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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Tate Sheehy, Presentations Managing Editor

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Glory Ho ’24 delivers her Head Prefect preliminary election speech to the junior class in Rugby Theater. Ho is running for Head Prefect alongisde Assistant News Editor Davis Marks ’24, Bari LeBari ’24, Nyla Shelton ’24, Isiuwa Odiase ’24 and Elizabeth Johnstone ’24.

Head Prefect candidates speak before junior class during preliminary election speeches

Tate Sheehy
March 22, 2023

Head Prefect candidates delivered speeches to juniors in Rugby Theater as part of the election’s preliminary round March 17. Candidates introduced themselves before being asked a prepared and unprepared...

Teachers respond to ChatGPT

Tate Sheehy and Saisha Kumar
February 8, 2023

The History Department released an official statement prohibiting the use of artificial intelligence (AI) on assignments in response to the emergence of AI program ChatGPT on Jan. 15. As of Feb. 4, the...

DODGE, DUCK, DIP, DIVE AND DODGE: Students on the team “Gotta Dodgethemall” prepare to throw balls at competitors on the opposing team “Baldwin N the Boys” in Taper Gym during a semifinals match which occurred Dec. 9. “Gotta Dodgethemall” lost 2-0.

Prefect Council arranges dodgeball contest

Tate Sheehy
December 14, 2022

Prefect Council hosted a schoolwide dodgeball tournament beginning Nov. 30 in Taper Gym during lunch. The competition ended with semifinals Dec. 8 and finals on Ted Slavin Field Dec. 9 and 12.  Each...

Illustration By Sophia Evans

Foul Play

Tate Sheehy
September 28, 2022

Adi Shokeen ’24 sighed with relief as he won a grueling point, giving himself and his teammate a 40-30 advantage over their opponents in their doubles tennis match and inching closer to victory. But...

LAUSD experiences enrollment decline

LAUSD experiences enrollment decline

Saisha Kumar and Tate Sheehy
August 29, 2022

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) schools face low enrollment numbers as students transition to private schools, families move to less expensive areas and students move into full-time employment,...

Prefects explain revised clubs policies

Prefects explain revised clubs policies

Tate Sheehy
August 25, 2022

Prefect Council announced they will accept fewer club applications this year in an email Aug. 15. The email cited the school’s changing schedule, which includes a shortened break period, as a reason...

Unconventional Leadership class hosts seventh annual team building conference

Nathalie Leung and Tate Sheehy
May 31, 2022

Students participated in student-led leadership conference HW Unconvention on Friday in the Chalmers Lounge. The conference was held for freshmen, sophomores and juniors and featured speakers, activities...

Savannah Shaub '23 sits in her Chinese course surrounded by her classmates masked with surgical and KN95 masks.

Community Health Office announces new COVID-19 protocols

Chloe Park and Tate Sheehy
February 17, 2022

The HW Community Health Office (CHO) announced new COVID-19 protocols regarding masks on Feb.16. Consistent with recently announced Los Angeles Department of Public Health guidelines, masks are no longer...

Students gather around to play Spikeball on the Ted Slavin Field, as part of Prefect Council's tournament.

Prefect Council hosts Spikeball

Tate Sheehy
January 29, 2022

Prefect Council organized the school's second-ever Spikeball Tournament on Ted Slavin Field during Community Flex Time Thursday. As a new initiative for community building, Prefect Council introduced optional...

Alumnus Alec Katz ’19 presents to students about his education company, Curious Cardinals.

Startup founder presents to HW Venture

Iona Lee and Tate Sheehy
January 12, 2022

HW Venture invited alumnus Alec Katz ’19 to discuss entrepreneurship and his startup Curious Cardinals in Rugby Auditorium on Jan 11.   Curious Cardinals employs college students to help them pursue...

George Wodell, a volunteer at the California Native Plant Society, explains to volunteers how to pull invasive weeds.

Students plant native species and help maintain local ecosystem

Tate Sheehy
December 12, 2021

Environmental Club students and Advanced Placement (AP) Environmental Science students removed invasive weeds and planted native California plants with Friends of the Los Angeles River (FoLAR) and the...

Dennis Masaba displays a photo of young people playing music during their presentation in Ahmanson Lecture Hall.

Environmental Club hosts FoLAR executive

Tate Sheehy
December 3, 2021

The Environmental Club and interested students gathered in the Ahmanson Lecture Hall Monday during Community Flex Time to listen to Dennis Mabasa from Friends of the Los Angeles River (FoLAR) present about...

On the ceiling of Rugby Hall, a bat lays still. The student who initially noticed bat assumed it to be a decoration, but the bat was later removed by maintenance staff.

Bat found and removed from Rugby Hall

Davis Marks and Tate Sheehy
November 18, 2021

Students discovered a live bat on the ceiling of the Rugby Hall lobby during morning break Wednesday, drawing crowds of students and faculty. Ellie Whang ’24 said she saw the bat after walking down...

HW Parents' Association members gather to take a photo at the Senior Appreciation event.

HW Parents’ Association hosts second Senior Appreciation Event

Tate Sheehy
October 30, 2021

The HW Parents' Association hosted their second Senior Appreciation Event, offering senior sweatshirts and free donuts to the Class of 2022 outside of Munger on Tuesday. The first Senior Appreciation...

Summer Stars: Goldie Grube

Summer Stars: Goldie Grube

Tate Sheehy
August 26, 2021

As Goldie Grube '23 looked over the top of her easel, she could see the July sun beaming through her bedroom window, illuminating her canvas. She pulled out her acrylic paints, itching to recreate the...

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