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Take a listen to a Harvard-Westlake mixtape

Elizabeth Madden
May 28, 2014

I’ve been known to give the people I love mixtapes as gifts over the years, and I thought the only fitting way for me to leave Harvard-Westlake was to dedicate a mixtape to it. So, Harvard-Westlake,...

2 teachers win India Fellowship

Elizabeth Madden
April 30, 2014

Two members of the faculty have been awarded the India Exploration and Immersion Faculty Fellowship sponsored by the Cultural Heritage and Arts of India Club and the Gunter-Gross Asia Initiative. Visual...

Not another wake-up call

Elizabeth Madden
November 13, 2013

She wasn’t answering her phone. I found out about the Los Angeles International Airport shooting at school, when I heard classmates talking about it in the lounge. I immediately picked up my cell phone...

Senior to star in independent film about golf, coach-player dynamics

Elizabeth Madden
November 13, 2013

Bakari Bolden ’14 has taken his golf prowess to the big screen. Bolden has been acting in a feature film for the past two weeks in Palm Springs and will be filming until Nov. 20, he said. The movie,...

Leaving junior year behind

Elizabeth Madden
May 29, 2013

Springtime has always been associated with renewal and rebirth. The days get longer, the flowers begin blooming, and animals come out of hibernation. But for students, springtime primarily signifies another...

LA Times reporter speaks to The Chronicle

Elizabeth Madden
May 29, 2013

Award-winning Los Angeles Times staff writer Kurt Streeter told Chronicle classes about his writing process and career in journalism on Tuesday. Streeter, who has been working at the LA Times since 1998,...

Let actions be the determining factor

Elizabeth Madden
April 25, 2013

As my family and I were watching the terror of the Boston bombings and the subsequent manhunt for the one living suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, unfold on television, I kept hearing the same thing over and...

Artist wins national silver medal for glass sculpture

Elizabeth Madden
April 24, 2013

Bea DyBuncio ’13 won a silver medal for her glass sculpture at the National Scholastic Art and Writing Competition in April. The piece, entitled "Ice," first won a gold key at the Regional Scholastic...

Apparel, signs sold to honor Carr ’14

Elizabeth Madden
April 24, 2013

The Black Leadership Awareness and Culture Club sold apparel and car signs to raise money for the Justin Carr Memorial Fund throughout last week. The organization sold T-shirts that featured a silhouette...

Something untraditional: take a gap year

Elizabeth Madden
March 13, 2013

As I was doing my homework in my room after school last week, I heard my dad call from downstairs, a grave seriousness marking his usually jovial tone. "Elizabeth! Your mom and I need to talk to you." "Oh...

Jazz performs in Vibrato Recording Studio

Elizabeth Madden
February 13, 2013

Jazz Band recorded a compilation of songs Jan. 12 in order to enter a competition to be featured in the Next Generation Monterey Jazz Festival. The festival will take place April 5-7. It will include performances...

Actor performs poetry

Elizabeth Madden
February 13, 2013

Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who is best known for playing Theo in "The Cosby Show," hosted a Jazz Night and Poetry Lounge on Feb. 8, sponsored by the African-American Alumni Association in honor of Black...

Students to perform ‘Cherry Orchard’ for winter production

Elizabeth Madden
January 28, 2013

A cast of 22 students will perform in Russian playwright Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" in Rugby Auditorium, Feb. 8-10. Director of the Theater Program Chris Moore is directing the production, which...

Applicants to make gingerbread houses

Elizabeth Madden
December 19, 2012

The Admission Office will hold an event for prospective female applicants and their parents at the Middle School campus tomorrow, Director of Admission Elizabeth Gregory said. The applicants will decorate...

Instagram: Worth 1,000 Words

Elizabeth Madden
December 19, 2012

Linda* ’13 snaps a photo on her black iPhone 4S of her new puppy, and immediately sends the photo to her friends, asking, "Is this cute enough to Instagram?" Instagram, a popular photo-sharing application...

latkes

Elizabeth Madden
December 11, 2012

Superstorm Sandy shuts down colleges across the Northeast

Elizabeth Madden
November 7, 2012

“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...

Summer camp dreams up massaging backpack

Elizabeth Madden
November 7, 2012

Michael Gromis ’13 embedded a set of massaging motors in a soft pad, attaching the entire piece to a simple Jansport backpack. Putting the hybrid on his back, he activated the motors. The ‘ssage Pack...

Taiwanese educators observe curriculum

Elizabeth Madden
October 11, 2012

Administrators from the Taipei American School visited Harvard-Westlake in September to study its curriculum and teaching styles on their way to an educational conference in San Diego. The visitors from...

Deans re-emphasize dress code

Elizabeth Madden
October 11, 2012

Dean Beth Slattery warned girls during sophomore, junior and senior class meetings that they would be forced to wear a sweat suit or go home to change if they continued coming to school wearing scant clothing. The...

Coldwater Canyon entrances re-open, Hacienda Drive closure restricts left turns

Elizabeth Madden
October 10, 2012

Students can no longer turn left onto Hacienda Drive from Coldwater Canyon due to construction, but two entrances have been opened to ease the flow of traffic. The main gate at Harvard-Westlake Driveway...

Dance teacher ties knot with alum in beach wedding

Elizabeth Madden
September 5, 2012

Father J. Young officiated at the wedding of upper school dance teacher Katie Lowry- Chang ’99 and Will Chang ’97, Aug. 4. Lowry-Chang first met her husband in seventh grade. She was best friends with...

New editors to take charge of yearbook

Elizabeth Madden
September 5, 2012

Emily Persky ’13 and Alex Ravan ’13 will serve as editors-in-chief of this year’s edition of Vox Populi. "Alex is our technical expert, and Emily’s expertise is leadership," yearbook adviser Jennifer...

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