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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Documentary to feature Advanced Dance I class

Sabrina de Brito February 13, 2016

Documentary filmmaker Martha Wheelock will be filming Advanced Dance I students this week to include in her latest film, a biopic on the life and influence of women’s suffragist Inez Milholland in the...

School hosts public debate tournament

Sabrina de Brito February 10, 2016

The upper school debate team hosted a public debate on Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan. 18 in Rugby Auditorium. Members of Team USA, the national debate team, argued about whether or not identity politics...

Picture published with permission of Kat Calvert.

Pros of staying close for college, despite ‘eastern-centric’ culture

Sabrina de Brito January 31, 2016

When Kat Calvert ’15 was accepted to UCLA, she was at first a little hesitant about the prospect of attending a college less than 25 minutes from her house. Both of her parents went to the school, and...

Team to debate identity

Team to debate identity

Sabrina de Brito January 13, 2016

The upper school debate team will host a public debate with Team USA on Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan. 18. During the debate, participants will debate "identity, protest and the future of the struggle...

Debate team competes in writing forum

Sabrina de Brito November 23, 2015

The Harvard-Westlake International Public Policy Forum Debate Team was selected from teams across the world to compete in the 15th annual International Public Policy Forum. The team members are captain...

Liz Yount ’17 speaks during a World Schools debate at the Greenhill Fall Classic as teammates Aidan Luscinski ’17 and Alec Winshel ’16 listen. The team took second place at the tournament.

Debate season starts with success

Sabrina de Brito October 7, 2015

Cameron Cohen ’16 won first place overall at the Greenhill Fall Classic in Dallas Sept. 19-21 a week after he and Nick Steele ’16 closed out the Loyola Invitational as co-champions. This was the first...

Website ranks school number one in California

Sabrina de Brito October 7, 2015

101usa.com named Harvard-Westlake the Best High School in California on Thursday in a ranking of the top 14 institutes in the state. The article reads: "Each [school] has unique elements, highly-qualified...

Junior named to national debate team

Sabrina de Brito September 14, 2015

Liz Yount '17 was named to the 2015-2016 USA Debate team on Tuesday and is looking forward to the upcoming season, she said. Nine high school students from across the country made the team after enduring...

Faculty and alumni perform in Assassins in the Pico Playhouse. Upper School Dean Adam Howard (third from right) plays Leon Czolgosz. Photograph used with permission of Adam Howard.

Critics praise alumni revival of musical ‘Assassins’

Sabrina de Brito September 10, 2015

Alumni are involved in the revival of the five-time Tony award winning musical “Assassins," which opened on Aug. 21 to positive critical reviews. The show runs to Sept. 27 at The Pico Playhouse in Los...

Alumni go to ‘Friday Night Lights’ event

Sabrina de Brito September 1, 2015

Alumni living in the Los Angeles area supported the Wolverines against rival Loyola Cubs at the football game last Friday after a dinner and a reception in the Feldman Horn gallery as part of the "Friday...

Students and alumni honor retiring adviser

Sabrina de Brito June 8, 2015

Past and present Chronicle staff members gathered outside of Weiler Hall June 8 to celebrate the retirement of Communications Department Head Kathy Neumeyer. “It is not an understatement to say that...

LASA program begins accepting applications

Sabrina de Brito April 29, 2015

The Los Angeles Service Academy is accepting applications for students to participate in the 2015-2016 season. History teachers Francine Werner and Katherine Holmes-Chuba encouraged sophomores to take...

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