By Arielle Maxner A new emergency system will be used this year to alert students, faculty and parents in case of crises.  The system will simultaneously email, call and text parents, students...

By Michael Sugerman Harvard-Westlake will hold a pre-release screening of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2” for members of the school community at  the Warner...

By Rebecca Nussbaum The Board of Trustees set tuition for the 2011-2012 school year to $30,350, a 3.9 percent increase from this year, Chief Financial Officer Rob Levin said.  Chairman of the...

By Rebecca Nussbaum Security Officer Sanders Jackson created a cone walkway on Coldwater Canyon from Halkirk St. to the north entrance to protect students walking to and from school. The pathway was first...

By Jean Park The past few years have altered the financial aid budget for the 2010-2011 school year. The recent recession has caused many families to experience financial reversals, such as job losses...

  By Daniel Rothberg With the unemployment rate in California exceeding 12 percent, the Advancement Office is set to launch a job board website for alumni before the end of the academic year,...

By Neha Nimmagadda In an effort to raise money for financial aid and build community, the Parents’ Association has created an online "Party Book," which lists numerous parties and events that parents...

Yearbook advertisements are being eliminated this year, and good riddance. The exorbitantly expensive advertisements, which cost $950 per page, were mostly purchased by senior parents saying congratulations...

Clinical psychologist Dr. Stephan Poulter told parents that if their children were rebelling, they were parenting correctly, in a presentation he gave on campus Feb. 28. Poulter told the audience that...

  By Stephanie Deutsch and Esther Zuckerman It was the first time Jennifer* actually hoped she wouldn’t be picked up from school. She was with her boyfriend Toby* and the fact that her mother...

By Annie Dreyer After seeing Megan Rich ’08 play at a recent harp recital, a 7-year-old girl’s father asked Rich to tell his daughter why she needed to practice her harp more often. Little did...