Competition Heats Up

March 22, 2010 • Bryan Phan, Staff Writer  
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   Club pride was evident during the week of March 15th as yelling crowds of high school students cheered on their friends and fellow members in the club competitions.    The week began with a limbo line of forty contestants. As the bar fell lower and lower, only the flexible participants prevailed;... Read more »

A Green Opportunity for Students at Exxon Mobil

March 22, 2010 • Esther Kim, Staff Writer  
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   Exxon Mobil will partner with the Torrance Unified School District to hold its annual Green Team Summer Youth Program from June 28 to August 5. The program will give students the opportunity to evaluate their personal goals, cooperate with others, and improve their personal resumes.    There are... Read more »

West has Got Heart

March 18, 2010 • Jennifer Welch, Staff Writer  
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   The National Honors Society (NHS) club at West High recently partnered with the UCLA staff to organize a blood drive on March 16th.  The event took place throughout the entire school day in the gym, where several nurses worked to make the drive a great success; there were approximately two hundred... Read more »

Sophomore Stars of Tennis

March 16, 2010 • Ariel Kimmok  
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Starting an undefeated 4-0 record with wins over Culver City, Bishop Montgomery, El Segundo, and Long Beach Cabrillo through the dates of March 2nd to 4th, the Varsity Tennis team is on full charged steam to begin the season. Although it is the pre-season, West High’s early success signals a season... Read more »

West High Softball Team Starts the Season Right off the Bat

March 16, 2010 • Ariel Kimmok  
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On Tuesday March 2, the West High Softball team played its first JV game against Bishop Montgomery and triumphantly won 16:7. From practices to the heart-beating moment of the first game, the West High softball team got the season off to a great start. Softball is a sport almost identical to baseball,... Read more »

West High Students Walk Out In Protest

March 8, 2010 • Jennifer Welch (11), Writer  
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Today, West High students held a walk-out to protest the upcoming budget cuts and the changes that students will face next year. For about twenty minutes, students congregated outside the school, spoke with journalists and listened to student speakers. The new budget was passed for the Torrance... Read more »

West High’s Got Talent

March 2, 2010 • Bryan Phan, Staff Writer  
Filed under Entertainment

   As the lights dimmed the crowd prepared themselves to be amazed by a wide array of dance, music, and art. In total there were nineteen performances—each act setting a higher bar of excellence for the following performers. Thomas Heflinger (11) described, “It felt like every performer did pretty... Read more »