At one in the morning, I stared at the pencil shavings sitting on my desk. The cursor blinked expectantly over my English essay, shaming me for the third straight hour and turning my brain to mush. This...
Last year, my mom decided to try something: a Gratitude Jar. Think a swear jar, but instead, every day, you place a post-it note with something you’re grateful for. When I first heard it, I thought it...
At 13 years old, Elliot Kang ’16 imagined what it would be like to be the protagonist from his favorite show, "Dragon Ball Z."
The latest episode in his series of superhero daydreams frequently interrupted...
Victoria Keating '16, Jessie Pfeifer '16, Chloe Shi '16 and English teacher Malina Mamigonian raised $329 in a bale sale yesterday to pay for new tanks and supplies for the two library fish.
A poll to...
The Wolverine Chorus, Chamber Singers, Bel Canto, and Jazz Singers won a total of seven awards, as well as one solo award for Benny Weisman ’15 at the Heritage Festival in Santa Clara during the past...
Students in Bel Canto, Chamber Singers and Wolverine Chorus competed in the Festival Clinic Concert March 24 in Rugby Auditorium. Due to lack of signups from other choirs, Harvard-Westlake was the only...
Art teachers Cheri Gaulke and Claire Cochran traveled to India during winter break on a faculty fellowship bestowed by Harvard-Westlake’s Cultural Heritage and Arts of India Club and the Gunter-Gross...
Harvard-Westlake participants took fifth place in the Annual Southern California High School Ethics Bowl, winning two rounds out of three rather than losing two rounds as previously thought.
The team...
All Upper School choirs performed in the annual winter holiday concert, “Gloria: Rejoice & Sing”, Friday evening at the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica, conducted by Choral Director Rodger...
Choral students may dedicate the annual holiday concert, "Gloria: Rejoice & Sing" to the memory of science teacher Jim Brink, who died Nov. 12. The concert will take place at the First Presbyterian...
Juniors planning to participate in the spring break college tours must submit college tour preference forms and signed college tour rules by Dec. 9. Both tours will take place during the first week of...
The last day to buy a rose for a cast member of the fall musical, “Company”, is Friday. Roses will be sold by Social Committee on the Quad from fourth through eighth period, costing $3 each. Payment...
Bzzt. Another mosquito adhered to my skin, preparing to give me yet another wonderful product of its nature: a big, red, itchy bug bite. I think that might have been my 20th bite that week.
Even though...
Scrolling through posts on Facebook and Tumblr, Hannah Dains ’16 watches the clock as it turns to 11 p.m. She hasn’t done any homework in hours and knows it will be impossible to finish it all during...
Alex McNab ’14, one of this year’s Brownstein Fellows, plans to travel to Nepal and Vietnam before starting college in the fall of 2015.
He was first inspired to apply for the fellowship during a class...
Joss Saltzman ’16 won first place in division B of the 2014 Preliminary Competition of the Chinese Bridge Proficiency Competition for the southwest United States in San Diego May 16, and received a prize...
Irene Kao ’14 and Henry Jiang ’14 were selected as finalists for the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge March 30. The competition encourages student teams to identify an environmental issue...
A special assembly schedule for STEMfest May 21 will allow upper school students and faculty time to view a variety of research by students, such as an Unmanned Aviation Vehicle (a drone), a Quadcopter...
Maureen Frank, who will retire as a librarian in June, initially came to Harvard-Westlake as the stay-at-home mother of David Frank ’98 and Richard Frank ’00.
She had volunteered frequently at the...
Visual arts teacher Art Tobias is creating a trophy for the Hudnut Cup, a soccer tournament which will be part of the World Leading Schools Association conference being hosted by Harvard-Westlake this...
Solo vocal performances, including a rap number, recitation of original poetry and a piano mash-up of 15 pop songs were some of the highlights of the third Coffee House held after school Feb. 23 in...
The third Coffee House of the school year will be held Monday, Feb. 24 in the lounge after school. Roughly 10 to 15 students are expected to participate in the Coffee House, and the final performance lineup...
A total of 98 upper school students participated in the American Math Competition Feb. 2. Two tests were administered, the AMC 10 and AMC 12.
Students are given 25 multiple choice questions to complete...
The preparations for the upper school play "The Matchmaker" started during casting the week of Nov. 18.
The actors have been reading and memorizing their lines for their first run through of the play,...
All upper school choirs sang in the annual holiday concert, titled "A Winter Fantasia" Friday, Dec. 13 at the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica.
H-W Jazz Singers, Bel Canto, Wolverine Chorus...
Elizabeth Edel ’16, Michelle Lee ’14, Marcella Park ’15 and Benny Weisman ’15, were all chosen to participate in the Southern California Region High School Honor Choirs performance Nov. 23 at Santa...
The bookstore began to sell tickets Monday for the upper school fall musical “Hairspray,” which will run from Nov. 8-10. Actors, cast, and crew have been able to pre-order tickets since Oct. 8, with...
Journalism teachers Kathleen Neumeyer and Jen Bladen and Chronicle staffers Mazelle Etessami ’14, David Gisser ’14, Jack Goldfisher ’14, Henry Hahn ’14, Eric Loeb ’14, Jensen Pak ’14 and...
