ABOUT US
Westside Neighborhood School is an independent day school in Los Angeles, California, serving preschool through eighth grade students.
The Passion Project, begun in 2017, includes the entire 8th grade class and all middle school faculty. In addition, there are lower school faculty, staff and administrators that can serve as mentors to our students during project development and implementation. The Passion Project lead team is shown below.
Courtney Fricke
8th grade science
Chelsea Platt
8th grade English language arts
8th grade Dean
Kaitlin Rodriguez
Middle School Dean
John Umekubo
Director of Social Entrepreneurship