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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

The road less navigable

Kitty Luo June 1, 2018

Am I a bad driver? Personally, I would say that I’m a wonderful driver; so far, I’ve mostly only hit inanimate objects. Yet for some unfathomable reason, I have earned a reputation as a notoriously...

Logan Paul: Using suicide for success

Kitty Luo January 23, 2018

Between tangled branches and moss-lined trunks, a man sways from a tree. Though he had entered the forest not long ago, he’ll never set foot out of it again. It’s a cloudy day. Mount Fuji continues...

Illustration by Samantha Ko

Mind the Gap: Students Discuss the Stigma Around Taking a Gap Year

Kitty Luo April 29, 2017

After a summer of interning at Otium, a restaurant in Downtown L.A., Oliver Friedman ‘17 fell in love with cooking and working in the hospitality industry. He realized that he wanted to learn more about...

Eight Chinese students traveled to Los Angeles with the goal of deepening their knowledge of English. Credit: Printed with permission of Strauss Cooperstein

Chinese students experience campus life

Kitty Luo February 15, 2017

Eight students from the World Leading Schools Association in Shanghai, China visited the Upper School for 13 days from Jan. 29 to Feb. 10 with the goal of deepening their knowledge of American society...

Jacob Frank ’17 plays the saxophone with the Upper School Symphony during its Nov. 18 performance. The 
symphony performed compositions by Bela Bartok, Antonin Dvorak and other composers in their Fall Instrumental Music Concert. Credit: Pavan Tauh/Chronicle

Musicians perform in instrumental concert

Kitty Luo November 29, 2016

Musicians from the Upper School Symphony, Wind Ensemble, Camerata Strings and String Quartet performed in the Fall Instrumental Music Concert in the Rugby Theater Nov. 18. Students performed piecessuch...

Do you hear the people sing?

Kitty Luo October 11, 2016

The voices of two dozen students singing echo throughout the halls of the first floor of Chalmers, evoking the revolutionary atmosphere of Paris 200 years ago. The music is coming from the dance studio,...

Illustration by Alena Rubin; 
Map Image Taken From Pokémon Go App, Graphics Assisted by Nicole Kim

New Pokémon Go App Is A Summer Trend

Kitty Luo September 7, 2016

When Assistant to the Head of Upper School Michelle Bracken received a call from her sister-in-law, she was expecting a casual chat about family and friends, she said. Instead, her sister-in-law informed...

Yutopia Essex: Benefits Administrator

Kitty Luo August 31, 2016

Yutopia Essex has joined the upper school as the new benefits administrator. In her new position, Essex will be in charge of self-insured medical plans, the school’s flexible spending account, the student...

Image licensed for reuse with modification.

Thanks for the Pranks: A History of Senior Pranks

Kitty Luo May 29, 2016

When Dylan Wan ’18 emerged from the Head Prefect election assembly March 23, he immediately noticed that his backpack was not in the same location as he had originally left it. Making his way through...

Golden Performance: Dancers display their golden tickets as the other children plead for them. Credit: Pavan Tauh/Chronicle

Dancers perform ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’

Kitty Luo March 12, 2016

Advanced Dance II students depicted characters such as Willy Wonka, Charlie Bucket, Veruca Salt, Mike Teavee, Augustus Gloop and Violet Beauregarde during their show “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,”...

Musicians to perform in Pasadena

Kitty Luo February 15, 2016

Chamber Singers will perform at the upcoming American Choral Directors Association Western Division Conference in Pasadena Feb. 26-27. The conference will include exhibits, concerts and educational clinics...

Author discusses pressure with parents

Kitty Luo November 25, 2015

Psychiatrist and author Michael Thompson spoke to parents about his book "The Pressured Child" in Saperstein Theatre Nov. 10. Thompson discussed the process of students going through grade school and ultimately...

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