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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

Seniors elect speaker for Ring Ceremony

Kyra Hudson August 29, 2019

To continue the tradition established last year, the Class of 2020 elected English teacher Sara Cohen as their faculty speaker. Cohen will deliver the closing speech at this year's Senior Ceremony on...

illustration by Hannah Mittleman

The Right to Kill

By Kyra Hudson August 28, 2019

When Alex Poe ’20 visited the Santa Monica Promenade, one of her regular hangout spots, last week, her trip quickly went south. As she walked from store to store, Poe began to notice fearful shop attendants...

Photo Illustration by Kyra Hudson

A-broadening Perspectives: School Year Abroad

Kyra Hudson March 1, 2019

Kristina Riordan ’19 could feel everyone’s eyes on her. Surrounded by 17-year-olds speaking rapidly in an Italian dialect she couldn’t understand, Riordan was briefly overwhelmed with terror. The...

Resist reading summaries

Kyra Hudson March 1, 2019

There is nothing wrong with reading an online summary for a chapter of a book that there was no time to read the night before. Given the intense daily workload many students face from both academics and...

Dancing in the Starry Night

Kyra Hudson March 1, 2019

Sophia Nuñez ’20 frantically grabbed the costume box as she got ready to run onto the stage, excited for her upcoming dance. As the lights came up, she began her Lady Gaga dance, trying to mimic the...

Photo Illustration by Samantha Ko

Powering Down: Government Shutdown

Kyra Hudson January 30, 2019

For over 30 days, Tailor Gutierrez, a contact representative for the International Revenue Service, worked without pay, struggling to support herself financially without her daily income. Gutierrez...

Peer Support Leaders and Trainees pose for a photo during their annual retreat to the Gliding Hilltop Campsite.  After the Woolsey fire destroyed about 670 structures, including the camp, students have rallied together to rebuild it.

Students regroup, reflect after destruction of camp

Kyra Hudson December 12, 2018

As she skimmed the list of ruined areas from the Woolsey fire, Rebecca Sugerman ’19 felt a wave of devastation when she found out that her longtime summer camp, Camp Hess Kramer, had been part of the...

Photo Illustration by Sam Ko 19.

Here Comes the Signs: Protests of the 60s Compared to Now

Kyra Hudson November 15, 2018

When Francine Werner ‘68 thinks back to her years at the then-Westlake School for Girls, she said she recalls the cultural phenomenon of the Beatles and the British Invasion, the counterculture movement...

Workman begins position in Human Resources

Kyra Hudson September 15, 2018

Jessica Workman joined the Business Department as the newly appointed Human Resources Generalist. She will deal with the training and support of personnel as part of Human Resources. Additionally, Workman...

Babel invites students to submit their work

Kyra Hudson January 11, 2018

"Babel," the Upper School’s foreign language magazine, is open to submissions for this year’s publication. The magazine is accepting all types of works in foreign languages, including essays, poems,...

Nia Kilgore: Upper School Dean

Kyra Hudson August 31, 2017

Nia Kilgore landed the position of Upper School Dean after years of experience as a college counselor at various independent schools in the Los Angeles area. Kilgore worked as the Interim Director of College...

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