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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Helping hands: Community Council hosts Community Service Week

Anusha Mathur March 9, 2018

Community Council hosted Community Service Week to benefit a variety of charitable organizations March 5-9. Students kicked off the week by decorating posters to support the children participating in...

Photo illustration by Sam Ko and Alison Oh

Striving to Serve: Some students struggle with the community service requirement

Kendall Dees January 10, 2018

Shelly* ’19 handed in her community service form nonchalantly. The form read ‘12 hours completed,’ enough to fulfill the year-long requirement. In reality, Shelly had only worked a few hours baking...

Cheer and Community Council raise money for hurricane victims

Zoe Redlich September 21, 2017

Community Council and the varsity cheer team hosted a bake sale Sept. 20 to raise money for Americares, an organization helping to save lives and rebuild communities in areas affected by Hurricanes Maria,...

Community Council travels to Anaheim for first annual retreat

Kaitlin Musante August 30, 2017

Community Council members travelled to Anaheim for a two-day retreat to bond and discuss the upcoming year. Chaplain J. Young said that he and Director of Student Affairs Jordan Church decided to host...

Amanda Offor 18 and Batia  Blank 18 pack bags of food for underprivileged communities while Isabelle Eshragi 18 fills bags with food. Printed with permission of Shauna Altieri.

Students participate in Community Service Week

Jenny Li March 3, 2017

Students packed lunches for the homeless, spoke with previously incarcerated members from Homeboy Industries and celebrated their completion of service hours with Dippin’ Dots during Community Service...

Keren Johnson 02 delivered water to a school in South Africa for the nonprofit Clean Water Ambassadors. Printed with permission of Cole Kawana.

Alumnus’ nonprofit distributes water filters

Claire Keller January 11, 2017

Keren Johnson ’02 visited the Westville Boys’ High School in Durban, South Africa, to deliver the water filters for future distribution to areas lacking access to clean water. Community Council and...

Jordan Goldstein 17 leads a group of preschoolers to Ted Slavin Field in advance of a Special Olympics event. Credit: Pavan Tauh/Chronicle

School hosts Special Olympics event for preschoolers

Anthony Weinraub December 2, 2016

Students high-fived and cheered on preschoolers as they participated in events ranging from walking across a balance beam to running around cones during the Special Olympics Young Athletes Festival Dec....

Leighton Kaba watches as students release pink and purple balloons from their chairs. Credit: Pavan Tauh/Chronicle

Make-A-Wish Foundation grants wish at assembly

Maddy Daum November 14, 2016

Community Council partnered with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to reveal a trip to Disneyland for a 5-year-old cancer survivor Nov. 14 at an all-school assembly. Leighton Kaba beat leukemia through chemotherapy...

Community Council promotes Facebook page with Dippin’ Dots

Kendall Dees October 7, 2016

Community Council gave free Dippin’ Dots to all students who are members of the group's Facebook page Friday in an effort to increase participation among the student body. “We are trying to get the...

Nick Plummer 18 and Brandon Porter 18 encourage students to join flight club. Credit: Jenny Li/Chronicle

Students preview clubs at Activities Fair

Jenny Li October 5, 2016

Campus groups and clubs shared aspects of their organizations to the student body and recruited members at Activities Fair Sept. 19. A total of 71 groups ran booths at the Fair, from student organizations...

Community Council donates sandwiches to food pantry

Brittany Hong November 6, 2015

In order to fulfill the mission statement, "Purpose beyond ourselves", Community Council hosted an event that allowed students to make sandwiches, which were sent to a local food pantry. The event took...

Community Council to partner with Club 21

Nicole Kim October 7, 2015

Community Council will partner with Club 21 to recruit volunteers for the Together is Better Walkathon Oct. 17 at Central Park in Pasadena. Volunteers will help with registration and set up a variety of...

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