It was the summer before I started attending Harvard-Westlake. My mom said it would help me make friends before I started at a new school. However, I got much more out of the summer course in journalism...
Head of Upper School Jeanne Huybrechts will visit China in June in an effort to establish a potential partnership with the Chinese International School, which could include a student exchange program.
“Everyone...
As part of Senior Transition Day, the documentary film "The Hunting Ground" was shown to inform graduating seniors about the issue of sexual assault on college campuses across America. As part of the film,...
Students were inducted into the World Languages Honor Society for their achievements in studying Chinese, French, Latin and Spanish May 19 in Rugby Auditorium. Following the reception, students and parents...
Students will be required to completely block periods four, five, six or seven starting next year in an effort by the school to make sure students will be able to eat lunch during frees in the middle of...
The 2014-2015 Chronicle is a finalist for best high school newspaper in California in the Better Newspaper Contest sponsored by the California Newspaper Publishers Association the CNPA announced Friday....
The 2014-2015 Chronicle print edition and website are finalists for best high school newspaper in California in the Better Newspaper Contest sponsored by the California Newspaper Publishers Association,...
Reports that students were intoxicated at the boys’ basketball game against Loyola Jan. 23 prompted administrators to pull students out of the crowd and suspend four students, students said.
The administration...
As I look forward to graduating from Harvard-Westlake and entering my adult life, I realize that I am completely unprepared to be a voting citizen. The 2016 presidential election is approaching and most...
Students completed alternative assignments, such as group activities and videos, as well as traditional cumulative midyear tests in December as part of the new assessment schedule. In addition to moving...
Divya Gupta’s ’15 research on antibacterial surfaces, which she began in 2013 at UCLA and is now continuing in her Studies and Scientific research class, was recently published in the "American Chemical...
In all of the college information sessions and discussions about college, Riya Garg ’15 finds one constant theme: The number of Advanced Placement classes and rigor of a schedule is always a main focus....
Opponents to construction of a parking lot and bridge adjacent to the Upper School placed signs on the lawns of neighboring homes in early July. The signs were created by Save Coldwater Canyon!, a non-profit...
When the administration recently rewrote the mission statement to make it more accessible for the student body, they recognized that while content always comes first, the manner in which it is communicated...
Sinclair Cook ’14, Claire Goldsmith ’14, Julia Aizuss ’14 and Kennedy Green ’14 received Outstanding Senior Awards in Chinese, French, Latin, and Spanish respectively at the World Language Department...
In response to complaints of bullying, the administration placed a ban on the use of the social networking application Yik Yak by blocking the application when a phone connected to the school Wi-Fi attempts...
Ever since I started high school, my biggest fear has not been the SAT or not getting enough sleep; it’s fortune cookies. My irrational and extremely foolish fear of the cookies is based on my experience...
The Chronicle was awarded second in General Excellence by the California Newspaper Publishers Association Saturday for California high school newspapers published in 2013. Chronicle staffers also won three...
English teacher Adam Howard ’93 will join the dean team next year, replacing Jim Patterson, Head of School Jeanne Huybrechts announced in an email to faculty and staff Monday morning.
Next year, Howard...
Ten Interdisciplinary Studies and Independent Research classes, two science classes and one foreign language class have been cancelled from next year’s schedule of classes due to insufficient sign ups.
The...
Living without it has never really been a problem for me. I understand that a majority of others have it and that’s something I have accepted. Life without a Facebook account has its downfalls, but I...
A Stanford University Medical Center cardiologist spoke to seniors at class meeting today along with Hudson Ling ’15, who founded a non-profit organization last year to raise awareness about heart disease.
Ling...
Attendance dropped in upper school classes today as students travelled to the first weekend of the Coachella Music Valley Festival April 11- 14. It is unknown how many students in total are missing school...
Students who wish to compete against the NCAA Basketball Predictor Bot can turn in their brackets online at ESPN’s NCAA” Bracketology” site by going on tinyurl.com/beatthebot and using the link to...
The second trip for all Geology and Geology Honors students has been postponed because of the rain forecasted for Friday.
Instead of leaving school on the morning of Friday Feb. 28, students and teachers...
