There comes a time in every man’s life when he reaches a crossroads. A time when he must decide who he is: if he is a peasant or a king, a novice or a master, a commoner or a champion.
When I came to...
On his first day at the Officer Candidates School in Quantico, Va., math teacher Kent Nealis feared that he had made a grave mistake in his life choices.
He had joined the Reserve Officers’ Training...
Legend has it that when the Grinch discovered the true meaning of Christmas, his heart grew three sizes larger.
The first time I saw Bernie Sanders speak, my heart grew four.
I was born into an America...
The Environmental Club acquired trout eggs through the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Classroom Aquarium Education Program.
The club will release the trout into California waterways after...
The school compiled a revised Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) Feb. 4 for the proposed Upper School parking garage construction project after reviewing documents at the request of City Council...
Chinese-American graphic novelist and writer for DC Comics Gene Luen Yang will speak at the Middle School tomorrow.
Yang will sign copies of his books and give workshops for student artists and creative...
Last week, the lights in Chalmers went out. Math classrooms were thrown into chaos. Teachers struggled to restore order however they could. Without light, they were lost and confused. The school rushed...
Math teacher Kevin Weis was 12 years old when he realized he didn’t believe in God.
He had stopped attending Sunday school church lessons several years before, but now he was ready to fully commit to...
At the beginning of every math class, Xavier* ’16 opens up his laptop to take notes – at least, until he becomes bored or does not feel the need to pay attention any longer.
Then he opens up his web...
For the past few years, I have worn cargo shorts to school almost every day. Sometimes, during the winter months, I wear cargo pants.
I love my cargo shorts. They have enough pockets to hold my phone,...
The upper school robotics course has nine girls and four boys this year, with three times as many girls enrolled as last year.
Robotics has historically had more boys than girls, robotics teacher Antonio...
Middle school cell phone and technology policies are being reexamined at the beginning of the second year of the One-to-One laptop initiative, which the Upper School begins this year.
The laptop initiative...
Harvard-Westlake's football opener against Loyola High School kicks off at 7 p.m. Friday on the Ted Slavin Field in Studio City. The Chronicle will host an HWTV live stream of the game in its entirety...
At age 10, Daniel Singer ’17 realized that he was making little interest off of the money in his savings account.
Singer asked his father to open an account for him at E-Trade, a financial services company...
Coloring books will be provided in the library through the end of the year to help students relieve stress.
The librarians purchased the coloring books for the April 24 overnight reading of "Moby Dick"...
An article on business and technology news website Business Insider named Harvard-Westlake the third-smartest high school in the nation March 25. The ranking was based on data from Niche, a website that...
President Rick Commons is taking steps to increase communications and improve the school’s relationship with neighbors.
Commons plans to meet with local residents and organizations over the next few...
The Harvard-Westlake Middle School MathCounts team earned 15th place in the March 14 state MathCounts math competition at University of California, Irvine after earning third place in the chapter division...
In the past few months, increasing numbers of students have been caught by the school driving in the center left turn lane of Coldwater Canyon on their way to school, with more than five students reported...
The African-American Alumni Network welcomed guests into the Feldman-Horn Gallery Feb. 25 for its third annual Jazz and Poetry Lounge with jazz standards performed by the Jazz Explorers band and foods...
A fundraising event hosted by the restaurant Hamburger Hamlet Feb. 23 will benefit the Michael Segal '75 Family and John Amato Family Scholar Endowed Funds. Twenty percent of proceeds from 5 p.m. to 9...
The Mock Trial team stands outside the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration Feb. 10 after receiving an award as the Senior Division Champions of the Los Angeles County from Supervisor Michael Antonovich....
For Tim* ’16, doing homework for his Intro to Calculus Honors class has little to do with finding solutions to problems. In fact, for most problems, he never even reaches a solution.
“As long as you...
Students can explore business and entrepreneurship opportunities this summer in a program called HW Inc., which will replace last year’s StartUp Scramble.
HW Inc. will last five days, two days longer...
During midyear assessments next week, students will not be allowed to review with teachers, and all performing arts rehearsals and sports games and practices will be cancelled.
“After assessments begin,...
Every time field hockey player Caitlin Neapole ’16 removes her shoes after practice, tiny pieces of ground-up tires fall out. Field hockey player Alexandra Grande ’16 is also intimately familiar with...
The administration approved a second trip called Media Arts Collaboration: Cuba, which will take place from March 28 to April 5, two months after the digital storytelling trip to Cuba in January.
Led by...
The English department will replace AP Literature and AP Language with six English electives for seniors next year.
“Students still will choose first between AP Lit and AP Lang—distinct studies, the...
The Astronomy Club, science teacher John Feulner’s 7th period physics class, and other students observed the partial solar eclipse on October 23.
Some students brought their own telescopes, and others...
A cast of 23 students, selected during auditions last week, will perform the play “As You Like It” in Rugby Auditorium Feb. 5-7. Performing arts teacher Ted Walch will direct. Rehearsals will begin...
Six teachers participated Oct. 5 in CicLAvia, an event during which streets in downtown Los Angeles are cleared of cars to allows for bikers and pedestrians.
Science teacher Dietrich Schuhl, dean Vanna...
Recent grads describe what it’s like now that they have achieved their goal of getting into college and are finding their way on their new campuses.
