According to a Japanese legend, a person who receives 1,000 origami cranes will have one wish granted. In hopes of this, the Student Council’s Community Service committee joined forces with the Cranes...
Vikram Joshi, Horizon Editor in Chief
• September 16, 2018
On Thursday, Sept. 6, Nike released a new advertisement featuring many athletes who have overcome hardship to become among the top of their sport. The advertisement is narrated by Colin Kaepernick, the...
On Wednesday, the night of Open House, Principal Mario Acosta ordered a batch of pizzas from DoubleDave's for the whole staff. Many teachers and coaches took home the leftover pizzas for their families,...
ROTC students conducted a symbolic flag lowering ceremony on Tuesday, Sept. 11 in order to commemorate the anniversary of the tragic attack on the World Trade Centers and U.S. Pentagon. The moving...
Sarah Wang, Heritage Photo Editor
• September 13, 2018
Apple hosted their annual launch event showcasing a variety of new products, upgrades, and intel on Sept. 12, 2018. The release was held at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple HQ, where around 1,000 people...
The MUSE club, sponsored by Mr. Thomas Turpin, is a charity organization in which young high school musicians can volunteer and perform in local community homes, was recently founded by Elaine Chen...
Rice University and the University of Texas at Austin are the only Texas schools to rank in the top 50 nationwide, according to rankings released today from U.S. News & World report that placed the...
A total of 57 students were announced as National Merit Semifinalists, and to honor them a ceremony was held Wednesday, Sept. 12 in the small gym at 8 a.m.. In order to qualify as a semifinalist, students...
In an effort to reduce the student body’s effect on our campus environment, the Student Council Energy and Environment Committee (EE) made an effort to clean up after students on Wednesday, Sept. 5.
“We...
Connor Cowman, Community & World Editor
• September 7, 2018
On Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, Texas released a new grading system for all school districts. This system rates districts on an A-F scale based on three categories: student achievement, school progress, and...
Westwood has started a new course called Family and Community Services under the Human Services pathway. This course is a full year of planning and participating in various projects over community...
The first pep rally of the school year took place on Aug. 31 in the big gym. As always, it was filled with school spirit and excitement, and many students performed or gave a speech about their area...
