I had a vague memory of what I had written - something about being weirded out that future me would know the consequences of all my choices so far. As all my friends slowly got their letters we wrote in...
President Rick Commons and Head of School Jeanne Huybrechts have invited parents of African-American students to a dinner June 4 at the home of Maria and Jeff Harleston (Miles ’15, Zachary ’17) to...
Grizzly bears can grow up to nearly 10 feet tall and five feet wide, and can weigh up to 1,500 pounds.
Darby Caso’s ’14 bear is nearly as big, but weighs almost nothing and is made out of plastic....
Although no official lockdown was declared, the Upper School shut its gates and followed emergency procedures today for approximately 40 minutes following a robbery at the corner of Ventura Boulevard and...
The Los Angeles Police Department is conducting an ongoing investigation of a robbery that took place at the Verizon Wireless store on Ventura Boulevard Thursday around noon, LAPD Media Relations Officer...
59 seniors in the top 20 percent of the class GPA range will be inducted into the National Cum Laude society in a ceremony May 19.
Julia Aizuss
Aaron Anderson
Andrew Arditi
Justin Bae
Alex Berman
Zachary...
Although almost all upper school students find their academics valuable, only half find them enjoyable and only a slight majority of students are satisfied and not distressed, according to the workload...
A total of 315 new students will enroll for the 2014-2015 school year from a total of 1,094 applications across grades 7-11, Assistant Director of Admission Melanie Leon said.
Two new students were admitted...
The Symphony Orchestra earned the highest award possible at the Southern California Band & Symphony festival Saturday, April 12.
The orchestra had to play a piece that was not professionally arranged....
Film critic, TV producer, studio publicist, college professor, entertainment commentator, author and biographer Nat Segaloff spoke to the Cinema Studies class April 17. He wrote a biography of Arthur Penn,...
A total of 41 students will be members of Chamber Singers in the 2014-2015 school year, performing arts teacher Rodger Guerrerro announced April 27.
Sopranos
Sabrina Batchler ’15
Jessica Brandon ’16
Laura...
Ever since she was four, Kennedy Green ’14 has taken vitamins regularly, starting with vitamin gummy bears and later switching to multivitamins. When her father told her to drink more milk because she...
Ever since she was four, Kennedy Green ’14 has taken vitamins regularly, starting with vitamin gummy bears and later switching to multivitamins. When her father told her to drink more milk because she...
Ever since she was four, Kennedy Green ’14 has taken vitamins regularly, starting with vitamin gummy bears and later switching to multivitamins. When her father told her to drink more milk because she...
The Class of 2016 elected Hunter Brookman ’16, Grace Pan ’16, Jordan Strom '16 and Nina Woythaler ’16 to serve as Junior Prefects for the 2014-2015 school year, Prefect Council announced in an email...
The workload study committee finished analyzing the data from the workload study and began formulating proposals at its meeting March 13. The proposals will draw from the over 60-page report on the findings...
President Rick Commons has set an end-of-year target to release the new mission statement he has been working on since December.
He plans to meet with alumni on April 9 and hold an official meeting with...
Two students will be awarded the new Iberian and Latin-American Studies Fellowship this spring for summer studies in the Spanish-speaking world, Head of School Jeanne Huybrechts announced in an email to...
Two members of the faculty can apply to travel together to India through the India Exploration and Immersion Faculty Fellowship sponsored by the Harvard-Westlake Cultural Heritage and Arts of India Club...
I’ve been waiting since August to write this column. I’ve been waiting for the right time, looking for the right news peg to naturally spark what I’ve always had swirling around in my head. I haven’t...
An expert on happiness will speak at a joint faculty meeting Feb. 18.
Sonja Lyubomirsky, a professor of psychology at University of California, Riverside, will be the second speaker to address both the...
Prefect Council provided complimentary Diddy Riese cookies and milk to students starting during third period today, the day before midterm exams begin.
"We wanted to give students a treat that would hopefully...
School will begin next fall with the second all-school opening convocation Sept. 2, the day after Labor Day.
After the first-ever all-school opening convocation this year, the administration decided to...
Head of School Jeanne Huybrechts plans to launch a global education website in the next six weeks to promote and encourage global connections for students and teachers.
The website will be linked to the...
The workload study committee convened for its first meeting Dec. 12 at the Middle School, where committee members met each other for the first time and went through the surveys and data collected from...
At a school that has a reputation for priding itself on college acceptances, why do we not have pride in each other’s college acceptances?
I remember a day last May. My older brother, who attended Sierra...
Head of School Jeanne Huybrechts will release a new professional growth handbook to all teachers in January.
