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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
Sydney Morales

Sydney Morales, Social Media Manager

Like many hiking trails, life offers multiple paths: the short, easy one to the left and the long, steep climb to the right. While most would opt for the easier route, Sydney Morales (‘25) consistently chooses the right path of greater effort and reward. As Co-Head Chair for the Dorm Council, lead admission fellow, member of the Head Student Leader Council, and social media manager of the Webb Canyon Chronicle, Sydney embodies dedication and leadership throughout her Webb career. With a clear destination in mind, she plans to become a psychiatrist and actively dedicate her time to nonprofits like the Farrukh Foundation and Mind4Youth, where she works as a social media manager and assists with fundraising. Just as Sydney tackles the rugged trails of the Santa Monica Mountains or finds peace camping at Lake Tahoe with her family, she navigates life’s challenges with the same determination and resilience. Her love for tackling tough trails mirrors her approach as an editor. She wishes to use her platform on the WCC to make a change and contribute to the world. Sydney ensures that every story reaches its summit, just as she tirelessly climbs to elevate the communities she serves. 

Favorite Song: Upside Down by Jack Johnson

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Claire Yu (‘26), searching Jenn Tran on the internet, views endless articles about Jen’s personal, social, romantic, and television life. “I had never heard of her before but seeing that she is Asian American made me interested in [the] kind of contributions she made to pop culture,” Claire said. Scrolling through the internet, Claire is amazed at the impact that Jen has on reality TV. “It was cool searching about her as it’s rare for me to see this representation on TV,” she said.

Webb students reflect on media star Jenn Tran

Sydney Morales, Social Media Manager
December 16, 2024
Dorm prefects Chelsea Wei (‘25), Lucy Troendle (‘26), Sophie Lin (‘26), Natalie Au (‘26) and Samantha Wang (‘26) gather moments before starting the Webb haunted house to take a photo dressed as scarers. Scarers participated in the haunted house from 8:30 to 10 p.m. “I enjoyed screaming at people and even though I felt tired, I’m glad I experienced being part of the haunted house,” Natalie said. After hours of preparation, prefects put their planning into action by scaring students in the Old School House.

Discover the process behind Webb Halloween traditions

Sydney Morales, Social Media Manager
November 11, 2024
The Less Perry Gym during afternoon activity. The ceiling with no windows or air conditioning shows the lack of ventilation in the building. "During the summer practices, I've been to practice, it would kind of be hotter inside the gym than outside the gym,” said Nate Llorens (‘27).

The Les Perry Gymnasium needs air conditioning

Sydney Morales and Ava Crane
October 31, 2024
Aurora Deng (’26) is doing Saturday check-in at Stockdale Community Center with the new application REACH and its embedded NFC tag. “I like it more [now that] we don’t have to do the sign-in books because there used to be a long line,” said Jacky Qi. ”NFC tags are a lot faster.” Before NFC tags were implemented, students had to sign the physical check-in books every Saturday.

Reach affects Webb student’s daily life

Stephanie Ma, Sydney Morales, Sydney Mildon, Emma Liu, and Ava Crane
September 27, 2024
With less than a week left until move-out day, Grace Zhu (‘25) begins to pack items in her room. To create an efficient packing process. Grace begins by re-organizing her room to see what items will not be needed in the following week. After collecting her things, Grace begins to pack away these items. “I’m trying to organize my items based on categories to help me move out,” Grace said.

How boarders are preparing for the end of the year move out in the dorms

Sydney Morales
May 29, 2024
Garry Zhang (‘23) cleans up tools from the science department. He cleans up after conducting a lab for his organic chemistry independent study project. “I enjoy science from both the fun and phenomenon and experience seeing the reason behind why things do work,” said Garry. As he washes the science materials, he talks about his interests in his fascination for science.

How to find your passion

Sydney Morales, Social Media Manager
February 15, 2024
When you think of popular study spots on campus, you may think of the library or Stockdale, but did you know that some prefect rooms are hot spots for studying? On a busy Thursday night, Emily Shao (‘25) studies math on the floor of Jones Prefect Alina Li (‘25)’s, room. "Most of the time, if I feel that I have extra time to spare, I open my door for people to come in and chat or do homework,” Alina said.

