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Teacher’s pet

Elly Choi
June 1, 2018

During the hardest times at Harvard-Westlake, small moments with my best friends would get me through the day. In seventh grade, when I received my first 56 percent on an Algebra I test, my coolest best...

Track and Field sees early victories

Elly Choi
March 26, 2017

The girls’ and boys’ track and field teams have started off the season strong and are currently 3-1 and 4-2 respectively, though the girls' team is significantly smaller. Although there are a changes...

Track and Field remains undefeated in league

Elly Choi
March 16, 2017

Continuing its winning streak, the boys' and girls' track and field teams defeated St. Francis 77-49 and FSHA 81-42, respectively, March 14. The team has remained strong from the beginning, and there...

Track and Field opens season with wins

Elly Choi
March 2, 2017

The boys’ and girls' track and field teams started the 2017 season strong, opening with the boys defeating Crespi 89-32 and the girls defeating Louisville 66-54. The large difference in points against...

Playoff Preview: Girls’ soccer vs. Huntington Beach

Elly Choi
February 13, 2017

After winning the Mission League Championship for the sixth consecutive time, the girls’ soccer team is looking to make sure that they do not lose in the playoffs in a penalty kick shootout and go...

Wolverines win Mission League on Senior Night

Elly Choi
February 6, 2017

After defeating the Marlborough Mustangs 6-1, on Senior Night, the girls’ soccer team is first in league. This win marks the sixth consecutive Mission League title for the squad. Bridget Stokdyk ’18...

Forward Paige Howard ’17 chases the ball during the team’s 3-2 victory over Newbury Park last season. Credit: Credit Marx/Chronicle

Team opens season with strong play

Elly Choi
January 11, 2017

The girls’ soccer team started off the season with a win against Palos Verdes, one of their top rivals, in the Beckman tournament on Nov. 29. The squad won all four of its matches in the tournament,...

Squad notches second straight victory

Elly Choi
December 8, 2016

The girls’ soccer team played the first non-tournament game of the season on Dec. 6 against Oaks Christian. Although there were no goals scored during the first half of the match, the Wolverines were...

Amanda Chan ’19 hits a backhand  in last season’s  13-5 victory over Notre Dame on Oct. 1

Squad prepares for new season

Elly Choi
September 1, 2016

Though only six players will return to the girls' tennis team, the team hopes to advance into the finals again and this time, go all the way. Last season, the girls' tennis team broke every school record...

Ben Hallock '16 attempts to score for a league game. Hallock was Male Athlete of the Year and was selected for the U.S. Olympic Men's Water Polo team. Credit: Henry Vogel/Chronicle

Hallock named to U.S. Olympic water polo team

Elly Choi
July 7, 2016

Center Ben Hallock '16 will be a part of the 13-player roster for the U.S. water polo team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in August. Head Coach Dejan Udovicic announced the team July 7...

Pittsburgh Pirates draft alumnus

Elly Choi
July 4, 2016

The Pittsburgh Pirates selected catcher Arden Pabst '13  in the 12th round of the Major League Baseball Draft June 10 after his three years of playing for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Pabst threw...

Softball falls in playoff loss

Elly Choi
May 30, 2016

After defeating Montclair High School 7-6 on May 17, the softball team fought its way into the first round of the CIF playoffs. However, the girls’ season came to an end in a tough loss on May 19 against...

Science Bowl elects leaders for next year

Elly Choi
May 27, 2016

The Science Bowl elected new leaders for the 2016-2017 year. Johnny Berman ’17 and Nomi Ringach ’17 were elected by club members after filling out a candidate statement. Members meet Wednesdays and...

MS Orchestra performs concert May 6

Elly Choi
May 4, 2016

The Spring Instrumental Music Concert at Saperstein Theater on May 6 will be the last concert of the year for the Middle School ensembles. The concert will highlight the skills that the ensembles have...

Musicians to perform last concert

Elly Choi
April 29, 2016

The Spring Instrumental Music Concert at Saperstein Theater on May 6 will be the last concert of the year for the Middle School ensembles. The concert will highlight the skills the ensembles have worked...

Girls’ softball starts season strong

Elly Choi
March 13, 2016

With a change in leadership in the softball program, the squad started off its season with a 2-2 record. After previous head softball coach Claire Rietmann-Grout stepped down from her coaching duties...

Kimura ’18 learns the kendama

Kimura ’18 learns the kendama

Elly Choi
March 11, 2016

No matter how many times Yusuke Kimura ’18 repeated the same bend of the knees and slight flick of the wrist, he could not get the wooden ball onto the spike. This was one of the times he felt like...

Math competition draws low turnout

Elly Choi
February 13, 2016

Students took the American Math Competition exam Feb. 2 during first and second period in the Chalmers lounge. This year, 53 students in total took the AMC 10 and 12. Last year, 98 students took the test. “This...

Girls’ Golf Team starts season strong

Elly Choi
October 7, 2015

The girls' golf team has continued its strong season and is currently 3-1. This record includes a win of 214-227 against Notre Dame High School, the only school to beat the team last year. The team's...

Team hopes to benefit from deeper, more experienced roster

Elly Choi
September 1, 2015

The varsity girls’ golf team will start off their season against Marymount with two seniors Vivian Lin ’16 and Lauren Song ’16 leading them. The team believes that with this advantage, their dynamic...

Chelsea Stewart: Science

Elly Choi
September 1, 2015

Chelsea Stewart will join the upper school science department and teach chemistry this year after instructing Pharmaceutical Biochemistry to graduate students at the University of California, San Diego. Stewart...

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