In seventh grade, I hated it here. When I got home from school, I would research different boarding schools, searching for some perfect place where I would feel more comfortable or find a different version...
The Character Education Committee will present its preliminary evaluation of Civitalks to faculty and administrators in order to decide what form, if any, the program will take for next year. The final...
Why does Dunkin Donuts Express exist? Who thought regular Dunkin Donuts was too leisurely?
I tweeted this while I was waiting in the airport last week, coming back from the East Coast on one of those...
Anyone who’s been through the college process will remember the buzz, a mix of mystery and terror, surrounding the SAT. Now, with the announcement of changes coming to the infamous test in 2016, the...
An earthquake that registered a 4.4 on the Richter Scale shook Los Angeles Monday morning. Should an earthquake occur at school, students are to follow the procedure outlined in drills.
In the Goldsmith household, we often say that our family sport is sulking.
This is partially due to our conflicting personalities – without naming names, I’m just going to say that some of us are a...
As Director of Strategy at the Immunity Project, Ian Cinnamon ’10 raises money to fund research leading to a free preventative vaccine for HIV.
Cinnamon graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of...
Recent unconnected outbreaks of meningitis have caused Harvard-Westlake alumni at two college campuses to take preventative measures against the disease, including recieving injections of an unlicensed...
My mom pestered me for days to help her decorate our Christmas tree this year (yes, we are a nice Jewish family with a Christmas tree). Swamped with homework and supplements, I resisted until she finally...
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...
Do you know what to do in the event of an emergency?
It might seem like an obvious question. After all, we’ve all run through fire drills and earthquake drills and lockdown drills since elementary school,...
More than 25 teachers from both the Middle and Upper School toured celebrity homes and hotspots on a hike in the Hollywood Hills Saturday, Oct. 12. Upper school math teacher Bill Thill led the trip, accompanied...
You’ve probably heard a lot about the debt ceiling and the shutdown in recent weeks, but it’s admittedly pretty hard to understand the complex fiscal policies and decisions of the United States. So,...
At one of the countless colleges I visited, the tour guide described the university’s engineering school. I was pretty tuned out, thinking I would never need to know what it offered since I had no interest...
In a few weeks, they’ll enter the lab wearing protective safety goggles, gloves and rubber lab coats, taking every possible precaution. Drip by drip, they’ll mix a compound with acid, but if they move...
Students and faculty played ice breaker games and participated in discussions from current events topics to upperclassmen giving advice and tips to underclassmen in the first Civitalks meetings today.
The...
New signs on the quad tables read, “Please help Gregorio keep our quad clean. Pick up after yourself. Thank you.” in a further effort to prevent student littering.
Gregorio Hernandez, a member of...
Sophomores watched an online video course about character and values during the summer to prepare for their Choices and Challenges class this year.
The video series, Optimal Living 101, is the school’s...
I did not spend my summer working in a lab at UCLA, but that doesn’t mean what I did with my time was worthless. If you’re passionate about the sciences and you work as a research assistant, that’s...
Small groups of students and faculty will gather to discuss community issues and events seven times this year as part of the new Civitalks program.
Each section of 18 students will "come together and discuss...
Faculty and staff at the Middle School sang and danced at an all-school assembly May 6 to celebrate one month left of the school year. Their song, "One Month More," was a re-written variation of the Les...
Regardless of the outcome, I’m grateful for the experience.
When I say this, I’m often told I sound like a politician. Even though many people might be insulted by that remark, I’ll take it as a...
Sean Kiley ’14 spends his weekends dueling with dragons, mermaids and demons. His allies vary from cupcake princesses to phantom lupine helicopters, and he suffers immense damage but never gives up.
A...
Students and faculty were recognized for their contributions to the school at the Awards Assembly Tuesday, May 28. Recipients of the the Bishop’s Medal and Veritas Award, the Blanche Nelson Boyle Award,...
The two seniors who won the Michael Brownstein ’99 Memorial Gap Year Fellowship plan to travel to Korea, Canada, India and Costa Rica before they enter college in the fall of 2014.
David Lim ’13 and...
The class of 2013 filled the quad with dogs of all breeds Tuesday as an end-of-year senior prank. Their "Bring Your Dog to School Day" came to halt, however, when administrators asked students to take...
Five debaters competed in the Tournament of Champions last weekend, but none advanced to the elimination rounds. Seven had qualified for the national championship, which is held every year at the University...
