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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Your shutdown rundown: what you need to know

Claire Goldsmith October 15, 2013

You’ve probably heard a lot about the debt ceiling and the shutdown in recent weeks, but it’s admittedly pretty hard to understand the complex fiscal policies and decisions of the United States. So,...

Don’t wait for Career Day

Claire Goldsmith September 25, 2013

At one of the countless colleges I visited, the tour guide described the university’s engineering school. I was pretty tuned out, thinking I would never need to know what it offered since I had no interest...

Seniors in SSR to design, conduct individual scientific experiments

Claire Goldsmith September 25, 2013

In a few weeks, they’ll enter the lab wearing protective safety goggles, gloves and rubber lab coats, taking every possible precaution. Drip by drip, they’ll mix a compound with acid, but if they move...

Students attend first Civitalks meetings

Claire Goldsmith September 11, 2013

Students and faculty played ice breaker games and participated in discussions from current events topics to upperclassmen giving advice and tips to underclassmen in the first Civitalks meetings today. The...

New signs ask students to clean up after themselves in quad

Claire Goldsmith August 27, 2013

New signs on the quad tables read, “Please help Gregorio keep our quad clean. Pick up after yourself. Thank you.” in a further effort to prevent student littering. Gregorio Hernandez, a member of...

Sophomores watch pilot online ethics course

Claire Goldsmith August 27, 2013

Sophomores watched an online video course about character and values during the summer to prepare for their Choices and Challenges class this year. The video series, Optimal Living 101, is the school’s...

Provide more opportunities for the study of humanities

Claire Goldsmith August 27, 2013

I did not spend my summer working in a lab at UCLA, but that doesn’t mean what I did with my time was worthless. If you’re passionate about the sciences and you work as a research assistant, that’s...

Administration to establish community building discussions

Claire Goldsmith August 27, 2013

Small groups of students and faculty will gather to discuss community issues and events seven times this year as part of the new Civitalks program. Each section of 18 students will "come together and discuss...

Middle school teachers perform ‘Les Misérables’ parody

Claire Goldsmith May 29, 2013

Faculty and staff at the Middle School sang and danced at an all-school assembly May 6 to celebrate one month left of the school year. Their song, "One Month More," was a re-written variation of the Les...

Learning on the job

Claire Goldsmith May 29, 2013

Regardless of the outcome, I’m grateful for the experience. When I say this, I’m often told I sound like a politician. Even though many people might be insulted by that remark, I’ll take it as a...

Card Duels

Claire Goldsmith May 29, 2013

Sean Kiley ’14 spends his weekends dueling with dragons, mermaids and demons. His allies vary from cupcake princesses to phantom lupine helicopters, and he suffers immense damage but never gives up. A...

Stand outs

Claire Goldsmith May 29, 2013

Students and faculty were recognized for their contributions to the school at the Awards Assembly Tuesday, May 28. Recipients of the the Bishop’s Medal and Veritas Award, the Blanche Nelson Boyle Award,...

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