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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Honor Board introduces class meeting discussions, eliminates email case reports

Julia Aizuss February 12, 2014

In an effort to make the Honor Board more transparent and centralize its place in the community, all Honor Board cases will continue to be presented and discussed during class meetings, as they were in...

Madrigals to sing at convention

Sharon Chow February 12, 2014

The middle school Madrigals will be singing at the American Choral Directors Association Western Division Convention in Santa Barbara Feb. 22 as one of two middle school choir groups invited to perform...

Collins ’97 attends State of the Union

Lizzy Thomas February 12, 2014

Jason Collins ’97 attended the State of the Union Address as a guest of first lady Michelle Obama Jan. 28. The first lady has, in recent years, invited guests relevant to policy issues emphasized in...

Science teacher returns from health leave

Marcella Park February 12, 2014

Science teacher Walt Werner returned to school at the beginning of the semester after finishing treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph tissue. After being diagnosed in June, Werner...

Geology students visit Death Valley

Jonathan Seymour February 12, 2014

All students enrolled in the Geology and Geology Honors courses have already or will be traveling to Death Valley to get hands-on experience with geology. “I have seen real changes in my students after...

Italian, German to add 2nd level

Siddarth Kucheria February 12, 2014

New levels of Italian and German will be added to next year’s curriculum for those who have completed the introductory classes. The World Language Department will add German level two and Italian two....

Tuition increases by 3.7 percent to $33,500 for next school year

Julia Aizuss February 12, 2014

Tuition for the 2014-2015 school year will rise to $33,500 from $32,300, an increase of 3.7 percent, Chief Financial Officer Rob Levin said. Chair of the Board of Trustees Christine Hazy (Steven ’00,...

Prefect Council releases digital ID

Jessica Spitz February 12, 2014

Prefect Council released an electronic ID application that will replicate normal IDs, including photos, ID numbers and barcodes Jan.  14. "We’re pretty happy with the progress of the ID," sophomore...

Ice Princesses

Sarah Novicoff February 12, 2014

Rotating in the air, straining to turn a third time, Katie Sing ’16 cheats the jump, her foot stopping in the ice, her body continuing to rotate. Limping off the rink, Sing learns her ankle is sprained,...

Visual arts teacher starts video series

Scott Nussbaum February 12, 2014

Visual arts teacher Kevin O’Malley has started a YouTube lecture series called Classroom 2.0 as part of what he calls the free information movement. The series consists of a group of lectures given by...

Self Improv-ment

Jacob Goodman February 12, 2014

On a Friday evening in October, Dave Bushnell runs through the do’s and don’t’s of improv. He throws out terms like “block” and “waffle” to the 13 students who make up the new student improv...

Don’t support a harmful industry for personal entertainment

Lizzy Thomas February 12, 2014

One of the things that makes the Hunger Games not just palatable but wildly successful is the just large enough difference between the world of Katniss and the one we inhabit. The government is far worse:...

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February 2014