High-School-Appropriate Series

Updated (usually) every new issue!

Ask Alfred: Relationship Advice Column (HS)

Weird Texts We've Received During Quarantine: A Photo Essay (HS)

Oat Milk and Agave Nectar: Rupi-Kaur-Inspired Poetry (HS)

High-School-Appropriate Content

2.8

Senior Most Likely Tos (HS)

Senior Advice They Didn’t Tell You in the Town Meeting (HS)

Why Are Juniors Wearing College Merch (LS)

Saying Farewell (LS)

Thursday Detention Buys McDonald’s Franchise (LS)

The Wonder of Admitted Student Instagram Profiles (HS)

A Walk Down Memory Lane: Our Best and Worst Content (LS)

The Issue With Senior Wills (LS)

Ways to Ruin Coffee (MS)

2.7

Ode to College Programming (MS)

Rating Classic Milfs With No Context (HS)

Rating Bodies of Water (LS)

Carlisle and Edward are in Love (HS)

Senior Confessions (HS)

2.6

Critical Amazon Reviews of Westridge Required Reading Books (LS)

A Modernist Short Story (LS)

Activities That Should Satisfy PE Credit Requirements (HS)

Takeout Takes Me Out (MS)

What are the College Admissions Officers Really Doing From January to April? (HS)

Dogs That Deserve a 10/10 (HS)

On Finding an Indie Boyfriend (HS)

Dr. Shoe Review: The New Westridge Playground (ft. Rocky) (LS)

The Tragic End to Westridge and BRIO’s Love Story (MS)

10 Things New Students Should Know Before Coming to Westridge (MS)

2.5

Exclusive Interview: Mr. Harrison Reflects on Being a Pisces in the 21st Century (MS)

Real Sentences From Essays We’ve Turned In (MS)

What Your Favorite Girl Scout Cookie Says About You (MS)

Thursday Detention Bingo Boards: Part 3! (HS)

What is Networking, Really? (MS)

Giant Vapes and Homophobia: A Comprehensive Review of all the Bad Things That Happened at the 2021 Golden Globes (HS)

Rating Your Senior Yard Signs (LS)

We (Personally) Landed On Mars! (LS)

6 Books We Should Ban Instead of The Handmaid’s Tale (MS)

Roasting Millennials (MS)

Should Sophomores Take the Trifecta? (HS)

Confessions of a Substitute Teacher (LS)

2.4

The English Department’s Monopoly on Sad Students Leaves Peer to Peer Bankrupt (HS)

99 (Bottles of) Things Straight People Actually Don’t Know Are Gay (HS)

Mrs. McGregor’s Valentine Gram (HS)

How to (Su)Stay Sustainable: Tips From a Green Rep (LS)

My Quest for a Flash Cultura T-Shirt (LS)

Tiger Week Workshop Alignment Chart (LS)

Thursday Detention Top Picks for Commencement Speaker (MS)

Our Favorite WikiHow Articles (MS)

Deflategate Becomes Obsolete as Tom Brady Wins Sixth Superbowl (MS)

Alternate Ideas for Tiger Week (MS)

2.3

Data-Driven Analysis: Do Blue Light Glasses Work? (LS)

Should You Talk to Your Teachers? (HS)

C*llege Bo*rd Hate Comments (HS)

A Latin Student Describes VHL (HS)

What Were the 80s Really Like? (HS)

Bad Metaphors to Use in an English Essay (MS)

What Your Style of Texting Says About You (LS)

Finally Revealing My Darkest Secret: I Love Country Music (MS)

The Only Viable Way to Replace Interim (MS)

Thank You, Illuminati (MS)

How a Westridge English Teacher Would Grade a Noah Centineo Speech (LS)

Checking In With the Squirrels: Poor Turnout Rates at Squirrel Olympics Leave Squirrel Communities in Economic Recession (MS)

Discontinued Series

We Review Crappy Content (HS)

2.2

Let’s Talk About Brexit (MS)

Lives of Impact Begin Here: CAP Ideas to Try Out (MS)

Teacher Quotes as Zodiac Signs (HS)

Why Haven't Colleges Stopped Emailing Us (HS)

Breaking: Whistleblower in Westridge Administration Confirms Students Will Wear Hazmat Suits to On-Campus Conditioning as a Public Health Precaution (LS)

Opinion: Nothing Makes More Sense Than Instacart Replacements (LS)

An Ode to Latin (MS)

Remember Marianne Williamson? (MS)

New Year's Resolutions We Tried to Keep (MS)

An Open Letter to the 110 On-Ramps (HS)

Rating Your Dogs: Teacher Edition (HS)

Fashion Bot Judges Your Style (MS)

Nonsense Annotations: Part 2 (HS)

The Bachelor is Back (LS)

2.1

Thursday Detention's Top Picks for Next Head of School (MS)

New Bonding Activities for Daily Advisory (HS)

Fake Responses to Real College Supplemental Essay Prompts (MS)

Rating Your Dogs (HS)

Opinion: Oranges Should be Eliminated From the Fruit Canon (LS)

PANTONE’s 2021 Color Combo Has Already Set Us Up for Disaster (MS)

Do We Actually Post on Discussion Boards? (LS)

What Your Khan Academy Avatar Says About You (LS)

Quarancuts (LS)

