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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Storm systems cause heavy rains, snow

Lindsay Wu March 4, 2019

Drenched from the pounding rain, Daniel Arriaza ’19 stood on the corner of Halkirk and Coldwater Canyon, staring in disbelief at the flood of water rushing down the street before him. With only five...

School to implement new gender policies

Lindsay Wu March 3, 2019

Following over a year of research on how students are gendered within the school, an ad-hoc committee, including middle and upper school deans, teachers and faculty, created a list of 16 to 18 recommendations...

Appreciating our education

Appreciating our education

Lindsay Wu March 2, 2019

Two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to work with student volunteers from other schools at an event on campus. While stuffing gift bags in the lounge, one of the volunteers glanced at the deans’ offices. ...

Clara Ross 19 and Sara Kangaslahti 19 present the AP Physics C class to Dylan Shenson 20.  Credit: Lindsay Wu

Students browse courses at Academic Fair

Lindsay Wu February 11, 2019

Sophomores and juniors attended the annual Academic Fair on Monday in order to learn about the courses offered for next year.  Prefect Council hosted the event in Taper Gym during activities period. At...

School launches new pilot program, streamlines process to leave campus

Lindsay Wu January 31, 2019

In order to make the current attendance process more convenient and organized, students will now check in and out of campus using iPads with specialized apps. Though the new initiative is currently...

Illustration by Spencer Klink

Wonder Women: Exploring the increasing female presence in Advanced Placement courses

Lindsay Wu January 30, 2019

On the first day of her senior year, Tivoli Nguyen ’17 entered her Advanced Placement Physics C class and chose a desk between two boys already seated. After the rest of Nguyen’s classmates filed...

Student’s Instagram photo surpasses 11,000 likes

Lindsay Wu January 23, 2019

In response to the most liked picture on Instagram, Dahlia Low '20 posted a photo of herself on @most_liked_my_face, an account she created as a joke, she said. However, Low's picture has now received...

Prefect Council implements new system for students moving assessments

Lindsay Wu November 30, 2018

Prefect Council implemented a new Orange Sheet system, which students will now use to move a test when they have three or more on the same day. The junior prefects announced the new initiative during the...

Alumnus runs for House

Lindsay Wu November 15, 2018

Democratic House of Representatives candidate Sanjay Patel ’95 lost Florida’s 8th Congressional District election to five-term incumbent Republican Representative Bill Posey despite posing a serious...

Speaker Andrew Puzder shares his ideologies behind his support of Capitalism. Credit: Caitlin Chung/Chronicle

Former CEO Andrew Puzder encourages students to embrace capitalism

Lindsay Wu November 5, 2018

Andrew Puzder, the former CEO of Carl’s Jr. and former Secretary of Labor nominee for the Trump administration, encouraged students to embrace capitalism at an all-school assembly on Monday.  Puzder...

New mid-year assessment schedule to be implemented

Lindsay Wu October 25, 2018

In order to allow teachers more flexibility while also alleviating students’ stress, the Scheduling Committee formulated a new plan for mid-year assessments this year, Upper School Deans Department Head...

HW Venture holds kick-off rally to begin year

Lindsay Wu October 5, 2018

Students from both campuses participated in the HW Venture kick-off rally event, where they listened to speeches from alumni keynote speakers and Venture students Sept. 27. To begin the event, alumni...

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