Seventh grade is an unfortunate year. Nervous 12-year-olds flooded onto the middle school campus in all their pre-pubescent glory, desperate to find a place at their new school. Almost six years ago, I...
As Sophia* drove down her street on the way to a party, her excitement gradually turned into paranoia. It took a conscious effort for her to focus on the road, and the laughter of her three friends became...
As a child, science teacher Walt Werner contracted the measles. As an adult, Werner developed non-Hodgkins lymphoma and took a five-month medical leave last year to undergo treatment, which included chemotherapy...
As Matt Karo ’14 prepared to leave his dorm room at Columbia University for baseball practice, he and his teammates received an e-mail from their coach notifying them that practice was canceled. The...
The last issue of the Chronicle each year includes a senior supplement, and within the supplement, senior columns. Usually, the writers either reminisce about significant aspects of their high school careers,...
"You run like a girl!" "You hit like a girl!" "You throw like a girl!"
We’ve all heard these taunts. Coaches, parents and children often equate a boy’s bad performance with femininity. However, we...
Every time he heard warning sirens, Judd Liebman ’12 calmly made his way to the fortified safe room in the Tel Aviv building where he was working. In northern Israeli cities including Tel Aviv, the warning...
There are 36 spots available to all ninth through 12th graders for the Harvard-Westlake StartUp Scramble, an entrepreneurial workshop that will take place at the Upper School June 20-22.
Middle school...
After wreaking havoc at many schools across the country, the popular app Yik Yak recently made its way here. For those who have not scrolled through the app themselves, Yik Yak is an app that allows users...
Prefect Council will grant seven clubs funds for activities and supplies, Prefect Council announced in an email today. The clubs receiving grants are Junior Classical League, Helping Hands, KHWS Radio,...
Annie Kors ’14, Shelby Heitner ’14, Cameron Cohen ’16 and Nick Steele ’16 competed in the Tournament of Champions in Lexington, Kentucky April 26-28.
Kors was the only debater to clear the preliminary...
Shaileja Jain ’16 has qualified to play in the 2014 World Youth Chess Championships in the girls under 16 division.
Jain will represent the United States in Durban, South Africa Sept. 18-30.
Jain has...
The Class of 2016 elected Hunter Brookman ’16, Grace Pan ’16, Jordan Strom '16 and Nina Woythaler ’16 to serve as junior prefects for the 2014-2015 school year, Prefect Council announced in an email...
Peer Support trainees elected Sydney Concoff ’15, Rebecca Katz ’15, Jack Price ’15 and Marc Shkurovich ’15 to serve as Peer Support Coordinators for the 2014-2015 school year April 14.
Sixteen...
The Chronicle and seven members of the staff will be honored by The California Newspaper Publishers Association on May 3 at its annual Better Newspaper Awards luncheon in San Jose. The newspaper will be...
Prefect Council has begun a project in which club leaders can request funds for use on club activities and supplies. Prefect Council decided to run the program this year by presenting the idea to Head...
Spring break means vacation and relief for most students, but for many juniors it only means one thing: college tours.
Although I am incredibly excited to start looking at schools and figuring out what...
The debate team won several awards at a tournament at the University of Southern California March 1-3.
Cameron Cohen ’16 cleared the varsity preliminary rounds undefeated, as did Chasia Jeffries ’17...
Chronicle co-editor-in-chief Noa Yadidi '14 was one of a dozen high school and college journalists invited to meet privately Feb. 23 with Samantha Power, the United States Permanent Representative to the...
Debaters competed in a tournament at Stanford University Feb 7-9 and received numerous recognitions.
Annie Kors ’14 finished the preliminary rounds as the top seed and advanced to the semifinals, also...
Last week, J.K. Rowling revealed a confession that rocked the Harry Potter universe. To avoid spoilers, I won’t be too specific, but here’s the gist of it: Rowling admitted that she wishes Hermione...
Prefect Council released an electronic ID application that will replicate normal IDs, including photos, ID numbers and barcodes Jan. 14.
"We’re pretty happy with the progress of the ID," sophomore...
Prefect Council sent an email to all upper school students today announcing the launch of an electronic ID application that will replicate normal IDs, including photos, ID numbers, barcodes and bus stickers.
In...
Shelby Heitner ’14 won the 2013 Alta Silver and Black Invitational debate tournament Dec. 7.
Heitner, along with Cameron Cohen ’16, William Gingold ’14, Dario Madyoon ’17 and Nick Steele ’16...
Student ID card scanners were installed in the cafeterias at the middle and upper schools Nov. 19. While ID cards used to be swiped by cafeteria employees in order to purchase food, now students simply...
Community Council is selling goods from Porto’s Bakery on the quad all day today to raise money to buy the supplies necessary to make care packages for soldiers overseas.
The care packages will be...
Art director Macie Vener ’89 told Video Art II and III students in a presentation Oct. 15 that it is possible to convert entire spaces on campus “with the set dressing, lighting and paint.”
Vener...
I started my junior year with the same questions and anxieties that I’m sure many of my classmates also had: is it really as bad as they say? How will I deal with the workload? Will I sleep? Will I have...
Six documentaries made by students who traveled to Laos last spring break will be screened in Ahmanson Lecture Hall Oct. 24.
The documentaries focus on the victims of unexploded ordinance left in Laos...
Six students and an alumnus represented the United States in international debate tournaments in Alabama, Bermuda, China and the Czech Republic during the summer.
Luke Holthouse ’13, Tommy Choi ’14,...
Nearly 30 sophomores will learn to counsel other students as Peer Support trainees next year, school psychologist Luba Bek announced today in an email to all applicants. Bek, along with fellow adviser...
Nearly 30 sophomores will learn to counsel other students as Peer Support trainees next year, school psychologist Luba Bek announced today in an email to all applicants. Bek, along with fellow adviser...
In preparation for the one-to-one computer program beginning with the seventh graders next year, teachers at the Middle School are taking lessons based on “21st century skills” as a part of the “Three...
Kenneth Kim ’13 and Irene Kao ’14 moved one step closer to the International Chemistry Olympiad Saturday when they took the three-part U.S. National Chemistry exam.
“I'm pretty excited about advancing...
Six students who took the F=ma physics exam qualified as semifinalists for the 2013 United States Physics Team.
Aaron Anderson ’14, Charlie Andrews ’13, Jonathan Iskandar ’13, Leila Thomas ’13,...
Four students qualified as semifinalists in the USA Biology Olympiad after taking the Open Exam. Thomas Choi ’14, Donhem Brown ’14, Kenneth Kim ’13 and David Lim ’13 scored in the top 10 percent...
Teachers and alumni will instruct students on how to write resumes, succeed in interviews and select an internship during a workshop in the Kutler Center on Feb. 25. Students will also have the chance...
