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The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Hitting their stride

Tyler Graham May 28, 2014

Three Wolverines ascended the throne and one defended it when the girls’ varsity track team captured the crown jewel of CIF Division III in a golden CIF Finals for the Harvard-Westlake track program...

8 race at CIF Finals

Aaron Lyons May 28, 2014

Eight Wolverine swimmers competed to wrap up their season at CIF Finals May 17 at the Riverside Aquatics Center. Both the boys’ and girls’ teams finished with overall records of 5-2. The girls’ squad...

Sophomore fires final shot in Assassin

Sacha Lin May 28, 2014

Tommy Tilton ’16 took the final shot in the school-wide game of Assassin in front of Taper Gymnasium May 12 to kill Rosie Rubenstein ’15 and win the game. Tilton was on his way to his locker coming...

Gallery displays seniors’ art

Sharon Chow May 28, 2014

Seniors displayed their favorite pieces of art they created for other students, parents and faculty at the Senior Art Show, which was scheduled to be held May 27 in the Feldman-Horn Gallery from 5 p.m....

Going public

Zoe Dutton May 28, 2014

As a freshman at UC Berkeley, Solange Etessami ’13 regaled her friends with tales of her high school cafeteria. For many of those students who had come from public high schools, the idea that a cafeteria...

Teachers win cabaret contest

Enya Huang May 28, 2014

Interdisciplinary studies department head and history teacher Larry Klein and middle school secretary Tim Smith won a song-identifying competition to increase publicity for the final performing arts concert...

Basketball player to deliver valedictory address at commencement

Marcella Park May 28, 2014

Zoe Bohn ’14 will speak at graduation June 6 as valedictorian, President Rick Commons announced at the annual Cum Laude Induction Ceremony last week. The valedictorian is elected by a faculty vote every...

School to host StartUp Scramble

Jessica Spitz May 28, 2014

There are 36 spots available to all ninth through 12th graders for the Harvard-Westlake StartUp Scramble, an entrepreneurial workshop that will take place at the Upper School June 20-22. Middle school...

90-minute exams before winter break to replace midterms

Jake Saferstein May 28, 2014

Mid-year assessments will replace midterms next year and will be held in December the week before winter break. There will be two 90-minute exams each day. "This decision was trying to be sensitive to...

Hair today, gone tomorrow

Carly Berger May 28, 2014

Two days after tearing her skin off with Sally Hansen’s Wax Strips, Kristen Gourrier ’16 was in the emergency room with a third-degree chemical burn. Gourrier’s friend had placed a waxing strip made...

Council to develop new system for sign-ins

Nikta Mansouri May 28, 2014

The Technology Council has begun working on an electronic sign-in and sign-out system for attendance. The program will be installed on an iPad at the security kiosk and students will be able to scan their...

Students make signs for Carr foundation

Jacob Goodman May 28, 2014

Students had a second opportunity Tuesday to take pictures with personal message boards for the Justin Carr Wants World Peace Foundation for the foundation’s website. The messages will be used as print...

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