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Webb Canyon Chronicle
The Student News Site of The Webb Schools

Webb Canyon Chronicle
The Student News Site of The Webb Schools

Webb Canyon Chronicle
Dora Ding

Dora Ding, Staff Writer

Adventurous, analytical, and passionate, Dora Ding (‘24) looks forward to entering the newsroom as a first-year staff writer for the Webb Canyon Chronicle. In addition to improving her writing, Dora hopes to use her journalist role at the WCC to explore key issues in education and voice her opinions. Specifically, she is keen on improving education for children; over the summer, Dora participated in a program where she helped advise and inform students in Taiwan about the American education system and the college process. Besides writing articles for the WCC, you can catch Dora reading detective and mystery books, as she enjoys its thrills and suspense. In her spare time on the weekends, Dora likes going out to shopping malls and food courts with friends, as well as trying all the different flavors of ice cream: her current favorites are lemon sorbet and cookies & cream. She is excited to finally spend the year in-person at Webb and dive into her favorite class, AP Calculus AB. Dora also looks forward to participating in tennis and yearbook and hopes to remain involved with the Webb community in the years to come.

Favorite song: “Things I Do For Love” by Lee Seung Hyun

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The musical Mamma Mia ends with “Waterloo.” The eight main characters —Harry Bright, played by Ray Kan (‘24), Bill Anderson, played by Stratton Rebish (‘24), Sophie Sheridan, played by Kiera Yap (‘22), Sky Ramand, played by Jonathan Lou (‘22), Donna Sheridan, played by Eunice Lau (‘23), Sam Carmichael, played by Gerry Song (‘22), Tanya Chesham-Leigh, played by Mia Baldwin (‘22), and Rosie Mulligan, played by Sofia Centeno (‘22) — lead the audience in clapping and dancing while dressed in bright colorful costumes.

Mamma Mia makes a comeback after two years

Dora Ding and Jovana Luna
May 30, 2022
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.

Webb students have a blast at Jubilee

Jenny Wang, Jenny Tran, Emily Li, and Dora Ding
May 11, 2022
Above is a visualization of Fiona's neural network, titled "Figure 9. t-SNE Visualization of Node Embeddings Generated by GraphSAGE."This graph shows the relationships between the data on innovation Fiona collected and analyzed.

Student in Focus: Fiona Jiang, Scientist

Dora Ding and Eleanor Hong
April 1, 2022
Students on the For the Birds unbounded program pose for a group photo to commemorate their act of weeding. The grass they were weeding is a type of invasive plant that will hurt the local ecosystem. Every bird in the area depends on the native plants to survive, and the invasive grass will cause the birds to suffer from lack of food or loss of habitat. Webb students are helping to protect the birds and the local ecosystem.

For the Birds: A Study in Observation, Inspiration and Creation

Elaine Tang and Dora Ding
March 16, 2022
Students on the Discover Catalina unbounded pose for a final photo before going on the ferry to go back to school. The trip was cut short to two days because of the strong wind. Everyone had just finished kayaking, and salt from dried seawater covered most people because there was not enough time to shower after they confronted the challenge to either stand up on the kayaks or jump into the ocean. They were all ready to rest from the exhausting and adventurous trip.

Discover Catalina: Catalina Island Marine Institute

Dora Ding, Taylor Crawford, and Jimmie McCloud
March 16, 2022

Webb students share out their second semester goals

Dora Ding, Emily Li, and Jenny Wang
February 24, 2022
In WSC sophomores’ American Idea class, students engaged in a Harkness discussion about the messages Kate Chopin conveyed through her book The Awakening. To allow students on Zoom to better participate in the discussion and better hear other students’ opinions, everyone joined the Zoom and actively used Zoom as a platform to connect. Being online allowed them to participate in class just like being in-person. Credit: Jenny Tran (‘24)

Webb struggles through hybrid classes at the end of semester 1

Dora Ding
January 25, 2022
Maria Duan (‘23) sits on the corridor of Appleby while scanning through the official website for Sephora to check the available discounts for what she is going to buy for Black Friday. She tries to focus on finding what she wants to buy. She tries to focus on finding what she wants to buy, but the numerous on-sale products bewilder her because everything seems like the right fit for her. Sometimes, the discounts are so desirable that it is hard to not be appealed to buy them. “This year, I bought something in-store because it is just really cheap,” Maria said.

Webb students celebrate Black Friday

Dora Ding
December 17, 2021
The campsite is deserted except for a van parked near the Webb students’ tent. While the sun slowly rises, students wake to continue the trip, forgetting their exhaustion from the long hikes the day before. The students are excited and ready to go on the last part of the trip before coming back to school.

Students share their experience on the Honors Paleontology Peccary Trip

Dora Ding
November 19, 2021
Heloise Robertson ('23) toils over Khan Academy SAT practice. Credit: Nancy Lin ('23)

Why the SAT needs to go

Nancy Lin and Dora Ding
October 31, 2021
A map of this weekend’s dorm activities designed by Wendy Chang (‘23), Brandy Zhang (‘22), and Lucy Liu (‘23).

Student leadership groups host Webboween this weekend

Heloise Robertson, Dora Ding, Wura Ogunnaike, Austin Ra, and Taya Sibichenkova
October 29, 2021
Simon Kang (‘22), Josie Chow (‘22), and William Li (‘22) react to Dr. Smith's email with surprise. Credit: Oma Sukul ('23)

BREAKING NEWS: Webb announces adjustments to COVID-19 protocols

George Cardenas, Kaylynn Chang, Dora Ding, Emily Li, Jenny Tran, Stratton Rebish, Leeann Shu, Wura Ogunnaike, Kylie Osborne, Jenny Wang, and Sunny Yu
September 30, 2021
Britney Lu (‘23) and Jolina Zhao (‘23) stand in the doorway chatting before study hours start. Credit: Sharon Xu ('22)

Webb boarding students adjust back to dorm life

Dora Ding, Wura Ogunnaike, Oma Sukul, Jenny Tran, and Sharon Xu
September 30, 2021
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