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Photo Gallery: Celebrating 22 years of Westflix through photographs
Photo Gallery: Celebrating 22 years of Westflix through photographs
Bear Boxes Club hosts book drive
COURSE GUIDE: Prefect Council organized the annual academic fair to help students navigate course selections for the upcoming school year.
Prefect Council hosts academic fair to showcase course offerings
RAISING AWARNESS: The Justin Carr Foundation conducted free heart screenings at the school, raising critical awareness about sudden cardiac arrest. The event honors Justin Carr’s memory and aims to protect student-athletes through early detection and community education.
Free heart screenings in Taper honor Justin Carr and raise awareness for student-athlete health
Head of School Laura Ross poses with Santa Monica and Malibu School District Superintendent Antonio Shelton.
District Superintendent visits Directed Study class
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?
Holiday shopping in Sportsmen’s Lodge offers an opportunity to browse stores, buy gifts, and enjoy the wintertime ambience.
Holiday Guide in Los Angeles
Coldwater Canyon Ave. is undergoing maintenance again and is set to finish by November 2025. The street's last roadwork project was in 2023 after a water breakage. Just like with the construction in 2023, the increased traffic and congestion has hindered students' and faculty's commute despite them taking alternate routes.
Roadwork on Coldwater Canyon to finish by 2025
Staff Editorial: Select What You Love
Staff Editorial: Select What You Love
Illustration by Annabelle Cheung
Take initiatives to decrease obesity rates
Illustration by Annabelle Cheung
Continue semester classes
Illustration by Annabelle Cheung
It is time to start fighting climate change
Pick Up Your Console
Pick Up Your Console
Asking for Letters of Recommendation: Your Foolproof Template
A Valentine’s Day Gift Giving Guide
A Valentine’s Day Gift Giving Guide
The Official Club Fair Guide
Head Prefect Predictions
The Official Chronicle Curriculum Guide 3
Soul Provider
Soul Provider
Coming Around to Coming out: How LGBTQ+ Students Find Acceptance and Community
Coming Around to Coming out: How LGBTQ+ Students Find Acceptance and Community
Better Than the Movies: Alumni Couples
Better Than the Movies: Alumni Couples
Lost in Translation: Exploring Language Loss Among Generations of Immigrant Families
Lost in Translation: Exploring Language Loss Among Generations of Immigrant Families
Illustrated by Iris Chung
Wanna Bet: The Rise of Campus Gambling
Illustration by Annabelle Cheung
Paddington’s adventures in Peru
Choir performs songs for competition, recital
Presentations Managing Editor William Liu ’25 performs Camille Saint-Saëns' “Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso.”
Symphony hosts spring concert
Summer Park ’27 performs a solo piece to “Running Up That Hill.” Other dance pieces included genres of hip-hop, soft rock, and other contemporary works. Dancers choreographed 8 dances themselves.
Students in dance class perform in spring showcase themed “Time”
Illustration by Annabelle Cheung
“Alligator Bites Never Heals:” leaving a mark
Printed with Permission of Savvy Mahoney
Wolverines Only: Savvy Mahoney
Seniors Lead Championships Follow
Striker Cole Grossman '25 fights over a ball with a Jurupa Hills defender.
Photo Gallery: Boys soccer brings home first CIF-SS championship in school history
ON THE MOVE: Amir Jones ’26 dribbles past a defender during the Mission Leage Championship game Feb. 5 at home. The boys basketball team secured their seventh consecutive league title and ended their season with a 24-1 record. The team now prepares to faceoff in the first round of playoffs.
Boys basketball wins seventh straight Mission League title before advancing to CIF playoffs
Girls water polo wins league
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Eila Shokravi

Eila Shokravi, Assistant Opinion Editor

Eila Shokravi ‘26 is an Assistant Opinions Editor and is in her second year writing for The Chronicle. Eila co-founded a non-profit film organization, FilmFocus, and has run it for over a year now. In her free time Eila enjoys sewing, pottery, and creative writing.

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Photo Gallery: Celebrating 22 years of Westflix through photographs

Eila Shokravi, Assistant Opinions Editor
March 19, 2025

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Under Control: Dealing with Menstruation

Kayla Graff and Eila Shokravi
March 19, 2025

Illustration by Annabelle Cheung

Halloween should embrace innocence

Eila Shokravi, Assistant Opinions Editor
November 1, 2024

About a year ago, the administration sent an email to all Upper School students warning them to be careful attending Halloween parties because of the increase in teenage overdoses due to alcohol and drugs...

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...

The HW-INC Team meets once a week from 3:15-4:15 PM to work on their yearly summer program.

HW Inc Seeks New Applicants

Eila Shokravi, Layout Assistant and Staff Writer
September 23, 2023

HW Inc sent out applications for students to join their leadership team Sept. 15. The program is a one-week entrepreneurship summer camp, and the leadership team meets once a week to plan logistics. Applications...

Renowned film director David Fincher speaks at Westflix, alongside Festival Director Jasmine Sorgen ’25. The film celebration event took place at the Paramount Theater on Saturday, March 15.

22nd annual film festival Westflix celebrates student films, producers

Eila Shokravi and Chloe Kim
March 19, 2025

The 22nd Annual Westflix Film Festival took place at Paramount Theatre March 15. Westflix is a student-run film festival sponsored by the school that invites student filmmakers across Los Angeles to submit...

Decisions on Display

Decisions on Display

Faculty and alumni discuss the pressure put on seniors by social media accounts and school traditions during college admissions.
Andrea Ricabal and Eila Shokravi
December 18, 2024

When Eric Vartany ’24’s older sister graduated from the Upper School in 2018, she told him about the unwritten rule of college applications: don’t talk about them. Back then, most students shared...

Graphic Design classes hosted the first "School's Out For The Summer" Flea Market on the Feldman Horn Quad on May 24.

Graphic Design Class hosts Flea Market

Eila Shokravi
May 30, 2024

Graphic Design classes hosted the first "School's Out For The Summer" Flea Market on the Feldman Horn Quad on May 24. Graphic Design students sold and displayed the merchandise they made during the school...

Varsity girls' golf wins the Mid-Season tournament for the second year in a row and breaks school records.

Girls’ Golf Wins Mid-Season Tournament

Eila Shokravi, Layout Assistant and Staff Writer
September 28, 2023

Girls Golf Wins Mid-Season Tournament After achieving second place in the Lady Mustang Invitational, the varsity girls' golf team won the Mid-Season tournament on Tuesday, Sept. 26. The varsity girls’...

Illustration by Annabelle Cheung

Take initiatives to decrease obesity rates

Eila Shokravi, Assistant Opinions Editor
March 19, 2025

During Super Bowl LIX, I found myself paying as much attention to the ads during the commercial breaks as I did to the game itself. Many of the commercials were about weight loss alternatives and body...

Illustration by Annabelle Cheung

Los Angeles is unfit to host the Olympics

Eila Shokravi, Assistant Opinion Editor
February 18, 2025

Watching the news the past month, I have begun to question what the future of Los Angeles may look like. On the news I see endless traffic, thousands of homes burnt down and the inefficacy of public transportation....

Illustration by Eva Park

The Inefficacy of Corporate Environmentalism

Eila Shokravi and Olivia Phillips
September 25, 2024

One afternoon day, I suddenly began to taste distinct notes of paper blended in with the sweet caramel of my frappuccino. The drink itself, which had tasted delicious just minutes ago, was now inaccessible...

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...

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