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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

HWOP performs final two shows

Sarah Healy April 27, 2018

Harvard Westlake Outreach Performers traveled to St. Martins In the Fields School and the Jewish Home for the Aging on Friday and Saturday for the last performances of the year. While visiting St. Martins,...

Reeling in break: FisHW goes on trip

Valerie Velazquez April 27, 2018

Students from the FisHW club traveled north of Los Angeles and caught fish up to 30 pounds on their last trip of the year March 26. Club members started their trip in Oxnard to fish out of Channel Islands...

Making an impact: Gregory recognized

Madison Huggins April 27, 2018

Former Director of Admissions Elizabeth Gregory Riordan received the Impact Award at the Independent School Alliance for Minority Affairs April 17. Riordan was honored alongside Tim and Vicky Story,...

Affinity groups host multicultural fair

Valerie Velazquez April 26, 2018

Members of various affinity groups set up booths on the quad to spread awareness and share different types of food and music at the multicultural fair April 25.  The fair acted as a way for the affinity...

Community Council rewards students who have completed community service hours

Anusha Mathur April 26, 2018

Community Council rewarded students who have completed their 12 hour community service requirement with free Dippin’ Dots Ice Cream April 25. Students had the choice of several flavors, including rainbow,...

Supp? Peer Support chooses coordinators for 2018-2019 school year

Jeanine Kim April 26, 2018

Eve Baxter ’19, Allie Sassa ’19, Will Pease ’19 and Bryce Porter ’19 will serve as the Peer Support Coordinators for the upcoming 2018-19 school year. Of the 20 students who applied, the four...

Student hosts first TEDx conference

Alexandra So April 26, 2018

The inaugural student-organized TEDx Harvard-Westlake featured speakers who discussed their careers as CEOs and writers last Sunday. Nicky Belgrad ’19, Emmanuel Zilber ’19 and Matthew Gross ’19 organized...

Students make app for censored teens to express thoughts, stories

Kaitlin Musante April 25, 2018

Huddled around their computer, Ari Sokolov ’19 and Izzy Reiff ’18 smiled at each other and clicked the mouse, officially launching the beta for the Trill Project, a safe, anonymous network for LGBTQ...

It’s about time: director Ava DuVernay promotes activism

Kaitlin Musante April 25, 2018

Award-winning director, producer and screenwriter Ava DuVernay urged students and faculty members to help overcome societal prejudices and recognize their own privilege at the all-school Brown Family Assembly...

Pre-fectionists: Juniors and seniors elect prefects for next school year

Casey Kim April 25, 2018

Students elected the head, senior and junior prefects for the 2018-2019 school year this month. Kevin Chen ’19 and Ryan Stanford ’19 will serve as Head Prefects, and Lucas Lyons ’19, Loyal Terry...

School to introduce late-start days next year to decrease student stress

Josie Abugov April 25, 2018

The school plans to initiate two pairs of late-start block schedule days for the 2018-2019 school year, Head of Upper School Laura Ross said. Ross welcomed the idea after members of Prefect Council approached...

School drops temporary restraining order against Jonathan Martin ’08

Sophie Haber April 25, 2018

The school dropped its temporary restraining order against Jonathan Martin ’08 that was put into effect after Martin allegedly posted a threatening photo on Instagram that caused the school to close...

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