In response to the College Board’s decision to replace the current AP Physics B exam with separate AP Physics I and AP Physics II assessments, the Upper School will offer two AP Physics B courses starting...

The first time I told my girlfriend I loved her, she didn’t believe me. "How can you love me," she asked, "when on Monday you said you didn’t even want to be in a relationship with me?" She had a point....

Last week, J.K. Rowling revealed a confession that rocked the Harry Potter universe.  To avoid spoilers, I won’t be too specific, but here’s the gist of it: Rowling admitted that she wishes Hermione...

After a strong 9-4 start, the girls’ basketball team’s momentum began to slow down near the end of December, during a period where the Wolverines played five games in six days, winning the first two...

Prefect Council launched a Facebook page to keep students informed on what it is working on and where students can share their ideas. "With our recent decision to focus our energy on serving the students...

The Student Athletic Advisory Council selected Lindsey Tse ’16 of the girls’ basketball team and Matthew Glick ’15 of the boys’ soccer team as the January Student Athletes of the Month. Tse has...

The Get Lit Players, a performance poetry group of Los Angeles high school students is performing this week at sophomore and junior class meetings as part of Poetry Week, hosted by the English and Visual...

Judges selected 25 films to be screened at the 11th annual Harvard-Westlake Film Festival March 14 at the Arclight Cinerama Dome in Hollywood. Tickets will be free and will be available at the door of...

At Harvard-Westlake, students get upset when they don’t get the Mercedes Benz convertible they asked for.  In Rwanda, giving a student an empty water bottle can bring them happiness for the next year.  We...

As a result of an internal audit focusing on bullying last year, middle school students were introduced to an anti-bullying pledge, and deans attended a meeting on "Myth-Busting Research on Adolescent...

Juliet was only 13 when she fell in love with Romeo, and, spoiler alert, about a week later their relationship met a tragic end.  Long before and long after the Capulets and the Montagues, parents and...

Seven students will be participating in the upcoming Fencing Junior Olympics. Anne Kim ‘15, Enya Huang ’15, Jessie Pfeiffer ‘16, Justin Yoo ‘15, Jack Graham ‘15, Jake Raynis ‘14 and Sophie...