I got home from my first day at Harvard-Westlake and immediately rushed to my room to document the moment with Photo Booth selfies. Clearly, I was, and still am, an absolute dork. In that moment, my confidence...
“I mean…I hear we’re pretty good,” English teacher Jeremy Michaelson said, laughing, when we asked him and English teacher Jocelyn Medawar: “You guys have to know the mutual reputation that you...
A month ago around five a.m., I was woken to the sound of helicopters and the smell of smoke. I had around five minutes to evacuate my house entirely, with little time to grab any of my belongings.
Just...
After first reading “Privilege and Pressure,” a 2013 article in the LA Times criticizing Harvard-Westlake’s intense environment Upper School Dean Sharon Cuseo said she prepared herself for an avalanche...
A senior boy’s girlfriend was supposed to be at a Jason Aldean concert Oct. 1 in Las Vegas with limited access to cell service until after midnight.
Instead, he received a call from her around 10:40...
Entering Harvard-Westlake after a year of both difficult and important conversations, new Head of Upper School Laura Ross said she aims to spend her first year focusing on how to best support student needs...
Administrators drafted an altered wording of the school’s Dress Code, which acknowledges gender identity and issues with its enforcement, as a result of complaints from both upper and middle school students....
Alum and former Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Nick Melvoin '04 emerged victorious in L.A. Unified School District Board elections May 16. After garnering enough votes in the March primary election to advance...
Saying she feels overwhelmed and judged in a community that is predominantly liberal, a sophomore girl, who identifies as conservative, is attempting to bring a conservative guest speaker to the school.
The...
Upper School Dean Vanna Cairns announced her retirement to her students today via email.
Cairns has worked at the school for 32 years, serving initially as a French teacher and eventually as both a...
Alum and District Four L.A. Unified School District board candidate Nick Melvoin ’04 will compete in a runoff with incumbent District 4 School Board President Steve Zimmer after a second place finish...
Alum and District Four L.A. Unified School District board candidate Nick Melvoin ’04 aims to lead the charge in implementing necessary change to modernize the LAUSD.
Melvoin is in the final month of...
Bill* sprinted from his dean’s office to his mother’s car with tears streaming down his face, hoping his dean could not see him crying through his office window.
He had just been reprimanded for goofing...
Faculty from both the middle and upper school campuses attended Understanding by Design’s daylong workshop Nov. 11 to learn about the most effective way to plan a lesson.
Understanding by Design is an...
The Harvard-Westlake Parents' Association will inform parents about the recent political events and upcoming elections Oct. 13 for the Meeting/Speaker Series. The other three meetings planned this year...
The Columbia Scholastic Press Association named the Chronicle as a finalist for the Gold Crown in its 2015-16 News Hybrid Critique for print and digital publications.
Results were released in an email...
Chemistry students will learn from an entirely redesigned curriculum, which includes less content and more homework and labs, beginning this year.
Chemistry team leader Narae Park, Head of the Science...
Sixteen faculty members traveled to Israel on an Immersion Faculty Fellowship June 13-27.
The school’s Gunter Gross Global Fund sponsored the trip and provided faculty with the opportunity to study abroad.
History...
Chemistry students will learn from an entirely redesigned curriculum, which includes less content and more homework and labs, beginning this year.
Chemistry team leader Narae Park, Head of the Science...
The school became the first independent day school to surpass $8 million in Annual Giving donations at the end of last year, Head of Annual giving Eli Goldsmith said.
With contributions from families,...
Upper School Math Department Chair Paula Evans will not return to teach next year.
Evans said she had anticipated leaving at the end of the school year; however, plans changed when her mother became extremely...
Members of the Parents’ Association will elect new executive board members Wednesday at the Association’s final general meeting of the year.
The most important responsibility of executive board members...
Students performed songs and comedy routines during the third Coffee House of the year on Monday after school in the Chalmers Lounge.
Jared Gentile '16 began the show with a comedy routine, followed by...
The Society of Global Affairs will host its second annual speaker series March 20. The series will explore the future of cutting-edge technology in the business and entrepreneurial world.
The series will...
Students throwing pies at Head of School Audrius Barzdukas, as well as announcements about March Madness and the Community Service Week and the Festival of Spring highlighted Wednesday’s assembly.
La...
French students of all levels will participate in "Le Grand Concours," a national exam, Thursday after school in the Seaver Academic Center.
The assessment will test students’ ability to understand vocabulary...
The Math Club hosted a competitive circle Jan. 30. The competitive circle is a community service opportunity in which all members can volunteer to facilitate and teach free mathematics workshops for local...
Prefect Council hosted the second Coffee House of the year Monday after school in the Chalmers Lounge.
Acts included students performing songs, as well as instrumental pieces and slam poetry. Complimentary...
Professor and author Richard Weissbourd will address the Parents' Association Wednesday evening at the Middle School to discuss parenting and developing children’s moral compasses.
Weissbourd works...
When Kate von Mende ’18 was six years old, the same nightmare haunted her every night for six months. Its name was Katrina.
“I’m in a stadium, with my dad next to me. In the middle of a stadium,...
Representatives from Linda’s Voice spoke to the La Femme club Monday during activities period.
Linda’s Voice is an organization started by three sisters whose mother was murdered in a case of domestic...
Director of Alumni Relations Susan Beeson has revived the Student Alumni Association after its year on hiatus.
The association took last year off to regroup and reorganize so it could fulfill its role...
With more than 10 years of experience in marine and environmental biology, Nadine Eisenkolb joins the Upper School as a new AP Environmental Science teacher.
Eisenkolb grew up in a landlocked portion of...
