By Anabel Pasarow Being a senior freaks me out. As an underclassman I saw (most) seniors as effortlessly and unattainablely cool. They were automatically made way more awesome because of their age...

Dear Students, What does it mean to "live with integrity and purpose?" What does it mean to "be a contributing member of society?" Having some answers to those questions is important to us because each...

By Ingrid Chang These may be obvious to you. Chances are, you are in or have already been through high school and these sound like no-brainers. Or you may completely disagree; everybody’s experience...

By Mary Rose Fissinger My high school career in 400-600 words. A daunting task, which is mostly the reason I’ve waited until the morning the paper has to be finished to write it. I got here...

By Kelly Ohriner I don’t know exactly when or where, but in the midst of my mid April college tour, a ring fell off my finger. With my mom by my side, I was visiting schools I had been admitted...

By Olivia Kwitny I unsealed the letter. No, not the letter we seniors have been breathlessly expecting to receive in the mail all year, hoping it’s the acceptance letter to our dream college;...

  By Sade Tavangarian When I was 9 years old I decided I must go to Harvard-Westlake. I did not know anything prior about the school but I remembered riding the school bus in third grade and...

By Emily Khaykin No matter what the band Rascal Flatts says, life is most definitely not a highway. There is no straight path that leads to success, no formula which yields a correct answer. And there...

By Jordan Freisleben I hate blank pages. In fact, I abhor them. Post-AP life is great, to say the least. I’ve been going out to long lunches with friends and I get to catch up on some much needed...

By Austin Block I always get made fun of for being the happy columnist on Chronicle. I’m too bubbly, people say. Too optimistic. Too loving. I have too much faith in people in a harsh, cruel,...

By Catherine Wang When I’m stuck in traffic heading to or returning from school, I like to wonder what my life would be like if four years ago, I decided to attend Palisades Charter High School...

By Alice Phillips Nine years ago, I sat on the field as my oldest sister graduated from Harvard-Westlake. I was a second grader at the time, and I was intimidated. I was intimidated by how tall her...