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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Science teachers to instruct new engineering class

Claudia Wong September 1, 2016

1A new year-long science course called Principles in Engineering will be taught this year by science teachers Karen Hutchinson and Jesse Reiner to give students exposure to engineering.   UTeachEngineering,...

Teachers work on two campuses

Indu Pandey September 1, 2016

History teachers Celia Goedde and Lilas Lane will commute between the upper and middle school campuses to teach this year. The two history departments hope to use the program to better integrate the World...

Walch rewrites film textbook for class

Maddy Daum September 1, 2016

Performing arts teacher Ted Walch rewrote his cinema studies textbook entitled “Cinstuds” over the summer. Walch has been teaching Cinema Studies for 25 years and created his own guidebook for his...

Holmes-Chuba becomes Self Study Coordinator, to lead school evaluation

Claire Keller September 1, 2016

History Department Head Katherine Holmes-Chuba will be stepping down as department chair to become the Self-Study Coordinator this upcoming year. As Self-Study Coordinator, she will be organizing the preparation...

Yutopia Essex: Benefits Administrator

Kitty Luo August 31, 2016

Yutopia Essex has joined the upper school as the new benefits administrator. In her new position, Essex will be in charge of self-insured medical plans, the school’s flexible spending account, the student...

Seniors to begin year with ring ceremony

August 30, 2016

The Class of 2017 will receive rings or pins and listen to speeches and celebrate their graduating year at the annual Ring Ceremony Sept. 11. The event will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Students...

Peer support to go on annual bonding trip

August 30, 2016

Peer Support leaders and trainees will go on their annual retreat from Sept. 10 to Sept. 12. Counselor and psychology teacher Luba Bek and upper school psychologist Kavita Ajmere will chaperone the trip...

Gonzalez promoted to department head

August 30, 2016

History teacher Greg Gonzalez was promoted to head of the upper school history department after 11 years of teaching. His responsibilities include organizing and planning the curriculum as well as training...

Students gather in newly renovated Rugby Hall. Credit: Danielle Spitz/Chronicle

School completes Rugby Hall renovations

Danielle Spitz August 30, 2016

Rugby Hall underwent renovations this summer to update the facilities in order to be ready for classes this school year. Reburfishments include a carpet replacement, freshly-painted lockers and new doors....

Teacher assignments leaked on The Hub

Danielle Spitz August 23, 2016

Upper school students found their teacher assignments on The Hub Tuesday morning, making this the second year in a row that The Hub has prematurely released teacher names and then promptly removed them...

School raises more than $8 million in donations

Noa Schwartz July 16, 2016

The school became the first independent day school to surpass $8 million in Annual Giving donations at the end of last year, Head of Annual giving Eli Goldsmith said. With contributions from families,...

Fanatics to use alumnus’ app

Jenny Li July 5, 2016

The Fanatics plan to use former Head Fanatic and soccer captain Matthew Glick's ’14 new app, Gipper, to feature sports highlights. Gipper is a sports highlights phone app which allows users to upload...

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