Snapchat users at the Upper School can now add a geofilter to their photos, consisting of a cartoon image of the campus and "Harvard-Westlake" written across the bottom. Pictures sent through the popular...

Jackson Katz, the creator of a gender violence program entitled "Mentors in Violence prevention," will speak at an upper school assembly April 20. Katz’s organization has been heavily marketed by multiple...

Educational consultant Derrick Gay led workshops on diversity at Faculty Professional Growth Day on Nov. 12. The day was interactive with lecture-based discussions, small group work and individual reflection. The...

Green signup sheets for next year’s courses are a thing of the past, as students will be able to choose next year’s courses online. The change will save time and reduce human error, Upper School Dean...

Juniors planning to participate in the spring break college tours must submit college tour preference forms and signed college tour rules by Dec. 9. Both tours will take place during the first week of...

The Wafflebots, the combined Robotics class and club team, sent nine students to a scrimmage in which they used a robot designed by last year's club to throw balls into two separate goals. At the Oct....

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...

The administration and Board of Trustees voted to change the name of Reynolds Hall to Wang Hall in honor of Walter and Shirley Wang(Walter '13, Chantalle '17, Matthew '18), who donated $5 million toward...

Upper School hosts workshop Thirty-three high school students from the United States and China honed leadership skills during the World Youth Leadership Institute held in the Kutler Center July 14-18. Intended...

Theo Velaise ’17 spent six weeks studying Chinese language and culture at the Xiamen University in Fujian on a scholarship he won through the National Security Language Initiative for Youth. The NSLI...

The Technology Council has begun working on an electronic sign-in and sign-out system for attendance. The program will be installed on an iPad at the security kiosk and students will be able to scan their...

In response to complaints of bullying, the administration placed a ban on the use of the social networking application Yik Yak by blocking the application when a phone connected to the school Wi-Fi attempts...