiple difficulties, including faulty robots, disconnections, and low...

Band Holds Annual Mulch Fundraiser

Band Holds Annual Mulch Fundraiser

Ethan Lao, Yearbook Designer March 10, 2016

Students in Band delivered mulch on March 5 for their annual mulch fundraiser. The band sold more than $50,000 worth of mulch, earning about $25,000 for the band, and delivered more than 9,000 bags of...

Freshman Orange Basketball vs. Round Rock

Freshman Orange Basketball vs. Round Rock

Ethan Lao, Yearbook Designer January 27, 2016

The freshman orange basketball team competed with the Round Rock Dragons on Jan. 19. The team played with strength and perseverance, but could not keep up to the Dragons, losing 29-48 in the end. Even...

Orange

Freshman Boys Split Games against Stony Point Tigers

Ethan Lao, Yearbook Designer January 19, 2016

The freshman orange and white teams challenged the Stony Point Tigers in two close games on Jan. 12. The orange team lost by only a few points, with an end score of 51-57, and the white team was able...

Girls' Varsity Basketball Defeats East View 60-56

Girls’ Varsity Basketball Defeats East View 60-56

Ethan Lao, Yearbook Designer November 17, 2015

The girls’ basketball varsity team had a huge success on Nov. 10 when they played against the East View Patriots. After a very close game, the Warriors held their ground and won with a score of 60-56. The...

Robotics Club to Go to State After Besting BEST

Ethan Lao, Yearbook Designer November 11, 2015

The Westwood Robotics Club participated in the Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology (BEST) Robotics Competition on Oct. 24 at Westwood. Despite many challenges, the team won awards as well as...

Band Excels at UIL Marching Contest

Band Excels at UIL Marching Contest

Ethan Lao, Yearbook Designer October 30, 2015

On Oct. 17, the Westwood Warrior Band performed at UIL. The band went home to fantastic news, earning ones in all categories, which is the highest possible score. Their show (which had to be cut short...

Luca Mazzola '19 looks to run ahead around several Stony Point defenders.

Stony Point defeats Freshman Football

Ethan Lao, Yearbook Designer October 20, 2015

On Oct. 15, the freshman orange and white teams played against the Stony Point Tigers. This was a special game, as both the orange and white teams were combined to form only one team, due to a lack...

Will Jennings '18 leaps to catch a nice pass from Swensen.

Stony Point Tigers Defeat Warriors 10-0

Ethan Lao, Yearbook Designer October 17, 2015

The Warriors (0-7) continued to show their improvement, especially during the game against the Stony Point Tigers (4-3). Even though the Warriors lost 10-0 in the end, they still were able to play...

Sock and Underwear Drive Brings Community Together

Sock and Underwear Drive Brings Community Together

Ethan Lao, Yearbook Designer October 15, 2015

Every year, Round Rock ISD hosts a Sock and Underwear Drive between the Westwood Warriors and the McNeil Mavericks. All the clothes collected are donated to the Round Rock ISD Clothes Closet. This year...

Band Exhibits Show at Festival of Bands

Band Exhibits Show at Festival of Bands

Ethan Lao, Yearbook Designer October 13, 2015

Each year, bands from around Round Rock showcase their hard work in one intense and epic show. This year was the 16th annual Festival of Bands, featuring both middle school and high school bands performing...

Kremena Mavrodieva '16 and Spencer Rhea '16 put their hands in the non-newtonian fluid.

Science Club Experiments with Non-newtonian Fluids

Ethan Lao, Yearbook Designer October 2, 2015

On Sept. 22, Science Club met with the students from Mr. Joel Taylor’s eighth block Accelerated Science 2 class. Each week, the club meets to pick an interesting topic and conduct an exciting experiment...

Load More Stories