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Sarah Mittleman

Sarah Mittleman, Opinion Editor

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Lying on her bed, the Mittle-Man advises a student on their love life through the phone.

The Mittle-man on Campus: A Review of Prom

Sarah Mittleman, Opinion Editor
May 31, 2022

Hello, devoted readers! After a brief hiatus, I have decided to resume my role as romance guru and dedicated advice-giver for the last weeks of the year. For those of you curious as to what I was doing...

Lying on her bed and surrounded by gifts from Valentine suitors, the Mittle-Man advises a student on their love life in a phone call.

The Mittle-man on Campus: Playing Cupid

Sarah Mittleman, Opinion Editor
February 14, 2022

‘The Mittle-man on Campus’ is a satirical column centered around high school clichés and the teenage experience. None of the articles in this column are representative of the opinions of The Chronicle...

Lying on her bed, the Mittle-Man advises a student on their love life through the phone.

The Mittle-man on Campus: Feeling 2022

Sarah Mittleman, Opinion Editor
January 26, 2022

‘The Mittle-man on Campus’ is a satirical column centered around high school clichés and the teenage experience. None of the articles in this column are representative of the opinions of The Chronicle...

Illustration Credit: Sydney Fener

The Mittle-man on Campus: Under the Mistletoe

Sarah Mittleman, Opinion Editor
December 13, 2021

‘The Mittle-man on Campus’ is a satirical column centered around high school clichés and the teenage experience. None of the articles in this column are representative of the opinions of The Chronicle...

Lying on her bed, the Mittle-Man contemplates whether romance is the genre of her story.

The Mittle-man on Campus: Jumping Genres

Sarah Mittleman, Opinion Editor
November 19, 2021

‘The Mittle-man on Campus’ is a satirical column centered around high school clichés and the teenage experience. None of the articles in this column are representative of the opinions of The Chronicle...

Illustration Credit: Sydney Fener

The Mittle-man on Campus: Spooktober Special

Sarah Mittleman
October 19, 2021

‘The Mittle-man on Campus’ is a satirical column centered around high school clichés and the teenage experience. None of the articles in this column are representative of the opinions of The Chronicle...

Lying on her bed, the Mittle-Man advises a student on their love life through the phone.

The Mittle-man on Campus: Seeking Oscar-Worthy Date for Pivotal High School Experience

Sarah Mittleman, Opinion Editor
September 20, 2021

‘The Mittle-man on Campus’ is a satirical column centered around high school clichés and the teenage experience. None of the articles in this column are representative of the opinions of The Chronicle...

Embracing uncertainty

Sarah Mittleman, Opinion Editor
September 1, 2021

When students departed for what we expected to be a two-week quarantine, I was a sophomore who had yet to experience a full year at the Upper School. I hadn’t started behind-the-wheel driving lessons,...

Lying on her bed, the Mittle-Man advises a student on their love life through the phone.

The Mittle-man on Campus: The Best Sequel Ever

Sarah Mittleman, Opinion Editor
September 1, 2021

‘The Mittle-man on Campus’ is a satirical column centered around high school clichés and the teenage experience. None of the articles in this column are representative of the opinions of The Chronicle...

Lying on her bed, the Mittle-Man advises a student on their love life through the phone.

The Mittle-man on Campus: Tips and Tricks for the Graduating Class

Sarah Mittleman
June 16, 2021

‘The Mittle-man on Campus’ is a satirical column centered around high school clichés and the teenage experience. None of the articles in this column are representative of the opinions of The Chronicle...

Lying on her bed, the Mittle-Man advises a student on their love life through the phone.

The Mittle-man on Campus: A Review of the 2020-2021 School Year

Sarah Mittleman
May 24, 2021

‘The Mittle-man on Campus’ is a satirical column centered around high school clichés and the teenage experience. None of the articles in this column are representative of the opinions of The Chronicle...

Lying on her bed, the Mittle-Man advises a student on their love life through the phone.

The Mittle-man on Campus: High School How-Tos

Sarah Mittleman
May 7, 2021

‘The Mittle-man on Campus’ is a satirical column centered around high school clichés and the teenage experience. None of the articles in this column are representative of the opinions of The Chronicle...

Lying on her bed, the Mittle-Man advises a student on their love life through the phone.

The Mittle-man on Campus: An Open Letter to Mr. Commons

Sarah Mittleman
April 23, 2021

‘The Mittle-man on Campus’ is a satirical column centered around high school clichés and the teenage experience. None of the articles in this column are representative of the opinions of The Chronicle...

Imitation or Illness?

Sarah Mittleman
March 1, 2021

From Hogwarts houses to Meyers-Briggs to Zodiac signs, personality tests have a universal appeal time and time again. It’s human—specifically, teenage—nature for us to enjoy categorizing ourselves,...

Credit: Caroline Jacoby

When home-work doesn’t work

Sarah Mittleman
December 11, 2020

When the news first broke that school would continue online for the next two weeks, sounds of joy and excitement echoed across campus. Students lugged their textbooks home, eager for a much-needed break....

Tick Tock, Trump’s on the Clock

Sarah Mittleman
August 27, 2020

Days before President Trump’s Tulsa Rally, millions of users on TikTok banded together to troll the event by registering for it and not showing up. Just a month after photos of the humiliatingly sparse...

Affinity group leaders organized meetings to celebrate their cultures and discuss their shared identities with upper school students from May 4 to 8 during Multicultural Week. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the annual event was hosted online through Zoom. Illustration by Alexa Druyanoff

Multicultural Week celebrated over Zoom

Sarah Mittleman
June 4, 2020

The school’s annual Multicultural Week took place with 10 affinity groups each receiving a 30-minute slot during lunch break to celebrate their cultures May 4, all from the comfort of their own homes. Affinity...

Bergman plans to leave to teach at Geffen Academy at UCLA

Sarah Mittleman
June 4, 2020

History teacher Elizabeth Bergman will depart from the Upper School to continue her career at Geffen Academy at the UCLA next year. Bergman joined the history department this past fall, and taught Advanced...

Ethics Bowl team competes in semifinals of regional tournament

Sarah Mittleman
February 9, 2020

One of the school's Ethics Bowl teams reached the semifinals of the 2019-2020 Southern California High School Ethics Bowl tournament after competing against STAR Prep Academy, Glendora and Santa Susana...

Eli Friedman ’21 checks out of school through the updated iHW application on his phone
during eighth period Jan. 24. The application allows students to leave campus without physically signing out. Credit: Hannah Han/Chronicle

iHW app records student attendance

Sarah Mittleman
January 30, 2020

The iHW app was recently updated to include a function that allows students to check in and out of school using their phones, eliminating the need for sign out sheets. Preciado discusses the benefits...

YoungArts winners announced for 2020 school year

Sarah Mittleman
November 29, 2019

The YoungArts Foundation awarded 10 students Tuesday for their accomplishments in music, photography, writing, visual arts and singing. 10 artists, writers and musicians receive awards The annual YoungArts...

Brooke Levin '12 spoke to students in the HW Venture Incubator Program about her startup company, (Ate)ifi. Her company collects sales statistics and broadcasts the nutritional values of food items sold in vending machines. Credit: Sarah Mittleman/Chronicle.

Two alumni present at HW Venture Incubator

Sarah Mittleman
October 3, 2019

Two alumni entrepreneurs shared their start-up experiences with students at HW Venture’s Incubator Program Sept. 27. Two alumni discuss their startups  Brooke Levin ’12 spoke first about her startup,...

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