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Rosetta Stone website to publish Pike’s article

Cole Feldman September 3, 2014

Middle School Dean of Faculty and Latin teacher Moss Pike wrote an article, "Elevate and Empower: World Language Instructors as Key Players in the Shift to Competency-Based, Blended Learning," which will...

Physics teacher writes article for science journal

Jackson Novick September 3, 2014

Upper school physics teacher Antonio Nassar’s article titled "Bohemian Trajectories of Airy Packets" was published in the Annals of Physics Journal this summer. The quantum mechanics article, which discusses...

Donors, alumni, celebrities surprise Walch with endowed chair

Marcella Park June 3, 2014

Close to 100 alumni surprised performing arts and cinema studies teacher Ted Walch Monday night by singing and dancing for him at the announcement of the establishment of a Ted Walch Endowed Chair for...

Council to develop new system for sign-ins

Nikta Mansouri May 28, 2014

The Technology Council has begun working on an electronic sign-in and sign-out system for attendance. The program will be installed on an iPad at the security kiosk and students will be able to scan their...

School bans Yik Yak due to bullying reports

Scott Nussbaum May 28, 2014

In response to complaints of bullying, the administration placed a ban on the use of the social networking application Yik Yak by blocking the application when a phone connected to the school Wi-Fi attempts...

New World Language, English teachers to join upper school faculty

Sophie Kupiec-Weglinski May 28, 2014

Two new World Language teachers and one English teacher will join the Upper School next year. Amandine Nelaton will replace French teacher Geoff Bird, who is retiring, while Bradford Holmes will take over...

Silberman to depart, move to Tennessee

Sarah Novicoff May 28, 2014

After three years at the school as a dean, chair of the character education committee and teacher of a class he helped to create, Dean Pete Silberman will leave Harvard-Westlake and move to Tennessee. "I...

Receptionist to serve as dean coordinator

Angela Chon May 28, 2014

After almost two years at Harvard-Westlake, receptionist Lynn Miller will be taking the position of summer school and dean’s office coordinator as Ryan Wilson goes back to teaching English at the Middle...

Commons addresses parent concerns

Noa Yadidi May 28, 2014

President Rick Commons and Head of School Jeanne Huybrechts have invited parents of African-American students to a dinner June 4 at the home of Maria and Jeff Harleston (Miles ’15, Zachary ’17) to...

Latin teacher to join English Department

Julia Aizuss May 28, 2014

In 1999, Harvard-Westlake was advertising at Stanford University for an English teacher opening while Latin teacher Paul Chenier was at graduate school there for classics. Figuring that his literature-based...

Leon to head financial aid office

Benjamin Most May 28, 2014

Assistant director of admission and co-director of the ninth grade advisory program, Melanie Leon, will replace Geoff Bird, who is retiring, as Director of Financial Aid next year. "Through my work with...

Leon to head financial aid office

Nikta Mansouri May 25, 2014

Assistant director of admission and co-director of the ninth grade advisory program, Melanie Leon, will replace Geoff Bird, who is retiring, as Director of Financial Aid next year. "Through my work with...

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