After closely following students "Audrey," "Nate," "Jenna" and "Christopher" through their respective college processes this year, it's time to reveal their true identities, college decisions and final...
Harvard-Westlake is hard. We all know that. Impressive academics, time consuming extracurriculars and competitive social lives are arguably the selling points of the school but also the reason why many...
Early Decision results were released mid-December for our portfolio and athletic applicants, Audrey* and Nate*, leaving them with decisions in their hands. However, our service and audition applicants,...
The infamous Nov. 1 deadline has come and gone for Early Decision and Early Action college applicants. For most students, juggling their applications with the workload of senior year was a struggle, and...
Jocie Chen '18 was on the home page of her Common Application when she sensed her friends looking at her screen. She said she felt nervous and embarrassed as they bombarded her with questions and judgments:...
Cast:
Emcee: Jake Schroeder
Cliff: Michael Gaven
Sally: Charlotte Weinman
Schneider: Alex Goldstein
Schultz: Alec Davila
Ernst: Jakob Klein
Kost: Tarin North
Customs Officer / Klub Denizen: Will...
With the year's first issue of The Chronicle comes the first installment of High Stakes: a year-long profile of four anonymous seniors through their respective college processes leading up to an identity...
It’s the college race. It starts for most in ninth grade. Sometimes there are faulty starts or changes in direction, hurdles or shortcomings. But nevertheless, it is a race.
And much like any other...
Time Magazine named Ben Platt '11 one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2017 April 20, following his starring role in the Broadway musical "Dear Evan Hansen."
The alum, best known for performances...
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards named 119 students as gold key, silver key and honorable mention recipients for the regional competition on Friday.
Sixteen students were awarded for writing and...
A cast of twenty students and a live band of six instrumentalists are set to perform in the spring play "Almost Maine" taking place Feb. 2-4 in the Rugby Auditorium.
The play, written by John Cariani,...
Performing arts teacher Christopher Moore released the cast list for the spring play “Almost Maine” in an email to students Saturday afternoon.
The play features a cast of 20 students and a live band...
Students who attended HW GO!’s Digital Storytelling trip to Guatemala created five short films, which they then screened at the Upper School.
The films were shown to an audience of friends and family...
Harvard-Westlake strives to be an inclusive community, but at what point does inclusiveness compromise the pursuit of excellence?
Rejection is an unavoidable aspect of life. Harvard-Westlake is a college...
School counselor and humanities teacher Luba Bek announced the Peer Support trainees for the 2016-2017 school year in an email on Friday.
The 26 sophomores were chosen from an application pool of 68 students....
My ears rang. My body shook. My feet gave in to the vibration of the wooden stands. Sweat gathered on the bridge of my nose as I caught a glimpse of the lively court, just barely able to see above the...
Eitan Sneider ’17 held a book drive on campus for Access Books Feb. 1-5.
Access Books is an organization that focuses on providing books to students at inner-city elementary schools.
The book drive collected...
Angel Hoyang '18 can still see the 2014 performance of “Tarantella” clearly today.
The satin pointe shoes tapped like falling rain against the stage, at first like a rainstorm, then petering out into...
Sophomores attended the optional "Business of Studenting" seminars Oct. 20 to Oct. 23 to learn about stress reduction and productivity at the upper-school.
Interdisciplinary Studies and Independent Research...
Brandon Lim ’16 released a new app called HW Lost and Found on Sept. 24 to create an efficient way for students to report lost items and have them returned.
"I came up with the idea last year when I...
Former teacher Ariana Kelly will return to the English department this fall after one year away from school.
Kelly departed from the school following the 2014 school year in order to complete her debut...
