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The student news site of Westwood High School.

Westwood Horizon
The student news site of Westwood High School.

Westwood Horizon
In recent years, social media has pushed alternative fashion styles, previously considered more taboo more into the mainstream. But as this trend has persisted, it has led to the appropriation and misrepresentation of these communities' values often pushing aside people of color in the communities they created.

Punk and People of Color: Alternative Fashion Shuns Marginalized Communities

Vedanti Patil, Reporter • February 18, 2025

The formula to be regarded as a trendy and fashionable person is a crop top and baggy jeans. Suddenly, they are regarded as peak fashion. Interestingly, these people are also often light-skinned, skinny,...

Each holding part of their gingerbread house, Juniors Anushka Gupta, Emma Rincon, and Atiriya Banerjee work to construct a gingerbread house worthy of winning the competition.

Winter Wonderland: IBSO Hosts Winter Social

Mayla Montgomery, A&E Editor • December 9, 2024

Christmas music blared in the cafeteria after school, accompanied by the aroma of warm hot chocolate and toasty marshmallows. Spread out across tables were International Baccalaureate (IB) students,...

All watching with anticipation, the members of the Westwood PIC club gather round as one of the Trick or Treaters spins the wheel at their stand to determine what prize they would get. If the Trick or Treaters landed on the orange slot, they won a Mr Beast chocolate, a prize attracted many eager kids.

No Tricks, Just Treats: IB and PALS Host Annual Trunk or Treat

Mayla Montgomery, A&E Editor • October 30, 2024

Small footsteps flew down the halls, hands gripping brightly colored sacks to hold candy. The school was filled with all sorts of characters, from witches to superheroes, all stopping at the brightly...

Finding new uses for the cotton cobweb decorations, seniors Anika Anumalla, Jennifer Rong, and Tharini Murugananth put together a makeshift costume for the costume contest. Part of the many events at the social, the winners of the costume contest received IB merch as a prize.

Spooky Celebration: IBSO Hosts Halloween Social

Mayla Montgomery, A&E Editor • October 24, 2024

Walking through the E-Wing on Wednesday, Oct. 23, students were in for quite the spooky sight: orange and purple decor was draped all across the International Baccalaureate (IB) Colony, the space entirely...

Quickly rising in popularity nationwide, UT Austin is one of the largest public universities in the country. The school has recently come into the spotlight for several of its honors programs, such as McCombs and Turing, as well as its spike in national rankings.

From Backup to Bigshot: UT Austin is a “New Ivy League”

Bella Yi, Heritage Campus Life Editor • July 28, 2024

Just a decade ago, Texas parents deeply involved in their child’s college applications might lament about the process: “My child’s academics are so poor, but at least they’ll be able to go to UT...

As students look on, Viola Swamp, portrayed by Nyx Schexnayder '24, imposes her authority on the class. Miss Swamp served as the story's antagonist, opposing the cheerful Miss Nelson in her strict governance over the class.

Storybook Spectacle Shines in Children’s Show ‘Miss Nelson is Missing’

Sabrina Kim, Heritage Co-Chief • November 19, 2023

As elementary school teachers corralled restless eight- and nine-year-olds into the foldout seats of the Raymond E. Hartfield Performing Arts Center (PAC) on Tuesday, Nov. 14, second-year Acting: Production...

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