Advanced Dance II students, guest performers and faculty danced in response to recent global events at the Upper School Dance Concert from March 3 to 5 in the Rugby Theater.
"In difficult times, we need...
Justin Carr’s Dare to Dream Workshops and Black Leadership, Awareness and Culture Club will hold the first ever jog-a-thon Friday honoring Justin Carr '14 to raise money for the Justin Carr Wants World...
No longer willing to put up with being bullied in preschool and elementary school, Kathryn Tian ’17 and her family looked to martial arts as a way for her to defend herself when she was seven years old.
“One...
When Chris* ’17 received an email from Chaplain J. Young requesting a meeting, his stomach dropped. He didn’t know why Young wanted to see him.
"I’d had an issue with my friend, who did not once...
“Harvard-Westlake is a diverse and inclusive community.”
Many would argue for an amendment to this famous line of our school’s mission statement -- “Harvard-Westlake is supposed to be a diverse...
When Dharan Kumar ’16 was lying in his hospital bed the day after open heart surgery, the last thing he expected to see was an anonymous compliment on his Facebook wall wishing him a speedy recovery.
"I...
The Athlete: Lindsey Tse ’16
Lindsey Tse '16 will attend Emory University in the fall, and while she applied undeclared, she plans to major in something science-related. Emory was her first-choice school,...
History teacher Drew Maddock has fulfilled his various interests throughout his life. He was arrested in communist Czechoslovakia, got “clean for Gene” while campaigning for Senator Eugene McCarthy...
A junior at a Los Angeles area high school, Zaria* remembers how her mother used to measure her waist and compare it to her own.
"If we were close, she would be really excited," Zaria said. "I thought...
Every morning to jumpstart her day Alyse Tran ’18 opens her refrigerator and pulls out mulberries, matcha powder and maca powder to blend her superfood smoothie, which she says instantly wakes her up...
Gabriel Jenkinson ‘16 was one of the top five competitors in this year’s game of Assassin until his killer snuck past his friends, who were acting as bodyguards, and "shot" him in the back.
Although...
Students in Video Art I, II and III classes attended a studio shoot for Jason Reitman’s ’95 Hulu comedy "Casual" April 23 at Tamarack Studios in Sun Valley.
Reitman invited students to his set to see...
The upper and middle school choir programs performed for each other at the "Winter Sing in the Bing" on Jan. 9 in the Saperstein Theatre.
They later sang together for all-women’s, all-men’s and combined...
Claire Nordstrom ’15 and Jensen McRae ’15 attended Grammy Camp, a 10-day music intensive camp for a variety of musical studies, at USC this summer. Both girls focused on songwriting at the program,...
