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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Routines I’ll never get sick of

Alena Rubin June 1, 2018

I’ve been thinking a lot about routines recently. The ones I keep, the ones I’ve grown out of and why they exist at all. I’m a person that likes routine. By ‘likes’ I mean ‘is obsessed with’....

Where does the future of Greek life lie?

Where does the future of Greek life lie?

Alena Rubin February 27, 2018

It was summer when Wilder Short ’18 first visited Bowdoin College. He had already visited a handful of schools, but when he toured Bowdoin’s campus in Maine, it felt different. As his student-led tour...

Photo Illustration by Nicole Kim and Alena Rubin

United We Dream: In the In Between

Alena Rubin February 27, 2018

Máté Major ’18 likes routine. During the school week, he wakes up at 6 a.m., battles traffic on the 101 in his 2007 Honda (“the village donkey”), goes to his classes and goes home. He might go...

Jones to hold DEI meetings

Alena Rubin January 13, 2018

New Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Janine Jones (Taylor ’18, Avery ’23) has implemented critical changes in the school’s hiring policies to create a more diverse faculty. Jones held...

Cardin trains teachers on LGBTQ sensitivity

Alena Rubin October 10, 2017

Over 80 faculty and staff learned how to be better allies to the LGBTQ community members at safe space training meetings held by Coordinator of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and science teacher Nate...

Search ends for Director of Diversity

Alena Rubin August 29, 2017

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Bubbled In: Standardized Testing in AP Course Curricula

Bubbled In: Standardized Testing in AP Course Curricula

Alena Rubin June 2, 2017

After taking her first unit test in an Advanced Placement class at the beginning of junior year, Alyse Tran ’18 said she felt:   a) Frustration b) A decline in motivation c) Helplessness d) All...

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Fixing our STEM Curriculum to Inspire Curiosity

Alena Rubin May 31, 2017

She was a fourth grader I met at an after-school science workshop, a ten-year-old, and she was better at physics than me, a junior in AP Physics. In a matter of minutes, the most advanced model bridge...

Photo Illustration by Alena Rubin.

Facebook Official: Posting College Decisions on Social Media

Alena Rubin April 26, 2017

Dani Mirell ’17 opened the portal to the University of Michigan website hesitantly. She knew she loved the school, but she told herself she would be okay if she didn’t get in. Marlborough student Lily...

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Photo Illustration by Alena Rubin and Josie Abugov

Proud to be LGBT: Profiling GSA and P10

Alena Rubin April 1, 2017

On the night of the election, upper school science teacher Nate Cardin and his husband looked solemnly at each other. Their searching eyes asked each other the same question: “Will we be able to stay...

Resnick discusses changes to proposed AP limits policy

Alena Rubin March 15, 2017

Interim Head of Upper School Liz Resnick shared newly developed details of the administration's AP limit proposal with students at the second of five meetings to discuss the proposed limits Wednesday...

Administrators forget to cancel AP limits meeting

Alena Rubin March 7, 2017

No members of faculty nor Prefect Council attended the third of four open meetings to talk about AP limits, which was scheduled to take place Monday during Activities. Several students arrived and waited...

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