In the last 1st and 3rd assembly, we all watched a video recap of the school year. This video was virtually all clips of various goals, touchdowns and other sports-related celebrations. Following this...
If you didn’t notice, during the two weeks after spring break, 24 seniors were absent from school. We were part of that group, the group that embarked on the two-week journey to Poland and Israel called...
Green signup sheets for next year’s courses are a thing of the past, as students will be able to choose next year’s courses online. The change will save time and reduce human error, Upper School Dean...
The Topics in Calculus and Statistics math class has changed its name to Calculus and Statistics. The new name was deemed simpler and more streamlined.
Upper School Mathematics Department Head Paula Evans...
It all started with a promise.
"Vote for me, and I’ll convince the school to sell candy and junk food in the cafeteria," a candidate for student body president says in the "Funny or Die" video "Snackpocalypse."
He...
Two new World Language teachers and one English teacher will join the Upper School next year.
Amandine Nelaton will replace French teacher Geoff Bird, who is retiring, while Bradford Holmes will take over...
English teacher Ariana Kelly, who has taught at Harvard-Westlake for six years, has received a book deal and will not teach at Harvard-Westlake the next school year.
Her book, which might be titled "The...
Juniors and sophomores elected prefects on April 23 and April 25 respectively.
Sophomores elected Hunter Brookman ’16, Grace Pan ’16, Jordan Strom ’16 and Nina Woythaler ’16 to serve as junior...
Juniors and sophomores elected prefects on April 23 and April 25 respectively.
Sophomores elected Hunter Brookman ’16, Grace Pan ’16, Jordan Strom ’16 and Nina Woythaler ’16 to serve as junior...
A panel of presenters speaking about sexual assault was organized by Trishta Dordi ’15 as part of a series of events leading up to Denim Day April 23.
Presenters included Harriet Kerr from the UCLA Rape...
During the junior class meeting on Wednesday, April 23, junior Prefect candidates will speak in front of the junior class. Prefects serve on both the Prefect Council and the Honor Board. Students will...
Cole Kawana ’16 established an organization called Clean Water Ambassadors to offer free water filters in poor countries.
The organization will distribute the filters to communities with no clean water.
Kawana...
Candidates for Head Prefect will speak in front of the sophomore and junior classes at an assembly today in Taper Gymnasium. After these speeches, an email will be sent to all sophomores and juniors providing...
During class meeting last week students learned how to donate $25 to Kiva, an organization that makes loans to people in low income countries. The event, called "Aunt Kim's Birthday Gift" was organized...
Candidates for next year's Head Prefects will present speeches in front of the junior class on Monday, March 17. This will be an opportunity for the candidate to talk about why he or she feels believes...
Writer and former dean Caitlin Flanagan (Patrick Hudnut ’16) and attorney Laurie Levenson (Daniela ’17, Havi ’08, Solly ’06) will host a discussion on teenage drinking and drug use at 7 p.m. March...
Justin Carr ’14, former South Africa President Nelson Mandela and others were remembered Dec. 5-7 at the National Association of Independent Schools Student Diversity and Leadership conference in National...
A 10-year old elementary school student participating in Justin Carr’s Dare to Dream Project won an international art contest, winning a trip to Monaco to attend the 38th International Circus Festival...
A bake sale sponsored by the Environmental Club Nov. 22 raised $900 for Tree People, a non-profit environmental organization headquartered south of the campus at Mulholland and Coldwater Canyon.
Students...
The Student-Athlete Advisory Council has started a one-to-one community service initiative for all athletic teams.
The council is trying to get all teams to participate in hands-on community service projects,...
"We won!" read an email from Loyola Law School Professor Laurie Levenson (Solly Mirell ’06, Havi Mirell ’08, Daniela Mirell ’17) to Monica Nimmagadda ’14. Nimmagadda had just finished cross...
Justin Carr’s Dare to Dream Project took its fourth trip Saturday to Frank D. Parent Elementary School in Inglewood to lead art classes. The day focused on how to make collages.
Justin Carr ’14, who...
Names like Seaver, Chalmers, Rugby and Mudd are all used daily to describe where classes are taught, where a test will take place or where to meet up with a friend. Before the names were signs on buildings,...
Physics teachers Karen Hutchison and Jesse Reiner experienced weightlessness aboard a Boeing 727 aircraft, which was modified to have reduced gravity.
Hutchison and Reiner flew to San Jose Sept. 28 where...
The Student-Athlete Advisory Council will host a dunk tank during Homecoming on Oct. 5. SAAC shirts will also be sold next to the tank.
"We are having a dunk tank because we raise funds for our budget,...
A total of 54 Peer Support leaders and trainees bonded in team-building exercises such as a ropes course and an egg drop during their annual retreat at Temescal Canyon Gateway Park Sept. 20-22.
The retreat...
During the summer there has been a case of what Head of School Jeanne Huybrechts called “musical chairs” in Seaver, as well as construction in Rugby and the orchestra room.
Various offices in Seaver...
Christian Stewart ’15 spent his summer as a paid intern at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, part of California Institute of Technology, working on quadrocopters, which are small four-rotor helicopters. JPL,...
Kavita Ajmere sits in her sparse Seaver office while a technician explains how to use her new desktop and laptop setup.
While she is still settling in, Ajmere, the new Director of Counseling and Psychological...
Daniel Singer ’17 released his first commercially published app, ‘BackDoor’, in the iOS AppStore July 24. BackDoor allows friends to anonymously message each other, sharing ideas and feelings without...
Hunter Brookman ’16, Grace Pan ’16, Shelby Weiss ’16 and Alec Winshel ’16 have been elected sophomore prefects for next year.
Pan says she has worked along with Winshel and Cameron Cohen ’16...
Hunter Brookman ’16, Grace Pan ’16, Shelby Weiss ’16, and Alec Winshel ’16 have been elected sophomore prefects for next year. The announcement was made on May 17 after candidates participated...
Four films made by students have been chosen to be showcased in the Los Angeles Film Festival. All four films will be shown on June 15 and June 22 at Regal Cinemas.
"You and Me," directed by Amanda Reiter...
Ice cream sundaes were sold in the quad Monday to support of Girl Up, a United Nations organization dedicated to providing girls in developing countries basic necessities such as education and healthcare.
Each...
With nine job openings in four departments, Head of School Jeanne Huybrechts and other administration and faculty are busy reading resumes and interviewing candidates for the fall.
21 years ago, when...
The price of prom tickets has been raised from $100 to $115 because the cost of producing prom has risen in expense over the last couple years. Director of Student Affairs Jordan Church and Father J. Young...
Novice debater Cameron Cohen ’16 competed at the California High School Speech Association Debate Tournament at West Ranch High School in Santa Clarita, the first time any Harvard-Westlake team member...
Chinese teacher Binbin Wei will teach Chinese at Seoul International School in Wonju, Korea, where her husband will be a professor. She plans to leave during the summer.
Wei taught at Harvard-Westlake...
Charlie Stigler ’11 created Zaption, a website that allows users to add interactive elements to clips of videos from sites like Youtube.
Zaption will be open for public use in the coming weeks. A user...
Head Fanatics sold 150 Fanatics shirts and tank tops on Dec. 12 at the Middle School. Michael Hart, Corey King, Henry Neale, and Justin Berman, heads of the Fanatics, a club that promotes school...
