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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
Yuki Layman

Yuki Layman, Co-Editor of News

Having lived all around the globe from Shanghai, China, to Boston, Massachusetts, and most recently Washington D.C., Yuki Layman ('25) knows that home is where she makes it.! Yuki is an engaged student in all her classes, but it is her strong knowledge in Humanities that impresses her teachers. Especially, during her Advanced Studies Culture and Politics at the Border class, taught by one of her favorite teachers at Webb, Mr. Huerta. Yuki spends her free time in a variety of ways, either going to the village with friends or simply watching Top Boy, her personal favorite TV show that her brother highly recommended. Although she enjoys going out, she stays connected with her life back home by making sure to call her family every night. As well as staying up-to-date with current events, jumping into hot-topic debates with her lawyer dad and brother who is studying International Relations. Coming back to the Webb Canyon Chronicle this year as Editor of News, Yuki is ready to keep the Webb community informed accurately as a Jameson resident again, making Webb her “home” for the rest of year.  

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Above are framed graduation photos of the first five VWS classes, located in Jackson Library.

Examining VWS legacy: Who were the pioneers?

Stephanie Ma and Yuki Layman
March 27, 2024
During the Hiking the Trans-Catalina Trail Unbounded Trip, participants endure one of the most demanding yet rewarding backpacking trails. Students encountered beautiful scenery and built new friendships. “This trip pushed me out of my comfort zone, and we ended up camping in some incredible spots,” Frannie Hinch (‘25) said.

Hiking the Trans-Catalina Trail

Emily Li and Yuki Layman
March 25, 2024
Students gather in the Fawcett Library to discuss the next steps of WebbGPT. Members of the WebbGPT team will begin meeting during office hours and flex time. “I would love for students to help me out, and you know, weve got some pretty cool things planned,” said Mr. Mantha.

Students aid in the introduction of WebbGPT

Lauren Gutierrez and Yuki Layman
March 8, 2024
Side by side is Laura Caribe’s (’25) room pictured both before and after it was made. As depicted above, you can see there is a direct relationship between the messiness of your bed and your stress levels. “If I wake up and feel rushed, I just know for the rest of the day I’ll be more anxious,” Laura Caribe (’25) said. It is integral to practice this habit of making your bed to reduce these emotions and develop consistency in your life.

How to make your bed

Yuki Layman, Co-Editor of News
February 7, 2024
Jay Pang (25’) and Aaron Yang (25’) wear masks while working with Armen Xue (25’) on an assignment, modeling a new era in COVID-19 control at Webb. Webb no longer requires mandatory isolation for cases without severe symptoms due to a decrease in the severity of COVID-19 seen in LA County. “This is a welcome change, especially for international boarders since they don’t need to look for somewhere to stay if they get COVID” Armen said. Webb used to enforce a five-day mandatory isolation period off-campus for students who test positive, which required students to find a place to stay in case of infection.

BREAKING NEWS: Webb updates COVID-19 management protocols

Eric Luo, Yuki Layman, and Gianna Darden
January 24, 2024
Yuki Layman (‘25), a peer advisor, colors a Centennial Slam poster. Advertising the ending event of Stress Less Week, peer advisors make posters and hang them around campus. “Everyone should come, it’s going to be even better this year,” Kenny Clay (‘25) said. The second-ever Centennial Slam includes activities like face paint and a peer advisor-judged talent show.

A sneak peek into Stress Less Week!

Leia Albornoz and Yuki Layman
January 9, 2024
Saira Bhagat (‘25) and Dorothy Ma (‘25) sign in to their 7/10 during long lunch, with many students behind them waiting. 7/10s are served in the Fawcett Library classrooms behind the check- in table. “I think the most common reason for getting a 7/10 is being late to class or skipping afternoon activity or chapel,” Sehoon Kang (‘24) said. Recently, students have flooded the library to serve their 7/10s.

Webb students face an influx of 7/10s

Stephanie Ma and Yuki Layman
December 16, 2023
This spotlight covers four clubs for 2023-2024 school year and their upcoming plans for events.

