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Colin Ho

Colin Ho, Assistant News Editor

Colin Ho ’26 is an Assistant News Editor and is in his second year working for The Chronicle. Colin is the Bass Section Leader of Chamber Singers, and enjoys making music and hanging out with friends in his free time.

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School to host exchange students 2025

Colin Ho and Erin Ryu
December 18, 2024

The school will host exchange students from Shanghai in early January in partnership with the World Leading Schools Association (WLSA) East to West Student Exchange program. The exchange...

Tuition raised to $49,700

Colin Ho, Assistant News Editor
December 18, 2024

Tuition for the 2023-2024 school year has risen to $49,700, a 6% increase from $46,900 last year. Adjusted for inflation, this is an increase of around $1,200.  Chief Financial Officer David Weil ’93...

Released nearly a decade after the original takes were made, Knight’s documentary serves as an eye-opening time capsule perspective into the life of a high schooler at the school in 2014, providing a comparison to the present-day state of the school’s academic, social and cultural communities.

Alumnus director presents 2014 time capsule documentary ‘Harvard-Westlake High’

Colin Ho, Assistant News Editor
December 18, 2024

The documentary “Harvard-Westlake High,” created and produced by  Líto Knight ’14 in his senior year at the school, was screened in Ahmanson Lecture Hall on Dec. 9. The documentary consists of...

Tuition increases by 6% from last year, nearing $50,000

Colin Ho, Assistant News Editor
December 18, 2024

Tuition for the 2023-2024 school year has risen to $49,700, a 6% increase from $46,900 last year. Adjusted for inflation, this is an increase of around $1,200. Chief Financial Officer David Weil ’93...

Senior Prefect Victor Suh speaks to attendees of the November Coffee House, which was held in Chalmers Lounge on November 11.

Students perform in November Coffee House

Colin Ho, Assistant News Editor
November 18, 2024

Senior Prefect Victor Suh speaks to attendees of the November Coffee House, which was held in Chalmers Lounge on November 11.

Students at the school discuss their opinions and reactions after the 2024 presidential election.

Students react to election results

Colin Ho and Erin Ryu
November 12, 2024

Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump was elected to be the 47th President of the United States on Nov. 5, defeating Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential...

School to replace all AP classes starting next year

Colin Ho, Assistant News Editor
November 6, 2024

Starting next school year, the administration will remove all Advanced Placement (AP) classes, following a removal of most AP humanities and art classes, Head of upper School Beth Slattery said. Slattery...

National Merit Semifinalists Named

National Merit Semifinalists Named

Colin Ho, Assistant News Editor
October 31, 2024

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) selected over 16,000 students  as National Merit Semifinalists, including 32 members of the Class of 2025. In California, students needed to achieve a...

Club leaders Amelia Chiarelli '25 and Rheanna Vradiy '25 stand together in the Quad. They both organized the booth for students to register.

Club organizes booth on Quad to register voters, promote voting

Colin Ho, Assistant News Editor
September 26, 2024

The Human Rights Watch Club ran a voter registration and pre-registration booth on the Quad during lunch on Sept. 19. Students 16 and older were able to fill out necessary forms in order to vote in future...

An elephant and donkey, representing the republican and democratic parties, face off under an "I Voted" sticker.

Backing the Ballot

Kayla Graff and Colin Ho
September 4, 2024

An elephant and donkey, representing the republican and democratic parties, face off under an "I Voted" sticker.

Worlds Debate team members pose for a photo with their trophies for placing fifth in this year’s NSDA National Tournament.

Debate places fifth at national contest

Colin Ho, Layout Assistant and Staff Writer
September 4, 2024

Worlds Schools Debate team  members Nilufer Mistry Sheasby ’24, Liv Kriger ’25 and Nate Verny ’25 placed fifth in the annual National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) National Tournament in...

Summer journalism student Vivienne Kremser Marlborough ’30 poses with "seat fillers" in the Dolby Theater on a tour.

Summer school sights stars

Even before students started investigating LA, they had brushes with fame
Summer School Staff and Colin Ho
June 20, 2024

When you attend summer school at Harvard-Westlake in Studio City, star sightings are a common occurrence. San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey was training on the track at Ted Slavin Field...

MixD club leaders Micah Parr ’25 and Nilufer Mistry Sheasby ’24 pose with club members and guest speaker Sasha Khokha. Khokha spoke about her experiences being multiracial and her new speaker series, "Mixed Race."

MixD club hosts multiracial journalist to speak about personal experiences

Colin Ho, Layout Assistant and Staff Writer
May 29, 2024

The Multiethnic Inclusion and Diversity Club (MixD) hosted Radio Host and Producer Sasha Khokha to speak about her new podcast titled “Mixed Race” in Feldman Horn on May 22. Khokha is also the host...

Rex Grube '25 gives a speech to his peers for Head Prefect elections.

Senior Prefects elected for 2024-2025 school year

Colin Ho
May 8, 2024

Marlo Beckman ’25, Gideon Evans ’25, Rex Grube ’25 and Victor Suh ’25 were elected to be Senior Prefects for the 2024-2025 school year. After 19 candidates gave speeches in Rugby Auditorium on...

