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The student news site of Westwood High School.

Westwood Horizon
Avi Rajesh

Avi Rajesh, Heritage Student Life Editor

Class of 2025

Hi! I’ve always loved photo and video editing, and I’m super excited to be a part of student press. A couple of my hobbies involve cooking, baking, and robotics. In my free time I love to listen to music, play the cello, and drink bubble tea!
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Standing alongside team CSH from Timisoara, Romania, Satvik Chawla ’25, Aarush Srivastava ’26, and Souren Uchat ’26 play rock, paper, scissors with the game announcer. To keep things interesting during delays, announcers frequently told jokes or played games with the drivers.

Robotics FTC Team Tomahawk Captain Satvik Chawla ‘25 Guides Team to World Championship

Avi Rajesh, Heritage Student Life Editor
May 15, 2025
Synchronized, Anaya Zia ’25, Archit Garg ’26, and Aayu Yadav ’25 execute Orange Dynamite’s signature move: “Tick-tick-tick boom.” The trio performed the move alongside the rest of their team in the stands before the beginning of every match, to get hyped up and ready.

Robotics FRC Team Orange Dynamite Sets Up A Bright Future At FIRST in Texas State Championship

Avi Rajesh, Heritage Student Life Editor
April 14, 2025
Focused, Anaya Zia '25 and Iris Chen '26 secure the driver station to the robot cart after a match. The duo spent two years together on team Orange Dynamite, quickly becoming close friends.

FRC Team Orange Dynamite Turns Over New Leaf at Victoria Competition

Avi Rajesh, Heritage Student Life Editor
March 31, 2025
Distressed, Rupal Jain ’27, Arhaan Jafri ’27, and Souren Uchat ’26 of Team Slingshot anxiously await the final score after a match. Having driven their team’s robot all season, the trio built strong chemistry and teamwork, however, the cancellation of the State Championship has made their journey to the World Championship much more difficult.

Robotics FTC Teams Face Major Setbacks Due to State Championship Cancellation

March 22, 2025
Working together, Rithwik Nair ’28, Ethan Broadbent ’25, Aayu Yadav ’25, and Shrika Prakash ’26 hold up a part of the robot while making repairs. Yadav and Broadbent spent lots of time mentoring Prakash and Nair in preparation for future seasons, to ensure the team remains sustainable and strong longer after the current seniors graduate.

GALLERY: Robotics Competes at FRC Waco Tournament

Avi Rajesh, Heritage Student Life Editor
March 6, 2025
Focused, Jihoon Im ’26 and Scott Sundstrom ’25 of team Slingshot repair a broken component of their robot. The component broke while they tested their robot in between elimination matches, making it critical to get the robot working in time for their next match.

Robotics FTC Teams Fight To Survive at FIRST in Texas GEMS League Championship

Avi Rajesh, Heritage Student Life Editor
January 23, 2025
Holding a hex key, Adwik Rath ’28 from Team Boomerang adjusts a part on his robot. Boomerang’s robot underwent lots of stress during matches, meaning Rath spent lots of time repairing it between matches so it could make it through the day.

Robotics FTC Teams Find Balance at Third FIRST in Texas GEMS League Meet

Avi Rajesh, Heritage Student Life Editor
December 11, 2024
Watching the field, Souren Uchat ’26 and Viktor Nguyen ’26 from Team Slingshot practice driving their robot. Nguyen drove team Slingshot’s robot for the first time at this competition, and Uchat spent much of the time between matches teaching Nguyen the intricacies of operating the robot.

Robotics FTC Teams Persevere At Second FIRST in Texas GEMS League Meet

Avi Rajesh, Heritage Student Life Editor
November 20, 2024

Robotics Kicks Off Competition Season

Avi Rajesh, Heritage Student Life Editor
October 30, 2024

Piece de Resistance: The Model Minority Myth (PODCAST)

Bella Yi and Avi Rajesh
October 28, 2024
Lost in the music, Wave to Earth lead vocalist Daniel Kim sings to the crowd. Kim sang for nearly two hours, showing impressive vocal stamina as his voice remained clear throughout.

