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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Caden Richardson 19 is dancing among the crowd.

Mr. Acosta Presents First Party on the Patio

Lizzie Deal, Managing Editor January 23, 2017

Throughout the year, students sing, play instruments, and dance in the atrium for class activities. However, the students crowding in the atrium during third block Jan. 20 were there for an entirely...

Well Miss You, Mrs. Ramirez

We’ll Miss You, Mrs. Ramirez

Lizzie Deal and Trevor Wyatt January 21, 2017

If there’s one thing that Mrs. Mary Jane Ramirez has learned in her eight years working as a custodian on campus, it’s that everything in life has value. “You can’t take things for granted,”...

The new Area One officers are inducted during the closing ceremony.

Students Compete at HOSA Area

Emily Lu, Editor-in-Chief January 19, 2017

The Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) competed and participated at the Area One Spring Leadership Conference on Friday, Jan. 13 and Saturday, Jan. 14. Students not only had the chance to display...

The Pacesetter girls try to figure out the next dance move.

Pacesetters Hold Annual Jazzercise Meeting

Baylee Bonham, Reporter January 19, 2017

Pacesetters held their annual Jazzercise meeting on Wednesday, Jan 11. A Jazzercise instructor came and taught a Jazzercise class to the Pacesetters. The girls dressed up in Jazzercise-themed clothing...

Westwood club members wait for the task to be announced.

Annual Robotics Task Announced at FRC Kickoff

Catherine Wiesehuegel, Reporter January 17, 2017

Saturday, Jan. 7 marked the beginning of the Robotics FRC season when this year’s task was announced at Dripping Springs High School. Each year, a new task is announced at the kickoff and robotics...

Upcoming Event: Womens March on Austin

Upcoming Event: Women’s March on Austin

Haley Haverda, Reporter January 17, 2017

On Saturday, Jan. 21, The Women’s March on Austin will be coming to the downtown Austin area. The march will start at 12 p.m. and end at the Capitol Building (the starting location and ending time are...

Passengers Extra Credit Opportunity

Passengers Extra Credit Opportunity

Donatella Voss, Photo Editor January 11, 2017

The AP Physics 1 classes are having an extra credit opportunity to see the movie Passengers, about two people on a ship who awake surrounded by cryogenically frozen people, and write an essay about the...

OPINION: 2016: A Year of Problems Both Big and Small

OPINION: 2016: A Year of Problems Both Big and Small

Arthur Wang, Reporter January 4, 2017

2016 will be well-known in the U.S. as the year that Donald Trump was elected, and the EU will know it as the year of Brexit -- to say nothing of the other sources of political turmoil. However, many people...

Here we go!

Here we go!

January 2, 2017

Welcome back! The spring semester gets underway Jan. 3. Students will report to their first block classes Tuesday morning, where they will receive their new schedules. Students without a first block class...

Coming to the End of 2016

Coming to the End of 2016

Trevor Wyatt, Reporter December 26, 2016

This year has been a disaster that we all were unfortunate enough to see unfold. With the year and semester coming to a close we are giving an opportunity to reflect. Westwood hired a new principal, and...

Club members play an intense game of SMASH Bros..

SMASH Club Holds SMASH Bros. Tournament

Catherine Wiesehuegel, Reporter December 14, 2016

SMASH Club hosted a SMASH Bros. tournament Friday, Dec. 2 in the Great Room. “I thought [the tournament] went pretty well,” Timothy Ebert ‘19 said. “I think it needed it little bit more...

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