Effective July 1, 2020, Upper School Dean Chris Jones will replace Beth Slattery as Upper School Deans Department Head, following her promotion to Head of Upper School.
Jones's Past
During his eight years...
BREAKING NEWS. It seems as if the words flash across our phone screens, laptops and television sets every other minute. In this current day and age, often the only constant is the endless stream of new...
After a year-long design process, the school has released draft site plans for its River Park campus, which will offer athletic and recreational facilities to both the Harvard-Westlake and Studio City...
To improve relations with its neighbors and combat its parking shortage, the school will implement new policies for student drivers beginning in the fall of 2019.
Starting next year, the school will...
Advanced Dance I and II students performed solos, duets and group pieces in the annual end-of-year showcase in the dance studio May 3.
To open the show, the juniors of Advanced Dance II danced to...
As Izzy Llevat ’20 walked to her second period class April 22, she noticed something out of the ordinary: hundreds of water bottles hanging from strings on the ceiling of her science classroom, Munger...
There are 36 days until summer, according to one of my classmates. Though he has announced the latest count after each eighth period math class since October, the end of the school year is now almost...
Former U.S. Poet Laureate, former New York State Poet and Distinguished Professor Billy Collins discussed the nature of relationships by reading selections of his writing at the annual Brown Family Assembly...
Due to joint planning between Prefect Council and the school, seniors will not be punished for missing class April 12, which is both “Coachella Friday” and this year’s Senior Skip Day, Head of Upper...
As part of their ongoing protest regarding recently increased air traffic, Los Angeles residents submitted comprehensive comments to the Federal Aviation Administration opposing its plans to expand the...
In order to demand action regarding climate change, students skipped class to participate in an international, youth-led strike at Los Angeles City Hall on March 15.
In the past four years, global...
Amid the college admissions cheating scandal, the school received subpoenas to provide prosecutors with records of two alumni March 14, Head of Communications Ari Engelberg ’89 said.
The scandal...
Drenched from the pounding rain, Daniel Arriaza ’19 stood on the corner of Halkirk and Coldwater Canyon, staring in disbelief at the flood of water rushing down the street before him. With only five...
Following over a year of research on how students are gendered within the school, an ad-hoc committee, including middle and upper school deans, teachers and faculty, created a list of 16 to 18 recommendations...
Two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to work with student volunteers from other schools at an event on campus. While stuffing gift bags in the lounge, one of the volunteers glanced at the deans’ offices.
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Sophomores and juniors attended the annual Academic Fair on Monday in order to learn about the courses offered for next year. Prefect Council hosted the event in Taper Gym during activities period.
At...
In order to make the current attendance process more convenient and organized, students will now check in and out of campus using iPads with specialized apps.
Though the new initiative is currently...
On the first day of her senior year, Tivoli Nguyen ’17 entered her Advanced Placement Physics C class and chose a desk between two boys already seated. After the rest of Nguyen’s classmates filed...
In response to the most liked picture on Instagram, Dahlia Low '20 posted a photo of herself on @most_liked_my_face, an account she created as a joke, she said. However, Low's picture has now received...
Prefect Council implemented a new Orange Sheet system, which students will now use to move a test when they have three or more on the same day. The junior prefects announced the new initiative during the...
Democratic House of Representatives candidate Sanjay Patel ’95 lost Florida’s 8th Congressional District election to five-term incumbent Republican Representative Bill Posey despite posing a serious...
Andrew Puzder, the former CEO of Carl’s Jr. and former Secretary of Labor nominee for the Trump administration, encouraged students to embrace capitalism at an all-school assembly on Monday. Puzder...
In order to allow teachers more flexibility while also alleviating students’ stress, the Scheduling Committee formulated a new plan for mid-year assessments this year, Upper School Deans Department Head...
Students from both campuses participated in the HW Venture kick-off rally event, where they listened to speeches from alumni keynote speakers and Venture students Sept. 27.
To begin the event, alumni...
Students from both campuses participated in the HW Venture kick-off rally event, where they listened to speeches from keynote speakers and Venture students Sept. 27.
To begin the event, alumni Sameer...
In opposition to the Federal Aviation Administration’s proposal to officially change flight paths from the Burbank and Van Nuys airports, over 2,100 residents have signed a petition created by Studio...
After nearly two years of preparation, Jonathan Damico ’19 and Cameron Schiller ’19 launched Prova Design Backpacks, a start-up company that manufactures redesigned versions of the traditional school...
Over the course of the five-day camp he created, Futterman used LEGO Mindstorms EV3 technology to introduce the basics of designing, programming and operating simple robots.
Futterman said he was inspired...
Sophie Kim ’19 was selected as the 2018 Los Angeles Country Youth Poet Laureate from a record number of applicants. Over the course of the next year, Kim will also work with Penmanship Books to...
Math teacher Bill Thill will depart at the end of this year and work as the math department head at the Episcopal School of Los Angeles.
At his new school, Thill will be leading his colleagues in restructuring...
"First and Third Wednesday" assemblies will follow a different schedule next school year, Assistant Head of Upper School Michelle Bracken announced at the final assembly of the year. Instead...
Upper and middle school members of the Junior Classical League attended the California JCL convention at Menlo High School over the weekend. At the convention, students participated in academic, athletic,...
Waffles de Liege food truck sold their traditional waffles on campus March 15 for this month’s Food Truck Friday. Toppings included vanilla ice cream, chocolate or caramel sauce and whipped cream.
Prefect...
The Environmental Club promoted the national “Stop Sucking” campaign to eliminate plastic straws by providing paper alternatives and presenting a visual display on Thursday.
"Caring for the environment...
Professional lighting designer and cinematographer Will Adashek ’01 returned to help stage the lighting for the winter play “Our Town,” working in collaboration with set designer Jim Fenhagen and...
The Student Alumni Association hosted a Thankathon to express their appreciation for alumni Jan. 29.
Students wrote short postcards to alumni donors and volunteers at the event.
“We hope that students...
Students bought food from Slammin’ Sliders Food Truck on Jan. 26 for the first Food Truck Friday, a new monthly event created by Prefect Council. Prefects Ryan Stanford ’19 and Jaya Nayar ’20 headed...
HW Venture held a Vortex Meet-up Jan. 8 at break to allow students to present their latest businesses and hear feedback, as well as inform participants about other students’ businesses, personal projects,...
The Human Rights Watch Student Task Force collected over 100 signatures asking members of Congress to create a clean Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals bill on Monday.
Prior to asking students to...
Members of the school and greater LA community gathered to celebrate this year’s annual Homecoming fair Saturday. Festivities began at 3 p.m. and ended with the Varsity Football game.
JV and Varsity...
To share her passion for art, Keila McCabe ’20 taught children’s workshops in Consuelo, Dominican Republic for eight days while on her HWGo! Latin America and Iberian Studies Fellowship this summer.
While...
