Selah Johnson ('22) - who now making waves at Archer School for Girls - came in third place for the...
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WNS 8th Graders Tackle Homelessness Through Entrepreneurship
At Westside Neighborhood School (WNS) - an independent preschool through 8th grade school in Los Angeles’ “Silicon Beach” neighborhood of...
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Jomar Pierson (’14)
Joseph (Jomar) Pierson ('14) is a Fulbright Scholar in Taiwan, teaching English and learning Chinese. Jomar attended WNS beginning in...
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Dean Osborne (‘15)
Dean Osborne (‘15) graduated from the University of Miami in 2023 with a major in Business Management and minors in Architecture...
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Taylor Osborne (‘13)
Taylor Osborne (‘13) graduated from the University of Miami in 2021 with a major in Health Sciences and a minor...
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Marlee Porter (‘20)
Marlee Porter (‘20) was featured for her original poem on the CBS Original Show, The Talk, in honor of Dr....
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Seela Kapoor (‘20)
Seela Kapoor (‘20) was recently accepted to her first-choice college, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona, Florida for Aeronautical Science! She...
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Grace Rector (‘13)
Grace Rector (‘13) was selected for the Fulbright Scholarship to serve as a University Professor in Casablanca, Morocco for one...
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Katrina Binks (16’)
Katrina Binks (16’) is graduating this year from Muhlenberg College! She was recently featured in the school’s newspaper, The Weekly....
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Sadie Kaplan (’23)
Sadie publishes an article about WNS! Sadie Kaplan ('23): Sadie’s research and writing is featured in the Voices from the...
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Caroline Haas (‘13)
After graduating from the Orange School of the Arts, she attended Oberlin College obtaining a BA in Gender, Sexuality and...
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EJ Vernon (‘21)
EJ's Future on the Court Looks Bright! EJ Vernon (‘21) is now a sophomore at Crossroads and playing on their...
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Delyle Williams (‘19)
Delyle and Jackson State play LMU! Delyle Williams (‘19) is a freshman at Jackson State University and is playing Guard...
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Johannes Austin (‘21)
Johannes Brings Lacrosse to All Johannes Austin (‘21) started an organization called The Medicine Game: LAX 4 All (TMG) that...
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Selah Johnson (‘22) and John McCovey (‘21)
Selah and John are Co-Presidents of the High School Council for PSV. Selah Johnson (‘22) and John McCovey (‘21) have...
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Kalyn Mason (‘18)
Kalyn Interns at Fox Sports! Kalyn Mason (‘18) is a sophomore at UCLA and is planning to major in Communications....
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Washington D.C. – Day 6
Washington D.C. 2023-24 - Mr. Brannan & the 8th Grade Chaperones DAY SIX Yesterday, we walked past the Bureau of...
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Washington DC 2023-24 – Day 5
Washington D.C. 2023-24 - Mr. Brannan & the 8th Grade Chaperones DAY FIVE We ended breakfast today with a sentimental...
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Washington DC 2023-24 – Day 4
Washington D.C. 2023-24 - Mr. Brannan & the 8th Grade Chaperones DAY FOUR Students were still a little slow to...
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Washington DC 2023-24 – Day 3
Washington D.C. 2023-24 - Mr. Brannan & the 8th Grade Chaperones DAY THREE The girls may have gotten a little...
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Washington DC 2023-24 – Day 2
Washington D.C. 2023-24 - Mr. Brannan & the 8th Grade Chaperones DAY TWO Hello from DC! The morning here got...
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Washington DC 2023-24 – Day 1
Washington D.C. 2023-24 - Mr. Brannan & the 8th Grade Chaperones DAY ONE Despite being the earliest point in the...
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Katrina Binks (16’)
Katrina choreographs for EMIA in New York! Katrina Binks (16’) was recently chosen to choreograph a dance piece for Earl...
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Rhiann Sheffie (’18)
Rhiann is recognized by the LA County Poet Laureate Program! "I just wanted to share some exciting things that are...
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Washington DC 2023 – Day 6
Washington D.C. 2023 DAY SIX We made it! Today was our final day in DC. At the end of breakfast,...
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Washington DC 2023 – Day 5
Washington D.C. 2023 DAY FIVE So, yes, we left California to fly across the country only to experience smoke-filled air...
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Washington DC 2023 – Day 4
Washington D.C. 2023 DAY FOUR Last night as we typed up this blog in Mr Brannan’s hotel room, Mr...
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Washington DC 2023 – Day 3
Washington D.C. 2023 DAY THREE Hello from DC on the 79th anniversary of D-Day. Prior to the invasion of...
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Washington DC 2023 – Day 2
Washington D.C. 2023 DAY TWO 7:30am. Time for teachers to knock on doors and see if the kids were nearly...
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Washington DC 2023 – Day 1
Washington D.C. 2023 Day 1 Aaaannndd we’re off! We have to say first that this year’s group of kids was...
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John McCovey (’21)
John makes waves at St. John Bosco John McCovey (‘21) is a sophomore at St. John Bosco High School in...
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How to Talk to Kids About Executive Functioning
Johannes Austin (‘21)
Johannes Reflects on WNS Johannes Austin (‘21) is a Sophomore at St. John Bosco High School. He recently wrote in...
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Sydney Moses (‘17)
Sydney & The Aardvark Authors Sydney Moses (‘17) is currently a sophomore at Beloit College in WI. Her poem, An...
