The Character Education Committee chose 10 posters as winners in a competition held in Civitalks groups Oct. 9 that asked participants to draw representations of what has colored their school experiences,...

Performing arts teacher Shawn Costantino hired new assistant Matt Yeakley to teach his sixth period Jazz Rhythm Section class this year. After performing arts  teacher Mark Hilt created a second music...

The Middle School will perform "Midsummer/Jersey," a modern version of Shakespeare’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream," as the fall theatrical production Nov. 15, 16 and 17. "It’s basically a mashup of...

Xenia Viragh ’15 used funds provided by the Gunter-Gross Asia Initiative to get hotspot wi-fi on cell phones for students at Phaung Daw Oo, a school for students of all ages in Mandalay, Burma. “It’s...

Her role as Varya in last year’s spring production “The Cherry Orchard” by Anton Chekhov landed Covi Brannan ’15 an internship this summer with the York Theatre Royal in England. Brannan’s performance...

Middle school physical education teacher Steve Chen is leaving next year to "give the insurance business [his] full attention," he said. He has worked at Farmers Insurance for the past five months as a...

Middle school physical education teacher Steve Chen is leaving next year to “give the insurance business [his] full attention,” Chen said. He has worked at Farmers Insurance for the past five months...

Nine-year computer science teacher and Dean of Faculty Jacob Hazard will join Cranbrook Schools in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, as Academic Dean for grades 11 and 12 in September. He will also teach one...

Japan Some countries, including Japan, turn somber themes into celebratory opportunities. For example, "Obon is the honoring of the dead; there’s ancestor worship. We just go for food and friends," mathematics...

Three students attended the Junior State of America Southern California Congress in Torrance to participate in a model House of Representatives and model Senate. Zoe Dutton ’15, Samantha Garfield ’14...

Sammy Roth ’10 is the new editor-in-chief of the Columbia Daily Spectator. He formally started the position on Dec. 10. "I have the job now, but the hard work really starts next semester," Roth said. Roth...

The Country Gentlefolk Club, reestablished this year, will bring nature walks to Harvard-Westlake. For those who love the outdoors or just want to relax, the Country Gentlefolk Club is planning a hike...