FisHW organizes lobster shing trip

By Eden C onner

FisHW led a lobster shing trip on the Huntington Beach Pier on March 17. Participants dropped lobster traps and ate a group dinner before shing o the dock and ending the night by pulling up the traps. e cost to attend was $10.80 for a license and $5 for bait. e group left the Middle School at 4 p.m. via shuttle and arrived back at midnight.

FisHW Student Leader Ryan Whiteman ’24 said the trip was open to people with any level of shing experience, and he plans to organize more in the future.

“I nd that shing is a sense of community,” Martin said. “Something we hope to capture in this trip is to not only go out there and try and get lobster and learn how to catch the mackerel and do the things o the pier together, but also to gain that sense of camaraderie.” with their gifts of life.”

Ma said the Huntington Beach Pier is brimming with sea life to catch and he is looking forward to the variety of sh that will be available to catch on the Newport trip FishHW is planning for later in the year.

HWPA Co-Chair Pansy Yang (Audrey ’23, Alexander ’28, Lucy ’28) said she was moved by the number of people who were willing to donate blood.

“ e turnout is always inspiring,” Yang said. “Seeing all the students, faculty, sta and parents come together to generously donate time and blood makes me proud to be part of the Harvard-Westlake community.”

Kait Lazenby ’24, who donated blood for the rst time during this event, said giving blood helped them face their fear of needles and simultaneously help others.

“I actually have a fear of needles, so I decided to donate blood to get over that fear,” Lazenby said. “ is donation is important to me because it helped me overcome my fear, and in the process, I can assist other people too.”

Red Cross Club Vice President Ofek Levy ’23, who helped orga-