Celso Cardenas By Natasha Speiss Upper School Dean Celso Cárdenas will depart from the school after eight years to become the Dean of Students and College Counseling at Avenues The World School. Cárdenas...

When people talk about good holiday movies, “Gremlins” (1984) is rarely on the list.Supposedly, the film's holiday spirit is undermined by its horrific elements. But it has too long been sidelined;...

Netflix's film "The School for Good and Evil," released Oct. 18, attempts to spin classic fairy tale motifs into something fresh and original but sorely misses the mark. Based on the book by Soman Chainani,...

Studio City residents and council members celebrated the unveiling of Fairway Garden, a garden located on the small hillside on Fairway Avenue and Ventura Boulevard, Feb. 10. The school collaborated with...

Head of Communications and Strategic Initiatives Ari Engelberg ’89 and Community Health Officer Milo Sini work with the school’s Community Health Office (CHO) to lead the school through the COVID-19...

DEAFinitely Dope Founder Matt Maxey and Brand Representative Martise Colson shared their experiences as members of the deaf community and described their work as American Sign Language (ASL) music interpreters...

The upper school Performing Arts Department opened the fall play, “J.B.,” to audiences in Rugby Theater on Oct. 29, 30 and 31. The show marked the first large-scale in-person Performing...

The Latin American Hispanic Student Organization (LAHSO) celebrated the Day of the Dead with a paper flower workshop to honor deceased loved ones and a presentation on the history of the holiday Nov. 4....

Prefect Council announced the school’s restaurant discount partners in an email to students Oct. 11. The partners are all local to Studio City, with the prices ranging from 5% to 20% off of purchases. The...

The COVID-19 vaccination rate among students has risen from approximately 94% to 98% from the start of the school year to now, the Community Health Office said. All students who had only begun the process...

Prefect Council announced the middle school dodgeball tournament will come to the Upper School in an email Oct. 5. The tournament will have two rounds, with games held during Community Flex Time and lunch...

Elements Pharmacy partnered with the school to hold booster shot and flu vaccination clinics at both the Middle School and Upper School campuses Oct. 4-8. The booster clinics were open to faculty members,...

The Community Health Office announced in an email Friday that the school will hold flu vaccination clinics at both the Middle School and Upper School in early October. The clinics will be open to all students...

As part of the College Representative Visit Program, the Upper School Deans Office has organized visits for college representatives to meet with juniors and seniors throughout November. Representative...

The Kutler Center Junior Fellowship Program selected Ella Watkins ’22 and Olivia Sparks ’22 for their project "Shades of Brown: A Visual & Written Portfolio Capturing the Black Experience in America...

The Performing Arts Department hosted an impromptu costume giveaway in Rugby Auditorium in order to manage their limited storage space Friday. Prior to the event, many of the department's costumes were...

Deep in thought, Kiki Cooper ’23 sits at her piano and distractedly taps out notes. The faint sounds of the keys echo throughout the room. When surrounded by music, Cooper said she feels at home and...

The Harvard-Westlake Alumni Association and Harvard-Westlake Pride hosted the school community’s first LGBTQ event, the End of Summer Bash, on Aug. 22. The event took place outdoors as a result of...

When Sasha Vogel ’21 sat down to write the script for "Capsule," her short film about a girl reliving her memories through a photograph, her mind was bursting with possibilities. As she wrote the script,...

Actor and producer Jake Gyllenhaal ’98 shared his experience working on the film “Brokeback Mountain” during the final installment of the year's Cinema Sundays program May 16. Questions for Gyllenhaal...

The school hosted a two-hour COVID-19 vaccine clinic with local pharmacy partner Elements Pharmacy for students older than 18 April 20. The clinic administered the Moderna vaccine and gave out spots on...

Soles4Good, an organization founded by Amaan Furniturewala '21 and Alec Katz '19 in 2017 that helps women in developing countries start businesses selling used shoes, sorted through over 4,200 shoes March...

Flashes of a medical bracelet. A deep voice narrates how “sometimes you can love somebody or something so much that people will think you’re crazy.” A teen gets out of a medical hospital while newscasters...

The Junior Classical League (JCL) club hosted college students Lauren Witmer '19, Taia Cheng '19 and Eliza Dean on a panel to discuss Classical studies after high school. The panel was moderated by Chronicle...

HW Venture hosted M13 partner and head of Launchpad Anna Barber (P ’25) as a guest speaker Feb. 10 in continuation of their speaker series. Barber presented on how she got into entrepreneurship, the...

In honor of Veterans Day, faculty members shared their military experiences through an online webinar Nov. 10, followed by a Q&A panel moderated by Chaplain Anne Gardner and Community Time Planning...