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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Assembly phone ban comes into effect

Alexandra So April 26, 2017

The Upper School Deans announced a new cell phone policy regarding student cell phone use during assemblies following an increase in student distraction during a presentation by Director of Los Angeles...

Stop, drop and download: school promotes emergency information app ‘Crisis Manager’

Ryan Albert April 26, 2017

Faculty introduced the school’s specifically adapted page on the emergency information app, Crisis Manager, on April 19 during an all-school assembly. Science Teacher Wendy Van Norden and Upper School...

What in refutation: debate team prevails

Eli Adler April 26, 2017

Following a successful regular season which included a win of the Duke and Bailey’s Cup and a semifinal finish at the National Debate Coaches Association tournament, the debate team is gearing up for...

Prefect Council adjusts method of disclosing Honor Board case summaries

Emily Rahhal April 26, 2017

Prefect Council began posting anonymous Honor Board case summaries on the Hub on April 18. The summaries, which will be placed on class pages under the label “Communiques,” are part of an effort to...

Juniors elect Prefects, will vote in runoff

Sophie Haber April 21, 2017

  Juniors elected JP Cherry ’18, Princie Kim ’18 and Sarah Conway ’18 to serve as Senior Prefects for the 2017-2018 school year. Students heard speeches in Rugby Auditorium on Wednesday. Eli...

Students to host drive for literacy organization

Sophie Haber March 29, 2017

Book Club will collect new and gently used books for The Book Truck, which provides under served teenagers in Los Angeles with young adult books, starting March 27. Club members will collect donations...

Janine Jones named Director of Diversity

Emory Kim March 29, 2017

At the school’s second Moving Forward meeting, President Rick Commons announced that Associate Director of Admission Janine Jones will be immediately taking the position of Interim Directory of Diversity,...

Playwrights cast list announced

Gabi Berchtold March 22, 2017

Playwrights Festival producer and performing arts teacher Christopher Moore announced the cast list for 12 plays that comprise the 2017 Playwrights Festival. The cast list is as follows: PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL...

Model UN wins awards at Marymount conference

Saba Nia March 20, 2017

Twelve students from the Model United Nations club attended the Marymount United Nations conference March 18 at Marymount High School. Though students said the school didn't perform as well as it has...

‘The Za’ hosts fundraiser for Pizza 4 Patriots

Alexandra So March 20, 2017

Joseph Levin ’17, Andrew Berg ’17 and Justin Ciccone ’17 hosted the Tel-Za-Thon, a 12-hour broadcast on KHWS, on Saturday to fundraise for Pizza 4 Patriots, breaking two Guinness World Records in...

Faculty members attend Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lunch

Alex Goldstein March 18, 2017

Faculty members attended the Upper School’s first Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lunch on Thursday to discuss and share how those topics affect them and the school. “The purpose of this introductory...

Resnick discusses changes to proposed AP limits policy

Alena Rubin March 15, 2017

Interim Head of Upper School Liz Resnick shared newly developed details of the administration's AP limit proposal with students at the second of five meetings to discuss the proposed limits Wednesday...

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