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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Sophomores elect Junior Prefects for 2023-2024 school year

Everett Lakey April 29, 2023

Sophomores elected Staff Writer and Layout Assistant Sasha Aghnatios '25, Ellie Borris '25, Gideon Evans '25 and Victor Suh '25 to serve as Junior Prefects for the 2023-2024 school year, Prefect Council...

A stressed Head Prefect gives a speech while worried about other personal school commitments.

Prefect pressure

Jade Harris and Hannah Shahidi April 9, 2023

Head Prefect Simon Lee '23 was on edge. With thousands of his peers' eyes fixated on him, he  was about to give the speech that would determine his long-held dream of becoming Head Prefect. After giving...

Students gather on Ted Slavin field for Field Day.

Prefect Council and Community Council host Field Day

Saisha Kumar March 28, 2023

Community Council and Prefect Council hosted the annual Field Day during lunch on Ted Slavin Field on March 24. Field Day included a pizza food truck, barbeque food, an ice cream sundae bar, water balloon...

Bari LeBari elected Head Prefect, runoff for second Head Prefect

Alexander Dinh March 26, 2023

Prefect Council announced that Bari LeBari ’24 will serve as a Head Prefect for the 2023-2024 school year. A runoff election will take place between Glory Ho ’24, Elizabeth Johnstone ’24 and Assistant...

Glory Ho ’24 delivers her Head Prefect preliminary election speech to the junior class in Rugby Theater. Ho is running for Head Prefect alongisde Assistant News Editor Davis Marks ’24, Bari LeBari ’24, Nyla Shelton ’24, Isiuwa Odiase ’24 and Elizabeth Johnstone ’24.

Head Prefect candidates speak before junior class during preliminary election speeches

Tate Sheehy March 22, 2023

Head Prefect candidates delivered speeches to juniors in Rugby Theater as part of the election’s preliminary round March 17. Candidates introduced themselves before being asked a prepared and unprepared...

COLLABORATING COUNCILS: Prefect Council attended a student government summit with Campbell Hall and Buckley to hear about how other schools run their student councils and honor boards. Members of Campbell Hall’s Honor Board presented on their system and roles.

Prefect Council attends student leadership summit with Campbell Hall and Buckley

Everett Lakey March 22, 2023

Prefect Council met with student leaders from Campbell Hall and Buckley School on March 9 to discuss their respective student councils and honor boards. Head Prefect Yoshimi Kimura '23 said the meeting...

Prefect Council hosts Academic Fair

Nathan Wang March 15, 2023

Prefect Council hosted the annual Academic Fair to highlight new and existing courses for the 2023-2024 academic year on March 7. Students browsed courses and heard directly from teachers and student representatives...

The chess tournament featured 56 students. Colin Kneafsy ’23 advanced through four rounds
and ultimately defeated Jake Wiczyk in the tournament’s final match, securing the $50 gift card grand prize.

Prefects host Chess tournament

Alexander Dinh February 8, 2023

Prefect Council and Chess Club partnered to host a school-wide chess tournament on the quad during the week of Jan. 17. 56 students participated in the tournament, and after the first four rounds, 16 advanced...

Annual Tapout Begins

Eden Conner February 8, 2023

Prefect Council announced the beginning of Tapout on Jan. 23. Tapout is an annual all-school competition in which students eliminate their intended targets by tapping them on the back. The Tapout Constitution,...

Students play chess against each other during Prefect Council and the Chess Clubs tournament.

Prefect Council and Chess Club host tournament

Alexander Dinh and Zoe Goor January 17, 2023

Prefect Council and the Chess Club are partnering to host a chess tournament on the quad starting Tuesday. 56 Upper School students signed up to compete, and after four rounds, the top eight will move...

HWOP expands outreach

William Liu October 5, 2022

Prefect Council organized all performing arts outreach clubs under the leadership of the Harvard-Westlake Outreach Performers (HWOP) to facilitate collaboration and growth between them, Sept. 16. Jazz...

Students wait in line as they wait to purchase a burger, fries, and a soda from The Habit food truck.

Prefect Council hosts first Food Truck Friday of the year

Zoe Goor October 3, 2022

Prefect Council brought The Habit Burger Grill food truck to school Friday. The Habit's visit to campus marks the return of the Prefect Council-organized Food Truck Fridays. Using their IDs, students were...

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