The administration has changed the teacher hiring and promotion process, created a Diversity Task Force and increased the school’s financial aid budget to follow through with its goal of creating a more...

The administration will look to diversify the faculty and conduct a climate assessment in the future as a result of a joint meeting between President Rick Commons, Head of School Jeanne Huybrechts and...

  President Rick Commons invested this year’s senior prefects during the Opening Convocation Aug. 31, where head prefects Grace Pan ’16 and Hunter Brookman ’16 instructed the student body...

President Rick Commons introduced six visions meant to fulfill the mission statement in the next three to five years at the annual faculty meeting Aug. 25. "Mission is generational — we hope the new...

Two doubles teams and two singles players from the boys' tennis team reached the finals of Mission League Individuals, qualifying for CIF Individuals where one doubles team reached the quarterfinals. Michael...

The class of 2015 celebrated commencement with speeches from Salutatorian JJ Woronoff '15 and Valedictorian Amelia Miller '15. Covi Brannan '15 was honored with the Veritas award and Garrett Robinson...

The boys’ tennis team suffered a 14-4 defeat to Los Alamitos in the finals of the CIF-SS Division I Playoffs May 22 at the Claremont Club. After an extremely close first round, the two teams were tied...

A first place singles finish and quarterfinal doubles finish at the Ojai Tournament Saturday suggest the boys’ tennis team is peaking with the end- of-league play and CIF Playoffs around the corner. Michael...

The school has purchased breathalyzers for the security department to keep students safe when it suspects they are intoxicated, Head of Upper School Audrius Barzdukas said. “[The breathalyzers] are...

The school has purchased breathalyzers for the security department to keep students safe when it suspects they are intoxicated, Head of Upper School Audrius Barzdukas said. "[The breathalyzers] are there...

The boys’ tennis team has defeated three top teams en route to its undefeated 4-0 record going into its non-league matchup against San Marino today at 3 p.m. See www.hwchronicle.com for all the details. The...

The girls' basketball team's season ended tonight after losing to Oaks Christian 56-48 in the semifinals of CIF State Playoffs. Oaks Christian, playing on its home court, had control of the game from...

The girls’ basketball team used a two-three zone for the first time this season to counter St. Anthony’s speed in the Wolverines’ 74-62 CIF State Playoff quarter final win Saturday night. “[We...

Girls' basketball plays St. Anthony Saturday night at 6 p.m. in Long Beach. The girls advanced to the quarter finals of the CIF State Playoffs Thursday with a 63-53 victory over Immanuel High School...

The girls' basketball team was eliminated from the CIF Division 4-AA Playoffs in a hard-fought 63-61 semifinal loss to Bishop Montgomery Saturday night in Taper Gym. Despite not making the finals of its...

A full cast list and rehearsal room schedule for the Playwrights Festival was announced by performing arts teacher Christopher Moore in an email Monday to all of the auditioning students. Sixty-five...

The girls' basketball team advanced to the second round of the CIF Playoffs with a 60-24 victory over San Marino Thursday night in the first round of the tournament. The Wolverines, who are seeded second...

A dozen plays selected for the Playwrights Festival were announced Friday by Performing Arts teacher and festival producer Christopher Moore. Students will audition for parts before eventually performing...

The girls' varsity basketball team earned the second seed in the Division 4-AA CIF Playoffs and will host San Marino in the first round Thursday. A win in the first round would land the girls in the second...

The girls had a 3-3 record in the ultra-tough Mission League as of press time, but with two games left in the regular season, the team has its sights set on the playoffs, where it is likely to be the No....

The girls had a 3-4 record in the ultra-tough Mission League as of press time, but after finishing its last two regular season games this week, the team has its sights set on the playoffs, where it is...

The girls' basketball team bounced back from an in-league loss to Chaminade with a 55-54 win over Horizon Academy in the Alemany Shootout Saturday. The 70-47 loss to Chaminade was the team's first league...

The girls’ basketball team will utilize a high-pressure defense and an up-tempo, guard-heavy offense to compensate for its lack of size as the league season gets under way. In the girls’ non-league...

