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Still on the spectrum: identifying as asexual

Su Jin Nam February 15, 2016

Amber* ’16 has always felt as though she was missing out on the “normal sexual discoveries” that her friends talked about in their conversations. Whenever her friends fawned over a “hot new celebrity,”...

Matthew Waxman 92 takes a selfie in his Ebola treatment suit. Printed with permission of Matthew Waxman.

Alum recounts Ebola battle in Sierra Leonne

Su Jin Nam October 9, 2015

Every day, in a “sacred and very deliberate ritual,” Matthew Waxman ’92 put on a mask, then a hood and two layers of gloves that were duct-taped closed in order to prevent any fluids from getting...

Trying to maintain an inclusive student body

Su Jin Nam May 27, 2015

"Harvard-Westlake strives to be a diverse and inclusive community united by the joyful pursuit of educational excellence, living and learning with integrity, and purpose beyond ourselves." We’ve heard...

Senior wins trip to Croatia for Rwanda film

Su Jin Nam May 13, 2015

Katherine Calvert ’15 won a full scholarship to a three-week summer program in Dubrovnik, Croatia with Relativity Film. The scholarship was one of the two highest awards presented at the Archer Film...

Fear Factor: Students with Phobias

Fear Factor: Students with Phobias

Su Jin Nam April 29, 2015

In one of her AP Biology lectures last year, the teacher showed a photo of a beehive. Even though it was merely a picture on the screen, Jill* ’15 remembers breaking out in a cold sweat and choking on...

Cambodian genocide survivor visits Upper School

Su Jin Nam April 2, 2015

Cambodian genocide survivor Arn Chorn-Pond visited the upper school campus on April 13, the day classes resumed after spring break. Chorn-Pond answered questions during a presentation in Feldman-Horn...

Seven novice debaters win speaker awards in Atlanta

Su Jin Nam March 25, 2015

Seven debate students in the novice division won speaker awards at the Woodward Novice Nationals debate tournament, which took place in Atlanta on March 20-22. Liz Yount '17 won the first speaker award,...

Grafitti sparks dialogue to empower

Su Jin Nam March 18, 2015

Posters of students and faculty imitating the Wonder Woman pose with an encouraging word they chose were hung on the quad and displayed on TV screens around campus in reaction to the "lipstick graffiti"...

Homespoken

Homespoken

Su Jin Nam February 13, 2015

All students attending Harvard-Westlake have gone through its application process, most with help from parents or guardians. Youna Choi’s ’17 experience was different from others’. Her mother speaks...

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Su Jin Nam February 10, 2015

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Su Jin Nam February 9, 2015

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