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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

Artful Applications

Sarah Novicoff November 13, 2013

Working on her college applications, Aiyana White ’14 stands in a recording studio, crooning “Almost Like Being in Love,” “On My Own” and “It’s Only a Paper Moon” into a microphone. White...

Extended break provides chance for college visits, brief vacation

Sarah Novicoff October 15, 2013

Students plan to visit colleges, work on college applications and relax during this week’s changed mid-semester break. Seniors will have Wednesday off while juniors and sophomores take the PSAT. The...

From Stadium to Stage

Sarah Novicoff October 15, 2013

“So let go, go, go of the past now. Say hello to the light in your eyes. Yes, I know that the world’s spinning fast now, but you gotta run the race to win the prize.” Daniel Dávila ’14 sang those...

Online Common Application technology faces glitches

Sarah Novicoff October 15, 2013

Technological problems with the new Common Application, released online Aug. 1, are beginning to affect students and deans as early application deadlines approach. "We are pretty frustrated with its functionality,"...

Computer science course enrollment increases 72 percent

Sarah Novicoff September 25, 2013

Flipping through a 2013-2014 curriculum guide, Laura Campbell ’16 landed on AP Computer Science A, a college-level programming course that teaches object-oriented software design as well as Java. Campbell...

Record 54 earn Merit semifinalist distinction

Sarah Novicoff September 25, 2013

A record 54 students, almost 20 percent of the senior class, were named National Merit Semifinalists this year, the highest number in school history. Those students represent almost 2.7 percent of California’s...

Alum interviews Obama about housing market

Sarah Novicoff August 27, 2013

Spencer Rascoff ’93, CEO of online real estate database Zillow, conducted a Q&A session with President Barack Obama Aug. 7 regarding the housing market and its rebound from the 2008 collapse. The...

Sinclair Cook: China

Sarah Novicoff August 27, 2013

Sinclair Cook ’14 studied the simplification of the Chinese language during his six-week trip to China as the recipient of the Gunter-Gross Asia Initiative Summer Fellowship. He focused on examining...

Vox Populi editors announced for next year

Sarah Novicoff June 20, 2013

Katie Ehrlich ’14 and Jacob Pardo ’14 will serve as editors-in-chief of the 2013-2014 edition of Vox Populi. “I'm very honored to be an editor-in-chief for the upcoming year,” Pardo said. “As...

Theater Department releases 2013-2014 productions, dates

Sarah Novicoff May 31, 2013

The Upper School Theater Department announced “Hairspray” as the fall musical, “The Matchmaker” as the winter play and the annual Playwrights Festival as the spring production. “Hairspray,”...

Experiences gained and memories made

Sarah Novicoff May 29, 2013

When I received my personal essay assignment three weeks ago in English III Honors, I was terrified. The idea of writing a five or six-page essay in which I must define myself seemed like walking into...

Concert raises $2,500 for homeless teenagers

Sarah Novicoff May 29, 2013

Eleven students performed at a benefit concert May 19 to raise money for the Los Angeles Youth Network. The network is a non-profit organization to support runaway and homeless adolescents in the Los...

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