By Chelsea Khakshouri On any given day, you can find a group of Harvard-Westlake students occupying Sally Shultz’s (Brian ’11, Eric ’08) dining room, spending several hours...

  By David Gisser Flying over waves on a blue lake on a breezy summer day may seem difficult to imagine, but to sailors this is a very familiar experience. Sarah Shelby ’13 discovered sailing...

By Michael Sugerman Though she didn’t consider herself to be the best waterskiier on the lake, which she attributed to poor "foot-eye coordination," Head of School Jeanne Huybrechts was a member...

By Elana Zeltser Joel Spielberger ’12 hung his head as he toured the remains of a concentration camp in Poland alongside Holocaust survivors who made narrow escapes only 60 years ago. "They would...

By Leslie Dinkin It’s early in the morning, and to prepare for his day at the beach, Russell Wolfe ’12 grabs a power bar, surf wax and a big towel. Instead of throwing on a T-shirt...

By Michael Rothberg At 19, only a year older than many of the seniors, Jim Crawford began working as a security officer at Harvard School. Crawford, now Director of Security, has operated security for...

By Saj Sri-Kumar It’s 3 p.m. on a Monday, and streams of students and teachers head through the main driveway on their way home. Security Guard Mark Geiger looks on, knowing that he will not...

By Hank Gerba If his measurements were not perfect, the piece would have to be scrapped. Carefully marking a sheet of copper, Jack Cooper ’14 finalized the design of the necklace he was working...

By Justine Goode When Nadia Dubovitsky ’12 turned 18, she celebrated by going to a gas station and purchasing a pack of Camel cigarettes and a Mega Millions lotto ticket. She wasn’t...

By Lizzy Thomas On days before their games, the Mission League champion varsity baseball team often goes to trainer Sandee Teruya to have her stand five or so feet away from them, doing what appears to...

By Rachel Schwartz Bringing up money, religion or politics may be a dinner party sin, but at school there is no such rule against discussion of politics in or out of the classroom. While such potentially...

By Michael Rothberg For Bronty O’Leary ’13, everything is quiet, serene and relaxing below the surface. Equipped with a tankful of gas, she slowly descends deeper into the abyss of...