Teachers frequently attend workshops and seminar to improve their skills, Huybrechts said, and...
Dear Editors,
I think your Oct. 15 Opinion piece "Choosing between my education and my education" (written by Julia Aizuss ’14) misses a few important points regarding the college process and in-class...
Head of School Jeanne Huybrechts attended the first-ever Women Aspire, Respond, Engage Summit Nov. 7, where she heard professional women in a variety of fields tell stories of their success.
Roughly 300...
When Eugenie Lund-Simon ’14 asks friends to “pardon my French,” she’s not apologizing for her profanity. A native French speaker, Lund-Simon frequently finds herself unconsciously slipping into...
Students with a "growth mindset," who are more concerned with learning than with getting good grades and appearing "smart," wind up actually doing better in school and learning more, a Stanford psychology...
I’ve been really busy these past couple of weeks. In the past week alone, every single one of my classes has either tested or assigned a project or essay.
Now, the logical thing to do would be to pack...
The Fanatic Fest pep rally will now be mandatory and held in Taper Gym Oct. 4, rather than in the quad as previously decided by the prefects and Head Fanatics.
The prefects and Head Fanatics originally...
In the lead-up to Homecoming Oct. 5, students will attend the first Homecoming dance in recent years and participate in Fanatic Fest festivities that will no longer include an all-school assembly in Taper...
The Foreign Language department has changed its name to the World Language department.
"The modern languages we teach are not ‘foreign’ to our country or school community, and the classical languages...
Prefect Council will host a Homecoming formal dance Sept. 28 in Taper Gym, the prefects announced in a staged procession Friday afternoon.
Head Fanatics, football players and cheerleaders drove into the...
The first-ever all-school opening convocation this morning was highlighted by the announcement of this year’s motto, the investiture of President Rick Commons and the prefects and speeches by Commons...
A few days ago, my uncle and I somehow got into a disagreement over whether Sydney or Canberra is the capital of Australia. After a bet was made, an iPhone was whipped out, "capital city of Australia"...
Seniors who chose to go on Senior Retreat will be at the Cedar Lake Campground in Big Bear today through Thursday.
Students will participate in a variety of activities such as canoeing, swimming and hiking...
Deans and teachers shut down an attempted food fight seniors tried to hold as a final senior prank on the last day of school, May 29. They confiscated water balloons, water guns, silly string and food...
Dancers in the Advanced Dance I and II classes finished off their year in a spring showcase May 1 in the dance studio.
Dancers performed solos, duos, trios and in groups during the performance which was...
After Annie Kors ’14 ran a case in an open demonstration debate about how debaters should be more sensitive with what they argue in rounds and more sensitive with the words they use, she overheard a...
As junior year comes to a close, the highs and lows of senior year loom in the distance.
Top four things I’m looking forward to most about senior year:
1. Classes: For the first time in six years, I...
The Chronicle won the first place “general excellence” award for high school newspapers in the California Newspaper Publishers Association’s 2012 “better newspapers” contest April 27.
Robbie...
Five-time Olympian Dara Torres ’85 encouraged students to “never put an age limit on your dreams” at the annual Women’s History Month Assembly March 18, where she spoke about her career, which...
Senior and Junior Prefect election packets were emailed to the sophomore and junior classes March 22.
The packets are due by 2:35 p.m. on April 10 to Director of Student Affairs Jordan Church, and candidates...
Five-time Olympian Dara Torres ’85 encouraged students to "never put an age limit on your dreams" at the annual Women's History Month Assembly March 18 where she spoke about her career which stretched...
Artists and experimental animators Tanya Haden, Ruah Edelstein and Masha Vasilkovsky visited art teacher Alyssa Sherwood’s Drawing and Painting I class to screen some of their animations and discuss...
Jordan Brewington ’13 can join the military, vote and buy cigarettes, but she can’t drive.
Brewington took driving lessons and got her permit on time in 2010 at 15 and a half, but her mother wouldn’t...
The Student-Athlete Advisory Council hosted the second round of games as part of an annual dodgeball tournament March 11.
In the final play-in game of the tournament, The Brownies beat the Intimidating...
Students, faculty and family donned turquoise and brown ribbons in memory of Justin Carr ’14 at a candlelight vigil in Feldman-Horn Plaza, Friday evening, and bid him goodbye Saturday morning at a funeral...
Students headed to the the quad during Activities Period on Wednesday to dance the ‘Harlem Shake,’ a popular dance meme sweeping the Internet. Justin Berman ’13 kicked off dancing wearing a Wolverine...
