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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

Teachers don’t bite, I promise

Jack Goldfisher September 25, 2013

I can’t speak with any conviction about much of anything that happened in the ancient Greek acropolises and I don’t know any Greek letters beyond what we’ve been forced to learn for math. One thing...

Interview with Rick Commons

Henry Hahn August 27, 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rohT5Lok5Oc  

New president stresses connection to students

Jack Goldfisher August 27, 2013

As Rick Commons walks across the quad, now quiet but ready to come alive during the school year, his toothy grin does little to conceal the excitement of returning to Harvard-Westlake as its president...

Construction planned for Taper

Jack Goldfisher May 29, 2013

The sports medicine room on the lower floor of Taper Gymnasium will be completely redesigned during summer break. Construction on the project will start in early 2014, Head of Campus Operations J.D. De...

Dudamel to conduct at assembly

Jack Goldfisher April 24, 2013

Gustavo Dudamel, the conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, will be featured as this year’s Brown Family Speaker in an all-school assembly on Thursday, May 23. The Brown Family Speaker series was...

Hudnut, Walch talk about shared memories

Jack Goldfisher April 24, 2013

In honor of President Thomas Hudnut’s final year at Harvard-Westlake, the school hosted a special event April 13 for 375 parents, alumni, faculty and friends of the school. All of the proceeds from...

What’s in a name?

Jack Goldfisher April 24, 2013

I Googled myself today. I wasn’t feeling particularly narcissistic, nor did I actually expect to find anything new since my last self-Googling, which probably took place about four or five months ago....

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...

Chinese teacher Zhou will retire, continue scholarship next year

Jack Goldfisher March 13, 2013

When some people retire, they play golf,  watch television and play with their grandkids. Chinese teacher Qinru Zhou, however, plans to fill his life after teaching with even more scholarly pursuit. "Leaving...

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