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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Search for upper school head narrows

Sammi Handler August 31, 2016

A team of administrators, deans and faculty narrowed the search for a new head of the Upper School to eight candidates and expects to make an appointment at least before Thanksgiving. Two of the eight...

Vice President of School John Amato looks over the construction of Bing Auditorium in 2008. Amato has been an integral part of the middle school modernization project and the plans for a new parking garage. Credit: Chronicle Archives

Amato to become Interim Head of John Thomas Dye

Sammi Handler May 21, 2016

Vice President of School John Amato will leave Harvard-Westlake to take a new post as the Interim Head of John Thomas Dye School, JTD Board of Trustees President J. David Tracy announced Friday in an...

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Hook, Line and Sinker: Admission Hooks

Sammi Handler May 5, 2016

Three months ago, Paige Howard ’17 committed to University of Pennsylvania for soccer, essentially finishing her college process months before juniors had even started to put together a preliminary list. "It...

Seniors to be inducted into National Cum Laude society

Sammi Handler April 27, 2016

Fifty-seven seniors in the top 20 percent of the Class of 2016's Grade Point Average range will be inducted into the National Cum Laude society. Cum Laude Society, Harvard-Westlake Chapter List of Inductees,...

Teacher to hold information session about Guatemala trip

Sammi Handler April 18, 2016

Students interested in traveling to Guatemala Aug. 1 - 19 as part of HW Go!'s Guatemala: A Digital Story Adventure program can attend an information session with their parents Wednesday in the Ahmanson...

Juniors vote in runoff for final Head Prefect candidates

Sammi Handler March 16, 2016

Lexi Block ’17, Matt Thomas ’17 and Cate Wolfen '17 advance to the Head Prefect Final Election next week, and the second male candidate is yet to be announced as juniors must vote in a runoff Wednesday...

KHWS goes on hiatus after provider shuts off

Sammi Handler March 10, 2016

Student-run radio station KHWS has gone on a hiatus for an undetermined amount of time as student leaders seek an alternate radio streaming service after the station’s broadcast program went off the...

Alum declares candidacy for LAUSD board

Sammi Handler March 9, 2016

Attorney and public education advocate Nick Melvoin '04 has declared his candidacy for a seat in the 2017 Los Angeles Unified School Board to "ensure that every student in Los Angeles has the opportunity...

Teachers to visit Israel amidst political strife

Sammi Handler February 11, 2016

Faculty members will have the opportunity June 13-27 to travel to Israel in the face of political conflict in the Middle East as part of an Immersion Faculty Fellowship. The program is sponsored by the...

Family psychologist Richard Weissbourd talks with Rabbi Emily Feigenson after his presentation. Credit: Sammi Handler/Chronicle

Author urges character to factor in college process

Sammi Handler February 10, 2016

Family psychologist Richard Weissbourd, a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the lead author of a new report calling for less competition and pressure surrounding college admissions,...

Carlthorp student Landon Casola and Sammi Handler 17 talk with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. Printed with permission of David Snow.

Student offers perspective on Iowa caucus (video)

Sammi Handler February 3, 2016

DES MOINES, Iowa — As former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin waited in the airport here Tuesday to catch her pre-blizzard delayed flight, she continuously turned away interviews from reporters eager to...

Six Chinese students to visit

Sammi Handler January 30, 2016

Six high school students from Shanghai will visit the school and stay with Harvard-Westlake students Feb. 7 -19, marking the first time the school will participate in a World Leading Schools exchange program. WLSA...

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