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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Students to present art from trip to Cuba

Juliana Berger April 29, 2015

Student art work from the Cuba spring break trip will be featured at Bergamot Station starting May 16. The trip, led by Upper School Visual Arts teacher Alyssa Sherwood and Middle School Visual Arts teacher...

10 students scuba dive in Caribbean

Danielle Kaye April 29, 2015

Scuba diving, snorkeling and sailing highlighted the spring break Caribbean trip March 28 to April 10, chaperoned by science teachers Florence Pi and Narae Park. All 10 students on the trip became scuba...

Society of Global Affairs hosts speakers

Connor Reese April 29, 2015

The Walt Disney Co. COO Tom (Cole ’16), Activision CEO Bobby Kotick (Grace ’15, Audrey ’17) and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Eliseo ’16), Academy-Award winning director of "Birdman," are some of...

Club members pitch product idea at summit

Angela Chon April 29, 2015

The NextGenVest club learned about marketing skills from two guest speakers at the Spring 2015 NGV Global Summit in downtown Los Angeles April 19. NGV is a global organization that teaches young adults...

Students, administrators attend assault panel

Aaron Lyons April 29, 2015

More than half of sexual assaults on college campuses happen to freshmen, five students and four administrators learned at a panel discussion organized by Beth Friedman (Oliver ’17) April 22. The discussion,...

Business Insider ranks school 3rd smartest

Benjamin Most April 29, 2015

An article on business and technology news website Business Insider named Harvard-Westlake the third-smartest high school in the nation March 25. The ranking was based on data from Niche, a website that...

Community wears denim to raise awareness

Eugenia Ko April 29, 2015

Students, faculty and staff were asked to wear jeans for Denim Day today in order to raise awareness about rape and sexual assault. Trishta Dordi ’15 brought Denim Day to the school during her freshman...

Faculty, staff re-elect Schuhl to 2nd term

Angela Chon April 29, 2015

Science teacher Dietrich Schuhl will begin a second term as Dean of Faculty and Staff next year. Schuhl was first elected by upper school faculty and staff in 2013 for the two-year term and was re-elected...

Concerns arise on trip to Death Valley

Sammi Handler April 29, 2015

Concerns that some students were using illegal substances marred the March 14-16 geology trip to Death Valley, geology teacher and trip chaperone Wendy Van Norden said. Van Norden noticed that "some students...

Squad dominates league play

Henry Vogel April 29, 2015

A first place singles finish and quarterfinal doubles finish at the Ojai Tournament Saturday suggest the boys’ tennis team is peaking with the end- of-league play and CIF Playoffs around the corner. Michael...

5 films to be screened in Archer, SoCal festivals

Sophie Cohen April 29, 2015

One student film was accepted into the fourth annual Archer Film Festival, and five student films were accepted to the 2015 SoCal Student Film Festival. The Archer Film Festival will take place at 6:30...

Let’s talk about feminism (the right way)

Eugenia Ko April 29, 2015

A part of me really wants to shrink behind Emma Watson and let her do the talking. Although the actress’ speech at the U.N. conference in January introducing the HeForShe campaign, a solidarity movement...

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April 2015