We have both grown up in families that are filled with strong women who have actively promoted women’s rights and gender equality. Through their example and through our own experiences in the world,...
Sixty African-American and Puerto Rican students barricaded themselves inside the administration building at Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York on March 23, 1970.
The students protested...
Alex hung up on me, so I called Lucas. Lucas hung up on me, so I called Kendall.
“Just relax,” she said. “There’s nothing to worry about. Go to sleep.”
“I’m not worried,” I said.
...
In response to a housing-shortage bill passed in the state Senate on Dec. 3, some homeowners in the San Fernando Valley are voicing opposition.
Members of the Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association...
If the whooping cough outbreak at school grows from the 30 cases reported between Nov. 16 and Feb. 26, the next step may be to limit interschool activities, according to the Los Angeles County Health...
As the number of whooping cough cases at school grows, the next step may be to limit interschool activities, according to the Los Angeles County Health Department Office of Communications and Public...
Fifty years ago this week, the Supreme Court ruled that a school’s restriction of silent student protest against the Vietnam War was unconstitutional in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School...
The school will send home any students with flu or cold-like symptoms that do not have proof of negative pertussis test results or completed pertussis treatment when classes resume after the long weekend...
Twenty-one students across both campuses now have Pertussis, or whooping cough, according to an email that Community Health Officer Milo Sini sent Wednesday to parents of students in classes with those...
Every day I sit down at my desk in classes full of leaders and intellectuals, each having accomplished notable academic achievements.
By the time we reach senior year, we’ve become masters of memorization,...
Middle school students faced disciplinary consequences for buying and selling vaping devices and cartridges on campus, as well as vaping on campus, President Rick Commons announced in an email to parents...
Middle school students will likely face disciplinary measures after a number of students were found using vape devices, President Rick Commons said.
Commons said he does not have an estimated number of...
Results from a survey examining student stress and sleep levels, parental expectations and cheating occurrences, taken by students of all grades last spring, showed a correlation between parent expectations...
Harsh red swastikas covered the walls of an unassuming Columbia professor's office Nov. 28. Scrawled in spray-paint, the word “Yid” was plastered above her computer screen. NYPD is investigating the...
In a “blue ripple,” the Democrats took the House of Representatives and many contentious governor races in the midterm elections Nov. 6. Following a two-year period of a Republican-dominated legislature...
President Rick Commons announced in an email to students and parents that school will remain open tomorrow despite local wildfires. The Woolsey Fire is burning through 83,752 acres of Ventura and Los Angeles...
As wildfires rage through Ventura and Los Angeles Counties, students are under mandatory evacuation orders.
People who live south of the 101 on the Ventura Canyon line to Malibu Canyon evacuated due to...
Students are planning to walk out of an upcoming all-school assembly tomorrow set to feature Andrew Puzder, former CEO of Carl’s Jr. and former Secretary of Labor nominee for the Trump administration....
I’m Sophie Haber. I am lucky.
Everyday, I walk through the campus gates amongst a diverse student body that respects each other for our individual passions and accomplishments. Despite the common...
In honor of history teacher Eric Zwemer, who died yesterday, faculty shared memories of him as well as words from students at an all-school assembly before classes this morning.
President Rick Commons...
History teacher Eric Zwemer died peacefully Sept. 13, President Rick Commons said in an email to the school community. Upper school students, faculty and staff will honor his memory in an assembly tomorrow...
Blue, red and white lights flashed in front of Xenia Bernal ’19, blurred by the tears that swelled in her eyes.
Bernal, a first generation Mexican-American, was in the backseat of a car driving through...
Charley Connon ’18 screened his documentary about the homeless crisis in Los Angeles "God’s Children," which he produced with funding from a Harvard-Westlake fellowship May 25.
Working alongside Assistant...
I can’t often point to a singular experience that informed a moment of clarity in my life, but when my sister FaceTimed me as she packed up her dorm room after finishing her last final of her freshman...
After disrupting the AP English Language and Composition exam and prompting the proctor to file an Incident Report to the College Board, over 10 students received Honor Board infractions and had their...
The school dropped its temporary restraining order against Jonathan Martin ’08 that was put into effect after Martin allegedly posted a threatening photo on Instagram that caused the school to close...
For the second time this year, students put down their pencils and walked out of their third period classes when the clock struck 10 a.m. to protest gun violence last Friday.
They made their way to the...
A mental health facility released Jonathan Martin ’08 today, two months after he allegedly shared a threatening Instagram post that prompted the school to close.
Martin received a judge’s permission...
President of Girls Who Code Club Ari Sokolov ’19 received` the National Center for Women & Information Technology Aspirations in Computing Award for her commitment to computer science.
In addition to...
Daniel Varela ’18 never envisioned that registering for the military draft had anything to do with applying to a private university. But as he answered questions about his education and family’s income...
Students, faculty and staff walked out of class as part of the National School Walkout on Wednesday to honor the 17 victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting last month in Parkland, Florida.
