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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

Service guidelines to change

Sarah Novicoff March 15, 2013

Students will no longer be required to complete community service with at least three other Harvard-Westlake students, but the service requirement has been doubled to 12 hours. These changes are due to...

Character education course to be offered online for next year

Kenneth Schrupp March 13, 2013

An online character education course will be launched this summer and participants’ feedback and suggestions will be used to finalize the program for integration into Choices and Challenges and as an...

Mourners remember Justin Carr ’14 at candelight vigil, church service

Noa Yadidi March 2, 2013

Students, faculty and family donned turquoise and brown ribbons in memory of Justin Carr ’14 at a candlelight vigil in Feldman-Horn Plaza, Friday evening, and bid him goodbye Saturday morning at a funeral...

Chinese instructors observe AP curriculum

Michael Rothberg February 13, 2013

Teachers from The High School Affiliated to Fudan University and The Beijing Number 12 High School visited Harvard-Westlake to observe various departments’ AP curricula and teaching styles. The visitors...

Tabletop signs change

Sarah Novicoff February 13, 2013

To fight littering on the quad, new signs have been installed with the slogan "A clean school is a happy school." The new slogan replaced the previous phrasing "Most people clean up after themselves." The...

FAC urges consistency on Honor Code affirmation procedure

Claire Goldsmith February 13, 2013

The Faculty Academic Committee encouraged standard guidelines for the signing of the Honor Code affirmation in its meeting Tuesday, Feb. 5. The committee, comprised of department heads, meets monthly to...

Honor Board applies new review procedure

Michael Rothberg December 19, 2012

The Honor Board has reviewed three cases of Honor Code infractions this year in accordance with the new format of joint deliberation between the Prefect Council and members of the administration. Under...

Barzdukas, Siegel teach ‘Parenting 101’

Elana Zeltser December 19, 2012

School psychologist Dr. Sheila Siegel and Head of Upper School Audrius Barzdukas gave the second presentation in a series entitled HW Parenting 101 in the lounge on Dec. 6. Together they answered parents’...

School to start on Aug. 27 next year

David Lim December 19, 2012

School will start a week earlier next year, on Aug. 27, students were informed Wednesday in an emailed letter signed by Head of Upper School Audrius Barzdukas, Head of Middle School Jon Wimbish, and Head...

Winterfest celebrations begin

Noa Yadidi December 18, 2012

The annual Winterfest celebration began Monday and will continue throughout the week to spread holiday cheer in the lead up to Winter Break. Each day this week will have a different dress-up theme, and...

SciBowl to compete against teachers

David Lim October 14, 2012

The Science Bowl team will take on five teachers in a student-teacher competition tomorrow in Ahmanson Lecture Hall during activities period. SciBowl team members Anser Abbas '14, David Lim '13, Arianna...

Science teachers to face Scibowl

Noa Yadidi October 10, 2012

The Science Bowl team will hold a student-teacher competition on Oct. 15 in Ahmanson Lecture Hall during activities period. Chief Financial Officer Rob Levin and Head of Upper School Audrius Barzdukas...

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