Conor Belfield ’14, who is a recipient of the Brownstein Fellowship, plans to travel to South America through the gap year program Thinking Beyond Borders.
Belfield will spend five weeks in Ecuador,...
After three years at the school as a dean, chair of the character education committee and teacher of a class he helped to create, Dean Pete Silberman will leave Harvard-Westlake and move to Tennessee.
“I...
After three years at the school as a dean, chair of the character education committee and teacher of a class he helped to create, Dean Pete Silberman will leave Harvard-Westlake and move to Tennessee.
"I...
Upper school Dean Coordinator Ryan Wilson will join the middle school’s English department in the fall.
As a dean coordinator, Wilson helped seniors with their college application essays and has also...
In response to the College Board’s decision to replace the current AP Physics B exam with separate AP Physics I and AP Physics II assessments, the Upper School will offer two AP Physics B courses starting...
In response to the College Board’s decision to replace the current AP Physics B exam with separate AP Physics 1 and AP Physics 2 assessments, the Upper School will offer two AP Physics B courses starting...
Ignoring the scorching heat and stinging sunburns, Tigist Menkir ’14 strolls through the vibrant street markets, admiring the colorful ankara fabric of bubas and kabas, traditional Nigerian dresses.
Menkir...
The Genetics and Biotechnology class went on a fishing trip to Ventura Harbor on April 17 for a DNA barcoding project, and the Oceanography and Marine Biology class went to the Aquarium of the Pacific...
Students who choose to miss class this Friday to attend the Coachella Music Festival are being urged to be honest about the decision and accept the consequences, which would be a single detention.
In...
Rebecca Moretti ’13 won first place at the 2012 YouthPLAYS New Voices One-Act Competition for her play “Platform Nine” and will be awarded $200 as a cash prize.
Moretti wrote “Platform Nine”...
Rebecca Moretti ’13 won first place at the 2012 YouthPLAYS New Voices One-Act Competition for her play "Platform Nine" and will be awarded $200 as a cash prize.
Moretti wrote "Platform Nine" for the...
Student broadcasting club KHWS began broadcasting on Oct. 23 with a new schedule and format, as well as some minor technical difficulties
When KHWS first began broadcasting this year, DJs using Macs could...
School Year Abroad’s Assistant Director of Admissions Susanna Sprague will visit sophomore language classes in an effort to provide more information about the SYA program to prospective applicants.
SYA...
Her name appears in students’ inboxes at least once a week, but many have yet to meet Lynn Miller, the new receptionist who, among other things, sends out the daily bulletin.
Miller has replaced Mitzi...
Ten squirming balls of fur, distinguishable only by their coloring, cuddled close together on the padded floor of Performing Arts teacher Michele Spears’s apartment.
Towards the end of April, Spears’s...
On the login page of The Hub a bold red sign warns against bookmarking the authentication page.
The sign was put up by Network Administrator David Hartmann and Web Manager Lillian Contreras after a glitch...
Eight AP Environmental Science students kayaked down the Los Angeles River on Sept. 23, which was declared navigable in 2008.
George Wolfe, a political activist, helped deem the river navigable after...
