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Award Recipients announced
SCHOLAR SPOTLIGHT: Dashiell Sparks ’26 stands among other recipients after earning a highly selective Posse Foundation scholarship.
Dashiell Sparks ’26 receives award
FROM GOALS TO GOLD: During the final Community Time all-school assembly, varsity girls volleyball and varsity girls field hockey teams
Varsity girls volleyball and field hockey win championships and receive rings at assembly
Rees Pugh: Performing Arts
Rees Pugh: Performing Arts
Haley Hicks: Faculty
Haley Hicks: Faculty
LINGERING FLAMES: Community members hold signs and gather in memory one year after the Palisades Fire as frustration and grief continues.
‘They let us burn’: Reactions to post-Palisades fire protest
WAVES OF FREEDOM: Protestors stretched a massive Iranian flag across the streets of Westwood on Jan. 11, as crowds gather to oppose Iran’s current regime. The demonstration
People meet in Westwood to protest Islamic regime
Coast-to-Coast offers summer opportunities at fair
Coast-to-Coast offers summer opportunities at fair
Restaurant Lemonade closes Studio City location
Restaurant Lemonade closes Studio City location
A structure fire broke out internally at 4132 Vanetta Place and spread up the Sunswept hillside to a neighboring four-story building.
What happened at the Sunswept Fire?
Lunch waste tells a larger story: schools serve sustainability, then trash it.
The Kramar Lens: Improve Sustainability in the Cafeteria
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David Rothbart: My Special Place
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Kayla Graff: When I Almost Walked Away
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Lyla Kavanagh: Openheartedness
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Audrey Kim: The Side Quests Matter
Lunch waste tells a larger story: schools serve sustainability, then trash it.
The Kramar Lens: Improve Sustainability in the Cafeteria
Students scale democracy’s dome, learning power through advocacy and persistence.
The Kramar Lens: When the Bill Died, the Real Lesson Began
Plastic flames warm bodies while inequality poisons vulnerable communities’ lungs
The Kramar Lens: Inhaling Inequality, The Human Cost of Microplastics
Wanted: Em Dashes—Alive, Defiant, Expanding Thought Beyond Grammatical Borders Conventions
The Kramar Lens: Who gives a f_ about an em dash?
When politics pierces science, public trust shatters along with integrity.
The Kramar Lens: Keep politics out of science protect and preserve the CDC’s integrity
What your university decision says about you
The Unofficial Curriculum Guide 4: A New Hope
Chron-Clave: Selecting New Editors
Chron-Clave: Selecting New Editors
Guest speakers we actually want to see
Guest speakers we actually want to see
Asking for Letters of Recommendation: Your Foolproof Template
Lucas Schlumberger '28 holds up a flower.
The Beginning of The Holloway: A Reflection and Foreword
An illustration that expands on a pack of Marlboro cigarettes.
Back in the Pack
On Display
On Display
Mother and son reaching out to each other from opposite sides.
Living with the Ribbon
Financial aid student notices from afar the higher-quality clothes and privilege of her more affluent peers.
The Class Divide
An illustration of a Daily News newspaper that has been discontinued.
The Media Monopoly
Jeff Bezos Should Be Allowed to Co-Chair the Met Gala
Jeff Bezos Should Be Allowed to Co-Chair the Met Gala
Senior Superlatives
Senior Superlatives
Jeff Bezos Should Not Co-Chair the Met Gala
Jeff Bezos Should Not Co-Chair the Met Gala
Cutting Deep: the Stone-cutters Collective releases its Spring 2025-2026 Issue
Cutting Deep: the Stone-cutters Collective releases its Spring 2025-2026 Issue
Charles Abemayor '26 sprints on the track to finish a race
Wolverines Only
Jason Collins' senior yearbook photo.
Remembering the Impact and Legacy of Jason Collins ’97
Softball team finishes their season with a record of 11-11 campaign
Softball team finishes their season with a record of 11-11 campaign
Track and field ends season strong
Baseball team prepares for upcoming playoff push
Baseball team prepares for upcoming playoff push
Lucas Schlumberger '28 holds up a flower.
The Beginning of The Holloway: A Reflection and Foreword
Weighing the impact: Evaluating the costs and benefits of beaver reintroduction
Aerial view over two walruses on an ice floe in front of Kvitøya (White Island) in the Svalbard Archipelago.
Silent Safeguard: The Permafrost is melting, what does this mean?
A tire rests on the dry bed of Lake Mendocino in Ukiah, California.
From wetlands to dry land: Drought and water risk in California
A photo of a vibrant rose at the Descanso Gardens, La Cañada Flintridge.
A guide to understanding SoCal’s native flora: How to incorporate them into your gardens
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Colin Ho

Colin Ho, Assistant News Editor

Colin Ho ’26 is a Print Managing Editor and Digital Managing Editor and is in his third year working for The Chronicle. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Culture for Haute-line, HW Media’s Fashion Magazine. Colin is the President of Chamber Singers, a member of Jazz Singers and enjoys making music and hanging out with friends in his free time.

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Colin Ho: Learning to Take the Scenic Route

Colin Ho, Print Managing Editor
May 28, 2026

On the walls of my room hang countless maps, license plates and street signs from various regions of the world. Alongside them hang maps of fake cities that I have created, drawn on lined paper that I...

Global Affairs Club hosts LAWAC for AI discussion

Global Affairs Club hosts LAWAC for AI discussion

Colin Ho, Assistant News Editor
May 8, 2025

The Global Affairs Club hosted the Los Angeles World Affairs Council (LAWAC) on campus in a forum in Ahmanson Lecture Hall on April 25. The discussion, titled “The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI),”...

HW Media students attend journalism competition

Colin Ho, Assistant News Editor
March 11, 2025

Seven HW Media students attended the annual Los Angeles Journalism Education Association (LAJEA) Regional Write-Offs at California State University, Northridge on Feb. 22. Five students placed in the top...

HWCCC holds Chinese New Year Banquet

Colin Ho
March 5, 2025

Students and faculty gathered at the Skirball Center for the annual Harvard-Westlake Chinese Cultural Club (HWCCC) Chinese New Year Banquet, celebrating the Year of the Snake on Feb. 23. Each Chinese language...

Tuition raised to $49,700

Colin Ho, Assistant News Editor
December 18, 2024

Tuition for the 2024-2025 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...

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...

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...

Students perform in acting showcase

Colin Ho, Layout Assistant and Staff Writer
February 14, 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.
Sienna Dall’Olmo, Erin Ryu, Everett Lakey, Colin Ho, Nathan Wang, Audrey Kim, Alex Lee, Max Turetzky, Justin Tang, Lydia Gugsa, and Eila Shokravi
November 15, 2023

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,...

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