Dorm prefects unveil hidden duties

Sydney Morales
January 12, 2024
As Webb students depart from campus to enjoy the rest of the holiday season, it provides the perfect time to look back and see how Webb decorated their spaces to celebrate this festive season. This year, the Price Dining Hall is displaying a gorgeous, 20-foot Christmas tree, beautifully lit and decorated. Lighting up the Christmas trees with various colorful ornaments, Webb’s community service afternoon activity contributed greatly to the setup and assembling of the artificial tree. “It was very fun to set up the tree and bring holiday cheer!” Frannie Hinch (‘25) said. For many others, decorating the campus for community service has been rewarding to see the joy they bring to students, faculty, and staff.

Holiday Decorations Enliven Webb

Sydney Morales, Gianna Darden, and Kristine Bisgaard
December 16, 2023
A popular spot for boarding students to finish their nightly assignments often takes place within dorm communal areas. “I love studying with my neighbors in Jones during stressful times because it makes me feel less lonely and that we are suffering together,” said Emily Shao (‘26). Emily Shao (‘26), Sophie Lin (‘26), Natalie Au (‘26), and Steph Ma (‘25), sit together in the Jones common room at 10:30 pm as they complete their assignments for the night.

Webb should have Mental Health Days

Sydney Morales
December 15, 2023
Webb students gathered at the quad listening to Mariachi classics such as “El Rey” by Vicente Fernandez and Son De La Negra by Mariachi Vargas. Among dancing and singing, students shared agua frescas, taquitos, and tamales. Latinos Unidos and the DEI department goes all out for this anticipated event, bringing all parts of the Webb community together. “It was really fun last year, I was excited for it,” Lucas Cardenas (‘25) said. “I hope they make it an annual event.”

Webb Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

Sydney Morales and Leia Albornoz
October 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 25, 2023
Before hundreds of hungry students and faculty stream into Price Dining Hall to refuel, Price Dining Hall staff members begin to prepare for lunch. “When I come to the Dining Hall, I clean the counters and roll up my sleeves seeing what I need to prepare and put out for dessert,” said Teresa Acosta, Price Dining Hall Kitchen Staff member. While the kitchen staff members move quickly between the food stations to prepare and cook a large number of dishes, Price Dining Hall fills with the aroma of cooking food.

A look inside Price Dining Hall

Elena Petrova and Sydney Morales
May 10, 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
Students hold up signs that say “UAW workers on strike, unfair labor practices” on the UCLA campus in protest for higher wages and cost of living adjustments.

UC UAW strike for cost of living adjustments

Stephanie Ma and Sydney Morales
January 12, 2023
Jackson Library, built during the 1930s, is where all the Honor Cabinet meetings for the HC are held.

An inside look at Webb’s Honor Cabinet

Sydney Morales
January 6, 2023
The Mariachi de Los Angeles plays for the Webb community as students, faculty, and families are invited to dance on the quad on a Friday evening.

Webbies celebrate Hispanic Heritage month with dazzling mariachi band event

Leia Albornoz and Sydney Morales
December 8, 2022
Part 1 of Questions With New Faculty At Webb! With a large influx of 14 new faculty members this year, the community introduces many new faces who are, in the words of Humanities Department Co-Chair Jessica Fisher, "...all awesome and talented in their own directions." Bringing diversity and fresh perspectives, these new members are settling into the Webb community and adapting norms. To learn more about their stories, let's dive into some wacky questions with new Webb faculty!

Welcoming New Webb Faculty With Wacky Questions!

Kaylynn Chang, Kathy Duan, Eleanor Hong, Emily Li, Sydney Morales, Jenny Wang, and Shuci Zhang
September 30, 2022
Class of ‘23 performs a short rendition of Shrek starring Jolina Zhao (‘23), Angie Zhang (‘23), Emilia Bordage (‘23), and Ian Chang (‘23). In the Snoop Dogg Cinderella story, the Shrek posse makes a cameo appearance during the “wrong channel” segment. “It was fun to really come together as a class and I thought this year, our hard work would finally pay off,” said Ian Chang (‘23), who played Lord Farquaad in the senior skit. Many seniors mirror Ian’s sentiment, expressing that the hard work and lead-up to this year’s performance was what made the outcome all the more disappointing.

Webb Theme Night 2022: The Drama

Heloise Robertson, Nancy Lin, Shuci Zhang, Sydney Morales, Jenny Tran, Emily Li, Kathy Duan, and Eleanor Hong
September 30, 2022
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