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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

German zoologist speaks to biology classes on research of orangutans

Elijah Akhtarzad April 9, 2014

German zoologist Graham Banes recounted his experiences with orangutans and highlighted the scientific similarities between orangutans and humans  to multiple biology classes March 21. For the past six...

Wall street veteran speaks to students and alumni at first Business and Entrepreneurship Network event

Elijah Akhtarzad April 9, 2014

Wall Street and investment banking veteran George J. Rohlinger advised students and alumni at the Business and Entrepreneurship Network's first student-alumni event March 19 in Ahmanson Lecture Hall. The...

Students meet Rwandan president

Marcella Park February 15, 2014

Students who went on the semester break trip to Rwanda met Rwandan president Paul Kagame Feb. 12 at a Los Angeles World Affairs Council event at which he spoke. Because they were not able to meet him...

Science Bowl teams scrimmage in preparation for February competition

Enya Huang January 11, 2014

The Science Bowl A and B teams played in a scrimmage hosted by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Saturday Jan. 11, at one of the department's main buildings in Los Angeles. The teams, a...

Students to discuss community bonding in Civitalks groups tomorrow

Claire Goldsmith December 10, 2013

Sophomores, juniors and seniors will meet in small groups between fourth and fifth periods tomorrow as part of the Civitalks program. The Upper School will follow Schedule D in student planners, as stated...

Bake sale raises $900 for Tree People

Sophie Kupiec-Weglinski November 23, 2013

A bake sale sponsored by the Environmental Club Nov. 22 raised $900 for Tree People, a non-profit environmental organization headquartered south of the campus at Mulholland and Coldwater Canyon. Students...

New detention to include table cleaning

Jake Saferstein November 13, 2013

Students serving detention will now serve their detention cleaning tables and picking up trash in the quad. Students who receive detention must help the maintenance crew for 15 to 20 minutes for five days...

10 Civitalks posters win awards

Enya Huang October 27, 2013

The Character Education Committee chose 10 posters as winners in a competition held in Civitalks groups Oct. 9 that asked participants to draw representations of what has colored their school experiences,...

Next Coffee House set for Nov. 11

Jake Saferstein October 26, 2013

Coffee House will be held Monday, Nov. 11 instead of Nov. 4, Prefect Council announced in an email sent Oct. 25. “We decided to change the date of Coffee House because we wanted to give students in...

Computer Science Club to teach Python

Kenneth Schrupp September 25, 2013

Aaron Anderson ’14 and Daniel Palumbo ’14, leaders of the Computer Sciences club, will teach a series of after school introductory classes for the programming language Python staring in October. These...

UCLA professor explains uses of graphene

Jake Saferstein September 9, 2013

UCLA professor Richard Kaner told students about the many potential uses of graphene in a presentation Sept. 9 in Ahmanson Lecture Hall. Graphene is a molecule made of a single layer of carbon atoms in...

Anonymous student launches prom date-finding service on Facebook

Michael Sugerman April 23, 2013

Sarah Shelby '13 was skeptical when "Aych Doubleyou Prom" friended her on Facebook early last week. She found the not-so-subtle pseudonym humorous, but was amused by little else. "Whoever is behind this...

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