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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

Middle School will hold first science fair May 13

Benjamin Most March 18, 2014

Students will display their science projects in the Middle School’s first science fair on Tuesday, May 13. During activities period, students participating in the fair can share projects in the Bing...

Design firm consults on Reynolds renovation

Benjamin Most February 12, 2014

Representatives of a design firm which specializes in creating optimal spaces for learning visited the Middle School Feb. 4 to discuss renovations to Reynolds Hall. Designers for  Fielding Nair International...

Middle School requires seventh graders to sign Anti-Bullying Pledge

Lauren Sonnenberg February 12, 2014

As a result of an internal audit focusing on bullying last year, middle school students were introduced to an anti-bullying pledge, and deans attended a meeting on "Myth-Busting Research on Adolescent...

School displays photos in honor of veterans

Jonathan Seymour November 13, 2013

Photos that students submitted of their relatives who are veterans of the Armed Services were displayed on Veterans Day Nov. 11 on the bulletin board inside Chalmers and in the glass cabinets outside Chalmers. “[These...

Middle School hosts Rest and Recharge day

Jonathan Seymour October 15, 2013

The second annual middle school Rest and Recharge Day was Oct. 4. No homework was assigned for the weekend. R&R Day will happen once each quarter and is run by the Middle School Student Council. After...

Middle school bus schedule to change

Sharon Chow October 15, 2013

All Middle School late bus departure times will be changed to 5:45 p.m. Monday to Friday, effective Oct. 21. Along with the late bus time change, the late shuttle bus from the Upper to the Middle School...

Middle School relocates retreat sites due to federal government shutdown

Lauren Sonnenberg October 15, 2013

Due to the federal government shutdown, there is only one retreat option for the eighth and ninth grade classes, rather than each grade dividing into two groups. This is the first time in 22 years that...

Middle schoolers to perform fall play

Enya Huang September 25, 2013

The Middle School will perform "Midsummer/Jersey," a modern version of Shakespeare’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream," as the fall theatrical production Nov. 15, 16 and 17. "It’s basically a mashup of...

Chen departs to pursue insurance career

Enya Huang May 24, 2013

Middle school physical education teacher Steve Chen is leaving next year to “give the insurance business [his] full attention,” Chen said. He has worked at Farmers Insurance for the past five months...

Middle school faculty take lessons for one-to-one program

Jessica Spitz April 25, 2013

In preparation for the one-to-one computer program beginning with the seventh graders next year, teachers at the Middle School are taking lessons based on “21st century skills” as a part of the “Three...

Wangs give $5 million to renovate Reynolds

Rachel Schwartz December 19, 2012

A $5 million donation from Walter and Shirley Wang (Walter ’13, Chantalle ’17, Matthew ’18) will supplement the $1.5 million already raised to completely renovate Reynolds Hall. Chief Advancement...

School announces plans to renovate Reynolds

David Lim December 6, 2012

A $5 million renovation of Reynolds Hall  will complete the Middle School Modernization Project, which began in September 2006 with the construction of new academic buildings, a performing arts center...

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