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Westwood shows it’s Pride

By Julia Beauregard Managing Editor

On Sunday, June 7, the town of Westwood showed its pride at this annual event honoring Pride Month. Pride Month celebrates the history, achievements, culture, and ongoing civil rights movement of the LGBTQ+ community. It is observed in June to commemorate the Stonewall Riots in New York City in June...

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WHS hosts LGBTQ alumni panel

Westwood High School recently hosted a number of alumni on an LGBTQ panel as part of its Courageous Conversations program, through which students and staff work together to identify topics that should be discussed. Spanish teacher Anne-Marie Sklarwitz organized the event, bringing together six alums who graduated from 1975 to 2017. Each spoke about...
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