The...
Students, faculty and staff walked out of class as part of the National School Walkout Wednesday to honor the 17 victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting last month in Parkland, Florida.
The...
In light of a threatening social media post that caused school to close Friday, Head of Upper School Laura Ross addressed students and faculty about increased security on campus, resources for students...
Every night when I was a toddler, I sat on my couch sandwiched between its corner and my mom as she read me a bedtime story.
My favorite story book, “The Sneetches” by Dr. Seuss, is about two types...
Due to a controversy regarding grade changes at The Buckley School, independent investigators will look in to what Buckley’s board of trustees calls “an isolated incident of grade changes,” according...
Eliza Yoon ’19 watched with disbelief as a young boy dragged a toy car made out of a plastic bottle across a dirt field in Haiti.
She was inspired to combat Haiti’s cholera epidemic after learning...
Debater and Chronicle freelancer Indu Pandey ’18 won the Golden Desert Invitational Tournament at the University of Nevada Las Vegas for Lincoln Douglas debate Feb. 4.
Pandey debated for a total of...
With a 85-77 double-overtime victory over Alemany at Senior Night on Tuesday, the girls’ basketball team earned a second place spot in the southern division as they enter Mission League playoffs.
Wing...
The Wolverines solidified their perfect league record tonight, defeating Chaminade 69-52.
Both teams were undefeated going into the game, so the win set up the girls’ basketball team for a top seed...
The Wolverines defeated Alemany 51-47 Thursday night, continuing a perfect league record for the girls’ basketball team.
The win will act to jumpstart their path to a Mission League title, team captain...
The wrestling team closed out the Santa Ynez Tournament with team captain Calvin Kaleel ‘18 placing eighth in the 132 weight class and Daniel Guerrero ‘20 placing sixth in the 170 weight class today.
Kaleel...
Two wrestlers will continue to the second day of the Santa Ynez Tournament after a strong meet Jan. 12.
Team captain Calvin Kaleel ’18 advanced in the 132 weight class by winning four matches and losing...
Watching her new classmates slide into a split on the black floor, Jess Grody ’19 felt nervous and out of place.
“What if everyone’s better than me? What if it’s too difficult?” she thought,...
When Grace Burton’s ’20 dad woke her up in the middle of the night and told her they had to evacuate, her trumpet, family photos and a handful of clothes were some of the only items she could grab.
The...
To bring relief to victims of the Thomas Fire, which Cal Fire declared the fifth largest wildfire in California history, Kyle Hearlihy ’19 and his mother Melissa Hearlihy, who is the girls basketball...
School reopened today after closing for two days, due to poor air quality caused by recent fires in the area.
Yesterday Head of School Laura Ross announced the December Assessment Schedule would be amended,...
In the wake of four wildfires in the Los Angeles area that caused students to evacuate their homes and the school to cancel classes, almost 300 students took to Facebook to show their support for those...
The Broward County GOP Secretary and former student who attacked a classmate after school 10 years ago will keep his post with the Florida Republican Party with one year of probation, the LA Times reported.
After...
Students and faculty returned to two school SUVs with popped back windows and no back seats after attending the Student Diversity Leadership Conference in Anaheim on Dec. 2. The theft is an example of...
Uriah Celaya ’18, who identifies as transgender, remembered when his French teacher Simona Ghirlanda asked to talk to him after class. Nervous to speak with her, Celaya tried to recall what he could...
At least one upper school student has been diagnosed with pertussis, or whooping cough, Community Health Officer Milo Sini said in an email to parents Nov. 8.
Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory...
The debate team is leading the nation with 19 bids to the Tournament of Champions.
Jaya Nayar '20, Spencer Paul '19, Lauren Morganbesser '19, Jake Davidson '19, Chronicle assistant opinion editor Vishan...
Conservative and liberal students discussed feminism and the culture of political correctness at the first Political Discourse Society debate as observers lined the aisles of Rugby Auditorium and an overflow...
The first guest speaker to voice conservative political viewpoints on campus, Emmy Award-winning radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt, discussed his book, “The Happiest Life” at an all school assembly...
To investigate the effect of cool pavement on lessening the Urban Heat Island Effect, the Environmental Science SSR, made up of students who took AP Environmental Science last year, initiated the repavement...
Neighbors protested the school’s proposed parking structure this morning at the intersection of Dickens Street and Coldwater Canyon Avenue.
The protesters, who came in support of Save Coldwater Canyon,...
Breaking the Kickstarter record of most funded apps of all time on Tuesday, Gabe Wyner ’01 raised over $340,000 to fund his new language learning app “Fluent Forever.”
The app, based on a book that...
Florida Republicans recently suspended former student Rupert Ditsworth, now Rupert Tarsey, after discovering that he attacked another student 40 times with a claw hammer as a senior in 2007. The Broward...
