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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

Work Thats Worth It: Internships vs. Jobs

Work That’s Worth It: Internships vs. Jobs

Jesse Nadel May 27, 2016

While some of her classmates spent their summers doing STEM cell research at the University of Southern California or getting coffee for editors of NYLON magazine, Maddy Ulloa ’17 rang up customers and...

English teacher to depart from school after two years

Jesse Nadel May 25, 2016

Part-time English teacher Mahshid Feiz ’92 will leave at the end of this school year. For the last two years, Feiz taught English III: Living America. One of the main reasons for her departure was the...

Riemer to leave school, move to Berlin

Jesse Nadel May 25, 2016

Upper School World Languages Department Chair Margot Riemer is leaving the school after 24 years of teaching Spanish to move to Berlin with her family. "My husband and I have always wanted to live in Europe,"...

Brentwood video spurs discussion about diversity

Brentwood video spurs discussion about diversity

Jesse Nadel May 25, 2016

After a video surfaced last week of some white students from Brentwood School singing a rap song with the n-word, upper school deans decided to open up a conversation about racial insensitivity among Harvard-Westlake...

The audience at the Saturday night playwrights festival evacuated twice after the fire alarm was pulled.
Credit: Sammi Handler/Chronicle

Three fire alarms interrupt Playwrights Festival

Jesse Nadel April 30, 2016

Performers and audience members attending the Playwrights Festival were required to evacuate Rugby Theater twice Saturday night after someone allegedly pulled the fire alarm three separate times, Playwrights...

A hallway in a general hospital. Licensed image from pixabay.com.

Helping Hands: Students who Volunteer in Hospitals

Jesse Nadel April 20, 2016

Every Wednesday afternoon, Ashley Frey ’17 puts on her uniform and teen volunteer badge and spends two hours visiting patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Throughout the course of...

Casey Giolito 17 hopes to pursue a career in acting. Giolito, along with other students, must find a balance between career aspirations and school. Credit: Emily Rahhal/Chronicle

Going Pro

Jesse Nadel February 7, 2016

On a typical school day, while all of her friends begin their homework, Anya Andrews ’17 runs down Hollywood Boulevard in pajamas and slippers, receiving strange looks from those who pass by her. Soon...

Richard Sneider explains to students how he repelled from a helicopter into a forest in Papua New Guinea to study plants and animals of that region. Credit: Sammi Handler/Chronicle

Environmental scientist shares exploration stories

Jesse Nadel January 25, 2016

Environmental scientist and businessman Richard Sneider (Nicole '09, Alán '12, Eitan '17) shared his experiences exploring and building a research facility in an isolated region of Papua New Guinea with...

School encourages teachers to use grants to improve teaching

Jesse Nadel January 12, 2016

The school has increased its budget for betterment and development grants this year to allow for teachers to continue "honing their craft and to stay current," science teacher and Dean of Faculty Dietrich...

Illustration by Vivian Lin

Special Olympics athletes prepare for World Games on campus

Jesse Nadel December 2, 2015

With music blasting from speakers and members of the school and Studio City community cheering them on, Cuban and Czech Special Olympics athletes marched down the Ted Slavin Field in a procession to the...

Carmen Levine 17 writes a message to pay tribute to science teacher Jim Brink on the anniversary of his passing. Credit: Jesse Nadel/Chronicle

Students, faculty pay tribute to science teacher

Jesse Nadel November 12, 2015

Members of the school community paid tribute to science teacher Jim Brink on the anniversary of his death, Nov. 12, by writing letters and messages to his family. "The unfortunate passing of Mr. Brink...

Head of Upper School Audrius Barzdukas performs during the Homecoming pep rally. Credit: Jesse Nadal/Chronicle

Students and faculty gear up for Homecoming at annual pep rally

Jesse Nadel October 23, 2015

Students and faculty prepared for Homecoming with school chants, cheerleader performances and a lip-sync battle at the annual pep rally on Oct. 23.

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