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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

Top Honors

May 28, 2014

Valedictorian–Zoe Bohn ’14 Salutatorian–Joey Lieberman ’14 Lester Medvene Award–Adam Yaron ’16 Awarded to a sophomore who contributes to the life of the school and embodies Lester Medvene’s...

Squad ends on 4-game winning streak, fails to make CIf Playoffs

Henry Vogel May 28, 2014

Despite finishing the season with a four-game winning streak, the varsity softball team fell just short of CIF, ending Mission League play one game out of the top spot. The team’s final league record...

Student wins national Chinese competition

Pim Otero May 28, 2014

Joss Saltzman ’16 won first place in division B of the 2014 Preliminary Competition of the Chinese Bridge Proficiency Competition for the southwest United States in San Diego May 16, and received a prize...

2014 Senior Columns

May 28, 2014

Click on the bolded headline to read each person's senior column. Jack Goldfisher "Life is Goodo" Noa Yadidi "I'll miss my family in Weiler Hall" Claire Goldsmith "Words I never thought I'd say" Sarah...

Wimbish announces All-Community Read

Justine Chen May 28, 2014

Head of Middle School Jon Wimbish announced "Pay it Forward" by Catherine Ryan Hyde as the middle school’s All Community Read May 19. The story follows Trevor Mckinney, who is assigned a project to...

Student art to be in gallery

Jacob Goodman May 28, 2014

Artwork by photography students will be featured in a show entitled "What Remains" at the dnj Gallery at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica June 7 through 21. This will be the second time artwork by Harvard-Westlake...

Artist creates giant bear for class

Noa Yadidi May 27, 2014

Grizzly bears can grow up to nearly 10 feet tall and five feet wide, and can weigh up to 1,500 pounds. Darby Caso’s ’14 bear is nearly as big, but weighs almost nothing and is made out of plastic....

Panel selects directors

James Hur May 27, 2014

Max Cho ’15, Danielle Stolz ’15 and Marianne Verrone ’15 will serve as the student directors of the Harvard-Westlake Film Festival next year, visual arts department head Cheri Gaulke announced in...

Students present business ideas to Yahoo! experts

Jivani Gengatharan May 25, 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...

Leon to head financial aid office

Nikta Mansouri May 25, 2014

Assistant director of admission and co-director of the ninth grade advisory program, Melanie Leon, will replace Geoff Bird, who is retiring, as Director of Financial Aid next year. "Through my work with...

Silberman to depart, move to Tennessee

Jessica Lee May 25, 2014

After three years at the school as a dean, chair of the character education committee and teacher of a class he helped to create, Dean Pete Silberman will leave Harvard-Westlake and move to Tennessee. "I...

STEMfest

Noa Yadidi May 20, 2013

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