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Proud to be BLACC: Profiling Black Leadership, Awareness and Culture Club

Sabrina de Brito
April 23, 2017

On any given Monday morning, Chalmers 307 is buzzing. The room is packed with more than 30 students and faculty members, eager to debate and discuss race-related issues. The noise level climbs as friends...

Students participate in community service walks

Sabrina de Brito
November 25, 2016

A Harvard-Westlake team participated in the Lung Force Walk in Studio City on Sunday in order to raise funds for the American Lung Association. The organization aims to spread awareness of lung cancer...

Vocalists to perform at Sherman Oaks fair

Sabrina de Brito
October 8, 2016

Harvard-Westlake vocal students will perform a pop cover song set at the annual Sherman Oaks Street Fair for the second year Oct. 16. Students, parents and faculty members will also run a Harvard-Westlake...

Printed with permission of Sahale Greenwood.

Jolly Good Fellows: 2016 Summer Fellowships

Sabrina de Brito
September 7, 2016

Max Robertson: Japan By Sabrina de Brito Walking through a five-story designer clothing store in Tokyo, Max Robertson ‘17 said he was surprised to find some of the clothes in glass cases, as if the...

LET’S DANCE: Giselle Chu  ’18, Alexa Frandzel ’18 and Daniel Varela ’18 portray a story through their choreography. They are enrolled in an Art of Dance class, and their piece was a part of the April 19 showcase in the Chalmers Dance Studio. Credit: Sabrina de Brito/Chronicle

Students dance in showcase

Sabrina de Brito
April 28, 2016

Students in the Art of Dance I and Art of Dance II classes performed in their end-of-year choreography showcase April 19 in the Chalmers Dance Studio. Ten dancers collaborated under the direction of Erica...

Speakers made up of alumni and current seniors that were or are recipients of financial aid attend a dinner to express their gratitude for the lessons they learned and the experiences they had during their years spent at Harvard-Westlake.

Alumni attend Spotlight Dinner

Sabrina de Brito
April 27, 2016

Nearly 300 alumni, students and parents attended the President’s Spotlight Dinner to hear inspirational speeches from distinguished alumni, guests and current seniors in support of Harvard-Westlake’s...

Liz Yount ’17 (right) debates in the quarterfinals round of the Harvard World Schools tournament in Boston. The school sent one team of four students and one team of three students to participate in the world schools style tournament. Printed with permission of Mike Bietz

Debaters travel to national championships

Sabrina de Brito
April 27, 2016

Five qualified Harvard-Westlake debaters will be attending the 45th Annual Tournament of Champions in Kentucky April 30-May 2. "All of our success this season, and even at our postseason championship tournaments,...

Rasa Barzdukas '17, Jean Sanders '17 and Lola Clark '17 attempt to cross to the other side of Chalmers Lounge without touching the floor during the activity "Escape from Paradise." Josh Musicant '17, a student enrolled in the Unconventional Leadership class, runs the activity, making sure attendees follow the rules. Credit: Teresa Suh/Chronicle

Students participate in third annual Unconvention

Sabrina de Brito
March 14, 2016

Students from the greater Los Angeles area took part in team-building group exercises March 12 at the third annual "Unconvention," a student-led leadership conference at the Upper School where the co-founder...

Liz Yount ’17 prepares to give a speech in a debate round in Slovenia. Yount debated at the tournament with two other high schoolers from other schools around the United States. Printed with permission of Cindi Timmons

Debaters participate in USC tournament

Sabrina de Brito
March 9, 2016

Debaters enjoyed success at their last regular-season tournament, the USC Damus Spring Trojan Championships Sunday. At the tournament, Evan Engel ’17 made it to octafinals and Connor Engel ’17 advanced...

Documentary to feature Advanced Dance I class

Sabrina de Brito
February 13, 2016

Documentary filmmaker Martha Wheelock will be filming Advanced Dance I students this week to include in her latest film, a biopic on the life and influence of women’s suffragist Inez Milholland in the...

School hosts public debate tournament

Sabrina de Brito
February 10, 2016

The upper school debate team hosted a public debate on Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan. 18 in Rugby Auditorium. Members of Team USA, the national debate team, argued about whether or not identity politics...

Picture published with permission of Kat Calvert.

