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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Two Alumna discuss their time away from Harvard-Westlake at the reception in the Kutler Center. Credit: Maddy Daum/Chronicle

Alumni attend Young Alumni Winter Reception

Maddy Daum January 6, 2017

The Alumni Relations team hosted the annual Young Alumni Winter Reception for alumni, seniors and faculty in the Kutler Center. Alumni Administrator Anne Pyle and Assistant Director of Alumni Relations...

Leighton Kaba watches as students release pink and purple balloons from their chairs. Credit: Pavan Tauh/Chronicle

Make-A-Wish Foundation grants wish at assembly

Maddy Daum November 14, 2016

Community Council partnered with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to reveal a trip to Disneyland for a 5-year-old cancer survivor Nov. 14 at an all-school assembly. Leighton Kaba beat leukemia through chemotherapy...

Walch rewrites film textbook for class

Maddy Daum September 1, 2016

Performing arts teacher Ted Walch rewrote his cinema studies textbook entitled “Cinstuds” over the summer. Walch has been teaching Cinema Studies for 25 years and created his own guidebook for his...

New dean Jennifer Cardillo sits at her desk the week before school starts. Cardillo replaced Kyle Graham. Credit: Maddy Daum/Chronicle

Jennifer Cardillo: Dean

Maddy Daum August 30, 2016

Jen Cardillo has joined the dean office after 25 years of working in the education system, replacing upper school Dean Kyle Graham. Cardillo studied history and English at Harvard University and John Burroughs...

School to hold HW Inc. summer program

Maddy Daum May 28, 2016

HW Inc., a summer program open to all Harvard-Westlake students interested in business and entrepreneurship, will take place from June 13-18 this summer at the Upper School. “I got involved because...

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Racanelli to retire after 13 years of student counseling

Maddy Daum April 27, 2016

Upper School Dean Rose-Ellen Racanelli will retire this upcoming summer after 13 years of leading and guiding her students. “I think deep down in my heart, I will miss the kids the most,” Racanelli...

Cameron Schiller 18  works on his robot, preparing it for the next VEX world robotics competition.  Credit: Maddy Daum/Chronicle

Cameron Schiller ’18 drives towards another robotics championship

Maddy Daum April 11, 2016

Cameron Schiller '18 spends two hours everyday after school, countless weekends and breaks working on his robot with his teammates. He designs, builds and drives his seven-foot-tall creations, hoping...

Diana Juarez speaks to the Gender Studies class about her work as an advocate for the LGBTQ community. Credit: Maddy Daum/Chronicle

LGBT advocate discusses gender with class

Maddy Daum March 22, 2016

Manager of the Transgender Empowerment Economic Project at the Los Angeles LGBT Center Drian Juarez discussed the misunderstood aspects of gender with a Gender Studies class March 16. Juarez advocates...

Police captain visits class

Maddy Daum March 12, 2016

Los Angeles Police Department Captain Greg Meyer spoke to the Criminal Law and Advocacy class March 3 about police force and racial profiling. "There is a whole lot less use of police force now than there...

Sorkin to speak at Westflix

Maddy Daum February 12, 2016

Oscar-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (Roxy ’19) will be the guest speaker at Westflix Film Festival March 18 at the Arclight Cinemas in Hollywood. The festival is open to the public, and tickets will...

Student receives grant for DNA preservation research

Student receives grant for DNA preservation research

Maddy Daum February 10, 2016

Alexandra So ’19 has received the Cognito Research Award from the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth for her research in preserving biological specimens. "I remembered an interesting article about...

Jeff Modisett speaks to the Ethics in Theory and Practice class. Credit: Maddy Daum/Chronicle

Former Attorney General of Indiana discusses ethicality, legality with ethics class

Maddy Daum November 10, 2015

Former Attorney General of Indiana Jeff Modisett (Haden ’16) spoke to the Ethics in Theory and Practice class, Monday in the Kutler Center. Modisett was an Indiana district attorney in State of Indiana...

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