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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

Jazz Combos play at Catalina Bar and Grill

Sarah Novicoff April 24, 2013

The Advanced Jazz Combo, Jazz Explorers and two Studio Jazz Combos performed at the Catalina Bar and Grill on March 19 as a part of the Young Artist Jazz Series. The four jazz groups were invited to perform,...

Gragg to offer German language, culture class

Sarah Novicoff April 24, 2013

The Foreign Language Department will begin offering a yearlong Directed Study in German next year. The class will be taught by Technology Center Director and math teacher Chris Gragg, who holds a master’s...

Sew What?

Sarah Novicoff April 24, 2013

Hunched over her sewing machine downstairs, Elle Wilson ’13 pushes the white muslin fabric under the needle and observes the line of its seam. The white muslin will soon become a dress, a mock-up of...

Service guidelines to change

Sarah Novicoff March 15, 2013

Students will no longer be required to complete community service with at least three other Harvard-Westlake students, but the service requirement has been doubled to 12 hours. These changes are due to...

Many students prefer audiobooks

Sarah Novicoff March 14, 2013

The library has recently experienced a surge in the popularity of checking out iPods filled with audiobooks for the majority of the upper school English curriculum rather than with music. “The audiobooks...

Junior Sings at Whiskey A Go Go

Sarah Novicoff March 14, 2013

Whisky A Go Go, the Sunset Strip nightclub which has hosted Janis Joplin and Led Zeppelin and launched the careers of many artists and bands such as the Doors, hosted Molly Chapman ’14 on Feb. 3. The...

Tabletop signs change

Sarah Novicoff February 13, 2013

To fight littering on the quad, new signs have been installed with the slogan "A clean school is a happy school." The new slogan replaced the previous phrasing "Most people clean up after themselves." The...

Library provides new laptop chargers

Sarah Novicoff February 13, 2013

The library has begun checking out Apple computer chargers to students in addition to their previous supply of phone chargers. The chargers may be carried out of the library and used anywhere on campus,...

Singer advises ‘listen louder than you sing’

Sarah Novicoff December 20, 2012

A member of the college jazz group Pacific Standard Time taught the Jazz Singers class Dec. 11 about vocal techniques. Rachel St. Marseille, a senior at the Bob Hope Conservatory at California State University...

Singer advises ‘listen louder than you sing’

Sarah Novicoff December 20, 2012

A member of the college jazz group Pacific Standard Time taught the Jazz Singers class Dec. 11 about vocal techniques. Rachel St. Marseille, a senior at the Bob Hope Conservatory at California State University...

Computer science class takes field trip to Launchpad LA, invites speakers

Sarah Novicoff December 19, 2012

The Advanced Topics in Computer Science class visited the headquarters of the business incubator Launchpad LA Dec. 5. The field-trip was part of an ongoing effort by Theo Davis ’13 to explore the other...

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