When I was little it always took me an unnecessarily long time to get dressed in the morning. Not because I can claim to care about or understand fashion, but rather because I had to wait for my older...
Dressed in a classic, crisp tuxedo, world-renowned conductor Gustavo Dudamel stepped onto the stage at Walt Disney Concert Hall to conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the second installment of the Mozart/Da...
Perched atop a telephone pole in rural Vannes, France, Thomas C. Hudnut strung wires, redirecting electricity to farms that had remained virtually untouched since the 15th century.
“The lintels of the...
Kim Phuc, the "Napalm Girl," will speak to parents and students May 10 at 7:30 p.m. following the screening of a documentary about her life entitled "The Power of a Picture." The movie, presented by producers...
Former Chronicle editor-in-chief Daniel Rothberg '11, now managing editor of the USC Daily Trojan, told high school editors Sunday, March 17 how different it is to work on a college daily.
For the second...
Driving down Mulholland to school every day is second nature to those who take the route. The winds in the road are anticipated, the traffic patterns practically memorized. But on March 7 parents, students...
The Midnite Youth Theater Company from Christ Church School in Perth, Australia performed their show "Gargantua" in Rugby theater on Friday, Jan. 11 at 6 p.m. and on the middle school campus at 3:30 p.m....
Adam Zucker ’13 was taking a physics test when he was confronted with a problem involving the variable A.
After a quick twirl of his pen, he reproduced the question on a scrap piece of paper and Zucker’s...
School psychologist Dr. Sheila Siegel and Head of Upper School Audrius Barzdukas gave the second presentation in a series entitled HW Parenting 101 in the lounge on Dec. 6.
Together they answered parents’...
Director Alejandro González Iñárritu (Maria Gonzalez ’13) will discuss his career in the movie industry as the keynote speaker at the Harvard-Westlake Film Festival on March 15, 2013.
Iñárritu...
Director Alejandro González Iñárritu will speak about his experiences in the movie industry as the keynote speaker at the Harvard-Westlake Film Festival on March 15, 2013.
Iñárritu became the first...
Performing Arts teacher Christopher Moore walks out of his house carrying a tote bag stuffed with 25 translations of "The Cherry Orchard" by Anton Chekhov. He takes his car instead of his usual motorbike...
Harvard-Westlake publications won 17 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Awards for their 2011-2012 works. Of those 17, five were first place, three were second place, three were third place...
David Hoffman ’13 traveled to Jordan and Israel as part of his Junior Fellowship this summer. In Jordan, Hoffman took classes at the University of Jordan.
The primary goal of his trip was to interview...
As recipients of the Gunter-Gross Summer Fellowship both Demren Sinik ’13, who traveled to Turkey, and Jamie Chang ‘13, who traveled to South Korea, explored their countries of origin.
Sinik interviewed...
Keane Muraoka-Robertson spent two weeks studying the impact of fresh water on rural villages, local economies, and the livelihood of women in Ghana and Tanzania.
Muraoka-Robertson was able to visit locals’...
Laurel Wayne ’13 worked closely with the first female trumpet player to ever hold a principal position in an orchestra, Anne McAneney, in order to improve her playing and "rebuild a stronger foundation."
In...
David Lim ‘13 went on a 12 day trip to Italy to connect art and architecture with their political and literary context.
The trip mostly consisted of visits to ancient Roman sites such as the Colosseum,...
Singer Claire Nordstrom ’15 released her first single "Yet…" last week.
The song was one of several that she wrote herself in January, after receiving a ukulele as a present.
Nordstrom spent several...
Jose Morales’ ’13 recent interest in art and architecture led him to study the architecture of Antoni Gaudi for two weeks over the summer in Barcelona.
"I think it’s really interesting how an architect...
Jordan Elist ’13 spent two weeks meeting with schools, clubs, and camps in Barcelona and Madrid to talk about his non-profit organization, Save a Bottle, Save a Life. Elist also discussed the importance...