Pros of staying close for college, despite ‘eastern-centric’ culture

Sabrina de Brito
January 31, 2016

When Kat Calvert ’15 was accepted to UCLA, she was at first a little hesitant about the prospect of attending a college less than 25 minutes from her house. Both of her parents went to the school, and...

Team to debate identity

Team to debate identity

Sabrina de Brito
January 13, 2016

The upper school debate team will host a public debate with Team USA on Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan. 18. During the debate, participants will debate "identity, protest and the future of the struggle...

Debate team competes in writing forum

Sabrina de Brito
November 23, 2015

The Harvard-Westlake International Public Policy Forum Debate Team was selected from teams across the world to compete in the 15th annual International Public Policy Forum. The team members are captain...

Liz Yount ’17 speaks during a World Schools debate at the Greenhill Fall Classic as teammates Aidan Luscinski ’17 and Alec Winshel ’16 listen. The team took second place at the tournament.

Debate season starts with success

Sabrina de Brito
October 7, 2015

Cameron Cohen ’16 won first place overall at the Greenhill Fall Classic in Dallas Sept. 19-21 a week after he and Nick Steele ’16 closed out the Loyola Invitational as co-champions. This was the first...

Website ranks school number one in California

Sabrina de Brito
October 7, 2015

101usa.com named Harvard-Westlake the Best High School in California on Thursday in a ranking of the top 14 institutes in the state. The article reads: "Each [school] has unique elements, highly-qualified...

Junior named to national debate team

Sabrina de Brito
September 14, 2015

Liz Yount '17 was named to the 2015-2016 USA Debate team on Tuesday and is looking forward to the upcoming season, she said. Nine high school students from across the country made the team after enduring...

Faculty and alumni perform in "Assassins" in the Pico Playhouse. Upper School Dean Adam Howard (third from right) plays Leon Czolgosz. Photograph used with permission of Adam Howard.

Critics praise alumni revival of musical ‘Assassins’

Sabrina de Brito
September 10, 2015

Alumni are involved in the revival of the five-time Tony award winning musical “Assassins," which opened on Aug. 21 to positive critical reviews. The show runs to Sept. 27 at The Pico Playhouse in Los...

Alumni go to ‘Friday Night Lights’ event

Sabrina de Brito
September 1, 2015

Alumni living in the Los Angeles area supported the Wolverines against rival Loyola Cubs at the football game last Friday after a dinner and a reception in the Feldman Horn gallery as part of the "Friday...

Students and alumni honor retiring adviser

Sabrina de Brito
June 8, 2015

Past and present Chronicle staff members gathered outside of Weiler Hall June 8 to celebrate the retirement of Communications Department Head Kathy Neumeyer. “It is not an understatement to say that...

LASA program begins accepting applications

Sabrina de Brito
April 29, 2015

The Los Angeles Service Academy is accepting applications for students to participate in the 2015-2016 season. History teachers Francine Werner and Katherine Holmes-Chuba encouraged sophomores to take...

Backstage at Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It’

Sabrina de Brito
February 13, 2015

“Standby 120 ... 120, then house lights and sound.” When stage manager Victoria Keating ’16 gives the cue, lights and sound shift, and the play ends. The winter play "As You Like It" was Keating’s...

Alumni gather at annual winter reunion

Sabrina de Brito
January 14, 2015

More than 100 recently-graduated alumni gathered in the Feldman-Horn courtyard on Jan. 7 at the annual Young Alum event and stayed to support Wolverine teams in sports events. This party had one of the...

Cirque de Soleil performer teaches dance techniques

Sabrina de Brito
October 14, 2014

Broadway dancer Ari Loeb ’97 taught an excerpt of finale choreography from the musical "Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark" to advanced classes on Oct. 1 and held an open Q&A after school in which he offered...

Librarians allow food inside Mudd space

Sabrina de Brito
October 14, 2014

The ban on food in the Upper School’s library has been lifted, and students are now allowed to eat indoors. With this change, Head Librarian Shannon Acedo hopes there will be no need for students to...

Junior attends Aspen Music Festival and School in Colorado

Sabrina de Brito
September 4, 2014

Sacha Lin ’16 spent eight weeks improving her musical abilities through one-on-one violin classes and orchestra performances at the Aspen Music Festival and School in Aspen, Colorado this summer. The...

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