It was one of the last days of the sixth grade and Rebecca Katz ’15 and I were in the bathroom of our elementary school waiting to be picked up to go to the Harvard-Westlake seventh Grade Barbeque. I...
After waiting for more than an hour in line to enter the FYF Fest music festival, Kurt* ’15 headed straight for the restricted, 21-and-over beer garden. He approached the bouncer, pulled out his fake...
On my first day of seventh grade in 2009, I nervously walked into the Saperstein Theatre for the first time. Surrounded by my new classmates, I was greeted with a projection of the school’s motto: They...
Approximately 230 seniors arrived at the Cedar Lake Campground in Big Bear Lake, California for the annual senior retreat yesterday. They will be there until Thursday, coming back on time for graduation...
Student journalists from six Los Angeles area schools swapped newspapers, exchanged ideas and talked about censorship Saturday at the Chronicle's third annual Editors Roundtable.
Chronicle alum Michael...
The Technology Council has begun working on an electronic sign-in and sign-out system for attendance. The program will be installed on an iPad at the security kiosk and students will be able to scan their...
Six students will travel abroad this summer as the 2014 Harvard-Westlake Global Fellows, selected by a faculty selection committee. The students will travel to Cameroon, China, Spain, Korea and Mexico.
Annelise...
Assistant director of admission and co-director of the ninth grade advisory program, Melanie Leon, will replace Geoff Bird, who is retiring, as Director of Financial Aid next year.
"Through my work with...
Albert Choi ’15 and Sarah Winshel ’15 will serve as as Head Prefects for the 2014-2015 school year, Head Prefects and Senior Prefects announced in an email today.
Due to a tie between Choi and Matt...
Matt Beyer ’15 and Albert Choi ’15 will vie for the position of male Head Prefect in a runoff election, Prefect Council announced in an email March 20. Juniors and sophomores have until Friday at 2:30...
Two-time Emmy-nominated producer Debra Martin Chase told aspiring filmmakers at the 11th annual Harvard-Westlake Film Festival to "learn your craft and do it."
She spoke to an audience of over 400 people...
Senior Digital Strategist for PMK*BNC Ashley Felts ’02 spoke about the importance of networking, maintaining an online presence and being confident in any endeavor in the digital age at the first La...
The National Forensics League selected Sara Evall ’15 and Amelia Miller ’15 to compete on the 2014 United States Debate team.
Out of over 120,000 students around the country, nine debaters were selected...
Prefect Council launched a Facebook page to keep students informed on what it is working on and where students can share their ideas.
"With our recent decision to focus our energy on serving the students...
My mom starts preparing for Thanksgiving about six months in advance. Around May, she’ll start thinking about what she’ll cook this year.
Of course there will be the staples: turkey, stuffing, cranberry...
The workload committee is currently surveying students about stress levels, time spent on extracurricular activities, sports commitments and social media. The survey’s goal is to understand students’...
University of Richmond President Edward Ayers spoke to students about the emancipation of slaves and the Civil War, which he described as "two great mysteries that lie in the heart of U.S. history," in...
Three teachers were honored by Stanford University as part of the Teacher Tribute Initiative this past month.
Latin teacher Paul Chenier, English teacher Jocelyn Medawar and history teacher Dror Yaron...
It’s three o’clock in the morning on a Tuesday. I have an unfinished math assignment lying on my desk, but I’m in bed. I’m not sleeping and I’m not even trying to sleep. My laptop is open, Netflix...
Conor Grennan, author of the Middle School’s All-Community Read "Little Princes," told the middle school at an assembly Monday that a volunteering stint in Nepal inspired him to write the book and start...
Middle School Attendance Coordinator Brenda Simon received the Carolyn and Marion Hays Award for her service to the school at a faculty and staff meeting Aug. 21.
The award is given annualy to a faculty...
A workload survey will be administered in November to monitor and understand student stress related levels and to track stress issues between generations of students. This assessment will be the...
As a demonstration of hydroelectric engineering at the annual “STEMfest,” a Tesla representative drove into the quad while students and teachers surrounded it on May 20 during activities period.
Students...
A Tesla drove into the quad today as a demonstration of hydroelectric engineering at the annual “STEMfest” during break. Students from various clubs and classes set up 38 tables and 60 events around...
The Freedom School bake sale committee raised $370 at their first bake sale of the year Friday to buy the camp used books for the summer. They expect to be able to get 50 to 70 books.
The Freedom School...
The Freedom School bake sale committee hosted its first bake sale of the year May 3 in hopes that they can raise enough money to buy the camp new books for the summer.
The Freedom School is a summer reading...
“Georgetown Academy” co-author Jessica Koosed Etting ’98 is inviting students to submit short stories to her writing contest.
Stories can be submittedd to FIGMENT, a website and online community...
Director and writer Andy Wolk (Suzanna ’10, Sam ’13) will talk to Cinema Studies students about the effect of screenwriting on film structure on April 25 and April 29.
He plans to use Sidney Lumet’s...
Monday is the deadline to turn in community service sheets to be eligible for the ice cream snack Dippin' Dots, which the Community Service Council will provide on Tuesday to students who have completed...
Jessica Koosed Etting ’98 released parts one and two of her interactive novel, “Georgetown Academy” last week with digital publisher Coliloquy.
The e-book can be read from the perspectives of the...
Students dressed in neon colors, danced in the quad and drank free Jamba Juice smoothies for '80s day on Monday, Sept. 26.
Photos by Eli Haims and Arielle Maxner
