On Friday, May 24, the Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, overturning Roe v. Wade, and ending both the constitutional right to an abortion and the near 50-year precedent set by Roe.
“The...
In the third deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on May 24. The massacre shocked and terrified...
Associate Principal Ms. Erin Campbell will serve as the new principal of Westwood High School. Ms. Campbell has served as associate principal since 2019. During this time, she led the campus equity task...
Phoebe Taber, Heritage Photo Editor
• June 1, 2022
The Class of 2022 had their graduation ceremony from 4 p.m.-7 p.m. at the H-E-B Center in Cedar Park on Tuesday, May 24.
The event began with speeches from graduates; Student Council Executive President...
Aanika Hirode, Arts & Entertainment Editor
• May 28, 2022
In May 2022, Westwood Student Press sent out a survey to graduating seniors asking about their future education pathways. A total of 61 seniors responded, and 33 unique colleges were mentioned. To view...
Amoli Agarwal, Horizon Editor-in-Chief
• May 28, 2022
In the past two years, record numbers of teachers have left their jobs across the country, exhausted and overwhelmed from rising work obligations. Following the national trend, the end of the 2022 school...
As an educator of 20 years, Principal Dr. Mario Acosta believes that the mark of a “high quality” leader is one who “[builds] such depth in leadership that the person at the top is almost interchangeable,...
Every country, state, and district has special and unique ways in which they choose to disperse breaks away from school. The time in between such breaks can greatly affect one's school experience, too...
When he first found out that his home country Ukraine had been invaded, Illia Myronov ‘23 felt hopeless. Myronov felt very shocked that Russia had actually followed through on its threats to invade his...
Chloe Boyd, Dreamcatcher Editor-in-Chief
• May 18, 2022
On Wednesday, May 11, Tech Starters held their second annual demo day, consisting of a series of project presentations that the members of the club worked on over the course of the year. Since the...
On Saturday, April 30, students arrived at the Oasis in elegant dresses and tuxedos ready to dance, eat, and hang out with their friends at Prom. The theme was “See the Light” from Tangled.
“It...
Sophomores Holt Bray and Valerie Peat had the opportunity to model and present garments they designed and fashioned at the Austin Fashion Style Show on Sunday, April 29 at the Domain. The entirety...