The Science Bowl "B" team won the 21st Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Science Bowl Tournament held in downtown Los Angeles Saturday, Feb. 22. It was the first regional victory in a Science Bowl...
Both the Science Bowl ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams will compete in the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Science Bowl Feb. 22.
The competition will be the teams’ first participation in an official...
Visual arts teacher Kevin O’Malley has started a YouTube lecture series called Classroom 2.0 as part of what he calls the free information movement. The series consists of a group of lectures given by...
Over the past holiday breaks, I have noticed a number of changes in my regularly-observed traditions.
As my older sister went off and moved to college, I was left to pick a pumpkin carving design out alone....
Students and faculty enrolled in a section of Advanced Topics in Computer Science Honors and in one of last year’s AP Physics B classes received spam emails from the Hub from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2.
The...
Glass blower and sculptor Sarah Gilbert visited the upper school campus Nov. 18 and discussed her work with glass, embroidery and photography during fifth period.
Gilbert attended graduate school at Brown...
Volunteers will be on campus Nov. 15 to conduct a blood drive sponsored by the Parents Association and UCLA.
Volunteers can donate blood during their free periods in Chalmers East and West. All students...
The cafeteria began selling mints Nov. 11. Prefect Council led the move to resume selling mints. The cafeteria now sells Altoids and Lifesavers. All candy was banned from the cafeteria five years ago.
"It...
Emily Kelkar ’15 returned to The Gambia the week of Oct. 28 to assist British organization Building and Assisting Communities with Education by painting a medical clinic and volunteering at a local school.
The...
Volunteers will be on campus Nov. 15 to conduct a blood drive sponsored by the Parents Association and UCLA.
Volunteers can donate blood during their free periods in Chalmers East and West. All students...
Two juniors and the school director from the Tiger Kloof School in South Africa visited classes and spoke with faculty Oct. 8.
The Children Overseas Club, led by co-presidents Kelsey Ogomori ’14 and...
A documentary honoring the life of award-winning photojournalist Tim Hetherington, who was killed in Libya while working on a documentary, will be screened Oct. 1.
A question-and-answer session with Hetherington’s...
Avalon Nuovo ’13 covered the walls of the Rugby annex, the two temporary portable buildings across from Rugby Hall, with quotes from literature chosen by the English Department.
Painting began during...
Visual Arts Department Head Cheri Gaulke will receive the “Art is a Hammer” award Oct. 20 from the Center for the Study of Political Graphics for her activism through art.
A reception will take place...
The middle school Big Siblings program received 180 requests from incoming seventh graders along with 90 eighth graders who will lead the program next year, an increase from last year.
"It will be great...
Pictures taken as part of the Photography I class are being displayed in the Feldman-Horn Gallery. Various projects completed throughout the year have been hung on the walls of the gallery and display...
Four Yahoo employees visited the Upper School Friday to discuss their job responsibilities in the design and advertisement branch of all Yahoo-owned websites and experiences in computer science.
The Yahoo...
The Upper School Dance concert will showcase the work of 32 students enrolled in the Advanced Dance I and Advanced Dance II classes on April 30.
The showcase does not have a specific or set theme, but...
Three students in Junior Classical League placed first in competitions at the organization’s state convention on March 15 and 16 in Newport Coast.
Alex Liao ’15 placed first in the grammar test in...
Four films made by Harvard-Westlake students were featured at the Marlborough Film Festival on March 1.
“Post Remembrance,” directed by Cosima Elwes ’15, Hana Kateman ’15 and Danielle Stolz...
Tonight, the Community Singers are scheduled to perform in the Adat Ari El Synagogue in North Hollywood for women and children who have been victims of domestic violence from the surrounding area.
From...
The Vietnam Initiative Club’s fundraising led to the building of a house in the Quang Nam province in Vietnam during the week of Nov 26.
The club partnered with the non-government organization East...
On Friday, Dr. Abeer Alwan will visit the Middle School to speak to Susannah Gordon’s Integrated Science II class about sound engineering, with an emphasis on hearing.
Alwan, who is the mother of Nial...
Glitter falls over the model’s face as she poses in front of a jet black background. As she contorts her body, photography student Emily Maynes ’15 lines up shots, trying to capture the perfect moment.
While...
