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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

Issue III Crossword

Shanti Hinkin November 17, 2021

Illustration by Sophia Evans

Character Tropes, Red Velvet Ropes

Milla Ben-Ezra May 31, 2021

Wrapped in a fuzzy blanket with a bowl of buttered popcorn on his lap, a 10-year-old Tom Baker ’22 snuggled alongside his parents as they shuffled through films on their family movie night. From animated...

Illustration by Alexa Druyanoff

Out with the Old, In with the New: 2020-2021 Year in Review

Milla Ben-Ezra May 30, 2021

August Head Prefects Cleo Maloney ’21 and Jonathan Cosgrove ’21 kicked off the virtual school year with speeches during the traditional robing ceremony at a Zoom convocation Aug. 23. The first day...

Rekindling the Craft

Rekindling the Craft

Alec Rosenthal May 28, 2021

After the first few weeks of COVID-19 lockdown, Lena Bagley '22 found herself renovating villages with extensive fortifications, fighting hostile mobs and cultivating farmland to plant carrots and potatoes;...

Olivia Rahhal 23 cuddles her pet sheepadoodle.

Secret Life of Pets (in Quarantine)

Natalie Cosgrove March 27, 2021

When Olivia Rahhal ’23 returned to her house after leaving her sheepadoodle puppy home for the first time, she noticed her dog’s overly exaggerated behavior—specifically, her intense tail wagging...

From Left: Quinn Callaghan 21, Maddie Boudov 21, Alon Moradi 21 and James Johnson Brown 21 pose in their choir classroom.

Zooming into the Classroom

Julian Andreone and Ryan Razmjoo March 25, 2021

Alon Moradi ’21 opened his computer Feb. 23 to an email from President Rick Commons announcing that students would be allowed to return to campus March 9. Mixed reactions echoed throughout the school...

In light of student isolation as a result of the pandemic, the school has made efforts to host speakers, such as Tony Award-winning actor Ben Platt ’10 and Jackie Greenberg ’19, who talked about their own experiences with mental health.

Teens in Teletherapy

Quincey Dern and Mia Feizbakhsh March 24, 2021

When Upper School Psychologist Sophie Wasson recommended to Lauren Lee ’20 that she meet with a therapist, Lee initially felt resistant to the suggestion. She said she had adopted the common...

Day in the Life: Holden McRae 20

Day in the Life: Holden McRae ’20

Milla Ben-Ezra February 11, 2021

Sitting at his piano, chords humming, beats tapping, Holden McRae ’20 shifts between music production, college work and a self-owned takeout business. Even amid the COVID-19 pandemic, McRae fills his...

Printed with permission of Annabel Zimmer

No Planet B

Milla Ben-Ezra December 9, 2020

Wildfires blazed across California, torching over 2.1 million acres of land in 2020 alone. The year's hurricane season consisted of 30 named hurricanes, greater than any year in history. Global sea levels...

Fitness Fantasy

Fitness Fantasy

Milla Ben-Ezra October 14, 2020
As the rise in fitness culture floods social media platforms, students reflect on how it negatively affects their eating habits and body image.

Community Council hosts toy drive for New Directions for Youth

Milla Ben-Ezra December 14, 2019

Community Council hosted a toy drive on campus from Dec. 9 to Dec. 13 in support of New Directions for Youth, an organization that provides many services and programs that support children in need. Founded...

Coolhaus CEO explains her success to HW Venture students

Milla Ben-Ezra September 10, 2019

Coolhaus CEO Natasha Case ’01 kicked off HW Venture’s Middle School Speaker Series on Wednesday by sharing the secret behind the success of her start-up company, Coolhaus. Case said Coolhaus is an...

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