Many of the top debaters in the country gathered today on the upper school campus at a national Lincoln-Douglas tournament hosted by Harvard-Westlake. The event began with a small pre-tournament round...

The varsity girls’ basketball team capped off a seven-game winning streak with a 38-28 victory over Burroughs High School in the Burroughs Tournament championship Dec. 13. The matchup was the team’s...

The girls' basketball team notched its fourth straight win on a turn around jump shot by Lauren Lapesarde '17 with five seconds left in the game. The shot put the squad up by two against

The girls' basketball team notched its third straight win on a turn around jump shot by Lauren Lapesarde '17 with five seconds left in the game. The shot lifted the girls to a 44-42 victory over Ribit...

A debater earned a first bid to the Tournament of Champions after placing second in the Silver and Black Invitational Dec. 4 through Dec. 8. Of the five sophomore debaters that entered the tournament,...

The girls' varsity cross country team finished 10th in the California State Final. Jack Stovitz '16 represented the Wolverines in the California Cross Country State Meet, finishing 60th out of 192 runners. London...

The girls' cross country team came in seventh out of 16 girls' teams and the boys' team came in 13th out of 16 boys' teams at CIF Finals. The entire girls team will go to State Finals and Jack Stovitz...

The football team improved its overall record to 5-2 with a 39-3 win over La Salle High School. The game, which gave the Wolverines a 1-1 league record, was highlighted by a large amount of flags and interceptions. After...

By using the "pack running" strategy that encourages the entire team to run together, the girls cross country team is ranked first in the Mission League. The boys team is tied for second. "Running as a...

The girls cross country team came in first overall for the second time in two Mission League Clusters. The boys came in second at the league meet today after finishing third last time. The girls team's...

In preparation for its second Mission League meet Thursday, the junior boys earned second place at the cross country team's third practice invitational. The race, the Wayne Walker Invitational at Craig...

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Triple digit heat in the San Fernando Valley that caused the Los Angeles Unified School District to cancel practices and games Sept. 15 did not deter the Wolverine football and water polo teams from practicing,...

Performing arts teacher Ted Walch spent his second summer in Paris researching the lead actor of his favorite film in hopes of writing a book next year. In the second semester of Cinema Studies, Walch...

Major changes by the CIF in the league alignments and lawsuits filed by other schools objecting to their assignments impacted the fall schedule and resulted in the early homecoming this year, Head of Athletics...

After returning from a team retreat to Big Bear, the cross country team has continued training to be ready for their season opener Friday. "The overall experience of Big Bear is great," Jeffrey Ehlers...

Despite finishing the season with a four-game winning streak, the varsity softball team fell just short of CIF, ending Mission League play one game out of the top spot. The team’s final league record...

Three years after winning CIF as a junior on the boys’ basketball team, Zena Edosomwan ’12 is preparing for the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball tournament as a freshman forward on the Harvard University...

Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson arrived at the large, black-glass building in northern California that housed Google headquarters. In this scene in the movie "The Internship," a fictional comedy, Vaughn and...

Baseball program head Matt LaCour was named 2013 National Coach of the Year by the National High School Baseball Coaches Association. LaCour, who was selected to coach the U15 USA Baseball Team that won...

School Year Abroad online applications for the 2014-2015 school year are due Feb. 17. Director of Financial Aid, SYA Coordinator and French teacher Geoff Bird will interview all applicants. Students must...

Upper school visual arts teacher Art Tobias’s article was recently published in a gun collector magazine. Tobias’s article, entitled "The Root of the Matter," appears in the December 2013 issue of...

Noah Pompan ’14 committed to Gettysburg College for lacrosse Oct. 10. Pompan, a varsity midfielder, also considered University of Richmond, Boston University, Bucknell University and Skidmore College,...

The president of the University of Richmond will speak on the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War and emancipation of slaves at an upper school assembly Oct. 30 in Taper Gymnasium. The speech is part of...

Aaron Bluestein will join the foreign language department this year to teach sections in both Spanish III and Spanish III Honors. "I am most looking forward to working with so many extremely bright and...