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Students design logo for Festival of the Spring

Ellis Becker February 13, 2016

The Community and Character Committee is accepting logo submissions for the upcoming first ever Festival of the Spring. Logos must be designed and created by students, and submitted by Wednesday to Athletic...

The fanatics section explodes in Taper gym as Cassius Stanley 19 throws down a dunk during a game against the Heritage Christian School Warriors. Credit: Cameron Stine/Big Red

Guest Column: A letter to the Wolverine faithful

Gabe Golob January 6, 2016

I still remember watching my first high school basketball game at Harvard-Westlake like it was yesterday. To add to the hype, the game was against Loyola, and I was as excited and pumped up as ever. I...

English teacher to depart after half a decade

Ellis Becker December 17, 2015

English teacher Amber Caron will leave the school and move to England after this year's first semester, and new teacher Megan Shakow will take over her classes. Caron has taught English for five years...

Students from Advanced Dance I perform during their showcase . Credit: Ellis Becker 18/Chronicle

Advanced Dance I students showcase work for foundation

Ellis Becker December 12, 2015

Students from Advanced Dance I showcased their performance Thursday in the Dance Studio for The Arc Foundation, an organization that helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The...

Combined choir sings a piece at the annual Winter Choir Concert. Credit: Ellis Becker/Chronicle

Choir students sing at annual winter concert (video)

Ellis Becker December 7, 2015

Choir students performed at the Winter Choral Concert Saturday evening at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica, with the theme, “Sing of Peace: Sing for Joy.” The concert showcased the Upper...

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Handling errors shows character

Ellis Becker November 24, 2015

Five. That’s the number of emotional breakdowns I’ve had so far two months into the school year. Although only three of them have been about academic stress, that’s already too many. Whenever I...

Deans ban spikeball games in the lounge

Ellis Becker November 22, 2015

Deans recently banned students from playing spikeball in the student lounge after repeated playing of the game caused carpeting to tear. Spikeball is a game in which two pairs of players throw, or "spike"...

Alex Oser 16 and Jenna Thompson 16 race Oct. 17 at the 51st Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston. Published with permission of Alex Oser.

Alex Oser, Jenna Thompson race in Boston’s Head of the Charles Regatta

Ellis Becker October 21, 2015

Student rowers Alex Oser ’16 and Jenna Thompson ’16 raced in the 51st Annual Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, Massachusetts. The regatta was hosted Oct. 17-18, and served as a temporary home...

Justyn Chang 18 and Henry Zumbrunnen 16 work on writing exercises for a playwrights workshop after school. Credit Ellis Becker/Chronicle

Alum hosts playwrights workshops after school

Ellis Becker October 1, 2015

Alex Lewin ’94 hosted afternoon playwriting workshops for students Sept. 24-26. The Perry S. Goldman Playwriting Workshop taught students playwriting skills as a part of preparing for the Harvard-Westlake...

Gaulke wins CCF Fellowship for Visual Arts

Ellis Becker September 4, 2015

Upper School Visual Arts Head Cheri Gaulke won the California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Arts award for a successful career in performance art. The award, funded by the CCF, has provided...

Greg Hilliard becomes Director of Alumni Athletics

Ellis Becker September 1, 2015

Greg Hilliard, former head of the basketball program, has held the position of Director of Alumni Athletics since last spring and will be working to organize events to reconnect alumni athletes. Hilliard...

285 debaters participate in summer program

Ellis Becker September 1, 2015

During the summer, 285 debaters from all around the globe took part in in the first ever Harvard-Westlake Institute for Speech and Debate. The camp, called "debateLA," was an intensive summer camp where...

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