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The student news site of Westwood High School.

Westwood Horizon
The student news site of Westwood High School.

Westwood Horizon
Gayu Lakshmanan

Gayu Lakshmanan, Heritage Portraits Editor

Class of 2023

I like taking and editing photos of beautiful people, places, and things. Outside of school I volunteer at STEM events and learn how to play various instruments in my music class.

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Talking about the effectiveness of his product, Jacob Erattuparambil ‘23 attempts to convince his audience that his project, an all natural energy drink, is effective. NAME’s team wanted to address the problem of teenage exhaustion while avoiding the harmful effects of caffeine, leading to them choosing to create an all natural energy drink as a viable alternative.

Senior Engineering Students Exhibit Final Project Presentations

Gayu Lakshmanan, Heritage Portraits Editor
May 22, 2023
Featured on the first volume’s cover is the main character of Hell’s Paradise, Gabimaru the Hollow. As the main character of the series, the story explores his relationship with the human will to live and his violent past. Art courtesy of Yuji Kaku.

What You Should Be Watching in Anime Spring Season

Gayu Lakshmanan, Heritage Portraits Editor
April 13, 2023
Presenting their build project to the members of the Engineering Club, Club President Manika Aggarwal '23 and Build Lead Valentina Larina '23 start off their new year presentation. "This year we are trying to work on more female involvement, and more involvement from everyone in general," Aggarwal said, "so we have a lot of different types of engineering."

Engineering Club Holds First Meeting

Gayu Lakshmanan, Heritage Portraits Editor
September 2, 2022
Featured on the cover of the second novel is Anya Forger, one of the main characters in the series, 'Spy x Family.' Anya herself is secretly a mind reader, and uses her unique power to put an interesting spin on the events happening in the series. Image courtesy of Viz Media.

What You Should Be Watching in Anime Spring Season 2022

Gayu Lakshmanan, Heritage Portraits Editor
April 13, 2022
Ethics Club Competes at Ethics Bowl in North Carolina

Ethics Club Competes at Ethics Bowl in North Carolina

Gayu Lakshmanan, Heritage Portraits Editor
April 8, 2022
As the builders come into their assigned workspace, they check up on their robot and fix wire damage. As robotics competitions usually include many robots hitting and bumping into each other, most teams spend all their time in-between matches fixing any breaks. Photo courtesy of Westwood Robotics.

Westwood Robotics Team 2583 Competes at Austin Event

Gayu Lakshmanan, Heritage Portraits Editor
March 29, 2022
With an opposing player trailing almost immediately behind him, Gabe Parr ‘23 runs across the gym in order to pass the ball along to his teammates. This was during the third quarter, where the Warriors achieved their highest lead. “Stony Point has some really good scores and they’re really athletic,” Parr said, “and we played an amazing defense, just to keep them low scoring.”

Varsity Boys Basketball Tops Stony Point 66-54

Gayu Lakshmanan, Heritage Portraits Editor
January 14, 2022
As the game begins with the tip-off, Bailee Dainton ‘24 jumps for the ball. Although the Warriors got the ball, the Cedar Ridge Raiders stole the ball, scoring 2 points and eventually winning the game.

JV Girls Basketball Suffers Defeat to Cedar Ridge 53-23

Gayu Lakshmanan, Heritage Portraits Editor
December 9, 2021
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