By Alexia Boyarsky and A.J. Calabrese The mood seemed aquatic at this year’s Senior Father-Son luncheon. The smell of the ocean permeated the outdoor patio of the upper Bel-Air Bay Club as seniors...

By Alexia Boyarsky Josh Oreman ’09 will give the valedictory speech at the senior Commencement ceremony on June 5. Oreman was announced as the valedictorian at the Cum Laude assembly on May 18. He...

By Derek Schlom Georgia ’11 * and her boyfriend feel no shame engaging in public displays of affection at school ("Why would we do it if it were embarrassing?" Georgia said). But President Thomas...

By Mary Rose Fissinger Oscar nominated documentarian Ken Burns inquired of the student body, “Who are we?” on Tuesday March 17. That is the question he strives to address and answer through...

By Allegra Tepper his summer President Thomas C. Hudnut wrote one of his first letters of the school year to the parent body, as he does every year as part of his pre-school ritual. However, this summer,...

By Alexia Boyarsky History teacher Eric Zwemer received the Carolyn and Marion Hays Award for loyalty and dedication to the school at the faculty meeting last Wednesday. The award is named after former...

By Cathi Choi Chemistry teacher Stephen Marsden wrote famously fast responses to student e-mails. But to e-mails for this article with questions about why he left the school, Marsden wrote no response....

By Alexia Boyarsky Four Olympians competing in Beijing are graduates or coaches at Harvard-Westlake, and a number of Wolverine fans are at the Olympic Games to cheer them on.Peter Hudnut '99 and the U.S....

By Julie BarzilayPresident Thomas C. Hudnut awarded the Bishop’s Medal to Ryan Thacher ’08 and the Veritas Award to Madison Stanford ’08 at graduation June 6. Hudnut praised Thacher as...

Being a silent bystander may adhere to the elementary school moral code prohibiting tattletales, but it is morally unacceptable even if it doesn’t violate the letter of the Honor Code.President Thomas...

By Michael KaplanKevin Giberson has resigned as the school’s Head of Security. President Thomas C. Hudnut informed the faculty of Giberson’s resignation in an e-mail Friday afternoon. “I...

By Susanna Wolk Maya Spitzer ’08 was one of six people nationwide to win the Cum Laude Society Regional Paper Award. Her paper, entitled “The Role of American Industry in Nazi Germany,”...