The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Service Spotlight: Fighting Food Insecurity in Los Angeles

From warehouse sorting to client-facing pantries, Service Spotlight highlights accessible ways students can address food insecurity across Los Angeles.

Katelyn Kim, Reporter
May 27, 2026

It’s the middle of May, and you get this dreaded feeling that you’ve put off something you’ve been meaning to do. There’s an email sitting in your inbox: a reminder to submit your 12...

Almost Famous

Teenage influencers discuss their goals to grow their platforms and how they balance managing social media and school.

Mila Detmer and Rebecca Vitti
September 4, 2025

While driving with friends, Abby Juarez ’26 whips out her phone, opens the camera app and starts a video with an energetic, “What’s up guys?” The clip is a glimpse into her YouTube channel, which...

Students discuss sl*t-shaming

The school community talks about the culture of sl*t-shaming and double standards at school, what causes it and its effects on students mental health.

Georgia Grad, Assistant Features Editor
March 20, 2024

It was the beginning of the school year. Nora* had been hanging out with a male student, Reggie*, for a while and started to catch feelings. Another guy that she previously had relations with decided...

Dynasties

Notable families in the school community discuss their various impacts and their presence among students and faculty.

Hannah Shahidi, Assistant News Editor
February 1, 2024

It is 1997. Upper School Dean Sharon Cuseo walks into Rugby Auditorium as she searches for a seat at “West Side Story.” Spotting the Platt family, she goes to sit next to them. Cuseo and the Platts...

Digital Detox

Students and faculty in the school community discuss the rising issues of social media dependence and taking breaks from social media platforms.

Georgia Grad, Assistant Features Editor
December 13, 2023

It was tech week for the school musical. Lights had to be set up. Costumes had to be fitted. Microphones needed to be adjusted. As the days seemed endless, Maya Ray ’25 was overwhelmed with a massive...

Generation Under Fire

Students and faculty discuss the rising issue of gun violence and how it affects their lives at school and in the world.

Georgia Grad and Eden Conner
November 15, 2023

Everyone is in Taper Gymnasium. It’s an all-school assembly, and students are packed on the bleachers: sophomores and juniors on one side of the gym, and seniors on the other. Head of Upper School Beth...

Mind the Gap

Students and faculty at the school discuss the perceptions and realities of dating within the same grade in comparison to a different grade.

Georgia Grad, Assistant Features Editor
September 21, 2023

Maddy Pimstone ’25 had looked forward to her plans all week. Pimstone was seeing a guy in the grade above despite their hour and a half commute. Without a driver’s license, Pimstone had to ask her...

Venturing to Ventura

Students and local Studio City buissness managers discuss how the school community affects restuarants and coffee shops around the Upper School campus.

Alex Dinh and Zoe Goor
September 21, 2023

Machines whir, blending up pumpkin spice Frappuccinos, and bags crinkle, filled with vanilla bean scones at the Starbucks on Ventura Boulevard. Of the 19 total customers that have made purchases in the...

Class or Pass? Lacking enrollment, electives canceled

Dylan Graff and Iona Lee
May 26, 2023

It was 11:36 p.m. and Zoe Kramar ’24 scrolled through her course selections, eagerly checking numerous boxes, including the one next to Latin American Studies. A few weeks later she received an email...

FAke Friends

The school community discusses the impact of Snapchat’s new “My AI” chatbot on teenage social interactions and friendships.

Ella Yadegar, Assistant Features Editor
May 26, 2023

As Ellie Whang ’24 checked her Snapchat one morning in April, she was surprised to see a clothed, anthropomorphic chatbot named “My AI” pinned to the top of her chat feed. She had experimented with...

Advancing Asian Leaders

In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2023, students and faculty analyze Asian leadership in the school community.

Averie Perrin
May 25, 2023

31 years after the United States Congress officially designated May as Asian Pacific American Heritage (APAH) Month in 1992, students elected four Asian-identifying Senior Prefects for the 2023-2024 school...

Senior-right-is

Chloe Park
May 24, 2023

At 11 p.m. on a Sunday, Maddie Cunniff ’23 sat staring at the daunting list of school work that awaited on her computer. She had a lab write up, major presentation and several assessments in the coming...