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Legacy Redefined

Legacy Redefined

MeJo Liao, Presentations Managing Editor
May 30, 2025

I recall my first dean meeting as a junior, sitting anxiously on a worn leather couch with my parents as I answered a slew of questions. “What are your academic goals? What do you do outside of school?”...

Journey Beyond a Road

Journey Beyond a Road

Crista Kim, A&E Editor
May 30, 2025

As a perpetual passenger without a driver’s license, I can only imagine the perks of being able to drive. While Alexa Liu fights the glare of the sun with one leg propped up on her seat, steering with...

Too Corepower(ful)

Too Corepower(ful)

Hana Mehdi Williams, Sports Editor
May 30, 2025

After tomorrow, I will have hit 100 Corepower Yoga classes. Having reached this milestone, I took a moment to reflect. Here is what Corepower has done for me over the past two years. 1. Curing my procrastination....

Contain the "Crash Out"

Contain the “Crash Out”

William Liu, Presentations Managing Editor
May 30, 2025

Those who know me well know I’m the king of “crashing out.” I spent much of high school selfishly locked up in Silent Study, freaking out over round decisions at debate tournaments and publicly...

Seperate American politics from the Vatican

Seperate American politics from the Vatican

Audrey Kim, Assistant Opinion Editor
May 29, 2025

As we all watched white smoke billow out of a chimney thousands of miles away, my classmates and I understood the historic moment happening in front of us. The new pope had been elected, and an hour later,...

Raise the bar for films

Raise the bar for films

Ellika LeSage, Assistant Opinion Editor
May 29, 2025

A week ago, my friends and I decided we wanted to see a movie together. I looked up “movies in theaters near me,” and found myself staring at a list of unoriginal content:“Lilo & Stitch” (live...

Homelessness policies will fall short

Homelessness policies will fall short

Eila Shokravi, Assistant Opinion Editor
May 29, 2025

Driving through Los Angeles, it is almost impossible to miss the rows upon rows of homeless tents lined up on the side of the roads. There have been 4,339 instances of homeless encampments in L.A. reported...

Georgia Grad: More than Teachers

Georgia Grad: More than Teachers

Georgia Grad, Presentations Managing Editor
May 29, 2025

I went into Harvard-Westlake hoping to find my people among my classmates. While I did achieve that, I also built some of my most meaningful relationships with the adults at school. I first met the...

Sabrina Hamideh: Scent-sing the End

Sabrina Hamideh: Scent-sing the End

Sabrina Hamideh, Opinion Editor
May 29, 2025

Since the seventh grade, I have worn a distinct perfume for each year. I never realized the little tradition I created as a pre-teen would become so sentimental. Beginning in seventh grade, I strutted...

Justin Tang: Boys Just Want to Have Fun

Justin Tang: Boys Just Want to Have Fun

Justin Tang, Print Managing Editor
May 29, 2025

If you told me one year ago that I would be throwing parties in my senior year, I wouldn’t have believed you for the slightest second. I would’ve also laughed at myself for calling them “Rizzfest.” But...

Saisha Kumar and Olivia Philips: The Little Things

Saisha Kumar and Olivia Philips: The Little Things

Saisha Kumar and Olivia Phillips
May 29, 2025

One of the most rewarding experiences at The Chronicle is watching an article come to life — blossoming from the first initial idea into 650 refined words, molded and reshaped by rounds of Camayak edits....

Nathan Wang: Growth in Perspective

Nathan Wang: Growth in Perspective

Nathan Wang, Presentations Managing Editor
May 28, 2025

My commute to school has never felt ordinary. I live in Pasadena, which is, on average, 30 minutes to the Upper School and even longer to the Middle School campus. I also didn’t drive junior year like...

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