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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

La Femme club hosts town hall to address dress code

Josie Abugov October 7, 2016

La Femme club leaders held a town hall meeting open to all students Tuesday afternoon to discuss the newly enforced dress code with Interim Head of Upper School Liz Resnick. After Resnick informed students...

Photo Illustration by Emily Rahhal

Addressing the Dress Code: Faculty to Further Enforce Dress Code Policy

Jean Sanders October 6, 2016

The faculty will begin to enforce the dress code more vigilantly, Interim Head of Upper School Liz Resnick announced in an email to students and parents last Wednesday, sparking controversy among some. Resnick...

Matteo Lauto ’18 and Sakura Price ’18 walk to class wearing skirts as part of a La Femme Club event to promote Women’s History Month and spread awareness for rape prevention. Printed with permission of Sohni Kaur

Club promotes Women’s History Month activities

Josie Abugov April 27, 2016

The La Femme club organized events daily from March 21-24 to support Women’s History Month and plans to promote Denim Day April 27. The feminist group aims to raise awareness about gender equality and...

: La Femme club member Maggie McCarthy ’17 sells a “Mind the Gender Gap” T-shirt to Jacob Tucker ’17. The club tried to design a shirt that can be worn by both boys and girls to spread the message of gender equality to everyone on campus.  Credit: Teresa Suh

La Femme sells gender equality T-shirts

Claire Dennis March 9, 2016

The La Femme club sold T-shirts advocating gender equality Feb. 23-26 on the quad, selling out of the shirts a day before the scheduled end of the sale and taking orders for additional shirts. Head of...

Women’s group visits La Femme Club

Noa Schwartz November 23, 2015

Representatives from Linda’s Voice spoke to the La Femme club Monday during activities period. Linda’s Voice is an organization started by three sisters whose mother was murdered in a case of domestic...

Used with permission of Elizabeth Edel.

La Femme club focuses on new project to promote feminism

Alexa Zuriff October 7, 2015

The La Femme club created a new project called Feminists of Harvard-Westlake this year. "It’s a way for the student body to de-stigmatize the feminist movement and open everyone’s mind to feminism,"...

‘Grey’s’ actress discusses role

Sharon Chow October 14, 2014

Jessica Capshaw ’94, the actress who plays pediatric surgeon Arizona Robbins on "Grey’s Anatomy," talked to girls Oct. 6 about her childhood, playing a lesbian character on the show and adapting to...

Banks cancels for La Femme meeting

Marcella Park May 18, 2014

Singer-songwriter and musician Jillian Banks '06 will not speak as planned at Monday's La Femme club meeting. "[Banks'] management contacted [alumni administrator Janiece] Richard over the weekend to...

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