2021 and 2022 Grads Have ‘College Conversations’ with Seniors

On Spirit Day, members of the Classes of 2021 and 2022 returned to campus for “College Conversations,” an annual event in which our recently graduated classes give advice to current Westridge seniors about the college process and the transition to college. The theme of the panels was “Now What?” during which 20 alums spoke on topics ranging from their experience applying to colleges and the decisionmaking process to their best advice for the Class of 2023 as they look to commencement later this spring.

AP Bio Work of 100+ Alums Published in Scientific Journal

Kudos to Upper School Science Teacher Dr. Ryan Skophammer, Ph.D., and 112 Westridge alumnae whose work evolving yeast genes landed them with citations in the November 2022 edition of the G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics Journal. The yeast project outlined in the paper has expanded from its inception as a Westridge classroom experiment in 2017 to an ongoing, multi-year partnership with researchers at the University of Washington, who received National Science Foundation funding in 2018 to expand the Westridge program into five high schools and two colleges across the U.S. Read more about the project at www.westridge.org/yeastevolution

Spirit Game: Alumnae vs. Varsity Basketball

Coming off of Winter Break, students celebrated Spirit Day with a varsity soccer game against neighboring Polytechnic School (a 4-4 draw!) and finished the day with an exciting varsity basketball game against 12 of our very own alumnae—ranging from Classes of 2007 to 2022—in Hoffman Gym.

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