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    Bari LeBari elected Head Prefect, runoff for second Head Prefect

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    Fiona’s Five: Spring Break (episode 1)

  • Often, students are forced to cram and make up school work to go to concerts. Students and teachers agree that going to concerts can threaten students academic responsibilities and that achieving a balance is important for this purpose.

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    Concert Culture

  • Student filmmaker and presenter at Westflix Ian Kims film My Sisters in the Stars: The Star of Lee Yong-Soo received the Audience Choice Award for his film.

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    20 Years of Westflix

  • An earthquake destroys the ground near a city.

    Opinion

    Turkey’s grim earthquake lessons

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    Administration hosts support sessions with Jewish advocate

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    Deans change spring college tour itinerary

  • Kutler Center Scholar in Residence Andrea Ghez poses with EMPOWER. Ghez won the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering a supermassive blackhole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

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    School hosts Nobel Laureate and astrophysicist Andrea Ghez

  • Students tend to the hydroponic plant towers.

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    Reducing our environmental impact

  • Members of the Upper School Robotics Team and Mathematics Teacher and Robotics Coach Andew Theiss gather around their robot before it competes at the Central Valley Regional Tournament.

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    Robotics joins FIRST

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Remembering Jordan Park

Remembering Jordan Park

Alexandra Pacheco Garcia, Visual Arts Teacher March 22, 2023

Hello, my name is Alexandra Pacheco Garcia. Many of you know me as Ms. PG. I’m Jordan’s Photography I teacher. I’d like to share with you a bit about the student I had and the class she was a...

Boys basketball wins CIF State SoCal Regional Open Division Championship

Boys basketball wins CIF State SoCal Regional Open Division Championship

James Hess March 8, 2023

The boys basketball team defeated top-seeded Centennial High School 80-61 in the CIF State SoCal Regional Open Division Finals on March 7. For the first time in program history, the team will play for...

Mitchell Kallick hired as Girls Volleyball Program Head

Mitchell Kallick hired as Girls Volleyball Program Head

Nathan Wang March 5, 2023

Mitchell Kallick joined the school as Girls’ Volleyball Program Head on Feb. 22 following former Girls' Volleyball Program Head Natalie Morgan's resignation.  Kallick attended New York University...

Joy Harjo, the Brown Family Speaker, speaks to students at an assembly.

U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo speaks at Brown Family Speaker Assembly

Nathan Wang February 23, 2023

Three-consecutive-year U.S. Poet Laureate, author and songwriter Joy Harjo recited poetry and spoke at this year's Brown Family Speaker Assembly on Feb. 16. Founded by Linda Brown and Abbot Brown (Russell...

In response to the multiple antisemitic vandalism incidents this year, members of the Jewish Club posted signs around campus meant to spread awareness about antisemitism.

School searches for suspects after fifth antisemitic vandalism incident

Davis Marks and Natalie Cosgrove February 8, 2023

The school administration filed a police report and has increased surveillance on campus after a Nazi symbol was found poked into a bulletin in the student lounge on Jan. 23, the fifth in a series of antisemitic...

President Rick Commons sent a school-wide email Tuesday detailing the most recent incident of antisemitic vandalism.

Commons reports fourth incident of antisemitic vandalism

Davis Marks January 25, 2023

A Nazi symbol was found on campus Monday, the fourth incident involving antisemitic vandalism in five months, according to a school-wide email from President Rick Commons. The swastika was poked into a...

Sanders is currently Director of Admission and Financial Assistance at Francis Parker School in San Diego.

Sanders appointed Head of Admission and Enrollment

Davis Marks and Chloe Park January 19, 2023

Chris Sanders will take over as Director of Admission and Enrollment in July, according to President Rick Commons. Sanders, who is currently the Director of Admission and Financial Assistance at Francis...

Alyssa Thompson 23 picked first overall in NWSL Draft

Alyssa Thompson ’23 picked first overall in NWSL Draft

Ella Yadegar January 12, 2023

Angel City FC, Los Angeles’s National Women’s Soccer League (NSWL) team, selected girls soccer player Alyssa Thompson ’23 as the number one overall pick in the NWSL Draft on Thursday. She is the...

The schools emergency broadcasting system notified the community at  6:20 AM that in-person instruction would be canceled Tuesday.

Both campuses closed due to rain storms

Davis Marks and Chloe Park January 10, 2023

The school canceled in-person instruction on both campuses after heavy rain forced the closure of Beverly Glen Blvd. and Coldwater Canyon Ave. on Tuesday. The storm, which arrived during a heightened period...

President Rick Commons speaks to juniors about the fourth antisemitic vandalism incident during a Junior Class Meeting assembly on Monday.

School reports third antisemitic vandalism incident of the year

Davis Marks January 9, 2023

President Rick Commons reported the third on-campus antisemitic vandalism incident this year during a Senior Class Meeting assembly Friday. He said a swastika was found carved into a desk.  In his...

Associate Head of School Laura Ross will begin serving as Head of School in July. Prior to becoming Associate Head of School in July 2020, Ross was Head of Upper School from 2017 to 2020.

Ross to become Head of School

Davis Marks and Chloe Park January 3, 2023

Associate Head of School Laura Ross will become Head of School in July, according to an email sent by President and Head of School Rick Commons on Jan. 3. Following the change, Commons will serve solely...

Chronicle Newscast #1: For the Holidays

Chronicle Newscast #1: For the Holidays

Zoe Goor, Eden Conner, and Alden Detmer December 27, 2022

Click below to watch the first newscast.

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