The school hired Sarah Miller, Jesse Reuter and English teacher Adam Levine to serve as deans beginning in the 2023-2024 school year.
Miller, who currently works at Marymount High School as the Co-Director...
It was 11:36 p.m. and Zoe Kramar ’24 scrolled through her course selections, eagerly checking numerous boxes, including the one next to Latin American Studies. A few weeks later she received an email...
Garrett* sat in the back of his math class with his computer open. He watched as Guest6598344956 moved a knight and waited for his own turn in his chess game. Meanwhile, his math teacher lectured about...
It’s quiet on campus. Georgiana* and the rest of the girls from the theater department gather in a circle, tucked away in one of the campus’s most secluded locations. They believe they are alone. These...
Upper school students completed surveys for each of their courses during January, the first time the administration has conducted a universal survey instead of ones created by individual teachers. Through...
It is 5:45 in the morning, and Bella Adishian’s ’24 alarm rings through her pitch-black room. She quickly throws on her clothes, brushes her teeth, eats breakfast and leaves the house by 6:15 a.m....
Ryan Pinsker ’23 created “Get Ricky C,” a parody of the video game “2048,” in November. “2048” is a puzzle game in which players combine a series of number tiles to reach the number 2048....
It had been three weeks since Doug* and his girlfriend of two months broke up. Doug said he felt nostalgic and upset over his breakup and decided to download Tinder to find a rebound that would distract...
As Jewish Club leader Charlotte Newman ’24 drove home from diving practice, she shuffled through her holiday playlist and added “Santa Baby” by Ariana Grande after seeing an Instagram Reel featuring...
As students poured into the science office before finals, worrying about their upcoming exams, Science Teacher Yanni Vourgourakis ’90 thought about the evolution of academic difficulty at the school....
It was 2:30 in the morning as Claire Wu ‘24 frantically typed the Chinese translation of an English word her teacher used into her computer. Since immigrating to the United States when she was 12 years...
Looking in the mirror as he gets ready each morning, Jayden Huang '23 said he tries to decide what character he would like to embody with his outfit. Huang said his clothing choices are inspired by who...
As Chris Weng '24 sat at his desk, Zooming into his English class during quarantine, he was stunned: rather than discussing the assigned reading, his teacher had suddenly begun a rant about her personal...
A lawsuit against the affirmative action policies at Harvard University and The University of North Carolina at Chapell Hill aims to eliminate the consideration of race, gender and ethnicity in admissions....
HW Venture hosted design engineer and alumnus Rhett Gentile ’13 to speak about his current job as a mechanical engineer at Apple during Conference Time on May 16.
Gentile helped develop speakers for...
Community Council organized Community Service Week from April 18 to April 23 in order for students to gain more community service hours before the May 6 deadline.
The week opened with a community service...
Members of Harvard-WestlakeModel United Nations (MUN) participated in TritonMUN, a one-day virtual conference hosted by the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) on April 16. Delegates from the school...
As Will Sonneborn '24 ran by a homeless encampment, he said he noticed a man who held a sign that read “I’m thirsty, and I need water."
Sonneborn said that there's a contradiction in witnessing...
Community Council sold Zooies cookies on the Quad to raise funds for Ukrainian refugees on Mar. 11. Proceeds were donated to Lifting Hands International (LHI), a nonprofit organization that provides war...
HW Venture invited Alexandria House founder Sister Judy Vaughan to speak about homelessness on Mar. 9. Vaughan said the Alexandria House impacts the L.A. community and encourages students to become involved...
Community Council hosted a blood drive by the American Red Cross health organization Friday. The administration encouraged members from the community to donate blood at the drive, which was open from 9...
Prefect Council organized a stand called Cupid's Corner where students could buy roses or enjoy a free mini bundt cake on Monday.
Valentine's Day is a tradition originating from the death of St. Valentine...
Members from the Jewish Family Alliance (JFA) gathered for their monthly Shabbat in Beverly Hills on Friday. JFA hosts events throughout the year to connect students with their Jewish heritage and with...
Community Council organized a food drive for the SOVA Valley chapter of the Jewish Family Service Los Angeles (JFSLA), beginning Jan. 31. SOVA translates to “to eat and be satisfied” from Hebrew, and...
Community Council hosted an all-school event during Conference Time on Friday to celebrate over 4,000 student donations during its November Thanksgiving Drive. The event featured free pizza for students...
As COVID-19 cases rise to almost 2.5 million cases in total due to the surge of the Omicron variant, the Studio City Farmers Market remains open while enforcing community health guidelines. The Farmers...
HW Venture invited alumnus Alec Katz ’19 to discuss entrepreneurship and his startup Curious Cardinals in Rugby Auditorium on Jan 11.
Curious Cardinals employs college students to help them pursue...
Senior Director for Professional Development at Gender Spectrum Joel Baum spoke in a Zoom webinar hosted by the HW Parents Association (HWPA) and HW Pride after school Dec. 6. Gender Spectrum is a consulting...
The Harvard-Westlake Parent's Association (HWPA) offered free mini burritos from Poquito Mas to seniors in honor of the third Senior Appreciation Day on Dec. 2.
The first Senior Appreciation Event celebrated...
Community Council organized the annual community service week, where the school hosts different programs and clubs throughout campus, from November 15-18. Community service activities were planned for...
