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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

Slam group to perform for new Poetry Week

Morganne Ramsey February 12, 2014

The Get Lit Players, a performance poetry group of Los Angeles high school students is performing this week at sophomore and junior class meetings as part of Poetry Week, hosted by the English and Visual...

Overcoming the past

Morganne Ramsey December 18, 2013

Had Lucas Hernandez ’14 stayed in public school after graduating from middle school, he would have attended Leuzinger High School or Lawndale High School, the two high schools in the Centinela Valley...

A House Divided

Morganne Ramsey December 17, 2013

Casting by color

Morganne Ramsey November 13, 2013

On the first day of rehearsal, performing arts department head Rees Pugh waited for silence before addressing the 50-person cast of “Hairspray,” this year’s fall musical. “I hope that this show...

Girls in sciences

Morganne Ramsey November 12, 2013

Spanish teachers attend AP seminar

Morganne Ramsey October 15, 2013

Teachers attended a seminar last Friday titled "Vertical Teaming and Scaffolding of Instruction" given by Laura Zanke, the College Board’s co-chair of AP Spanish Language and Culture development. Due...

Bharata natyam: a story through dance

Morganne Ramsey October 15, 2013

After six months of lengthy rehearsals, Amita Pentakota ’14 stepped on stage to perform in “MARA” at the Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood Sept. 21. In preparation for the show, a classical Indian dance...

Administration approves Spain trip

Morganne Ramsey October 15, 2013

Students will have the opportunity to go on a two-week tour of Spain during spring break. The trip, chaperoned by Spanish teacher Javier Zaragoza, will be from March 21 to April 6. Students are scheduled...

Actors teach drama workshops

Morganne Ramsey September 25, 2013

The Actor and the Stage classes were taught by a guest teacher last week, and are being taught by another artist who is visiting the class this week. Last week, each section of The Actor and the Stage...

Practicum dropped after no signups

Morganne Ramsey September 25, 2013

Although the English department added two new courses to the senior year curriculum, the vast majority of seniors still elected to take the AP courses. Only eight seniors signed up for the year long Shakespeare...

And the winner is…‘Hairspray!’

Morganne Ramsey August 27, 2013

When the performing arts faculty discusses what show they want for the fall musical each year, they try to choose a show with a large cast, a large musical value and lots of roles for girls. Performing...

National Poetry Slam champions perform spoken word for students

Morganne Ramsey May 29, 2013

Although there were two microphones situated at the front of the stage, the poets didn’t use them at all after the end of their first poem in order to move around the stage and have a more active performance. National...

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