Eric Greenberg ’14:
Eric Greenberg ’14 enjoys...
Stone-Cutters is holding writing workshops this year to create a bigger literary community on campus and increase submissions to the literary magazine.
The series of workshops began Sept. 29 with a poetry...
The administration and Board of Trustees voted to change the name of Reynolds Hall to Wang Hall in honor of Walter and Shirley Wang(Walter '13, Chantalle '17, Matthew '18), who donated $5 million toward...
Joss Saltzman ’16 will perform original songs and give speeches on his relationship with China and its language and culture in the Chinese Bridge Competition in southwest China in October.
After winning...
The boys’ varsity football team will play Westchester among Homecoming festivities on Saturday, Sept. 27.
Food booths and attractions such as skee-ball, a dunk tank, and a Ferris wheel will open at 3...
A cast of 18 students will perform the musical “Company” in Rugby Auditorium Nov. 14-16. Performing arts teachers Ted Walch and Michelle Spears will co-direct, with temporary performing arts teacher...
The local station KCBS won a regional Emmy Aug. 25 for its coverage of the death of Justin Carr ’14, who died from idiopathic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in February 2012.
The honored news piece, in...
Upper School hosts workshop
Thirty-three high school students from the United States and China honed leadership skills during the World Youth Leadership Institute held in the Kutler Center July 14-18.
Intended...
Annual Giving donations for the past year have exceeded $7.2 million, making Harvard-Westlake the first independent day school to receive more than $7 million in donations during one year.
The faculty...
Thirty-eight students developed business plans and pitched ideas to entrepreneurs during StartUp Scramble July 20-22.
Led by Nicholas Abouzeid ’15 with help from Chief Financial Officer Rob Levin, the...
Annual Giving donations for the past year have exceeded $7.2 million, making Harvard-Westlake the first independent day school to receive more than $7 million in donations during one year.
The Annual...
Five sophomores will be among 20 Los Angeles high school students given the opportunity to experience culturally diverse aspects of Los Angeles during a summer program and eight Saturdays next year through...
Peter D. Kaufman, editor of the Business of Life class textbook “Poor Charlie’s Almanack” and CEO of electrical connector accessories company Glenair, told students that the key to productivity is...
The poetry slam team won the quarterfinals and earned second place in the semifinal bracket of the Get Lit Classic Slam May 22 and 23.
"I’m proud that our team almost made the finals in our first year...
Assistant director of admission and co-director of the ninth grade advisory program, Melanie Leon, will replace Geoff Bird, who is retiring, as Director of Financial Aid next year.
"Through my work with...
The author of the Business of Life class's textbook, the CEO of electrical connectors accessories company Glenair will talk to the class Monday, May 20 about productivity in Ahmanson.
Peter Kaufman, who...
New internal batteries have been ordered for every laptop in the library due to wireless settings issues.
A computer services investigation revealed that the frequent removal of the main batteries from...
Trustee Norman Sprague ’65 died March 14 while bodysurfing in Costa Rica.
Sprague began working as a trustee at Harvard School in 1981 and helped during the merger between Harvard and Westlake School...
Students will display their science projects in the Middle School’s first science fair on Tuesday, May 13.
During activities period, students participating in the fair can share projects in the Bing...
Students from the jazz rhythm section, jazz ensemble, studio jazz and jazz band performed in "An Evening of Jazz" March 7 and 8 in Rugby Auditorium.
Different sets of students played on the two nights,...
A group of students are working with the Math Department to develop the NCAA Basketball Predictor Bot to predict the results of the March Madness tournament using statistics and sports analysis. The Math...
Representatives of a design firm which specializes in creating optimal spaces for learning visited the Middle School Feb. 4 to discuss renovations to Reynolds Hall.
Designers for Fielding Nair International...
The Mock Trial team made the playoffs in the Los Angeles County competition, ranking in the top six schools out of the 90 that participated.
The team participated in three trials for this competition,...
Students and faculty packed the lounge Monday after school to watch 22 singers, actors, pianists and guitar players for the first of three Coffee Houses this year.
To kick off the performances, coffee...
Regius Professor of Greek at Trinity College Dublin Brian McGing told Latin students that translating ancient papyri is difficult because of issues including funding, poor handwriting and grammar errors.
McGing...
Courtney O’Brien ’15 is trying out for the United States Under-17 women’s soccer team this month. This makes O’Brien the second Wolverine girls’ soccer player to try out for the U-17 team, after...
Students and parents can learn more about a semester-break trip to Rwanda Oct. 3. Students will explore investigative journalism and document the state of Rwanda after the mass genocide 20 years ago.
Friendship...
Seniors and their families gathered for the annual ring ceremony where seniors received pins or rings and heard speeches from senior prefects Mazelle Etessami ’14, Malanna Wheat ’14, Oliver Goodman-Waters...
Five seniors participated in a stem cell research program at USC over the summer.
Justin Bae ’14, Zachary Birnholz ’14, Simon Gunter ’14, James Hur ’14 and Christina Woo ’14 spent eight weeks...
Joe Busch will teach AP Statistics, Advanced Honors Seminar in Math and Algebra 2 with Analysis this year.
Born in New Jersey and raised in Connecticut, Busch went to college in Boston and got a master’s...
