Would you kill a stranger? For most of us, we respond to this vehemently refusing. Of course no rational person would elect to kill someone; that’s wrong. Our initial reaction is a strong one, because...
Anyone who has shared a meal with me knows I carry an Epi-Pen at all times and many can even recite my speech: “I’m allergic to all nuts, seeds and coconuts.” They all know I triple check to make...
English teacher Adam Howard ’93 will join the dean team next year, replacing Jim Patterson, Head of School Jeanne Huybrechts announced in an email to faculty and staff Monday morning.
Next year, Howard...
Choir students unanimously voted to end the annual spring choral concert early March 15 after a senior fainted on stage during the performance. Jazz Singers, Wolverine Chorus, Chamber Singers and Bel Canto...
As a result of an internal audit focusing on bullying last year, middle school students were introduced to an anti-bullying pledge, and deans attended a meeting on "Myth-Busting Research on Adolescent...
My Bat Mitzvah was a really big deal to me; I’d attended Hebrew school twice a week since first grade, I’d learned the bare minimum of a new language and had studied for months before the big day....
Students dressed up in onesies and decorated cookies in the lounge today as part of the annual Winterfest celebration, hosted by Social Committee and Prefect Council. "Mean Girls" was also screened in...
We met a few weeks ago when you pulled me aside after my second period AP Physics B class to ask some questions about my experience at Harvard-Westlake. Aside from the lack of a range of student voices,...
The ninth grade class will no longer take midterm exams, effective this year. In the past, ninth graders were separated from the rest of the middle school student body in mid-January to take semester exams...
We all have secrets. Some secrets are the result of things we keep private from others for fear that we might be judged harshly. Some secrets just happen, not because of anything we do or say, but...
Due to the federal government shutdown, there is only one retreat option for the eighth and ninth grade classes, rather than each grade dividing into two groups. This is the first time in 22 years that...
Seats are first-come, first-serve at a free screening this Thursday afternoon at 2:45 p.m. of the new DreamWorks film, "The Fifth Estate", about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
The Chronicle is hosting...
Seniors will speak about their personal experiences to their peers and teachers during Senior Reflections, set to begin this school year, upper school science teacher Dietrich Schuhl said.
He described...
Students can now buy Windows laptops at the Upper School and Middle School bookstores.
Both bookstores also offer students two Dell Windows 8 computers to try out in-store. To buy other computer models...
Students from the class of 2013 will no longer have access to their Harvard-Westlake email accounts as of Oct. 15.
In an email sent to the recently graduated seniors, Director of Alumni Relations Susan...
The Common Application, which more than 500 colleges and universities around the country use for their admissions, no longer allows prospective college students to answer an essay prompt on a topic of...
Juniors and sophomores have until May 10 to vote for one of nine seniors in the running for the George Coleman Edwards award. The award is given to a senior nominated by faculty and chosen by students...
The English Department will host a nearly 24-hour "read-a-thon" of "Moby-Dick" on April 26-27 in Mudd Library. Students, faculty and parents are invited to attend the school’s first ever marathon-read.
Students...
Former NBA player and openly gay performance psychologist John Amaechi asked upper school students to combat poisonous words, preconceptions and stereotypes at an all-school assembly April 10.
Amaechi...
Jack Davis ’10 created iOvercame, which he describes as a self-help website where users can post anonymously about their problems and adversity in the hopes of inspiring others.
Davis, a self-proclaimed...
Upper School Deans will screen "In 500 Words or Less," a documentary on the college application process, to parents of juniors on March 13. The junior class watched the movie in their class meetings.
"In...
The class of 2013 dressed up in formal attire, danced and played sparkling cider pong on the quad as a part of mock semiformal Feb. 4 in an effort to retain the spirit of the dance while commemorating...
As a part of the Review program, a systematic process for promoting growth and improvement in the school, six education professionals visited classes on Feb. 11 and 12, and two more will visit the Foreign...
Why do I care?” This is a question asked by many as they sit in classrooms, contemplating when they will ever need to know how to graph a polynomial, or wondering who will ever quiz them later in life...
The Advancement Office will begin to raise $3 million to establish a new scholarship fund, called “Hudnut Scholars” in honor of President Tom Hudnut’s 26 years leading Harvard-Westlake.
There will...
Community Council raised over $800 during the inaugural Community Service Week, beginning with a Community Service Club Fair on Dec. 3 and ending on Dec. 7 by packing sacked lunches for homeless people...
Five public service announcements created during a Harvard-Westlake summer film program will be screened at the Righteous Conversations Project assembly in Ahmanson Hall on Nov. 15. Robert Beiser, founder...
Students filmed a bus safety video Saturday, Nov. 3 in honor of Julia Siegler ’14, who was hit and killed by a speeding car while crossing the street to board her school bus in 2010. The film was made...
The deadline to submit art and writing to the art and literary magazine, Stone-cutters, is Nov. 12. Submissions usually include art pieces, prose, poems and short stories.
"A lot of people ask if there...
Chinese teacher Binbin Wei will teach the new Chinese V class scheduled for next year.
The class was created as a post-AP or Chinese IV course. Because Chinese is offered in seventh grade, there are students...
Itineraries for the two east coast college trips were announced Friday via email to the junior class.
The trips will be during spring break, starting March 31 and ending April 6.
The Bison tour will start...
A printer and laptop computer are now located in Chalmers Lounge after Prefect Council proposed the idea. The computer and printer arrived last Wednesday, Oct. 31.
Because last year’s temporary library,...
28 seniors qualified to be National Merit Semifinalists based on their 2011 PSAT/NMSQT scores.
Charlie Andrews-Jubelt
Wendy Chen
Madeleine Friendly
Samantha Frischling
Ben Gail
Brendan Gallagher
Rhett...
The cafeteria will offer protein boosts to their fruit smoothies in an effort to bring a healthier option for athletic students, cafeteria manager Nipa Boonyamas said.
Students can supplement their smoothies...
The Harvard-Westlake African-American Alumni Network hosted its first Night of Speed Networking event on Thursday, Sept. 27.
Alumni spoke "about their career, their career path and what struggles or accomplishments...
The track at Ted Slavin field will be completely resurfaced this summer, Director of Campus Operations JD De Matte said.
The track was scheduled to be redone last summer but was postponed due to other...
When Head Prefect Michael Wagmeister ’13 contacted physics teacher Antonio Nassar looking for a summer internship, he expected data recording, but instead found himself discussing the Higgs Boson discovery...
