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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Schedule for homecoming events

Benjamin Most September 25, 2014

The boys’ varsity football team will play Westchester among Homecoming festivities on Saturday, Sept. 27. Food booths and attractions such as skee-ball, a dunk tank, and a Ferris wheel will open at 3...

New in the classroom: Middle School faculty and staff

Sophie Cohen September 5, 2014

Lauren Nichols ’03 returned to her alma mater and joined the Middle School History Department this fall as an eighth and ninth grade history teacher. Nichols majored in history at Duke University, and...

Walch endowed chair acquires another $50,000

Cole Feldman September 3, 2014

The Ted Walch Endowed Chair for Performing Arts and Cinema Studies has accumulated more than $50,000 in donations since the initial $1.5 million was announced at a June 2 show where performing arts and...

Donors, alumni, celebrities surprise Walch with endowed chair

Marcella Park June 3, 2014

Close to 100 alumni surprised performing arts and cinema studies teacher Ted Walch Monday night by singing and dancing for him at the announcement of the establishment of a Ted Walch Endowed Chair for...

Obama, Time Magazine recognize Collins’s ’97 influence, achievements

Patrick Ryan April 30, 2014

Jason Collins ’97, the first active athlete in a major American sport to come out as gay, was recognized by Time Magazine 2014 list of "100 Most Influential People in the World" and by President Barack...

English teacher voices character in alum’s game

Jake Saferstein April 30, 2014

English teacher Adam Howard ’93 is voice acting for his old student, Sam Farmer ’08, on Farmer’s video game, Last Life. Farmer put the game on Kickstarter April 9 to raise funds to finish development. "It’s...

Trustee, alumnus dies while bodysurfing on vacation

Benjamin Most April 30, 2014

Trustee Norman Sprague ’65 died March 14 while bodysurfing in Costa Rica. Sprague began working as a trustee at Harvard School in 1981 and helped during the merger between Harvard and Westlake School...

Disney appoints alumnus president

Lizzy Thomas April 30, 2014

ABC News President Ben Sherwood ’81 will be the next president of Disney/ABC Television Group and co-chairman of Disney Media Networks, the company announced last month. Sherwood will replace Ann Sweeney,...

Obama, Time Magazine recognize Collins’s ’97 influence, achievements

Patrick Ryan April 30, 2014

Jason Collins ’97, the first active athlete in a major American sport to come out as gay, was recognized by Time Magazine 2014 list of "100 Most Influential People in the World" and by President Barack...

Alumna joins cast of DWTS

Lizzy Thomas March 19, 2014

Former teen sitcom star and author of a series of New York Times bestselling math books Danica McKellar ’93 is competing against opponents that include two gold medal Olympians, one Real Housewife and...

‘Undercover Boss’ features alumnus

Jonah Ullendorff March 19, 2014

Jeff Platt ’02, C.E.O. of Skyzone, starred in the season finale of "Undercover Boss" on March 14.  Skyzone is a trampoline park featuring basketball hoops and dodge ball that is geared towards getting...

Westlake Reunion to be held in May

Siddarth Kucheria March 19, 2014

The Alumni Association is hosting its annual Westlake Reunion Saturday, May 3 at the Middle School, the former  Westlake School for Girls campus. The event, organized by Director of Alumni Relations Susan...

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