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Photo by Emma Spencer Photo Illustration by Kaelyn Bowers

Don’t Lose Focus

Gabi Berchtold
January 10, 2018

Emma Spencer ’18 led her Photography III class in creating a photography show focused on the Vietnam War, those who were involved in it and the effects it continues to have on the U.S. to this day. The...

Singing Outside the Box

Singing Outside the Box

Gabi Berchtold
November 20, 2017

It is a typical seventh period, but the students eating lunch on the quad see an unusual sight: the members of Bel Canto cross the quad and climb the stairs to Feldman-Horn. Instead of practicing in the...

The performing arts department welcomes acclaimed conductor and singer Zanaida Robles as the new upper school choir conductor.

On Another Note

Kaelyn Bowers and Gabi Berchtold
August 31, 2017

Zanaida Robles will replace Eric Gault as the new Upper School choir conductor. Before Harvard-Westlake, Robles received awards including the University of Southern California’s Symposium Fellowship,...

Peer Support chooses coordinators, trainees

Gabi Berchtold
June 2, 2017

Upper school psychologist and Peer Support Program Head Luba Bek announced coordinators and trainees for the 2017-2018 school year April 24 and May 19, respectively. Axel Rivera de Leon ’18, Charlotte...

Alumni exhibit photographs

Gabi Berchtold
April 26, 2017

The Decades photography exhibit opened April 24 and features the work of three alumni from three different decades, Art Streiber '80, Michele Asselin '90 and Matt Sayles '00. The exhibit features each...

Playwrights cast list announced

Gabi Berchtold
March 22, 2017

Playwrights Festival producer and performing arts teacher Christopher Moore announced the cast list for 12 plays that comprise the 2017 Playwrights Festival. The cast list is as follows: PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL...

Refugee film maker speaks to visual arts students

Gabi Berchtold
February 17, 2017

Khadim Dai, a Hazara refugee, visited visual arts classes to talk about his life as a refugee and his career as a filmographer documenting his own struggle and that of others. Dai was born in Afghanistan,...

Capturing Culture

Gabi Berchtold
January 11, 2017

A 10-year-old Arianna Shooshani ’18 borrowed her mom’s DSLR camera and ventured into her backyard. There, she played with the settings and shot images of the plants and objects around her. Shooshani...

Will Granger ’18, Charles Flippen ’18 and Kevin Wesel ’17 (left to right) laugh as they reflect on their Peer Support training session. Mark Rosner spoke to the team.

Professional trains group peer leaders

Gabi Berchtold
November 23, 2016

Peer Support trainees and leaders participated in a training event at the Upper School on Nov. 19. The four hour event featured Mark Rosner, the director of the Council in Schools program at the Ojai Foundation,...

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