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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

FOURTH TIME’S THE CHARM: The Community Health Office hosted COVID-19 booster and flu shot clinics in St. Saviour’s Chapel. The clinics are a continuation of the school’s work to prevent students from contracting COVID-19 and protect the community during the flu season.

Community Health Office organizes flu shot and COVID-19 vaccine clinics

Samuel Glassman
September 28, 2022

Elements Pharmacy partnered with the school to hold booster shot and flu vaccination clinics at both the middle school and upper school campuses Sept. 4-8. The booster clinics were open to faculty members,...

Weekly PCR tests suspended

Chloe Park
August 26, 2022

The school announced revised COVID-19 health protocols in its “Return to School” document Aug. 8. Among the policies are compulsory self-testing before returning to campus, optional masking and mandatory...

The Community Health Office redefined its definition of being "fully vaccinated" to include the COVID-19 vaccine booster shot. All students are required to have received the booster shot in order to attend school on campus.

Community Health Office mandates vaccine booster

Davis Marks
February 19, 2022

The Community Health Office (CHO) redefined its definition of being "fully vaccinated" to include the COVID-19 vaccine booster shot in an email Feb. 4. The policy states that as of Feb. 1, all students...

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...

Community Health Officer Milo Sini and Head of Communication and Strategic Initiatives Ari Engelberg ’89 discuss the day’s student COVID-19 testing. The Community Health Office (CHO) recently began testing students individually in place of its previous use of weekly pooled testing; they now send results to families within 48 hours.

Looking Inside the Community Health Office

Natasha Speiss
January 19, 2022

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...

COVID-19 vaccination rates increase on campus

COVID-19 vaccination rates increase on campus

Natasha Speiss
October 18, 2021

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...

School to hold flu vaccine clinics in early October

School to hold flu vaccine clinics in early October

Natasha Speiss
September 29, 2021

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...

CDC eases mask requirements as Los Angeles enters city’s yellow tier

Sandra Koretz
May 31, 2021

Fully vaccinated individuals were first permitted to be maskless outdoors except in certain settings when Los Angeles County moved to the yellow tier, the least restrictive tier in California's Blueprint...

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