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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

Commons, Huybrechts address Parents’ Association

Jonathan Seymour October 14, 2014

Head of School Jeanne Huybrechts said in the first Parents’ Association meeting Sept. 17 that she wants to make current students the next greatest generation like those in "The Greatest Generation" by...

Social Committee to host Halloween Week

Katie Plotkin October 14, 2014

The Social Committee will host a week of movies, candy and costume contests to celebrate Halloween. Students will vote for the winners of costume contests on Halloween who will be awarded Starbucks gift...

Poets to convene Saturday at first-ever poetry festival

Sammi Handler October 14, 2014

Two poets will keynote Harvard-Westlake's first-ever poetry festival, "Wider than the Sky: A Celebration of Poetry in Word, Image and Performance," Saturday with readings, performances and workshops. The...

Chamber Singers bond while singing at retreat

Danielle Kaye October 14, 2014

Singers honed their group performance and individual skills during the 13th annual Chamber Singers Fall Retreat at Camp Wrightwood Sept. 5-6. Performing arts teacher Rodger Guerrero, who chaperoned the...

Financial aid students sign contracts for school trips

Eugenia Ko October 14, 2014

Students who receive financial aid for school trips now have to sign a contract affirming their participation in all aspects of the trip, including events before and after and required projects. Though...

Live every day in the real world

Claudia Wong October 14, 2014

Backpacks full of valuables are strewn across campus and left unattended on a daily basis. Students believe their personal items will always be waiting wherever they left them, putting faith in their classmates’...

Escape from Reality

Sharon Chow October 14, 2014

By Sharon Chow “I’ll sacrifice myself. Run, run, run,” Chris Lee ’16 commands with one hand on the keyboard of his computer and the other continuously clicking his mouse. Lee strategizes with...

KHWS radio returns with teacher slots

Eugenia Ko October 14, 2014

Student radio station KHWS will return to the air on Oct. 19 at 5 p.m., and teachers will have the opportunity to co-host with their students this year. After science teacher and faculty adviser Nathan...

High Stakes College Edition: Living the dream

Benjamin Most October 14, 2014

Recent grads describe what it’s like now that they have achieved their goal of getting into college and are finding their way on their new campuses. Eric Greenberg ’14: Eric Greenberg ’14 enjoys...

Rwanda films to screen Oct. 29

Lauren Kim October 14, 2014

Films made by students who visited Rwanda last year will screen in Ahmanson Lecture Hall on Oct. 29. The 14 students who made these documentaries spent 10 days in Africa interviewing the Rwandan people...

Literary magazine to host writing seminars

Benjamin Most October 14, 2014

Stone-Cutters is holding writing workshops this year to create a bigger literary community on campus and increase submissions to the literary magazine. The series of workshops began Sept. 29 with a poetry...

The pressures of being a college-bound senior

October 14, 2014

Do you know where you want to go?" Every high school senior knows that this question means one thing and one thing only. We’ve heard it more times than you can imagine. It’s common dinner party etiquette...

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October 2014