The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

As part of National Suicide Awareness week, Allison Salvador 19 created the Truth Tree outside Rugby Hall to allow students to voice their inner feelings and goals.

Truth Tree Spreads Awareness During Suicide Prevention Week

Hannah Han and Ethan Lachman September 15, 2018

In an effort to spread awareness regarding teen suicide and mental health, Ally Salvador ’19 initiated and organized a project called the Truth Tree from Sept. 11 to Sept. 14. Members of the community...

Lim ’13 returns as Assistant Director of Alumni Relations

Astor Wu September 15, 2018

Katie Lim ’13 will return to Harvard-Westlake as Assistant Director of Alumni Relations after working temporarily as Assistant Director of Annual Giving last spring. “It has been kind of a whirlwind,"...

McGraw ’01 returns to teach psychology

Lucas Lee September 15, 2018

Tina McGraw ’01 will return to her alma mater as both the head of Peer Support and a psychology teacher. She will be transferring to a school setting for the first time after working in drug and...

Workman begins position in Human Resources

Kyra Hudson September 15, 2018

Jessica Workman joined the Business Department as the newly appointed Human Resources Generalist. She will deal with the training and support of personnel as part of Human Resources. Additionally, Workman...

Zhao begins teaching Chinese courses

Frank Jiang September 15, 2018

Yan Zhao, a former teacher at Davidson Day High School in North Carolina, will join the school’s World Languages department as a Chinese I, Chinese II and Chinese III Honors teacher.   Zhao began...

Riemer returns to world language department

Lola Butan September 14, 2018

After working in Germany for two years, Margot Riemer returned to the upper school world language department as a Spanish teacher. Prior to her departure, Riemer was a Spanish teacher at the school for...

Wagerman returns as psychology teacher

Sarah Healy September 14, 2018

Seth Wagerman returned to the Interdisciplinary Studies and Independent Research department this year to teach Introduction to Psychology, as well as continue to teach Social Psychology.  Before...

Garcia joins communications and visual arts departments

Caitlin Chung September 14, 2018

Alexandra Pacheco Garcia joined the communications and visual arts departments this year as the new Vox Populi advisor and a photography teacher, respectively. Previously, Garcia worked as a project...

Casey Kim returns as Campaign Director

Caitlin Chung September 14, 2018

Casey Kim, who worked in the Office of Advancement from 2007 to 2016, returned this year as the new Campaign Director. For the last two years, Kim served as an Associate Director of Advancement at Windward...

Vo joins science department

Jeanine Kim September 13, 2018

After running his own Los Angeles-based tutoring company for the last several years, Richard Vo joined the upper school science department as a chemistry teacher. Vo attended the University of Massachusetts,...

Helston joins math department

September 13, 2018

Joshua Helston, the Former Assistant Professor and Chair of the Math department of Mount Saint Mary's University, joined the upper school math department this year. After receiving a bachelor's degree...

Stahl to teach in visual arts department

Tanisha Gunby September 13, 2018

New teacher Nicole Stahl teaches ceramics, sculpture and glass classes in the visual arts department. Before becoming a teacher, she assisted artists creating their own work. Most recently Stahl was an...

Load More Stories
Activate Search
The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School
In Brief