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Sign-ups fill up for Valentine’s themed Coffeehouse

Kendall Dees February 14, 2018

Students performed a variety of original and cover songs at the Valentine’s Day-themed Coffeehouse in Chalmers East on Feb. 12. All slots filled up five days before the original sign-up deadline, making...

Ross emailed students and faculty to address the suicide on Feb. 2.

Ross raises depression awareness

Josie Abugov February 13, 2018

Head of Upper School Laura Ross expressed sympathy and offered mental health resources to students in light of a suicide of a Buckley eighth grader in an email sent to upper school students, parents and...

A neighbor hits a golf ball on the driving range at the Weddington property. The facilities are now open to all community members. Students and faculty can swipe their school ID card to use the golf and tennis courts during the day. 
Credit: Kaitlin Musante/Chronicle

Weddington opens to community

Kaitlin Musante February 13, 2018

Weddington Golf & Tennis facilities are now open for student and employee use free of charge after the school officially closed escrow on the property in early January. The facilities, which include...

Credit: Sam Ko/Chronicle

Looking to the future: Deans and HW Works reintroduce Career Day after hiatus

Luke Schneider February 13, 2018

The upper school deans and HW Works administration announced that Career Day would be reintroduced for sophomores, following a four-year hiatus, at class meeting Feb. 7. Career Day grants students with...

Middle school math teacher Dan Reeves ’94 teaches charter school students about robotics during one of the after-school sessions, which aim to enrich students. Credit: Rosemary Vanvlijmen

Shining stars: middle school runs after-school enrichment program

Eli Adler February 13, 2018

Harvard-Westlake partnered with Bright Star Schools to launch the HW Bridge Partnership, bringing 27 seventh graders from charter schools to the Middle School twice a week to participate in enrichment...

A student debates at the Junior State of America conference in Chalmers. Credit: Sophie Haber/Chronicle

Junior State of America hosts one-day conference

Alex Goldstein February 4, 2018

The Harvard Westlake chapter of Junior State of America hosted a conference on civil rights that gave students the opportunity to participate in a variety of debates and activities Feb. 3. Participants...

Laura Siahaan explains how programming can be used in data science and analysis. Credit: Saba Nia/Chronicle

Hidden Figures: NASA data scientist discusses computer science

Saba Nia January 29, 2018

NASA's Lead Data Scientist for Business Operations Laura Siahaan spoke to Girls Who Code club members and other students about working at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and how girls interested in...

Students paint signs as part of the clean up process at Bethune Middle School. Credit: Printed with permission of Jackie Klein (Andrew Klein 18)

Students volunteer at Bethune Middle School

Sofia Heller January 29, 2018

Nearly 100 members of the school community helped to clean up the Bethune Middle School campus by painting, sorting and gardening Jan. 27. The HW Parents Community Service program organized the event...

Protesters gather at Pershing Square during the 2018 Womens March in Los Angeles. Credit: Sophie Haber/Chronicle

Students advocate for intersectional feminism at 2018 Women’s March

Saba Nia January 22, 2018

Dozens of students and faculty members attended the second annual Women’s March Jan. 20. In addition to supporting women’s rights, this year’s march focused on promoting intersectional feminism and...

Therapist Jacqueline Liebman-Gentile answers a students question during the discussion. Credit: Saba Nia/Chronicle

Therapist speaks to ASiA club about mental health

Saba Nia January 22, 2018

Marriage and family therapist Jacqueline Liebman-Gentile visited ASiA club to speak to students about mental health. Club leaders said they decided to host Liebman-Gentile’s visit in light of the recent...

Spencer Paul 19 participated in the debateLA Challenge round robin tournament and made it to the finals against Shruthi Krishnan from Greenhill School. Credit: Will Berlin 19

School hosts debate tournament

Kendall Dees January 16, 2018

Harvard-Westlake hosted 320 debaters from 10 different states for a Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate division Octafinals qualifier to the Tournament of Champions. On the first two days of the tournament,...

Chaplain J. Young poses with a group of children during the Special Olympics event in Dec. 2016. Young has worked as the Chaplain for the Upper School for the past 21 years.
Credit: Pavan Tauh/Chronicle

End of an era: FJ to retire

Maddy Daum January 11, 2018

After 21 years of working at the school, Chaplain J. Young will retire to travel and assume the position of Chaplain for the Los Angeles FBI. Young has always worked as a chaplain, but he also assisted...

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