In light of recent natural disasters, the rescinding of DACA and the events in Charlottesville, Head of Upper School Laura Ross sent an email to students alerting them of resources on campus and reminding...
Due to an influx of public comments, the City Planning Commission postponed discussion of the school’s parking structure proposal from Sept. 28 to a date in the foreseeable future, Los Angeles City Councilmember...
Alumni, faculty and staff will rediscover artifacts from Westlake School for Girls at the Westlake Archive Staircase ribbon cutting Sept. 18.
At the top of the staircase, an interactive kiosk features...
Community, excellence and joy — as a student ambassador, I’m told to represent the school and its mission in all of its facets. I am told that the theater is to be shown with the same enthusiasm as...
Taking inspiration from Japanese museums, streets and magazines, Chronicle Print Managing Editor Alena Rubin ’18 created a blog and four original graphic designs while on the HWGo! Asia Initiative Fellowship.
Rubin...
The school bestowed outgoing Head of School Jeanne Huybrechts an honorary diploma at the commencement ceremony on Friday, which marked a first in Harvard-Westlake history.
The Class of 2017 received their...
After 17 years at the school, spanish teacher Roser Gelida will retire at the end of this year.
"I am a little young to retire, but that is [alright]," Gelida said. "[My husband and I] just want to enjoy...
After 37 years at the school, physics teacher John Feulner will retire to the Pennsylvania countryside. In addition to teaching physics, during his time at the school, Feulner has been Chair of the Building...
Marking International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, students and faculty showed their support for the school’s LGBT community with rainbow hearts on their chests.
Gender Sexuality...
Reporting from Rugby Theater, a CBS News crew filmed senior class meeting April 28 for a segment focused on Sophia Van Iderstine’s ’17 effort to start a conversation about mental health among her peers.
According...
One-hundred-twenty students missed school after Coachella on April 17, exceeding the number of absences in recent history.
Upper School Attendance Coordinator Gabriel Preciado said this year’s absences...
Only four students from the senior class, a sharp decrease from past years, traveled to Poland and Israel on the annual March of the Living April 19-May 3 to learn about the history of prejudice, intolerance...
Physics teacher Antonio Nassar published a research book entitled "Bohmian Mechanics, Open Quantum Systems and Continuous Measurements" in March, which he co-authored with Salvador Miret-Artés of the...
Juniors elected JP Cherry ’18, Princie Kim ’18 and Sarah Conway ’18 to serve as Senior Prefects for the 2017-2018 school year.
Students heard speeches in Rugby Auditorium on Wednesday.
Eli...
Book Club will collect new and gently used books for The Book Truck, which provides under served teenagers in Los Angeles with young adult books, starting March 27.
Club members will collect donations...
Through workshops, group discussions and question and answer sessions with industry leading guest speakers, students in Unconventional Leadership emphasized the importance of collaboration and prioritizing...
Actress Juno Temple discussed the importance of confidence and self-acceptance as a means of promoting feminine power with members of Le Femme on Monday, while talking about her experience as a woman in...
A citywide brown out caused a power surge that halted Sunday's Dance Concert performance. The dancers took a 15 minute intermission while all projectors were rebooted.
"I think everyone moved forward really...
Seven alumni with careers in law and policy spoke to students and answered questions about their experiences in education and the workforce at an HW Works roundtable on Monday.
Litigation and Trial Associate at...
Columbia University Professor Christopher Emdin urged educators, parents and students to appreciate the diverse challenges and backgrounds that students of color bring to school at the Southern California...
Photography I students logged onto Skype Friday to learn about documentary photography from Montreal-based photographer Tema Stauffer.
“It’s always beneficial for students to get a fresh perspective...
Students opted to take the American Mathematics Competition test, which is meant to evaluate problem-solving and analytical skills, on Tuesday.
“The test gives students the chance to answer questions...
To give back to the larger community, some sports teams have started fundraising campaigns, raising thousands of dollars to benefit cancer patients and research. Others have started an effort to raise...
As part of their initiative to express gratitude on campus, Community and Character Committee members passed out stickers with the phrase "I am appreciated" after assembly Nov. 16. They encouraged students...
To promote interest among the student body for the upcoming presidential election, Kutler Center courses each dedicated a class period to discussing the election the week of Oct. 30.
“With this election...
A sophomore in Chemistry prompted a fire alarm seventh period due to a mistake in a lab.
In an experiment testing the melting points of various chemicals, the student left chemicals on a Bunsen burner...
The administration closed the lounge Monday afternoon as a repercussion for messes left by students.
Members of Prefect Council warned students about the consequences for not maintaining...
Interim Head of Upper School Liz Resnick reminded parents and students of the dress code’s parameters and the school’s efforts to ensure that it is implemented in reaction to recent dress code violations,...
The Class of 2017 joined together Sunday evening to begin their last year as high school students at the annual ring ceremony.
By quoting the graduation address from Harvard School for Boys salutatorian...
