By Catherine Wang Chinese-American families celebrated the 2010-2011 school year at the annual end of the year party held by the Harvard-Westlake Chinese Cultural Club May 22. HWCCC president Valrie Lee Oser (Thomas ’13, Alexandria ‘16) passed the presidency on to Suzy Li (Bradley ’12, Kevin ’14). Cynthia Torres (Spencer ’10, David ’14) moderated a […]
By Eli Haims One hundred forty-six upper school students failed to complete their community service requirement by the May 2 deadline, Head of Community Council Gaby Cohen ’11 said. Among the 146 were 44 seniors, 58 juniors and 44 sophomores. Since March 16, 401 students have completed their service. The Community Council hosted four events […]
By Alice Phillips As of March 16, 547 out of 870 upper school students had not completed their community service requirement for 2010-2011 year. The deadline to complete the requirement is May 2. Seniors who fail to complete the community service requirement will not graduate, Head of Upper School Harry Salamandra said. If their service […]
By Daniel Rothberg The 2011-2012 school year will begin on the Tuesday after Labor Day, Head of School Jeanne Huybrechts said. The start date falls on a Tuesday rather than a Wednesday, as is typically the case, to account for a day lost during a planned three-day weekend in October. The long weekend in October, […]
Harvard-Westlake is littered with committees. And as if there weren’t already enough committees to keep track of on the upper school campus before this year, we can now add the sportsmanship review committee to that list. The sportsmanship committee’s proposals to change the culture of conduct at sporting events are likely to draw the ire […]
By Chloe Lister Forty seven upper school students had yet to complete their community service requirement upon the last day of 2009-2010 school year, Assistant to the Head of Upper School Michelle Bracken said. Eight of these students were seniors. The eight received diplomas at graduation but “[Head of Upper School Harry] Salamandra called them […]
by Nickj Resnikoff The end of any school year brings finals and APs, the promise of sleeping in and sunbathing at the beach every day. It is marked also by yearbooks and along with them the time to recall memories to scribble in the inside covers and inserts. Entries usually feature a standard message like, […]
By Jordan Freisleben and Lauren Seo As he unbuckles his seatbelt, Gavin Cook â10 reaches for his wallet. Looking up, he is slightly surprised to see his mother get out of the driverâs seat, instead of the taxi driver waiting for him to pay. With a slight smile, he realizes heâs not in China anymore. […]
Welcome back! I hope you are as excited as I am about this school year; itâs going to be a terrific one! We announced this yearâs Character Education theme at the opening-of-school convocation, but Iâd like to elaborate on what I think the theme could or should mean for all of us. It seems to […]