In a crowded St. Saviour’s Chapel, President Rick Commons rings a church bell 30 times in succession. It’s lunch time, and pews full of students, faculty and staff listen to the chimes, one for each...
It’s 7 a.m. and Brady Dunlap ’23 is getting shots up in the gym. It’s morning now, but during Lunch, Conference Time or the Directed Study period, Dunlap said he can still be found in the gym trying...
As Chris Weng '24 sat at his desk, Zooming into his English class during quarantine, he was stunned: rather than discussing the assigned reading, his teacher had suddenly begun a rant about her personal...
Averie Perrin, Assistant Features Editor
• September 28, 2022
As “Under the Sea” from “The Little Mermaid” boomed on the speakers, Jack Austen ’23 stood on the Quad in a red, inflatable lobster costume in front of Head Prefect Yoshimi Kimura ’23. Next...
Ella Yadegar, Assistant Features Editor
• September 28, 2022
On a summer night in 1984, Judy and Norman Millar walked along manicured grass under beaming floodlights and a warm Studio City breeze. It was their first date in Norman Millar’s hometown. Judy Millar...
Students discuss the responsibilities gained when getting a license.
Josh Barnavon ’24 said his heart pounded as he walked into the Winnetka Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). After six months of...
The sun beamed down on the North Faring campus as Head of School Nathan Reynolds spoke proudly about the achievements of the Westlake School for Girls class of 1992. Pacing excitedly in the dress she had...
A lawsuit against the affirmative action policies at Harvard University and The University of North Carolina at Chapell Hill aims to eliminate the consideration of race, gender and ethnicity in admissions....
Averie Perrin, Assistant Features Editor
• August 25, 2022
Students discuss the work they have done over the summer for college
Brooke* spent her last Sunday like any other during her summer engineering internship at the University of Southern California:...
Jocelyn Medawar walks through her recommendation writing process
Every morning during the final weeks of summer, Upper School English Teacher Jocelyn Medawar wakes up at 6 a.m. to make herself a cup...
When asked by her fourth-grade teacher to write about her favorite weekend activity, Shoshana Bernstein ’22 chose to describe how she enjoyed cooking with her moms. The teacher, assuming Bernstein had...
After she was told it was unlikely she could conceive children, Paula* said she engaged in meaningless hookups, unconcerned about a possible pregnancy. Weeks later, she found herself staring at an ultrasound...
