The Nexus

• Decline seen in funds raised by annual triathlon

  June 05, 2009  |  Daniel Edwards
  In an effort to raise extra funds for next year’s students, the ENS department put on the 6th Annual Westview Triathlon June 1-2.

• Inside the realm of pageant princesses

  May 08, 2009  |  Eileen Shi
  As she stepped out on stage, the first thing Ashley Twomey (11) worried about was the fluidity of her walk.

• Wroblewska strikes iTunes music deal

  May 08, 2009  |  Anna Buckley
  Paulina Wroblewska (9) listened intently to the finished song she had put so much effort into. She had poured her emotion into the lyrics, sung them multiple times in the studio, and listened for every imperfection she could change. Now, it was finally finished.

• O'Brien sells vehicles to pursue business career

  May 08, 2009  |  Anna Buckley
  On the day of his 18th birthday, Connor O’Brien (12) spent the day filling out paperwork at the Poway Toyota car dealership.

• Amyot swings into California rankings

  May 08, 2009  |  Andra Kovacs
  For eight years, Cameron Amyot (10) has played tennis at least five days a week for a minimum of two hours each time.

• Back in the Game: Allison returns to competition after academic probation

  May 08, 2009  |  Andra Kovacs
  In his second meet back from academic probation and being ineligible to play the sports he loved for almost a year, Jason Allison (12) soared over the 6’3” high jump crossbar with ease, breaking the school record.

• Restaino discovers win despite appendix loss

  May 08, 2009  |  Devon Bohart
  At 1 a.m., Westview varsity softball pitcher, Geena Restaino (11), woke up in searing pain. The entire left side of her torso was excruciating and was preventing her from sleeping.

• Ruby secures scholarship from NSHMBA

  May 08, 2009  |  Halie Albertson
  Alexandra Ruby (12) ran to the post office on March 6, envelope in hand, to meet her deadline.

• Badiozamani prepares for college track

  May 08, 2009  |  Andrew Baek
  Arzhang Badiozamani (12) started track and field not out of love for running, but because he had nothing to play for a spring sport. After he didn’t make it on the freshman soccer team, he felt obligated to play a sport that year in order to keep himself in shape. Badiozamani discovered shortly thereafter a hidden talent and passion that allowed him to become one of the fastest and most efficient sprinters on the varsity team.

• PUSD teachers vote to trim school year

  May 08, 2009  |  Helen Bavin
  With 248 teachers’ jobs in jeopardy, the Poway Federation of Teachers (PFT) decided to follow in the steps of the California School Employees Association (CSEA) and the Association of Poway School Managers (APSM) and administer a vote April 16 and 17 that would roll back each teacher’s salary by 2.7 percent and shorten the 2009-10 teachers’ school year by five days. A total of 69.33 percent of teachers and 34 of the district’s 36 school sites approved the reductions.

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