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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Commons, Huybrechts share hopes for new school year at first annual parent meeting

Jack Goldfisher September 25, 2013

President Rick Commons and Head of School Jeanne Huybrechts told stories about the beginning of the school year and their hopes for the rest of the year to parents at the first Parents’ Association general...

Computer Science Club to teach Python

Kenneth Schrupp September 25, 2013

Aaron Anderson ’14 and Daniel Palumbo ’14, leaders of the Computer Sciences club, will teach a series of after school introductory classes for the programming language Python staring in October. These...

Parents to resolve absences online

Alex McNab September 25, 2013

A new system for submitting parent notes has recently gone live on the Parent Portal. With the new electronic note sending system, when  students have an unresolved absence on their record, a parent is...

Presidential Medal of Freedom to honor astronaut Sally Ride ’68

Marcella Park September 25, 2013

Sally Ride ’68, the first American woman and youngest American to travel to space, will be posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor the U.S. bestows on civilians. She...

Computer science course enrollment increases 72 percent

Sarah Novicoff September 25, 2013

Flipping through a 2013-2014 curriculum guide, Laura Campbell ’16 landed on AP Computer Science A, a college-level programming course that teaches object-oriented software design as well as Java. Campbell...

KHWS modifies DJ selection procedure

Cole Feldman September 25, 2013

Students sent in a record 80 applications for a DJ position on KHWS, the student-run radio station. Due of the number of applications, KHWS will select a limited number of DJs. The application will be...

GSA changes name to broaden purpose

Jivani Gengatharan September 25, 2013

The Gay-Straight Alliance representatives changed the club’s  name to Gender Sexuality Awareness during their first meeting this year. Since the terms gay and straight only encompass two types of people,...

Senior Ring Ceremony

Jensen Pak September 25, 2013

Practicum dropped after no signups

Morganne Ramsey September 25, 2013

Although the English department added two new courses to the senior year curriculum, the vast majority of seniors still elected to take the AP courses. Only eight seniors signed up for the year long Shakespeare...

Film teacher researches French director in Paris

Marcella Park September 25, 2013

Performing arts teacher Ted Walch spent a week in Paris during the summer researching French director Francois Truffaut’s "Les Quatre Cents Coups" at The Cinémathèque Française. He also walked the...

Language faculty adopts new name

Noa Yadidi September 25, 2013

The Foreign Language department has changed its name to the World Language department. "The modern languages we teach are not ‘foreign’ to our country or school community, and the classical languages...

Meeting to inform about Rwanda trip

Benjamin Most September 25, 2013

Students and parents can learn more about a semester-break trip to Rwanda Oct. 3. Students will explore investigative journalism and document the state of Rwanda after the mass genocide 20 years ago. Friendship...

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