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VWS volleyball players celebrate senior night: photo gallery

Oma Sukul and George Cardenas|November 3, 2021

Working together, Savanna Cespedes (‘22) and Britney Lu (‘23) prepare a returning shot.

On October 15th, the VWS varsity volleyball team played their final game of the season against Providence High School. They won in five sets with a crowd of supportive Webb students in the stands. Celebrating the seniors, the team gave speeches that highlighted each player’s achievements and successes throughout their high school careers.

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Oma Sukul, Editor of Media

Oma Sukul (‘23) is one of the most accepting and bubbly people you will meet at Webb. As an athlete on the volleyball team, Oma demonstrates dedication...

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George Cardenas, Editor of News

An avid music listener, George Cardenas (‘23)’s perfect weekend involves a homework-free day at the beach with “Night Boat to Cairo” by Madness...

Although the term involution encompasses many disciplines, its definitions all involve a self-complicating cycle that achieves no progress. Like the inward spiral in the thumbnail image, the academic culture at Webb has become intoxicatingly competitive with less genuine curiosity for learning. This norm of increased stress, however, only strains oneself and others around them with unnecessary anxiety.

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At Sage Hill School in Newport Beach, CA, students who attended the AsEA conference gather around for a picture on the last day of the conference. Students hailed from four different private schools— St. Johns School in Houston Texas, Sage Hill School in Newport, CA, Crossroads School in Santa Monica, CA, and The Webb Schools of California. From left to right and top to bottom, the Webbies who attended were: Gabby Diaz (‘23), Nick Lee (‘22), Kaylynn Chang (‘23), Ben Thien-Ngern (‘23), Ian Chang (‘23), Richard Wu (‘23), Theresa Hu (‘24), Kathy Duan (‘25), Leia Albornoz (‘25), Kiera Yap (‘22), Roy Zhang (‘22), and Hanson Hu (‘23). Those not pictured but attended were Karen Chen (‘23) and Viraj Nigam (‘23)

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Webb Canyon Chronicle journalists performed “Our Song” by Taylor Swift with George Cardenas (‘23) on the piano, Jovana Luna (‘24) and David Hastings (‘22) on the guitars, and the others singing. As the second major group performance, the group spirit moved the audience to wave with the music.

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Ava Darby (’24) holds off a defender in VWS Soccer’s CIF championship game against Arrowhead Christian.
Credit: Narineh Madikians (‘23)

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After trailing in the first half of the game, the VWS soccer team made a comeback to defeat AB Miller. The Webb Community celebrates their achievements thus far and eagerly looks forward to the championship game.
Credit: Malick Mbengue

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The team’s senior players, (pictured from left to right) Leeann Shu (‘22), Bianca Arteaga (‘22), Marie Blake (‘22), and Allison Paik (‘22), pose next to a banner following the incredibly close, yet gratifying game. They are wearing crowns and sashes, and holding bouquets that were given to them by their team members.

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