Wave to Earth Makes Splash On ‘0.03’ Tour

Avi Rajesh, Heritage Student Life Editor
October 22, 2024
Focused, Archit Garg ‘26 fixes a bearing alongside Akaash Reddy ‘25, Aayu Yadav ‘25, Geet Nijhawan ‘27, and Dhani Ruhela ‘26. The team made many repairs to their robots throughout the competition, giving more experienced members an opportunity to teach newer ones in low-stakes situations.

Robotics FRC Team Orange Dynamite Crowned Champions at NTX Tournament of Robots

Avi Rajesh, Heritage Student Life Editor
October 4, 2024
Playing a video game, Robotics Club members Ilia Iliev ‘26, Scott Sundstrom ‘25, and Samuel Yarbrough ‘25 enjoy their drinks. Many robotics members got the chance to meet students on teams other than their own, strengthening the community within the club as a whole.

Robotics Builds Bonds at Annual Boba Social

Avi Rajesh, Heritage Student Life Editor
September 16, 2024
Gesturing at a mechanism, Adam Menezes ‘25 explains Orange Dynamite’s off-season robot, nicknamed “Kiwi,” to prospective club members. The FRC team held a separate session after the general information session, where they delved deeper into robotics concepts specific to FRC for members interested in joining.

Robotic Club Gets Gears Turning at First Meeting

Avi Rajesh, Heritage Student Life Editor
August 31, 2024
Focused, Jatin Aggarwal ‘26, Abraham Lira ‘24, and Akaash Reddy ‘25 perform last minute checks on Tomahawk’s robot and its programs before the start of a match. The team participated in ten qualification matches before entering the elimination rounds, winning 7 and losing 3.

Robotics FTC Team Westwood Tomahawk Makes RRISD History

Avi Rajesh, Heritage Student Life Editor
May 25, 2024
With attention to detail, Jatin Aggarwal '26 inserts a battery. At this competition, Tomahawk won the Design Award for their robot's functional and aesthetic design.

Robotics Competes at FTC Central GEMS League Tournament

Avi Rajesh, Heritage Student Life Editor
February 7, 2024
Riya Patil '24 serves as the president of Westwood Orchestra. With this being her third year on the officer team, Patil has prioritized building a comforting community within the program. "I want people to just be comfortable with where they are in their musical journey and just be supportive of each other,” Patil said.

Orchestra President Riya Patil Endeavors to Connect Organization

Avi Rajesh, Heritage Student Life Editor
December 25, 2023
Concentrated, Tomahawk drivers Abraham Lira '24 and Akaash Reddy '25 steer their robot during a match. After their third competition of the year, Tomahawk earned the title of ninth in the world and first in the GEMS league.

Robotics FTC Teams Set Records at Third FiT GEMS League Meet

December 14, 2023
Concentrated, Tomahawk drivers Abraham Lira '24 and Akaash Reddy '25 steer their robot during a match. After their third competition of the year, Tomahawk earned the title of ninth in the world and first in the GEMS league.

Robotics FTC Teams Set Records at Third FiT GEMS League Meet

Avi Rajesh, Heritage Student Life Editor
December 14, 2023
Checking out the fundraiser table, Robotics sponsor Mr. Hulsey admires the ornaments being sold. Using their new laser printer and fallen branches from a freeze last winter, the Robotics program created sustainable, engraved ornaments to fund their projects and materials.

Robotics Club’s “Christmas Crafts” Fundraiser Curates Festivity

Avi Rajesh, Heritage Student Life Editor
December 3, 2023
Bewitched was released on Sept. 8 by Laufey, a well-known artist.

Most Enchanting Songs of Laufey’s ‘Bewitched’

Avi Rajesh, Heritage Student Life Editor
October 6, 2023
Dancers stretch in preparation for choreography and dancing.

Redefining Roles: Students Adapt to Faculty Changes in Fine Arts Department

Bella Yi and Avi Rajesh
September 9, 2023
Focused, Archit Garg '26 demonstrates how to drive an advanced FTC robot to the workshop attendees.

Freshmen Forge Futures with the Robotics Club at Summer Workshop

Avi Rajesh, Heritage Student Life Editor
August 15, 2023
Joji is a popular artist whose music is a mix of R&B and lo-fi.

‘Nectar’: The Highlights of Joji’s Magnum Opus

Avi Rajesh, Heritage Student Life Editor
July 22, 2023
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