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Pamela Koyzis visits Girls Who Code. Credit: Sofia Heller/Chronicle

IT professional visits Girls Who Code

Sofia Heller May 17, 2017

Director of Audit Services and Institute Compliance at the California Institute of Technology Pamela Koyzis shared her experience working in IT auditing with students in the Girls Who Code club Monday...

Holocaust survivor Michele Rodri speaks to the sophomore class during their class meeting March 29. Credit: Sofia Heller/Chronicle

Holocaust survivor speaks to sophomore class

Sofia Heller March 30, 2017

Holocaust survivor Michele Rodri shared her experience during the war, told about her life after and advised students to speak up against wrongdoings at the sophomore class meeting March 29. Rodri was...

Violinist and disability advocate Gaelynn Lea speaks to La Femme on March 27. Printed with permission of Kate von Mende.

Violinist discusses using music to enact social change

Sofia Heller March 28, 2017

Violinist and singer Gaelynn Lea spoke to La Femme about living with Brittle Bone Disease, advocating for people with disabilities and using her music as a way to enact social change after school March...

Kutler Center Scholar in Residence Josh Kun 89 speaks to Taylor Redmond 18 and Daniel Varela 18 in the Emery Room. Credit: Sofia Heller/Chronicle

Genius Grant recipient Josh Kun ’89 speaks about music’s impact

Sofia Heller March 18, 2017

Kutler Center Scholar in Residence and MacArthur Fellowship recipient Josh Kun ’89 discussed interpreting music as social change in his meetings with students and faculty this week. Kun asked students...

Members of HW Venture brainstorm ideas at a Complain and Conquer event on March 9. Credit: Sofia Heller/Chronicle

HW Venture holds Complain and Conquer event

Sofia Heller March 10, 2017

HW Venture held a Complain and Conquer event on March 9 after school that gave students the opportunity to voice criticisms of school and create productive solutions to better the community. “To have...

La Femme club members sell shirts designed by Chasia Jeffries 17 in front of Chalmers Tuesday. Credit: Sofia Heller/Chronicle

La Femme sells T-shirts to benefit Elizabeth House

Sofia Heller March 7, 2017

La Femme sold T-shirts on the quad for $15 from March 6 to 10 to raise money for Elizabeth House, a non-profit organization that provides economic, medical and emotional support, including shelter and...

Students and parents from throughout the Los Angeles area speak to representatives of gap year providers. Credit: Sofia Heller/Chronicle

School hosts gap year fair for area students

Sofia Heller February 23, 2017

Students from different high schools in Los Angeles gathered with their parents at the USA Gap Year Fair in Hamilton Gym on Feb. 22 to explore their options after graduating high school. Vice President...

Rocket launched with student experiment onboard

Sofia Heller February 23, 2017

SpaceX launched a rocket Feb. 19 containing an experiment in paper chromatography that Samuel Buckley-Bonanno ’19 designed. The experiment tests the effect that gravity has on chromatography and how...

Heavy rains cause difficulty for students

Sofia Heller February 18, 2017

A 20-foot sinkhole developed near school on Woodbridge Street and Laurel Canyon Boulevard on Friday, Feb. 17. Head of Upper School Liz Resnick emailed students earlier that day asking them to drive...

Rejoin reality: quit Instagram

Sofia Heller February 15, 2017

Over a year ago, I decided to delete my Instagram account. Throughout that time, people have often assumed that my parents are imposing their rules on me. My friends have constantly asked me if I have...

Members of HW Venture helped Mike Tour 17 refine his idea for a sabbatical program.
Credit: Printed with permission of Rob Levin

HW Venture consults with alum

Sofia Heller February 8, 2017

HW Venture members initiated a consultancy project Wednesday by meeting with Mike Tour ’07 and helping him formulate his idea for a sabbatical program. The HW Venture project works to utilize club...

Wifi cuts-out for school due to server errors

Sofia Heller January 13, 2017

Students and faculty had trouble connecting to the Wi-Fi throughout campus Jan. 6. Faculty in the Information Technology department installed updates to the Wi-Fi over winter break. They started receiving...

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