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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Creating Choreography

Emma Limor March 4, 2020

Over the course of the past three months, creating and rehearsing choreography has encouraged Advanced Dance II company member Carli Cooperstein ’20 to explore different styles of movement, increase...

Junior State of America club members attend Winter Congress

Emma Limor February 20, 2020

Six members of the Harvard-Westlake Junior State of America club participated in the J.S.A. Winter Congress, in which students debated various topics in a mock-Congressional procession during Presidents'...

Alexa Druyanoff/Chronicle

(En)Counter Culture

Emma Limor January 29, 2020
Students reflect on the prevalence of counter culture movements, as well as their relationships to them.

Class of 2022 views WWI film in theater

Emma Limor January 28, 2020

The sophomore class attended a private screening of “1917” at the Sherman Oaks ArcLight Cinema on Jan. 22. Coordinated by Interdisciplinary Studies Department Head and history teacher Larry Klein,...

Makeup or Made-up?

Emma Limor November 13, 2019

Makeup art gains popularity during the Halloween and Day of the Dead, but other artists oppose the validity of the new art form. On Halloween, Adrienne Usher ’22 strutted down the stage at the...

Watch and Learn

Emma Limor October 2, 2019

Students and teachers discuss the potential benefits of learning a foreign language by watching television. Evie de Rubertis '21/Chronicle Learning a language through watching TV helps with comprehension...

Ben Platt to star in new Netflix show “The Politician,” premiering this fall

Emma Limor August 28, 2019

“Knowing that the beginning of his acting career was at our school shows us that we can make it to Broadway.” - Maddie Boudov '21 Peyton Hobart contemplates his political campaign in a new Netflix...

The power of pi: prefects serve pie to celebrate Pi Day

Emma Limor March 14, 2019

Prefect Council served free pie on the quad in celebration of Pi Day. Pi Day is a national holiday celebrating the mathematical constant pi, its first digits being 3.14. Prefects served a variety...

Burrows ’06 directs PSA that Michelle Obama commissioned

Emma Limor October 7, 2018

Maggie Burrows '06 directed a PSA in collaboration with the organization When We All Vote, whose co-chair Michelle Obama commissioned the announcement Oct. 3. The PSA highlighted youth from various backgrounds...

Faculty members from the middle and upper school smile for a group picture.  The trip started in Berlin and lasted for 15 days.  The purpose of the tour was to explore the legacy of World War II and bond as a group. Credit: Ed Hu

Faculty follows WWII track and tours Europe

Emma Limor August 30, 2018

As part of the Summer Faculty Fellowship Program, 15 staff and faculty members from both the middle and upper school campuses traveled to Europe.The trip took place from June 10 to 25, beginning with a...

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