The categories are set…time to nominate your peers for the

Class of 2021 Senior Superlatives

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14A1IuPYOs0rSyv456-KfiVLL2fNCYMK8CSuID6VockM/edit

Deadline for nominations is March 10,

Polls will open for final voting on March 22

The GO FAN app is free to upload through either Apple or Google Play. From there it is easy. Select your school, then the game you are attending. You will need a debit or credit card to pay. You’ll get a confirmation, and that is your ticket.

Once you arrive to the venue, you will have your temperature taken, and be asked the standard COVID 19 protocol questions. You must wear a mask and social distance once inside. Concession stands are open for snacks. Only sit in groups from your own household. Hand sanitizers are located throughout, and are really convenient.

One note, if you are planning to attend girls and boys basketball games that are back to back, you only need one ticket.  This procedure is only for varsity games. All sub varsity games are played on school campuses, with the current status of closed to the public.

Girls and boys basketball games are held at Delmar, Butler, Barnett or the Pavilion fieldhouse. Games schedules can be found on the Westside High School Calender https://www.houstonisd.org/Page/51579#calendar59908/20210111/month

Freshmen, junior varsity, and varsity Boys Basketball take on Kincaid, Friday, December 4 for a pre-season match up.  Games start at 4:30 in the Wolf Den.  Due to COVID restrictions crowd size will be limited.  While inside the gym, all spectators must wear face coverings, and maintain CDC guidance distancing.

Boys soccer is holding team tryouts November 30 – December 2.  To participate:

• Bring a copy of your medical insurance. If a player does not have insurance, he must enroll in the school insurance program.  The cost is $35 (must be enrolled before the first day of tryouts. A reciept is required). The link for enrollment:  https://bit.ly/2UvHBxK 
• The student player must have a printed copy of the physical, completed and signed by a doctor to be able to participate the day of tryouts.  You can find the physical form at this link:  https://bit.ly/3pAEqmN
• For tryouts wear withe or black (jersey, shorts and soccer socks), shin guards and cleats while on the field.
• All student athletes must be on time for tryouts to be able to participate.
• For additional information contact  Guillermo Ospina, Head soccer coach, Westside boys Soccer.

Now that students have returned to face to face instruction, and the campus is open daily, Ms. Roberts is back and able to distribute the final books still to be picked up.  There are also a limited number of books for sale, so if you missed the chance to pre order, and you want a the only published history of Westside’s 20th year which ended in a pandemic, contact Ms. Roberts to purchase this special book.

To pick up your book:

Face to face students can come by A216 before or after school, any day.

Virtual students:  Contact Ms. Roberts at [email protected]  let her know when you are coming in, and she will leave your book at the Welcome Desk outside of the main office.

To purchase a book:  If you are face to face, come by A216 before or after school, virtual let Ms. Roberts know when you are coming in and she will leave a book for you at the Welcome Desk outside of the main office.  Books are $85. Cash only in a sealed evelope with the student’s name on the front.  For safety, no change or envelopes will be provided.

One of the first hits on the search turned up “Among Us but its Cake”…well, I’ll put it here and let you see for yourself:

I watched a couple more clips, and I see why this guy has 16 million subscribers.  So who is Guava Juice?

According to a 2018 atricle at Entrepreneur.com, Roi Fabrito, aka Guava Juice, got his start on YouTube during high school, and quickly built a massive following. “Fans flock to Fabito’s four channels to see him do wild food challenges, try out gadgets and life hacks and conduct science experiments ranging from 3D printing to making a watermelon bath bomb out of an actual watermelon.”¹

If you’re looking for pure fun and entertainment, not to mention real, how-does-he-do-that tricks and skills, I recommend you give Guava Juice a try-out.

1. “The 26 year Old Entrepreneur Behind the Popular Guava Juice YouTube Channel”, Nina Zipin, 2018 https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/320738

March 12, 2020 was the last day of in person school. UIL placed all sports and activities on hold. But with the COVID 19 escalating, and offically becoming a pandemic, the hold became permanent, and postponed became cancelled.  Only 6 offical games were played.

The team selected “Unfinished Business” to reflect on missed opportunities ending the 2019 season, when Wolves baseball went out of the playoffs in the first round to rival Stratford High School.

The mural was painted by underlass artists Jocellin Cruz (11), Frida Mitterhofer (11), Kevin Rodriguez Fumero (10), Itzel Sosa (9), Anum Tayyab (11), and  Sepiden Owlad (11).  And by seniors Riley Johnson, Muskan Manzoor, and Alicia Coppedge.

Excited to have left this beautiful artwork as a legacy to her time at Westside, Alicia Coppedge described her that her motivation for creating the mural was to “brighten the halls of Westside, and to make a name for the art program.” “The piece show a hand holding a brush, this simple brush takes you into a work of creativity opening the hall up to a world of endless possibility.” 

Dubbed “Operation Varsity Blues”, the FBI laid out their case naming names. According to the report, Fuller House star and Hallmark movie regular, Lori Loughlin, paid $500,000 in bribes to a USC coach to claim her daughter, Olivia Jade Giannulli, was a talented recruit for University of Southern California,  crew team.  Despite never rowing in her life, Ms. Guannulli was admitted as a student to USC, with athletic credentials to crew for a Division 1 school.

A celebrity in her own right, Olivia Jade, is well known through her Instagram, and enjoys multiple endorsements as a “social media influencer”.  It’s well documented that Olivia Jade had no interest in school. A video of her stating that she was interested in “game days, and parties”, but didn’t care about school.

As Westside seniors are stressing about their college opportunities, news of these privileged and by all accounts unqualified students, taking spots in UTAustin, SMU, USC, UCLA, Stanford, Georgetown, Princton, just to name a few, hit hard.  The staff of Howler News, tackled all aspects of this scandal, giving student and teacher perspective.  Titled “Why Aunt Becky, why” , we hope you enjoy this series.