On Thursday night, I texted my friends for the second time in a week to ask if their relatives in Boston were okay.
“I can’t believe I have to ask this again,” I said. And it’s true. I can’t...
Coldwater Canyon has reopened to to traffic from both directions after a month-long closure, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power announced to the school. Although the street will be open at...
Greg Lehroff ’14 and Julie Engel ’14 won first place and runner-up respectively at the annual Mr. and Miss Pacific Palisades pageant Wednesday, March 20.
All seven competitors opened the show with...
Seven members of the varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate team, the most from any school in the country, have qualified for the Tournament of Champions. The TOC, held this weekend at the University of Kentucky,...
Student drivers, parents and faculty have navigated the closure of Coldwater Canyon for water line construction since school resumed Monday, April 8. Traffic cops regulated congestion at the intersections...
What does a lemon have to do with student empowerment? Why does a classroom have four walls? What does a shoe executive know about culture?
Zach Sokoloff ’07 addressed these questions and spurred ideas...
Coldwater Canyon will be closed from Mulholland Drive to Ventura Boulevard from Saturday, March 23 through Thursday, April 25. The closure will last from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. every weekday and from 8:30...
The Faculty Academic Committee voted to abolish the testing calendar before winter break at its monthly meeting Tuesday, March 7. The committee also established the last day of school before winter break,...
More than 100 students have been “killed” in the second schoolwide game of Assassin, which began March 7.
The Happiness Club sponsored a second game after the popularity of the first, which took place...
Do you know what the sequester is? If not, you’re not alone – about half of the country hasn’t been following the news about the sequester and doesn’t clearly understand what it is, according to...
The Faculty Academic Committee encouraged standard guidelines for the signing of the Honor Code affirmation in its meeting Tuesday, Feb. 5.
The committee, comprised of department heads, meets monthly to...
Nine debaters competed at the Stanford Invitational Speech & Debate Tournament in Palo Alto Feb. 8-11. Shelby Heitner ’14 and Tommy Choi ’14 advanced to the double and triple octafinal rounds,...
You may have seen this Internet meme online: "Good grades. Social life. Sleep. Pick two."
Maybe you laughed, made a joke about whichever two you do most, and showed someone else the picture before forgetting...
Midterm examinations will take place after winter break for the 2013-2014 school year, Head of Upper School Audrius Barzdukas said.
The Administrative Council considered moving midterm examinations from...
The Happiness Club will moderate a second schoolwide game of Assassin in the new semester, club leader Kenneth Kim ’13 said.
In the first game, which spanned the two weeks before winter break, over...
Skylar* hunched over her Spanish test in the Silent Study room, stymied by an unfamiliar vocabulary word in a free response question.
"One of the penalties of having extended time is that if you have a...
All six debaters who competed at the Golden Desert Invitational Debate Tournament in Las Vegas Feb. 2-4 made it to the elimination rounds of the tournament and five won speaker awards. Julie Engel '14...
Plastered across a set of Seaver Hall lockers, a six-foot tall photo of actor Nicholas Cage’s face turned the heads of students and teachers alike Thursday, Jan. 10. The Seaver Locker Decoration Committee...
The Happiness Club will moderate a second schoolwide game of Assassin in the new semester, club leader Kenneth Kim '13 said.
In the first game, which spanned the two weeks before winter break, over half...
Six members of the debate team have qualified for the Tournament of Champions, which will be held April 27-29 at the University of Kentucky for the top debaters in the country. This is the greatest number...
Jack Goldfisher '14 assassinated six students in the two weeks leading up to winter break, winning the schoolwide game of Assassin sponsored by the Happiness Club. Club leader Kenneth Kim '13 presented...
“It sounded like the wind was trying to rip the windows out of the wall,” Meghan Hartman’12 said.
A freshman at Barnard College, Hartman ’12 had just finished midterms when superstorm Sandy struck...
Prefect Council earned roughly $400 in its first "Monthly Meals" event Oct. 1. The money, raised by selling cheese rolls, apple strudel and chicken empanadas from Porto’s Bakery, will be used to finance...
The Prefect Council kicked off its Monthly Meals events selling cheese rolls, apple strudel and chicken empanadas from Porto's Bakery this Monday, Oct. 1. In past years, food from nearby restaurants has...
By Claire Goldsmith
More than 80 upper school students will compete in the National French Contest on March 14.
Called Le Grand Concours in French, the test is sponsored by the American Association of...
