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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Same places, same faces

Josie Abugov June 1, 2018

On our walk from the senior lot to our classes, Nicole Kim told me that she sometimes feels like she can see the quad from decades ago. Far away, it is eerily the same. During an English class presentation,...

School to introduce late-start days next year to decrease student stress

Josie Abugov April 25, 2018

The school plans to initiate two pairs of late-start block schedule days for the 2018-2019 school year, Head of Upper School Laura Ross said. Ross welcomed the idea after members of Prefect Council approached...

Illustration by Samantha Ko

Black Panther: Inspiring a conversation about race empowerment and representation

Josie Abugov March 21, 2018

By the time Charles Flippen ’18 was five years old, he was already well versed in the world of Marvel and DC comics. Inheriting his love for superheroes from his father, Flippen vividly remembers trips...

Photo Illustration by Kristin Kuwada

A Flash From the Past: Alumni and current students look back on the progress of diversity at Harvard-Westlake

Josie Abugov February 13, 2018

In the spring of 1956, as applications for Harvard School trickled into the admissions office, controversy broke out within the school community. Bothered parents frantically contacted then-headmaster...

Ross emailed students and faculty to address the suicide on Feb. 2.

Ross raises depression awareness

Josie Abugov February 13, 2018

Head of Upper School Laura Ross expressed sympathy and offered mental health resources to students in light of a suicide of a Buckley eighth grader in an email sent to upper school students, parents and...

Math department head leaves suddenly

Josie Abugov January 10, 2018

Upper School Math Department Head Suzanne Lee resigned from the school effective immediately, Head of School Laura Ross announced in an email to her students Jan. 1. Lee resigned for personal reasons,...

The radio talk show host spoke to students and faculty about happiness and ways to attain it. 
Pavan Tauh/Chronicle

Conservative pundit Hugh Hewitt discusses book, ‘The Happiest Life’

Josie Abugov November 21, 2017

Conservative radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt shared the keys to finding happiness as outlined in his book, “The Happiest Life” in an all-school assembly Nov. 6. A lawyer, author, Chapman University...

Photo Illustration by Sam Ko

The Path from Public to Private: Students matriculating from public schools reflect on the transition to Harvard-Westlake

Josie Abugov October 11, 2017

As Josue Gutierrez ’18 gazed out the window on the long bus ride home after his first day of ninth grade at Harvard-Westlake, he felt stunned and overwhelmed. Basketball tryouts. Nine periods every day....

Ross makes effort to get to know students

Josie Abugov October 10, 2017

In an effort to strengthen a sense of Harvard-Westlake community, Head of Upper School Laura Ross is initiating meetings with students starting next week. "The goal of these meetings is just to get the...

Photo Illustration by Kristin Kuwada and Kate Schrage

The Elephant in the Room: Conservative students speak as a minority in a liberal environment

Josie Abugov August 29, 2017

As Patrick’s* ’18 sophomore English class prepared to pack up, he was halted by the sharp words of his teacher in response to a student’s comment about current events: “If you support Trump, get...

Vox Populi to reprint yearbooks

Josie Abugov June 1, 2017

Due to eight missing portraits in the senior section, the yearbook staff will reprint yearbooks for the senior class and provide the entire student body with page inserts containing the missing portraits. "We...

Nicole Bahar 18 smiles while wearing a hijab as part of a social experiment to gauge students reactions to her dress. Credit: Josie Abugov/Chronicle

Junior conducts social experiment on campus

Josie Abugov March 29, 2017

With butterflies in her stomach, Nicole Bahar ’18 paused for a moment before stepping out of her car in the junior lot last Monday. Although the week ahead was a typical one, filled with tests, quizzes...

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