Peer Support coordinators selected for 2024-2025 school year

Colin Ho, Staff Writer
April 24, 2024

Van Kamenstein ’25, Pearl Gatins ’25, and Assistant Opinion Editors Eden Conner ’25 and Hana Mehdi Williams ’25 were chosen to serve as Peer Support coordinators for the 2024-2025 school year,...

The school gathered along the Quad and viewed the solar eclipse through telescopes and solar eclipse glasses. Asher Meron '25 attempts to take a picture of the solar eclipse through a telescope.

School community views solar eclipse

Colin Ho and Eila Shokravi
April 23, 2024

Areas of the United States experienced a total solar eclipse April 8. While Los Angeles (L.A.) did not witness a total eclipse, a partial eclipse was visible. The last time a total solar eclipse was observable...

MESA club observes the Persian New Year on March 19

Colin Ho
March 20, 2024

Middle Eastern Student Student Association (MESA) hosted its annual Nowruz celebration on the Quad on March 20. Nowruz is the first day of the Persian New Year, which falls on the first day of spring and...

The annual Spring Jazz Combo Concert was held in Rugby Auditorium on Feb. 24 and Feb. 25

Jazz ensembles perform in Spring Jazz Combo Concert

Colin Ho
March 4, 2024

The annual Spring Jazz Combo Concert was held in Rugby Auditorium on Feb. 24 and Feb. 25. On the first night, Jazz Ensemble Combo #1, Jazz Rhythm Section Combo #1, and Blue Whale Combo performed. On the...

Students perform in acting showcase

Colin Ho, Layout Assistant and Staff Writer
February 13, 2024

Students in the Advanced Performance Studies class this semester performed the play “Do You Feel Anger?” by Mara Nelson-Greenberg on Jan. 20 in the Drama Lab, which now serves as a new blackbox theater....

SANAH hosts bake sale for refugee children

SANAH hosts bake sale for refugee children

Colin Ho, Layout Assistant and Staff Writer
January 4, 2024

Supporting American Newcomers At Home (SANAH), a school chapter of a program created by the non-profit Miry’s List, hosted a bake sale fundraiser Jan. 4 during lunch on the quad. All proceeds from the...

Mark Dai ’26 and Mike Dai ’26 set up their booth "Mark and Mike's Jams."

Prefect Council hosts annual Winter Market

Colin Ho, Layout Assistant and Staff Writer
December 16, 2023

Prefect Council hosted the annual Winter Market on the Quad during lunch Dec.13. Winter Market is an opportunity for faculty and student vendors to promote their small businesses and sell their products...

Senior Independent Studies

Eleven Seniors were chosen this semester to work on independent study projects. The seniors and their advisors are highlighted here.

Chloe Dolkart By Sienna Dall'Olmo Chloe Dolkart ’24 is studying the relationship between COVID-19 and developing Type 1 diabetes for her Senior Independent Study. Dolkart is working with Upper...

Choir students pose for a group photo during choir retreat outside of Feldman-Horn.

Choirs convene for annual retreat

Colin Ho, Staff Writer
October 3, 2023

Wolverine Chorus, Bel Canto and Chamber Singers convened at Saint Saviour’s Chapel from Sept. 22-23 for their choir retreat. Conventionally, the retreat takes place at a center in the San Bernardino...

Local communities report rise in COVID

Alex Lee and Colin Ho
September 21, 2023

As national COVID cases increase, the school has faced an increasing number of absences from students and faculty. According to Student Discipline and Attendance Coordinator Gabriel Preciado, four to five...

BUILDING UP A DREAM TEAM: 2023-2024 Head Fanatics Zion Otaño ’24, Lily Stambouli ’24, Annabelle Mass ’24, Ben Boateng ’25, Fiona Ryan ’25 and Boaz Maydew ’24 pose for a group photo after meeting in preparation for this year’s spirit activities at athletics games.

Head Fanatics elected for 2023-2024 year

Colin Ho
September 21, 2023

Upper school students voted for their Head Fanatics in a survey sent out by Prefect Council on Aug. 30. Prefect Council announced the election results in an email the following day. Lily Stambouli ’24,...

Newly elected senior Head Fanatic Lily Stambouli '24 cheers with the crowd at a football game during the 2022-2023 school year.

Students elect head fanatics for 2023-2024 school year

Colin Ho
September 2, 2023

Upper school students voted for their Head Fanatics in a survey sent out by Prefect Council on Aug. 30. Prefect Council announced the election results in an email the following day. Lily Stambouli ’24,...

New faculty and staff join for 2023-2024 school year

Sarah Miller: Upper School Dean By Alex Lee Sarah Miller joined the Upper School as a dean, replacing Sara Miranda, who left after three years at the school. Miller worked in college admission...

Mudd Library will be closed off until the renovation is completed in November. In the meantime, a temporary library has been created.

Mudd Library to remain closed until November amid renovation

Eden Conner and Colin Ho
August 27, 2023

Construction on Mudd Library began in June following graduation and is on schedule to be completed after Thanksgiving break in November. The renovated space will house the school’s relocated Learning...

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