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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

College matriculation binders deprive students of privacy

College matriculation binders deprive students of privacy

Sammi Handler January 13, 2016

In the competitive nature of the school, we make decisions every day about how much we want our peers to know about our academic records, but that gets taken away from us once we graduate. In each of...

Photo Illustration: Sabrina de Brito and Sacha Lin/Chronicle

Alums respond to college campus racial tension

Sammi Handler November 24, 2015

Alex Copeland ’15, a freshman at Yale College, said his immediate instinct is to say that he has not experienced racism at the campus in New Haven, Conneticut. But then he thought for a moment. "I really...

Students studying abroad in France are safe from attacks

Sammi Handler November 14, 2015

The students studying at School Year Abroad in Rennes, France are safe following the attacks on Paris Nov. 13. Katie Schlesinger '17, Sophia Dienstag '17 and Danielle Kaye '17 confirmed that they were...

Students walk around 1,100 empty backpacks as part of the Send Silence Packing display. Some backpacks also had stories about students who committed suicide. Credit: Indu Pandey/Chronicle

Advocate urges more talk about mental health issues

Sammi Handler November 4, 2015

Mental health advocate Jordan Burnham urged students to feel comfortable seeking treatment for mental health issues and to talk about them to get help. He shared his story of attempted suicide Wednesday...

Smoke from the barbecue at Homecoming on Saturday prompted neighbors to call the fire department, causing trucks to arrive on campus at 6:20 p.m. Sammi Handler/Chronicle

Barbecue smoke brings fire trucks to Homecoming

Sammi Handler October 24, 2015

Due to the smoke from the barbecue at Homecoming on Saturday, neighbors called the fire department, causing trucks to arrive on campus at 6:20 p.m., but left almost immediately, security guard Jim Wirth...

Illustration by Anna Gong/Chronicle

Long Way Home: Students who Commute (A Lot)

Sammi Handler October 9, 2015

When Haden Modisett ’16 leaves school for the day, he has a choice between driving for an hour and 15 minutes to his family’s house in Manhattan Beach or walking 10 minutes to his apartment on Coldwater...

Area signs protesting the Harvard-Westlake Upper Schools proposed parking structure project have been disappearing in recent months. Credit: Noa Schwartz/Chronicle

Neighbors file reports for missing lawn signs

Sammi Handler October 7, 2015

Save Coldwater Canyon! members and local residents have replaced signs protesting the school’s proposed parking garage after they were reportedly stolen in June, the latest incident in a string of alleged...

Lola Clark 17 and Emma Wasserman 16 give Michael Edwards 16 information about their student organization Community Council, which helps students attain the required 12 hours of community service.

Students sign up for clubs during Activities Fair

Sammi Handler October 7, 2015

Students signed up for various clubs during the Activities Fair on the quad Monday. There were a total of 88 clubs, eight student organizations and two festivals represented at the fair, which was hosted...

Deans revoke parking passes after students drive in center lane

Sammi Handler September 17, 2015

Security guards revoked parking passes from about 20 students Thursday who were driving in the center left turn lane on Coldwater Canyon for more than 200 feet. Drivers can legally drive in center lanes...

Annual Giving reaches a record $7.7 million

Sammi Handler September 1, 2015

Parents, alumni, faculty and staff donated a record of $7.7 million to Annual Giving last year, the most for an independent day school in the country, according to Head of External Relations Ed Hu. Faculty...

Grass replaces trailers, history offices renovated

Sammi Handler September 1, 2015

Two trailers outside Rugby Hall were removed during the summer because of "a desire to return green space to the general community," Vice President John Amato said. Teachers and students used the trailers...

Leave some room for error

Leave some room for error

Sammi Handler September 1, 2015

Time and time again failure is seen as an essential stepping-stone for success. So I find it strange that we have such a high expectation for success and scarcely any room for failure. Providing a more...

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