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Westwood Horizon

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Westwood Horizon

Focused, Nina Stockinger '25 cuts out her pig's organ block, the attached clump of organs revealed after the Y incision. Her group suspected poison in their pig's bloodstream due to its discolored organs and internal bleeding..

Forensics Students Perform Fetal Pig Autopsies

Prima Changwatchai, Assistant Editor April 14, 2025

A macabre conclusion to their unit on death and decomposition, forensics students took on the roles of forensic pathologists to perform medico-legal autopsies on fetal pigs. The process, during which...

Among the aisles of HEB, Ishira Limaye '25 poses for a selfie. For an assignment in TAG AP Language, Mr. Chalk's students went to the grocery store alone as a real-life application of topics discussed in their current reading, The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare.

TAG AP Language Students Go Shopping

Prima Changwatchai, Assistant Editor February 20, 2024

To fulfill an assignment from English teacher Mr. Scott Chalk due on Tuesday, Feb. 13, TAG AP Language students went grocery shopping without their parents. Students were instructed to buy at least...

Rows of desks signify the rigid structure of the American education system, which is supposedly outdated by 200 years. The main drawbacks of the current system are its inability to effectively teach relevant information.

Students Scrutinize American School Systems

Chloe Boyd, Dreamcatcher Editor-in-Chief May 27, 2023

In the 1950s, the United States Air Force was suffering major losses of up to 17 airmen in one day. The military claimed it was the pilots’ fault, but pilots instead blamed the aircraft. When it was...

Sophomores Sanjana Alluri and Shrishti Mahajan play the PTSO halloween trivia Kahoot. The top three winners at the end of the game won a pack of rainbow sour Airheads.

Trivia or Treat? PTSA Hosts Halloween Trivia Event

Kriya Handa, Dreamcatcher Editor-in-Chief November 2, 2022

Parent Teacher Student Association’s (PTSA) Treat Yo’ Self Club hosted a Halloween trivia event during Fun Flex on Friday, Oct. 21. in the cafeteria. “Everyone loves candy, and it's Halloween,...

The tragedy in Uvalde was the largest mass shooting since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012. Graphic by Prima Changwatchai.

Students Speak Out on Campus Safety Following Massacre in Uvalde

Prima Changwatchai, Assistant Editor June 21, 2022

In the third deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on May 24. The massacre shocked and terrified...

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