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Chief Accounting Officer begins work

Julia Aizuss April 24, 2013

David Weil ’93 filled the seven-month vacancy in the school’s Chief Accounting Officer position with his first day of work April 8. Previous Chief Accounting Officer Dennis Geselowitz departed from...

Wagner to retire after 23 years

Julia Aizuss April 24, 2013

After 23 years of the customary workbook exercises, mnemonic tricks and “cookie of the week” traditions that characterize the middle school Latin curriculum, Latin teacher Joyce Wagner plans “to...

Next year’s Head Prefects named without vote after candidate drops out

Julia Aizuss March 19, 2013

In an email sent to all sophomores and juniors, Prefect Council announced on Tuesday, March 19 that current junior prefects Henry Hahn ’14 and Ashley Sacks ’14 will serve as the next year's Head...

Iñárritu encourages personal creativity in speech at 10th annual Harvard-Westlake Film Festival

Jack Goldfisher March 16, 2013

In a speech to more than 800 people, including high school filmmakers and students from across the country, Oscar-nominated director Alejandro González Iñárritu stressed that filmmaking should be...

Quiet on Set

Julia Aizuss March 13, 2013

After 158 submissions, one seven-hour marathon and months of work, the student directors and faculty advisers are ready to host 800 people at the ArcLight Cinerama Dome in Hollywood for the 10th annual...

GLI delegates blog from United Nations

Julia Aizuss March 5, 2013

March 7th So, I don’t know if anyone else obsessively checks the New York Times app on their smartphone like me (or, if you’re in Mazelle Etessami’s ’14 boat, the Associated Press app), but I’m...

Teacher dashes to get script signed

Julia Aizuss February 14, 2013

It was as much of a surprise to science teacher Blaise Eitner as it was to the students when the speaker for the Black History Month assembly turned out to be actor Samuel L. Jackson. While Jackson told...

Trustees raise tuition for 2013-14 year

Julia Aizuss February 13, 2013

Tuition for the 2013-2014 school year will rise three percent from $31,350 to $32,300, at the same rate as inflation, Chief Financial Officer Rob Levin said. Chair of the Board of Trustees Christine Hazy...

Glass Act

Julia Aizuss February 13, 2013

It’s 6:42 in the evening and 3D Art teacher John Luebtow is on his cellphone, anxious to begin working. “Where are ya?” Luebtow asks. One member of his four-man crew, which includes his son Matt...

Board approves budget for 2013-2014 year

Julia Aizuss December 19, 2012

New additions to campus and new technological additions to classrooms played little part in the tuition and salary budget recommended by the Finance Committee that the Board of Trustees approved on Dec....

Nation editor emphasizes journalistic integrity in presentation to Chronicle

Julia Aizuss December 19, 2012

A history professor at University of California, Irvine, and contributing editor to the Nation magazine shared his contrasting experiences of online and print journalism with the Chronicle staff Nov. 16. Jon...

Seniors launch Secret Santa

Julia Aizuss December 19, 2012

About one-third of Upper School students signed up to participate in a school-wide Secret Santa gift exchange initiated by Prefect Council Nov. 14, HW Santa app creator Austin Chan ’13 said. “We felt...

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