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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

School accepts 7 more sophomores

Jonathan Seymour May 28, 2014

Seven new sophomores were recently admitted to next year’s 10th grade class, in addition to 15 admitted earlier. "We have a very large 12th grade class graduating, and the ninth grade class is smaller...

Moore reveals next years performing arts shows

Marcella Park May 28, 2014

"Company" will be the fall musical, and "As You Like It" will be the winter play next year, performing arts teacher Christopher Moore said in an email May 21. "Company," with music and lyrics by composer...

2013-2014 Year in Review

May 28, 2014

The 2013-2014 Year in Review

Baseball alumni reach semifinals with Emory

May 28, 2014

The 22nd ranked Emory baseball team has reached the semifinals of the NCAA Division III Baseball Championships, following a 9-7 victory over State University of New York, Cortland, May 25, and an upset...

Latin teacher to join English Department

Julia Aizuss May 28, 2014

In 1999, Harvard-Westlake was advertising at Stanford University for an English teacher opening while Latin teacher Paul Chenier was at graduate school there for classics. Figuring that his literature-based...

Video arts students film documentaries for citywide project

Su Jin Nam May 28, 2014

Six students in Video Art I filmed, edited and uploaded mini documentaries to showcase a typical day in Los Angeles for the One Day in LA project. Participants in the project filmed what they were doing...

Judgment isn’t conducive to success in the real world

Jacob Goodman May 28, 2014

I personally think Jef Mallett is the unsung genius of this generation. He’s the illustrator and writer of the comic strip "Frazz," and before I continue, yes, I do read the comic section of the Los...

Election season

Morganne Ramsey May 28, 2014

When Amelia Miller ’15 got home one day last week, she found a group of people admiring temporary tattoos that said “Matt Miller for Congress, Endorsed by the Los Angeles Times.” Miller’s father,...

Misfortune cookies

Scott Nussbaum May 28, 2014

Ever since I started high school, my biggest fear has not been the SAT or not getting enough sleep; it’s fortune cookies. My irrational and extremely foolish fear of the cookies is based on my experience...

School to stream graduation online

Jonathan Seymour May 28, 2014

Commencement will be livestreamed this year for the first time. The livestream will be available to watch on the Harvard-Westlake website in real time. People can also watch the video afterward.  

Students present business ideas to Yahoo! experts

Justine Chen May 28, 2014

This year’s STEMFest included Harvard- Westlake’s own "Change the World Idea Competition," an opportunity for students to receive feedback on environmentally beneficial tech business ideas from Yahoo!...

Would you be able to kill a man?

Lauren Sonnenberg May 28, 2014

Would you kill a stranger? For most of us, we respond to this vehemently refusing. Of course no rational person would elect to kill someone; that’s wrong. Our initial reaction is a strong one, because...

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