Former Chronicle News Associate gives her take on current pop culture and politics in a recurring satire column. In this issue, she shares the supplementary college essay she sumbitted to Harvard...
The Chronicle made headlines after releasing an article titled, “Student eats lunch.”
“Well, I guess since we’re the only paper, we made our own headlines,” Chronicle Editor-in-chief Danielle...
Jewish students protest War on Hanukkah
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Jewish students protest the school’s War on Hanukkah. ‘Tis the season to be jolly, indeed.
Students claim that the school is placating snowflakes by including...
Pseudo-intellectual whines until Fake News Media gives her socially acceptable way to bully people.
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Failing liberal media gives Indu Pandey a satire column to attract viewers. Sad!
Panda will pretend...
Like any diligent junior, I scrolled through Facebook in between homework assignments. Among animal videos and Coachella photo albums, I see articles: “Stand with Standing Rock!,” “What’s wrong...
The school will host a forum about diversity in television featuring “black-ish” creator Kenya Barris (Leyah ’19) and “All in the Family” creator Norman Lear (Madeline ’13) Wednesday at 6:30...
The mock trial team selected 16 members, 15 with roles and one substitute member.
Roles included witnesses, defendants, prosecutors and judges.
Leaders held tryouts for all interested upper school students...
Stephen Thompson has joined the upper school English department this fall, having completed his doctorate in English requirements in English from Cornell University earlier this year.
Thompson will teach...
Amazon customers can now use AmazonSmile to donate 0.5 percent of their purchase to the Financial Aid office.
AmazonSmile allows customers to donate to a charity of their choice on eligible purchases from...
Members of the Youth Ending Hunger Club cooked food for the homeless at the Ocean Park Community Center Samoshel Shelter on Friday.
Participating members took a bus to the Santa Monica shelter to prepare...
The Junior State of America club will participate in their first conference Oct. 11 at the University of Southern California. The theme of the debate will be “Legislating Liberty” and will focus on...
Comey launches campaign for Trump Administration Anonymous
Former FBI Director James Comey began his book tour earlier this week to promote his new organization, Trump Administration Anonymous...
Trump, Bannon engage in gentleman’s duel
President Trump challenged former Chief Strategist Stephen Bannon to a gentleman’s duel in the White House Rose Garden on Tuesday.
“Steve hurt my feelings!”...
Jared Kushner fails to disclose his cards to Xi Jinping in game of Go Fish
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Jared Kushner fails to disclose his cards in a tense game of Go Fish with Chinese President Xi Jinping, almost causing a...
Russia hacks The Chronicle, releases 50-minute conservative rant
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Russia hacked The Chronicle and released a 50-minute conservative rant as part of its scheme to topple the school’s leadership Sept....
Chess Club distributed shirts to students in the lounge Monday periods three through six.
Leaders offered seven base slogans, such as “Trap Queen” and “Rookie Mistake.”
They also featured an option...
I wished I were wearing a burlap sack with eye holes instead of shorts on the kind of Indian day that could melt steel.
Sitting back in my chair, I attempted to pull my shorts down further, praying they...
The Junior State of America club will host a voter registration drive throughout the school day and after school Oct. 17.
The deadline to register to vote in California is Oct. 24.
"We hope to register...
The school hosted a screening of “The Hunting Ground,” a documentary about incidences of sexual assault on college campuses in the United States, in Ahmanson Lecture Hall Thursday.
The documentary...
A group of 18 Spanish language students along with three faculty advisors traveled to Spain for educational immersion March 24 to April 10.
Participants spent their first weekend in Madrid before attending...
Two members of the Harvard-Westlake Junior State of America club will run for regional office positions within the organization.
Lucy Kim ’19 and Eleanor Halloran ’18 declared their candidacy during...
I breezed through airport security with only minor hitches with TSA. Once past security, I felt marginally calmer, but it wasn’t over yet. This time it wasn’t a “random” pat down and double screening...
Administration announces 2nd and 4th Wednesday Assemblies
After the resounding success of 1st and 3rd Wednesday Assembly, the administration announced its new 2nd and 4th Wednesday Assembly.
“It’s...
They say French is the language of love. Something about Casablanca, the Eiffel Tower and baguettes just ooze romance. I never understood the connection that so many wax poetic about. That was, of course,...
Vox Populi staff distributed yearbooks to seniors Thursday during Senior Transition Day and to all other grade levels Friday.
All seniors will receive new yearbooks after initial copies omitted eight seniors...
Julia Cosgrove ’18 and Wilder Short ’18 headed to chaplain James Young’s office after school March 30. Together with current Head Prefects, Cate Wolfen ’17 and Matt Thomas ’17, dean Sharon Cuseo...
Seniors applied to colleges early action and decision by Nov. 15 in usual numbers, deans said.
Roughly 95 percent of seniors applied early to at least one college, including early action schools, Upper...
History teachers Celia Goedde and Lilas Lane will commute between the upper and middle school campuses to teach this year. The two history departments hope to use the program to better integrate the World...
Students preformed in the last Coffee House of the year Thursday during eighth period for exclusively seniors and after school for all students.
Seniors participated in a senior-only Coffee House during...
Today’s upper school assembly highlighted upcoming opportunities for students, such as the rose sale for actors in the play, the Stonecutters Magazine deadline, and logo contest for the upcoming Festival...
Matthew Jung '16 and Alex Gordon '16 and Madison Foster '16 won Social Committee's individual and group costume contests, respectively, Social Committee announced in an email Nov. 4.
Students dressed...
