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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Best overall costume winners Emery Genga ’21 and Felicity Phelan ’21, dressed as Glinda and Elphaba from “Wicked,” walk down the runway in the lounge. Credit: Ethan Lachman/Chronicle

Prefect Council coordinates Halloween festivities

Ethan Lachman November 1, 2019

Students gathered in the lounge to watch their classmates compete in the annual Halloween costume contest and ate free Cinnabons, courtesy of Prefect Council on Oct. 31. Like last year, Halloween-themed...

School to commence WLSA Pen Pal program with two foreign schools

Ethan Lachman October 5, 2019

In an effort to foster a more understanding community, the school will partner with the World Leading Schools Association (WLSA), Westville Girl’s High School in the Republic of South Africa and Appleby...

Moving into the new school year with a peaceful mind

Moving into the new school year with a peaceful mind

Ethan Lachman August 29, 2019

“Try to let go of expectations for this practice, your day and even your life.” The yoga instructor said each word slowly, emphatically—I can still hear the mantra to this day. Nevertheless, in...

No Place Like Home

No Place Like Home

Ethan Lachman August 28, 2019

Upper School Dean  Chris Jones (Taylor '18, Avery '23) has never enjoyed such a short commute to work— approximately 375 steps, to be specific.  "I joke about it in a sense," Chris Jones said. "But...

Lawler to retire, travel with husband

Ethan Lachman June 1, 2019

After 21 years at the school, librarian Clare Lawler will depart at the end of the year in order to spend more time traveling with her husband. Lawler began her career at Harvard-Westlake in 1998 working...

Speaking about the schedule

Ethan Lachman June 1, 2019

In an email sent to the entire community, the school announced its plan to implement a schedule change beginning in the 2020-2021 school year, when current sophomores will be seniors. The most prominent...

Students elect next year’s Prefect Council

Ethan Lachman May 3, 2019

Sophomores and juniors elected the head, senior and junior prefects for the 2019-2020 school year. Grace Burton ’20 and Michael Lehrhoff ’20 will serve as head prefects. Dahlia Low ’20, Jaya Nayar...

Stone-cutters Publishes Halloween Zine

October 31, 2018

The Stone-cutters Arts Collective published a Halloween-themed zine on Wednesday, marking their first publication of the year. Students who worked on the publication attended three workshops to hone in...

Debaters start season with a series of wins and bids to TOC

Ethan Lachman and Celine Park October 5, 2018

With seven bids, the debate team solidified its spot as the top team in the country thus far. The team started the month off at the Loyola Invitational for Lincoln Douglas Debate on Sept. 7-9, in which...

Aperture Photo Project on display in the gallery

Ethan Lachman October 5, 2018

Upper and middle school students and Esteban Torres High School students came together over the past year to create works of documentary photography, which are now on display in the Feldman Horn Gallery. Photography...

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