Club spotlight

Yuki Layman
November 15, 2023
FRIDAY As Webb held its first pep rally in two decades, fall sports teams posed in front of the Stockdale Community Center in the Quad. The varsity football team, VWS varsity volleyball team, WSC varsity cross country team, and VWS varsity tennis team showed their spirit with pom-poms and their respective athletic uniforms.

Spirit Week replaces Theme Week for the 2023-2024 school year

Jovana Luna, Olivia Cooke, Ray Kan, and Troy Seanoa
September 26, 2023
To end Spirit Night, the entire Student body dances to “Thriller” by Michael Jackson. In addition to their own dance, each grade choreographed a section of “Thriller” for their own class to dance to. The seniors ended their section with an iconic Michael Jackson pose to cue the rest of the grade for the first ever Spirit Night Unity Dance. “I thought it was fun, but felt as though it wasn’t a good replacement for the skits during theme night,” said Ken Lin (‘24)

Theme Week’s Spirit needs to make a comeback

Stephanie Ma, Yuki Layman, Sydney Morales, Leia Albornoz, and Lauren Gutierrez
September 26, 2023
As the doors open for the Black Flea, vendors, attendees, and shop-owners prepare for a day full of excitement and fun. The 125,000-square-foot Black-owned venue, called the Beehive, is decorated with tapestries, seating spaces, and art.

Black-Market Flea: LA’s hidden gem for rich culture and art

Leia Albornoz and Yuki Layman
March 29, 2023
WSC dorms Macleod and Reynolds get ready to break through their banner for their extravagant performance to begin at Webb Idol 2022. Their choreographers, Berklee Antecol (‘25), Christina Young (‘25), Yuki Layman (‘25) sit on the sidelines excited to see their hard work come to action. After the poster is ripped through, WSC students fully showcase their talents as they come in dancing with high energy and showing their spirit with scrunchies in their hair.

An insight into the historical WSC Webb Idol tradition: Where is VWS?

Yuki Layman, Leia Albornoz, and Berklee Antecol
March 5, 2023
The hallway of the Health Center remains quiet as students wait to check in with nurses and counselors. The crevice of the door on the left gives a sneak peek into the freshman seminar health class.

Back to the Past: Previous Health Center Policies Return

Yuki Layman, Berklee Antecol, Terrence Wu, and Sydney Morales
March 2, 2023
Anna Zeng (‘25), Wendy Chang (‘23), Danielle Salako (‘26), Leia Albornoz (‘25), Amy Wang (‘24), and Season Li (‘23) confidently group together in formation during the rehearsal of their small group on Liu Cheung stage.

The upcoming 10th Webb Dance Show is a must-see performance

Yuki Layman
January 29, 2023
Marina Saeger (‘23) and Sydney Morales (‘25) pass by the Administration Office, emphasizing the strong student-faculty relationship developed due to faculty residences on campus, an aspect unique to boarding schools. “I’m really close with the on-duty faculty at South Hutch, part of that is because they act like our family on campus,” said Marina.

Student Volunteers exhibit core Webb Values at Discover Webb Day

Leia Albornoz and Yuki Layman
January 10, 2023
As we transition from 2022 to 2023, we reflect on the music that Webb students have listened to in the past year. We gathered 50 samples of students’ annual Spotify Wrapped features, which summarize users’ favorite genres, artists, and songs in quantitative and qualitative statistics. We then compiled these data sets to create Webb Wrapped. Lets dive in!

Webb (Spotify) Wrapped 2022

Emily Li, Leo Levitin-Shilman, and Yuki Layman
December 15, 2022
Evan Peters as Jeffrey Dahmer on Netflix’s Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. receiving his charges for his crimes in court.

Netflix produces record-breaking Jeffrey Dahmer series

Yuki Layman and Oma Sukul
November 17, 2022
Students all over campus are tired and bored with their old phones.

Apple Unveils New iPhone 14

Wura Ogunnaike, Oma Sukul, Leo Levitin-Shilman, Elena Petrova, and Yuki Layman
September 30, 2022
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