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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

Lowest attendance occurs before break

Enya Huang April 29, 2014

Friday, March 21 was the second worst attendance day in school history. On the day before spring break, 20 percent of the student body was absent from school. The worst attendance day was April 2005 on...

Students teach kids simple programming

Enya Huang March 26, 2014

Ethan Gruman ’15 and David Woldenberg ’15 organized a free programming workshop in the student lounge March 22 to teach children ages 8 to 12 how to create simple computer programs. About 35 students...

HW Works gives students interviewing, résumé advice

Enya Huang March 19, 2014

More than 10 students attended an internship workshop hosted by the HW Works Internship and Career Network March 12, which aimed to teach students how to present themselves to potential employers. The...

Debating Duo

Enya Huang March 17, 2014

Sara Evall ’15, left, and Amelia Miller ’15, right, take a break between preparing for debates with teammate Danny DuBois. Evall and Miller missed four days of school to travel to Slovenia and represent...

Parents hold event to benefit financial aid

Enya Huang February 12, 2014

The Harvard-Westlake Parents’ Association hopes to make more than $85,000 from the 2014 Parents’ Gala, "Come Together," Feb. 22 at the Skirball Guerin Pavilion, Parents Association annual event committee...

Science Bowl teams scrimmage in preparation for February competition

Enya Huang January 11, 2014

The Science Bowl A and B teams played in a scrimmage hosted by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Saturday Jan. 11, at one of the department's main buildings in Los Angeles. The teams, a...

Bookstore associate performs in Christmas show

Enya Huang December 18, 2013

Bookstore associate Allie Costa performed in “Little Miss Scrooge,” a musical mashup of “A Christmas Carol” and “Great Expectations,” at the Rubicon Theatre in Ventura. Costa played Tiny Tammy,...

Drama students view ‘Pericles’ on field trip

Enya Huang November 13, 2013

Students in Advanced Acting and Directing and the Actor and the Stage I and II attended a daytime performance of “Pericles” at A Noise Within Theatre in Pasadena Nov. 6 on the first-ever day-time field...

I, Robot

Enya Huang November 11, 2013

10 Civitalks posters win awards

Enya Huang October 27, 2013

The Character Education Committee chose 10 posters as winners in a competition held in Civitalks groups Oct. 9 that asked participants to draw representations of what has colored their school experiences,...

Performing arts teacher hires aide

Enya Huang October 15, 2013

Performing arts teacher Shawn Costantino hired new assistant Matt Yeakley to teach his sixth period Jazz Rhythm Section class this year. After performing arts  teacher Mark Hilt created a second music...

Middle schoolers to perform fall play

Enya Huang September 25, 2013

The Middle School will perform "Midsummer/Jersey," a modern version of Shakespeare’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream," as the fall theatrical production Nov. 15, 16 and 17. "It’s basically a mashup of...

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