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Middle school students attend grade retreats

Eugenia Ko October 14, 2014

Middle school students are visiting either local or out-of -town locations for retreat this week. On Monday, 119 seventh graders visited Long Beach and Culver City. They will spend Wednesday and Thursday...

Administrators discuss school development

Rian Ratnavale October 14, 2014

Administrators from nine schools across the nation met at Harvard-Westlake for the annual meeting of the Independent Schools with Maximum Capacity consortium Oct. 6 and 7. They discussed the Programme...

South African students tour upper school

Cole Feldman October 14, 2014

Thirty-five students from Westville Boys' School in Wandsbeck, South Africa visited the Upper School for two hours Oct. 6 as part of a two-week-long California college tour. The Westfield Boys’ School...

2 Chronicle articles finalists in Story of the Year competition

Hannah Cho October 14, 2014

Two stories from last year’s Chronicle are finalists for the 2014 National Scholastic Press Association Story of the Year award. The Story of the Year award is given to one story in each of five categories:...

Environmental Club to plant garden by gym

Emily Rahhal October 14, 2014

The Environmental Club has teamed up with TreePeople to bring a native plant garden to campus in late January. The garden will be planted between the back of Taper Gym and the Ted Slavin Field. Student...

Batchler ’13 to appear on 6th ‘Glee’ season

Sacha Lin October 14, 2014

Viewers will see Cory Batchler ’13 in the band when the sixth season of the Fox television series "Glee" airs in early 2015, but they will not hear what he is playing. He was cast in a paid role as the...

6 faculty members ride in CicLAvia cycling event

Benjamin Most October 14, 2014

Six teachers participated Oct. 5 in CicLAvia, an event during which streets in downtown Los Angeles are cleared of cars to allows for bikers and pedestrians. Science teacher Dietrich Schuhl, dean Vanna...

Social Committee to host Halloween Week

Katie Plotkin October 14, 2014

The Social Committee will host a week of movies, candy and costume contests to celebrate Halloween. Students will vote for the winners of costume contests on Halloween who will be awarded Starbucks gift...

‘Grey’s’ actress discusses role

Sharon Chow October 14, 2014

Jessica Capshaw ’94, the actress who plays pediatric surgeon Arizona Robbins on "Grey’s Anatomy," talked to girls Oct. 6 about her childhood, playing a lesbian character on the show and adapting to...

Rwanda films to screen Oct. 29

Lauren Kim October 14, 2014

Films made by students who visited Rwanda last year will screen in Ahmanson Lecture Hall on Oct. 29. The 14 students who made these documentaries spent 10 days in Africa interviewing the Rwandan people...

Junior presents at Jane Austen conference in breakout session

Connor Reese October 14, 2014

Alexa Bowers '16 was a speaker at the Jane Austen conference Oct. 10-12 in Montreal. "I am the first high school student to lead a breakout session so I was really nervous, but I just got out from presenting...

Field Hockey defeats Chaminade, moves to 5-0 in League play

Bennett Gross October 6, 2014

After winning four games in a row, the field hockey team routed the Chaminade Eagles today, winning by a final count of 7-0. The team has now won their first five games in LAFHA play. The Wolverines had...

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