Resourceful Westridge Students Find Alternate Uses for Their Khakis as We Head Into Our 10th Month of Quarantine (HS)

Seniors Are Feeling Underprivileged — Here Are TD’s Suggestions (HS)

1.8

Thursday Detention Bingo Boards: Part 2! (HS)

Our Favorite Notes and Reminders From 2020 (HS)

The Real Reason the UC Website Crashed (HS)

Discarded Headlines (LS)

Exposé: Compressed Weeks Make Me Shorter (LS)

Things to Google While Your Screen is Still Shared (HS)

War on Christmas Escalates: Elves Drafted (MS)

Thursday Detention Sports Commentary: Ice Skating (LS)

Strange Christmas Tree Ornaments (MS)

Your Guide to Celebrating Ancient Winter Holidays (MS)

The Senior Class Holiday Wishes (MS)

The Raven: A Poem (MS)

1.7

Shot on iPhone Challenge Results (HS)

Ways People Text in Class (MS)

Rating Thanksgiving Dishes (LS)

Weird Places on Campus (LS)

Quarandreams: Part 2 (HS)

Opinion: Orange County Can Secede From California, but Not Before I Buy One Last Frozen Banana in Newport Beach (MS)

Vlad’s Hunk of Ham Takes a Journey (LS)

A Beginner’s Guide to Keeping Houseplants Alive (MS)

Alternate Uses for Westridge Classrooms (MS)

Ask Ulf: A Rival Relationship Advice Column by Your Favorite Viking (HS)

1.6

What Your Microsoft Background Says About You (MS)

Nonsense Annotations From Our High School English Readings (HS)

Thursday Detention Bingo Boards! (HS)

Taking Co-Star's Advice For a Day (MS)

Common App Mishaps (LS)

How to Write and Authentic "Woman:" A Guide for Male Fantasy Authors (HS)

Alex Trebek Passes, Jeopardy Thinking Music Plays Worldwide as the Show Waits for a New Host (MS)

Election-Themed Jokes (LS)

An Ode to Westridge Esports (LS)

Awkward Stock Photos: A Photo Essay (LS)

The Senior Who Counted All of Nevada's Ballots Amid the Stress of College Applications (LS)

Types of Senior Pages (HS)

Area Girl Visits the Americana and Lives to Tell the Tale (LS)

The Secret to a Successful College Application (MS)

Discontinued Series

A Debater Critiques the Presidential Debates (HS)

1.5

The 10 Most Dateable Subjects in AP Art History (HS)

What the Cazort/Raines Marking System Really Means (HS)

The Ghost of Halloween Costumes Past (LS)

There's Nothing Scarier Than A Politician (MS)

Westridge Dad Explains: The Anatomy of a Dad Joke (MS)

Quarantine Cookbook (LS)

Discarded Senior Costume Ideas (MS)

Teacher Sightings (MS)

Thursday Detention’s Very Own: Downloadable Microsoft Teams Backgrounds (LS)

Opinion: Together Mode Gives Me the Sense of Community I Long For (MS)

1.4

“Drinking” Games for Your Teams Class (HS)

An Unsolicited Critique of Cortana’s Daily Briefings (LS)

Best Dressed: Middle School Photos (MS)

Adele’s New Quarantine Ballad (LS)

An Update on the State of Ms. Coker’s Office Candy (LS)

Faculty Celebrity Look-Alikes (MS)

Checking In With Man Lunch (HS)

The Formality of My Emails: A Timeline (LS)

Rating Westridge Backpacks (HS)

A Guide to the Best Sleeping Positions: A Photo Essay (MS)

1.3

How to Identify Your Face Shape (MS)

A Brief and Non-Threatening Social Commentary on the Junior Rings (LS)

Botched Beans: Bored Beads' Up-and-Coming Rival (HS)

Rating Westridge Alumni (MS)

Hawaii Drowns (LS)

Breaking News: Informant Confirms Thursday Detention Not a Reliable News Source (LS)

Am I Funnier Than a Freshman (HS)

Microsoft Auto-Responses as Zodiac Signs (MS)

Opinion: No One Actually Knows What a Sneer Is (MS)

Quarandreams (HS)

1.2

SAT Prep With Your Favorite Substitute Teacher (LS)

President Trump Calls the US Open Patriotic, Retracts His Statement After Discovering Many Female Tennis Players Are Lesbians (MS)

Westridge to Adopt “Throwback Thursdays;” Classes to be Held by Telegram (MS)

In an Effort to Make MLB as Normal as Possible During COVID-19, Paramedics Rush Cardboard Cutout Fan to ER After Rogue Fly Ball Rips Hole in Neck (LS)

My (Real) Common App Essay (LS)

Opinion: I Love Bad Sandwich Chains (MS)

Faculty Fits: A Sneak Peak Into Your Favorite Teacher Wardrobes (HS Version)

Garibaldi: The State Fish of California, OR Gary Baldwin: The Head of Upper School? - A Quiz (LS)

1.1

Have you ever wished for a Google Slide Presentation about Manly Paninis? (MS)

Is Mrs. McGregor's Accent........ Fake?? (HS)

The Squirrel Olympics (LS)

Skin Care Tips for Ms. Wei's Perfect Glow! (MS)

An Actual Working Recipe for Pressure-Cooked Spaghetti and Meatballs​ (LS)