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Students donate blood as part of the Red Cross Blood Drive on April 28. Credit: Ryan Albert/Chronicle

Students, faculty donate in Red Cross Blood Drive

Ryan Albert April 29, 2017

The school hosted a Red Cross Blood Drive in Chalmers Lounge on Friday. Students, parents and faculty were able to participate in the blood drive, which was run by American Red Cross staff. Blood Drive...

Harry Garvey 18 talks to a college representative at the College Admissions Workshop on April 28. Credit: Aaron Park/Chronicle

Juniors participate in college admissions workshop

Aaron Park April 28, 2017

Admissions personnel from 46 colleges and universities participated in a college admissions workshop hosted at the Upper School on Thursday evening. The workshop was designed to educate students and parents...

Charles Connon ’18 trains with a member of the L.A. Family Housing Program on April 21. Printed with permission of Izzy Reiff.

Put your dukes up: boxing club teaches self-defense

Saba Nia April 26, 2017

To increase their engagement in community service, members of the Boxing Club conducted self-defense classes to underprivileged children March 21 and sold bags of kettle corn and caramel corn to support...

Julia Cosgrove ’18 speaks to sophomores and juniors as part of her successful bid to become Head Prefect for the 2017-2018 school year. Cosgrove, who will serve alongside Wilder Short ’18, defeated current junior Prefect Princie Kim ’18. Credit: Lucas Gelfond/Chronicle

Head Prefects-elect ready for next year’s challenges

Indu Pandey April 26, 2017

Julia Cosgrove ’18 and Wilder Short ’18 headed to chaplain James Young’s office after school March 30. Together with current Head Prefects, Cate Wolfen ’17 and Matt Thomas ’17, dean Sharon Cuseo...

Ben Beckman ’19 and Will Wright ’17 participate in a chariot race at the California Junior Classical League Convention in San Franciso on April 22. Printed with permission of Ben Beckman

Chariots of fire: JCL goes to convention

Alex Goldstein April 26, 2017

Middle and upper school Latin students and Junior Classical League members participated in the California Junior Classical League Convention during the weekend in San Francisco. At the convention, students...

Students violate trip policy

Jean Sanders April 26, 2017

Roughly half a dozen students violated the Drugs, Alcohol and Smoking Policy on school trips over spring break, President Rick Commons said. The school’s policy as written in the Student Parent Handbook...

Ryan Wixen plays dodgeball as part of the Festival to Spring on March 30. Credit: Jenny Li/Chronicle

School rings in break with Festival to Spring

Jenny Li April 17, 2017

Students and faculty played dodgeball and Wii Karaoke and ate In-N-Out Burger during the Festival of Spring March 31 in anticipation for Spring Break. Hosted by Community and Character Committee, the...

Future Head Prefect Julia Cosgrove 18 speaks to the sophomore and junior classes March 29. Credit: Lucas Gelfond

Sophomores, juniors elect next year’s Head Prefects

Kaitlin Musante March 30, 2017

Wilder Short ’18 and Julia Cosgrove ’18 will serve as Head Prefects for the 2017-2018 school year. Short and Cosgrove, along with JP Cherry '18 and Princie Kim '18, delivered speeches promoting their...

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...

Graphic by Danielle Spitz/Chronicle

Looking back at how the school has handled diversity issues this past decade

Katie Plotkin March 29, 2017

On March 13, 2007, the administration suspended two sophomores who sent an email with a “diss tape” they had made that threatened violence and aimed homosexual slurs at other students. Ten years later,...

Nicole Bahar 18 smiles while wearing a hijab as part of a social experiment to gauge students reactions to her dress. Credit: Josie Abugov/Chronicle

Junior conducts social experiment on campus

Josie Abugov March 29, 2017

With butterflies in her stomach, Nicole Bahar ’18 paused for a moment before stepping out of her car in the junior lot last Monday. Although the week ahead was a typical one, filled with tests, quizzes...

Photo illustration by Josie Abugov/Chronicle.

Words unspoken: the N-word

Josie Abugov March 29, 2017

Courtney Nunley ’17 nervously drove through the Inglewood and Culver City area. It was winter break of her junior year and one of her first lessons with her driving instructor. The windows were rolled...

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