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Prefect council hosts annual Halloween costume contest
The History Department and Armenian Club hosted historian Taner Akçam, who gave a lecture on the Armenian Genocide in Ahmanson Lecture Hall on April 11.
History Department, Armenian Club hosts historian for Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day
Jewish Club hosted Liz Hirsh Naftali, an activist who shared the story of her great-niece, Abigail Mor Edan, a hostage and survivor of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.
Activist shares story of Oct. 7 survivor in Jewish Club speaker event
South Asian Student Alliance (SASA) hosted their Holi celebration during the field day.
Prefect Council hosts Spring Field Day
Photo Gallery: Celebrating 22 years of Westflix through photographs
Photo Gallery: Celebrating 22 years of Westflix through photographs
Coast-to-Coast offers summer opportunities at fair
Coast-to-Coast offers summer opportunities at fair
Restaurant Lemonade closes Studio City location
Restaurant Lemonade closes Studio City location
A structure fire broke out internally at 4132 Vanetta Place and spread up the Sunswept hillside to a neighboring four-story building.
What happened at the Sunswept Fire?
Holiday shopping in Sportsmen’s Lodge offers an opportunity to browse stores, buy gifts, and enjoy the wintertime ambience.
Holiday Guide in Los Angeles
Coldwater Canyon Ave. is undergoing maintenance again and is set to finish by November 2025. The street's last roadwork project was in 2023 after a water breakage. Just like with the construction in 2023, the increased traffic and congestion has hindered students' and faculty's commute despite them taking alternate routes.
Roadwork on Coldwater Canyon to finish by 2025
Staff Editorial: Select What You Love
Staff Editorial: Select What You Love
Illustration by Annabelle Cheung
Take initiatives to decrease obesity rates
Illustration by Annabelle Cheung
Continue semester classes
Illustration by Annabelle Cheung
It is time to start fighting climate change
Pick Up Your Console
Pick Up Your Console
Asking for Letters of Recommendation: Your Foolproof Template
A Valentine’s Day Gift Giving Guide
A Valentine’s Day Gift Giving Guide
The Official Club Fair Guide
Head Prefect Predictions
The Official Chronicle Curriculum Guide 3
Personality Profile: Adam Varney
Personality Profile: Adam Varney
Soul Provider
Soul Provider
Coming Around to Coming out: How LGBTQ+ Students Find Acceptance and Community
Coming Around to Coming out: How LGBTQ+ Students Find Acceptance and Community
Better Than the Movies: Alumni Couples
Better Than the Movies: Alumni Couples
Lost in Translation: Exploring Language Loss Among Generations of Immigrant Families
Lost in Translation: Exploring Language Loss Among Generations of Immigrant Families
Illustration by Annabelle Cheung
Paddington’s adventures in Peru
Choir performs songs for competition, recital
Presentations Managing Editor William Liu ’25 performs Camille Saint-Saëns' “Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso.”
Symphony hosts spring concert
Summer Park ’27 performs a solo piece to “Running Up That Hill.” Other dance pieces included genres of hip-hop, soft rock, and other contemporary works. Dancers choreographed 8 dances themselves.
Students in dance class perform in spring showcase themed “Time”
Illustration by Annabelle Cheung
“Alligator Bites Never Heals:” leaving a mark
Printed with Permission of Savvy Mahoney
Wolverines Only: Savvy Mahoney
Seniors Lead Championships Follow
Striker Cole Grossman '25 fights over a ball with a Jurupa Hills defender.
Photo Gallery: Boys soccer brings home first CIF-SS championship in school history
ON THE MOVE: Amir Jones ’26 dribbles past a defender during the Mission Leage Championship game Feb. 5 at home. The boys basketball team secured their seventh consecutive league title and ended their season with a 24-1 record. The team now prepares to faceoff in the first round of playoffs.
Boys basketball wins seventh straight Mission League title before advancing to CIF playoffs
Girls water polo wins league
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Restaurant Lemonade closes Studio City location

Restaurant Lemonade closes Studio City location

Hailey Kramar, Layout Assistant and Staff Writer
March 19, 2025

Lemonade, a restaurant on Ventura Blvd. 1.1 miles away from school,permanently closed March 12. A sign on the door reads “Thank you Studio City. It has been our honor and pleasure to serve this neighborhood...

Passion vs. Pressure: How Students Are Forced to Sacrifice Hobbies for College Applications

The school community reflects on the culture and impacts of tailoring student narratives to appeal to college admissions.
Hailey Kramar and Erin Ryu
September 4, 2024

Dripping in sweat with multiple bags in hand, Sarah Parmet ’25 rushes up the stairs to Rugby Auditorium after her cheer practice, barely making it in time for rehearsal  for the upcoming musical. Her...

Mind Over Matter

Athletes reflect on their superstitions in sports.
Hailey Kramar, Layout Assistant and Staff Writer
January 25, 2025

Every Friday night, the lights are blinding, the stands are packed with peers and the cheers all around are amped up. The referee reaches for his whistle and the piercing shriek rings - the game...

Sexism stole the Presidency from Kamala Harris

Hailey Kramar, Staff Writer
November 25, 2024

As we reflect on the 2024 United States presidential election, a disturbing force simmered beneath the surface: blatant misogyny. Throughout the election cycle, Kamala Harris was the subject of misogyny...

Cheng is aiming to create a website to explain game theory to the public for his Senior Independent Study.

Senior Independent Study: Hugh Cheng

Hailey Kramar, Layout Assistant and Staff Writer
December 18, 2024

Hugh Cheng ’25 is studying game theory and attempting to create an interactive website to explain game theory, a concept in economics, to the masses for his Senior Independent Study. Cheng said game...

How 9/11 Shaped Our Words: Students Learn the Power of Hate Speech

Mandatory Senior and Sophomore assembly on the Sept 11 attacks and Hate Speech.
Hailey Kramar
September 16, 2024

Senior and sophomores attended a mandatory assembly that focused on the Sept. 11 attacks and the ramifications of hate speech following the terrorist attacks. Upper school Coordinator of Diversity, Equity...

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