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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Alumni letter penned to Harvard-Westlake

This is a copy of a letter addressed to the school administration, published with permission of Keren Johnson. We don’t know how to open this letter. We have so much to say and yet so few words to express...

A new, unpredictable normal

A new, unpredictable normal

Ethan Lachman April 9, 2020

Once we come back to school, I imagine that we’ll all passionately embrace. As we grip each other tightly, our cheeks will be tomato-red not just because our computer cameras no longer hide our small...

Quarantine or Quaran-screen: Things to Watch During Social Distancing

Ethan Lachman April 7, 2020

Theme: Freedom Due to this period of confinement, the theme of this watch list will be the liberty we have all seemed to have lost. Freedom is not only the ability to move physically, but also encapsulates...

Brookshire to replace Slattery as Upper School Dean

Ethan Lachman April 3, 2020

In an email to her junior students, soon-to-be Head of Upper School Beth Slattery said Director of Admission at Brandeis University Sara Brookshire will replace her as an Upper School Dean next year. Brookshire...

LAHSO holds banquet to discuss diversity

Ethan Lachman March 6, 2020

The Latin American and Hispanic Student Organization held its third Unity Banquet to start conversations about diversity on campus Feb. 24 in Feldman Horn Art Gallery. LAHSO worked with other affinity...

Recall our past

Recall our past

Ethan Lachman March 4, 2020

As I scrolled through YouTube in one last attempt to productively procrastinate my homework due the next day, I came across a tune that reminded me of my childhood. According to the comments section underneath...

Its okay to quit

It’s okay to quit

Ethan Lachman January 29, 2020

It’s the closing banquet after my tenth-grade basketball season. Baby-back ribs from Wood Ranch litter linen-clothed tables in the Feldman Horn Art Gallery, and as I look around, the past and present...

School to revise 2020 testing requirements

Ethan Lachman December 13, 2019

Beginning next year, the school will eliminate the mandatory mid-year assessment testing week and will allow teachers of specific Advanced Placement courses to decide whether their students must take...

Students volunteer to create lanterns at Luminaria event

Ethan Lachman December 12, 2019

Seven students crafted handmade lanterns alongside Studio City residents at the ninth annual Luminaria Event held by the Studio City Neighborhood Council’s Cultural Affairs Committee at Campo de Cahuenga...

Debaters win top speaker awards at Glenbrooks tournament

Ethan Lachman November 28, 2019

Four members of the debate team won top speaker awards at the Glenbrooks Speech and Debate Tournament hosted by Glenbrooks High School in Chicago from Nov. 23 to 25. Debater Olivia Feldman ’22 said...

Fleeing from the Flames

Fleeing from the Flames

Ethan Lachman November 13, 2019

Shortly after the Getty Fire ignited in the early hours Oct. 28, Charlie Albert ’21 received a notification instructing him to prepare for evacuation. A few hours later, Albert’s street was placed...

Brendan Kang ’20, Tali Tufeld ’20 and Kate Konvitz ’20 lie in the back of a car while watching “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” in the senior lot Thursday. Community Council hosted the drive-in movie after a month of planning, and donated the profits to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Credit: Ethan Lachman/Chronicle

Community Council organizes drive-in to raise funds for Make-A-Wish Foundation

Ethan Lachman November 9, 2019

To raise money for the Make-a-Wish Foundation, Community Council hosted its first ever drive-in movie, where it screened “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” in the senior parking lot Nov. 7. Students had...

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