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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

Walch researches book in Paris

Henry Vogel September 4, 2014

Performing arts teacher Ted Walch spent his second summer in Paris researching the lead actor of his favorite film in hopes of writing a book next year. In the second semester of Cinema Studies, Walch...

Lawsuits against CIF affect football schedule

Henry Vogel September 3, 2014

Major changes by the CIF in the league alignments and lawsuits filed by other schools objecting to their assignments impacted the fall schedule and resulted in the early homecoming this year, Head of Athletics...

Practice continues after Big Bear retreat to prepare for Friday’s opener

Henry Vogel September 3, 2014

After returning from a team retreat to Big Bear, the cross country team has continued training to be ready for their season opener Friday. "The overall experience of Big Bear is great," Jeffrey Ehlers...

Squad ends on 4-game winning streak, fails to make CIf Playoffs

Henry Vogel May 28, 2014

Despite finishing the season with a four-game winning streak, the varsity softball team fell just short of CIF, ending Mission League play one game out of the top spot. The team’s final league record...

Alum to play in NCAA tournament for Harvard

Henry Vogel March 19, 2014

Three years after winning CIF as a junior on the boys’ basketball team, Zena Edosomwan ’12 is preparing for the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball tournament as a freshman forward on the Harvard University...

Sophomore interns at Google headquarters

Henry Vogel February 12, 2014

Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson arrived at the large, black-glass building in northern California that housed Google headquarters. In this scene in the movie "The Internship," a fictional comedy, Vaughn and...

LaCour awarded NHSBCA National Coach of the Year

Henry Vogel December 18, 2013

Baseball program head Matt LaCour was named 2013 National Coach of the Year by the National High School Baseball Coaches Association. LaCour, who was selected to coach the U15 USA Baseball Team that won...

School Year Abroad applications due Feb. 17

Henry Vogel December 18, 2013

School Year Abroad online applications for the 2014-2015 school year are due Feb. 17. Director of Financial Aid, SYA Coordinator and French teacher Geoff Bird will interview all applicants. Students must...

Gun magazine publishes Visual Arts teacher’s article

Henry Vogel November 13, 2013

Upper school visual arts teacher Art Tobias’s article was recently published in a gun collector magazine. Tobias’s article, entitled "The Root of the Matter," appears in the December 2013 issue of...

Senior midfielder commits for lacrosse

Henry Vogel October 15, 2013

Noah Pompan ’14 committed to Gettysburg College for lacrosse Oct. 10. Pompan, a varsity midfielder, also considered University of Richmond, Boston University, Bucknell University and Skidmore College,...

College president to discuss Civil War

Henry Vogel October 15, 2013

The president of the University of Richmond will speak on the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War and emancipation of slaves at an upper school assembly Oct. 30 in Taper Gymnasium. The speech is part of...

New teacher: Aaron Bluestein

Henry Vogel August 27, 2013

Aaron Bluestein will join the foreign language department this year to teach sections in both Spanish III and Spanish III Honors. "I am most looking forward to working with so many extremely bright and...

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