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Marley Barrow’Bell (‘20)
Marley Takes State Championship! Marley Barrow'Bell (‘20) is a Junior at St. John Bosco High School. Marley is an honor...
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How to Talk to Kids About Being an Upstander
How To Talk To Children About Neurodiversity
How to Cultivate Belonging in the Classroom
Josh Hirsch (’19)
Josh recognized for award-winning baseball season Josh Hirsch (‘19) Josh was recently featured in the Westchester Living magazine for his...
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Zoie Brogdon (’19)
Zoie is honored with Finer Womanhood Rising Award Zoie Brogdon (‘19) - Zoe was recently honored with the prestigious Finer...
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8th Grade Passion Project
2021-22 8th Grade Passion Project The 8th grade Passion Project is the capstone activity for students at Westside Neighborhood School....
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Performing Arts
2021-22 Performing Arts Performing Arts at WNS returned in full-force for the 2021-22 school year! It took some reorganizing and...
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True Jackson (’18)
True Jackson Featured In Forbes! True Jackson (‘18) is featured in Forbes! The article describes True’s dreams of performing her...
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Washington DC 2022 – Day 6
Washington D.C. 2022 Day 6 Somehow, over the course of the week, a majority of rooms unlearned how to set...
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Mele Faiva Corral-Blagojevich (’19)
Mele heads to OU! Mele Faiva Corral-Blagojevich ('19) recently committed to Oklahoma for volleyball, and will join her best friend,...
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Washington DC 2022 – Day 5
Washington D.C. 2022 Day 5 After all the talk about activism and changemaking yesterday, it’s fitting that today we headed...
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Washington DC 2022 – Day 4
Washington D.C. 2022 Day 4 Now that we’re a few days into the trip, the kids have started to fall...
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Washington DC 2022 – Day 3
Washington D.C. 2022 Day 3 After yesterday’s non-stop DC tour, and most likely coupled with staying up well past lights...
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Washington DC 2022 – Day 2
Washington D.C. 2022 Day 2 When the chaperones stepped into the hallway to perform wake-up knocks, we could already hear...
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Washington DC 2022 – Day 1
Washington D.C. 2022 Day 1 “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step,” according to an old...
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Ayla Bushell (‘21)
Ayla Bushell is a published author! Ayla Bushell ('21) is now a published author! Her book, Ineffable, is a collection of...
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Brendan Brisson (‘15)
Brendan Goes For Olympic Gold! Brendan Brisson ‘15 was recently announced as a player on the 2022 U.S. Olympics Men’s...
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Building Lifelong Learners Through Exploration
The educational theory called social constructivism empowers even the youngest children to learn through independent exploration, reflection, and group discussion. ...
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Zoie Brogdon (‘19)
Zoie Soars To New Heights In The Show Jumping World Zoie Brogdon (‘19) was featured in a Financial Times article...
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Imani Pullum (‘17)
Imani Takes The Arts By Storm Imani Pullum (‘17) is a freshman at NYU's Tisch School of The Arts, majoring...
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Hope Shinderman (‘17)
Hope Launches 'Bored of Boredom' To Address Educational Inequality Hope Shinderman (‘17) is currently attending Columbia University as a freshman!...
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Joshua Curls (‘12)
Joshua Curl Set To Graduate From Chico State Joshua Curls (‘12) is currently a senior at Chico State majoring in...
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Brendan Craig (‘14)
Brendan Craig makes waves at LMU & on the Red Carpet Brendan Craig (‘14) is currently a junior journalism major...
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Ella Parker (‘19)
Ella Parker to play Sooners Softball! Ella Parker (‘19) is a Junior at Notre Dame High School where she plays...
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Ceyair Wright (‘17)
Ceyair Stars On The Screen And The Field! Ceyair Wright (‘17) - was recently featured in a LA Times article...
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Arjun Vadgama (’17)
Arjun Takes The Championship! Arjun Vadgama ('17) won the 1600m championship for CIF back in June 2021. Arjun started running...
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Anilee List (‘14)
Anilee wows us on American Idol! Anilee List (‘14) was one of the Top 24 contestants on American Idol, Season...
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True Jackson (‘18)
True's debut album is out now! True Jackson (‘18) has released her first album! Here is the link to check...
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Zoie Brogdon (‘19)
Zoie wins multiple awards for her artwork Zoie Brogdon’s (‘19) original artwork has graced the cover of the Cross Sections...
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Daryn Siegel (‘17)
Daryn heads to UCSB Daryn Siegel ‘17 received a D1 softball scholarship to UCSB! Daryn was a part of the...
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Brendan Brisson (‘15)
Brendan Plays For Michigan Brendan Brisson (‘15) was featured in a South Bay magazine recently sharing that he will play...
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Grace Rector (‘13)
Grace Rector Becomes A Published Author! In April 2021 Grace became a published author! It took 10 months to complete...
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Kalyn Mason (‘18)
Kalyn Mason (‘18) The COVID-19 Pandemic did not stop Kalyn, a junior at Marymount High School, from pursuing her goals...
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4th Grade California Museum Project
Our 4th graders are hard at work on their California Museum Project! Each student has a topic related to California...
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E-News 2/14/20
Headline from Brad Zacuto: Upcoming Holiday and Important Work We have an upcoming four-day weekend in recognition of Presidents’ Day...
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Newsletters for Week of February 10th
Kindergarten 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade
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Speaker Series – Denise Pope
Join us Monday, February 10, as acclaimed speaker and educational expert, Denise Pope, speaks to the community about academic stress...
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