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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Nassar, Zaragoza incorporate apps, technology into pen pal program

Dario Madyoon January 14, 2015

Science teacher Antonio Nassar and Spanish teacher Javier Zaragoza have teamed up to use technology to connect students from around the world in an innovative pen pal program. The project aims to change...

Senior cornerback commits to University of Pennsylvania

Rian Ratnavale January 14, 2015

Hassan Smith ’15 has committed to play football at the University of Pennsylvania next fall. Smith, who was Second Team All-Angelus League at cornerback in 2014, played wide receiver and cornerback for...

Talking It Over

Leily Arzy January 14, 2015

Camden* ’15 walks over to the brown couch and sits blankly for about a minute. He observes the scenic paintings on the walls and takes note of the five tissue boxes dispersed around the room. The silence...

Environmental Club to restore LA river

Jesse Nadel January 14, 2015

The Environmental Club will hold its first Los Angeles river restoration trip on Jan. 31 in an attempt to beautify and and improve the conditions of the area surrounding the river, while providing students...

Choirs from both campuses convene for winter exchange

Eshanika Chaudhary January 14, 2015

The upper and middle school choir programs performed for each other at the "Winter Sing in the Bing" on Jan. 9 in the Saperstein Theatre. They later sang together for all-women’s, all-men’s and combined...

Weathering the Storms

Jessica Spitz January 14, 2015

As Matt Karo ’14 prepared to leave his dorm room at Columbia University for baseball practice, he and his teammates received an e-mail from their coach notifying them that practice was canceled. The...

Stone-cutters launches publication website

Emily Rahhal January 14, 2015

The stone-cutters literary magazine launched a website before winter break to attract more artwork submissions throughout the year and share updates from the editors. The literary publication went digital...

Chemistry journal publishes senior’s research on bacteria

Scott Nussbaum January 14, 2015

Divya Gupta’s ’15 research on antibacterial surfaces, which she began in 2013 at UCLA and is now continuing in her Studies and Scientific research class, was recently published in the "American Chemical...

Parents’ Association to launch party book

Angela Chon January 14, 2015

The Parents’ Association is launching an online party book Jan. 15 to raise money for financial aid. The book is a collection of parties or events that are hosted by parents, alumni, administrators or...

Debate hosts two major tournaments

Katie Perrin January 14, 2015

Many of the top debaters in the country competed at a national Lincoln-Douglas tournament hosted by Harvard-Westlake at the end of winter break, and middle school debaters competed on the upper school...

Two female wrestlers join historically male wrestling squad

Aaron Lyons January 14, 2015

Once they arrive by shuttle at the upper school campus from over the hill, Lena Kadogawa ’18 and Abbie Howell ’18 head to the wrestling room to begin the usual stretching and calisthenics. In practice,...

Acting students perform sonnets,

Aaron Lyons January 14, 2015

Performing arts teacher Christopher Moore’s "Actor and His Stage" class performed Shakespeare sonnets and monologues in a showcase performance Jan. 12. "Actor and His Stage" is the beginning level acting...

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The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School
January 2015