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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Scheduling Committee plans for 2020, begins shadowing program with specific students

Luke Schneider October 5, 2018

In order to inform the Schedule Committee of their plans to restructure the daily schedule, the committee has launched a shadow program for faculty to spend the day with a variety of different students....

Record number of seniors reach 4.3 GPA bracket

Casey Kim October 4, 2018

Seventy seniors received a GPA of 4.25 or above, the highest number of students to qualify for this grade bracket in the past decade. The number of students in this group of the graduating class of 2019...

School investigates social media account

Jenny Li October 4, 2018

The school administration identified the creator of the since-deleted Instagram account @hwmeme, which contained explicit racist, sexist, homophobic and anti-semitic references to specific members of the...

New and improved audio-visual system to be implemented this year

Chloe Schaeffer August 31, 2018

The technology department introduced a new audio-visual projector system over the summer. Installed in every classroom and conference room, the projector systems will help to simplify the presentation...

School to introduce late-start days next year to decrease student stress

Josie Abugov April 25, 2018

The school plans to initiate two pairs of late-start block schedule days for the 2018-2019 school year, Head of Upper School Laura Ross said. Ross welcomed the idea after members of Prefect Council approached...

Policy requires classrooms to be locked after hours

Kaitlin Musante February 13, 2018

Individual classrooms and gathering spaces are now locked after 4 p.m. every day to prevent student use without adult supervision. As a result, Mudd Library is now open until 6 p.m. to provide students...

Ross emailed students and faculty to address the suicide on Feb. 2.

Ross raises depression awareness

Josie Abugov February 13, 2018

Head of Upper School Laura Ross expressed sympathy and offered mental health resources to students in light of a suicide of a Buckley eighth grader in an email sent to upper school students, parents and...

Chaplain J. Young poses with a group of children during the Special Olympics event in Dec. 2016. Young has worked as the Chaplain for the Upper School for the past 21 years.
Credit: Pavan Tauh/Chronicle

End of an era: FJ to retire

Maddy Daum January 11, 2018

After 21 years of working at the school, Chaplain J. Young will retire to travel and assume the position of Chaplain for the Los Angeles FBI. Young has always worked as a chaplain, but he also assisted...

(Left to Right) Liam Douglas 18 and Mycah Dottin 18 prepare to receive their rings. Credit: Noah Aire/Chronicle

Seniors attend annual Ring Ceremony

Noah Aire September 27, 2017

Members of the class of 2018 celebrated the start of their final year as high school students by receiving rings and pins at Senior Ceremony on Sunday. Senior Prefects JP Cherry '18, Princie Kim '18,...

Administrative heads speak on their visions for the school

Kaitlin Musante September 14, 2017

Administrative heads stressed the importance of fostering a supportive community and announced the introduction of various programs at the State of the School on Wednesday. President Rick Commons addressed...

Ross addresses recent events, emphasizes community

Sophie Haber September 8, 2017

In light of recent natural disasters, the rescinding of DACA and the events in Charlottesville, Head of Upper School Laura Ross sent an email to students alerting them of resources on campus and reminding...

Ross, Resnick each assume new positions at the Upper School

Ross, Resnick each assume new positions at the Upper School

Noa Schwartz August 29, 2017

Entering Harvard-Westlake after a year of both difficult and important conversations, new Head of Upper School Laura Ross said she aims to spend her first year focusing on how to best support student needs...

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