The student news site of Westwood High School.

Westwood Horizon

The student news site of Westwood High School.

Westwood Horizon

The student news site of Westwood High School.

Westwood Horizon

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Kyle and Staley Varozza 18

Kyle and Staley Varozza ’18

Haley Haverda, Reporter January 25, 2017

(Kyle and Staley Varozza ‘18 bleached their hair for the swim team, which will compete in Districts on Jan. 27.) “I’m swimming 50 free and 100 backstroke hoping to get to regionals with a 5400...

Rishi Kejriwal 17

Rishi Kejriwal ’17

Faith Song, Extras Editor January 15, 2017

(Kejriwal is a senior who signed off to play golf at Rice University in the fall of 2017.)     "[In my opinion] golf is a predominantly white sport. There will always be someone who doubts my abilities,...

Seren Lind 19

Seren Lind ’19

Lizzie Deal, Managing Editor January 10, 2017

“We’ve been doing the musical since October or November. We’ve had after school rehearsal for the past two weeks for about four hours each day, and then on Saturday we had about a nine hour rehearsal....

Michael Le 17 shows off his 3D origami fish sculpture.

Michael Le ’17

Jaycie High, Photographer December 6, 2016

   “I make 3D origami or modular origami sculptures. They usually take somewhere between two and 20 hours to make a single sculpture. I mostly make them for fun and make them but along the way,...

Amy Ma 19

Amy Ma ’19

Lizzie Deal, Managing Editor December 2, 2016

(Amy Ma ‘19 is a member of the swim team. The team will compete in Districts on Jan. 27.) “As a team we’ve done really well. We won the Aggieland meet, and that’s a really big meet because teams...

Lucas Madden 17

Lucas Madden ’17

Baylee Bonham, Reporter November 9, 2016

“We are just doing a lot of team work right now, running through drills and plays, making sure we all know what’s going on. I am very excited; I think we’re going to have a great season. We’re...

Adrian Day 17 Visits Godparents in Spain

Adrian Day ’17 Visits Godparents in Spain

Audrey Snider, Reporter November 3, 2016

Last year, Adrian Day ‘17 received a phone call that opened up an opportunity for full cultural immersion. The call was from his godparents, who live in Spain, offering to host him for a year. Having...

McKenna Lindley 18

McKenna Lindley ’18

Haley Haverda, Reporter November 1, 2016

"We are still working on some things but it’s going to be a good season. We are going to work together and use all of our strengths to win.”

Sean Solomon 19

Sean Solomon ’19

Anna Chuo, Morale Officer October 25, 2016

"My favorite subject in school is football because I play with my friends and I like the coaches because they’re nice. I help out at the football games -- I’m the ball boy so I give the ball to the...

Sonya Swami 20

Sonya Swami ’20

Faith Song, Extras Editor October 20, 2016

"When I first got the Region music in May, I stared at it in disbelief. It was not the Region music I was used to from middle school. There were notes and techniques I had never seen before and I had...

Samantha Tarafdar 18

Samantha Tarafdar ’18

Donatella Voss, Photo Editor October 18, 2016

“It’s very difficult to balance your school life when you have two children at home. I mean, they aren’t really my children, but it feels that way sometimes. I have to take care of my niece and nephew...

Benedikt Herold 18

Benedikt Herold ’18

Lizzie Deal, Managing Editor October 14, 2016

(Benedikt Herold ‘18 is an International Student from Austria.) “In Austria, the weather is cooler so it’s not so hot, like Texas. There are more mountains, and the cities are smaller. There’s...

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