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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Advanced Performance Studies class performs “Under Milk Wood”

Marcella Park June 2, 2013

The Advanced Performance Studies class, made up of seven seniors, performed “Under Milk Wood,” a play for voices by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and directed by Performing Arts teacher Ted Walch on Saturday,...

Deans, teachers rebuke attempted senior food fight

Noa Yadidi May 31, 2013

Deans and teachers shut down an attempted food fight seniors tried to hold as a final senior prank on the last day of school, May 29. They confiscated water balloons, water guns, silly string and food...

Gender Studies students write research papers instead of taking final exams

Marcella Park May 30, 2013

Instead of taking a final exam, the two students who took Gender Studies this year each wrote research papers, one of the effect of media on men and women, and one on a female artist. Liza Wohlberg ’13...

Construction planned for Taper

Jack Goldfisher May 29, 2013

The sports medicine room on the lower floor of Taper Gymnasium will be completely redesigned during summer break. Construction on the project will start in early 2014, Head of Campus Operations J.D. De...

Common App essay format to change

Lauren Sonnenberg May 29, 2013

The Common Application, which more than 500 colleges and universities around the country use for their admissions, no longer allows prospective college students to answer an essay prompt on a topic of...

Sophomores train for Peer Support

Jessica Spitz May 29, 2013

Nearly 30 sophomores will learn to counsel other students as Peer Support trainees next year, school psychologist Luba Bek announced today in an email to all applicants. Bek, along with fellow adviser...

Speakers offer advice at senior luncheons

Leily Arzy May 29, 2013

The senior class attended the annual Father-Son and Mother-Daughter luncheons May 11, featuring speakers who offered advice to each group. President Tom Hudnut and his son Peter Hudnut ’99, an Olympian,...

130 students miss community service deadline

Erina Szeto May 29, 2013

Approximately 130 students who missed the May 6 community service deadline this year were granted an extension until May 28 to complete their requirement. Seniors who fail to complete a half day of community...

Junior earns Girl Scout Gold Award, chosen to represent city in capitol

Nadia Rahman May 29, 2013

Kennedy Green’s ’14 Gold Award marked the pinnacle of her 10-year Girl Scout career and effectively ended it. "That’s as far as you can go," Green said. "After the Gold Award, your Girl Scout career...

Dudamel conducts orchestra at assembly

Elana Zeltser May 29, 2013

Dressed in a classic, crisp tuxedo, world-renowned conductor Gustavo Dudamel stepped onto the stage at Walt Disney Concert Hall to conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the second installment of the Mozart/Da...

Video Art III class changes focus of video

Sara Evall May 29, 2013

A new bus safety video was filmed May 5 in honor of Julia Siegler ’14, who was killed by a car while walking to her bus in 2010. Michelle Paster ’98 shot the first bus safety video in November, but...

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