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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

Offices, classrooms undergo renovations

Sophie Kupiec-Weglinski August 27, 2013

During the summer there has been a case of what Head of School Jeanne Huybrechts called “musical chairs” in Seaver, as well as construction in Rugby and the orchestra room. Various offices in Seaver...

Teen Vogue not ‘Devil Wears Prada’

Leily Arzy August 27, 2013

Amanda Reiter ’14 found out about an internship at Teen Vogue almost by chance. “It was a really fluke incident how I ended up getting the internship,” Reiter said. She met a member of the Teen...

Teacher studies Civil War art at Met Museum

Leily Arzy August 27, 2013

History Department Head Katherine Holmes-Chuba attended a one-week course at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York through the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. She applied for the seminar,...

Speakers offer advice at senior luncheons

Leily Arzy May 29, 2013

The senior class attended the annual Father-Son and Mother-Daughter luncheons May 11, featuring speakers who offered advice to each group. President Tom Hudnut and his son Peter Hudnut ’99, an Olympian,...

Say No to UXO Club raises $1,300 for victims in Laos

Leily Arzy May 28, 2013

The Say No to UXO Club sold bracelets on May 23 to spread awareness about the tragedies they witnessed during their investigative journalism trip to Laos over spring break. The booth took donations to...

Films to depict Laotian suffering

Leily Arzy April 24, 2013

Ten students who took an investigative journalism trip to Laos during spring break are making six documentaries about the impact of the Vietnam War on the Laotian people. Visual Arts Department Head Cheri...

American Mosaic

Enya Huang April 24, 2013

Japan Some countries, including Japan, turn somber themes into celebratory opportunities. For example, "Obon is the honoring of the dead; there’s ancestor worship. We just go for food and friends," mathematics...

Students to build houses, visit Laos

Leily Arzy March 13, 2013

One group of students will travel to New Orleans for community service and another to Laos, where students will develop their video-making skills, over spring break. Eleven students led by middle school...

A Balancing Act

March 13, 2013

An 8 year-old Kenny Lopez ’13 anxiously sat in a room at his doctor’s office, waiting to hear back from his pediatrician. Lopez had been experiencing extreme hunger, weight loss and had been making...

Performing Arts reintroduces fundamental music theory class

Leily Arzy December 19, 2012

Fundamentals of Music class, formerly known as Basic Music Theory, will be brought back next year by Performing Arts Teacher Mark Hilt to prepare students for AP Music Theory. Basic Music Theory will cover...

Cafeteria to sell protein smoothies

Lauren Sonnenberg October 10, 2012

The cafeteria will offer protein boosts to their fruit smoothies in an effort to bring a healthier option for athletic students, cafeteria manager Nipa Boonyamas said. Students can supplement their smoothies...

Athletic department hires new director and swimming coach

September 5, 2012

By Leila Arzy and Rebecca Katz The Athletic Department hired Vince Orlando to serve as Harvard-Westlake’s new athletic director and Jonathan Carroll to head the swimming and diving program. Orlando...

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