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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

Walking a fine line

Walking a fine line

Chronicle Staff May 25, 2016

Diversity has become the “it” word on private school campuses. Five of our eight front covers this year have included a story about diversity, and at the risk of sounding like a broken record, we are...

Musings of a Mormon girl

Musings of a Mormon girl

Claire Keller March 9, 2016

Four-thirty a.m. I lean over the side of my bed. My arm lazily falls on the snooze button of my alarm clock. 5:00 a.m. I silently convince myself not to go back to sleep as I roll out of bed for early...

Administration takes steps towards ‘diverse community’

Henry Vogel February 10, 2016

The administration has changed the teacher hiring and promotion process, created a Diversity Task Force and increased the school’s financial aid budget to follow through with its goal of creating a more...

School aims to increase faculty diversity

Henry Vogel January 13, 2016

The administration will look to diversify the faculty and conduct a climate assessment in the future as a result of a joint meeting between President Rick Commons, Head of School Jeanne Huybrechts and...

Widening Our View of Diversity

Widening Our View of Diversity

January 13, 2016

We gave our thanks last issue in November, but we wanted to devote a few more lines here, to say thank you to our school president. Mr. Commons: thank you for talking to the Black Leadership Awareness...

Educational consultant to lead workshops on diversity for faculty, staff

Liz Yount October 14, 2014

Educational consultant Derrick Gay will lead workshops on diversity at Faculty Professional Growth Day on Nov. 12. Gay has worked with independent schools for 17 years teaching languages and serving as...

Casting by color

Morganne Ramsey November 13, 2013

On the first day of rehearsal, performing arts department head Rees Pugh waited for silence before addressing the 50-person cast of “Hairspray,” this year’s fall musical. “I hope that this show...

David Olodort ’12

March 15, 2011

1. If you are running for the Head Prefect Position and do not win will you also run for Senior Class Prefect? If not, why? If I do not win, I will run for Senior Class Prefect because I feel I could...

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