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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Club holds Jamba Juice fundraiser

Casey Kim October 12, 2017

HW Pencils of Promise hosted a fundraiser at Jamba Juice in Studio City every Friday throughout the month of September to support Pencils of Promise, a non-profit organization. As it strives to increase...

Homecoming Day festivities take place

Lindsay Wu October 12, 2017

Members of the school and greater LA community gathered to celebrate this year’s annual Homecoming fair Saturday. Festivities began at 3 p.m. and ended with the Varsity Football game. JV and Varsity...

Las Vegas concert shooting affects school community, students reflect

Noa Schwartz October 11, 2017

A senior boy’s girlfriend was supposed to be at a Jason Aldean concert Oct. 1 in Las Vegas with limited access to cell service until after midnight. Instead, he received a call from her around 10:40...

Movie Mondays highlights diversity

Saba Nia October 11, 2017

The new Movie Mondays committee, which screens movies that highlight diversity, presented their first movie, “Hidden Figures,” to students before Peer Support on Monday. Science teacher and Coordinator...

Debaters place at competition

Emory Kim October 11, 2017

Debate captain Indu Pandey ’18 won the second speaker award in the National Greenhill Fall Classic, adding to the team’s successful season. Seven students from the team attended the competition in...

Högsta ’05 wins Nobel Peace Prize

Eli Adler October 10, 2017

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, whose team includes Daniel Högsta ’05, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Oct. 6 for their work with the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. The...

Gregory to step down

Maddy Daum October 10, 2017

After 46 years at the school, Director of Admission Elizabeth Gregory Riordan will be stepping down from her position to focus more time on public education and her new marriage to Los Angeles Mayor Richard...

Cardin trains teachers on LGBTQ sensitivity

Alena Rubin October 10, 2017

Over 80 faculty and staff learned how to be better allies to the LGBTQ community members at safe space training meetings held by Coordinator of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and science teacher Nate...

Ross makes effort to get to know students

Josie Abugov October 10, 2017

In an effort to strengthen a sense of Harvard-Westlake community, Head of Upper School Laura Ross is initiating meetings with students starting next week. "The goal of these meetings is just to get the...

Neighbors protest new parking structure

Sophie Haber October 4, 2017

Neighbors protested the school’s proposed parking structure this morning at the intersection of Dickens Street and Coldwater Canyon Avenue. The protesters, who came in support of Save Coldwater Canyon,...

Student interns share experiences at HW Works Roundtable

Noah Aire October 2, 2017

Students shared their summer internship experiences with interested students at the HW Works Summer Internship Roundtable Sept. 16. Perspective students had the opportunity to ask questions about the...

Alumnus creates Kickstarter’s most funded app

Sophie Haber September 26, 2017

Breaking the Kickstarter record of most funded apps of all time on Tuesday, Gabe Wyner ’01 raised over $340,000 to fund his new language learning app “Fluent Forever.” The app, based on a book that...

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