It is 1997. Upper School Dean Sharon Cuseo walks into Rugby Auditorium as she searches for a seat at “West Side Story.” Spotting the Platt family, she goes to sit next to them. Cuseo and the Platts...
When my multinational family meets during the holidays, many of us hailing from high schools and countries around the world, we discuss and compare the education systems.
Though Harvard-Westlake ranks...
It’s Thanksgiving. Distant relatives, now reunited, scoop sweet potatoes onto paper plates and slather gravy on slices of turkey. They dance around each other, moving from one trivial conversation...
Dear Parents,
Last year, middle and upper school students took a survey about their experiences at Harvard-Westlake. The results are in, and we feel compelled to share them with you. Students who felt...
Emotionally drained from the previous night, I deliberated whether I should really go to school such a fragile state. But anything was better than staying at home. Walking into school with my earphones...
Andres Walker ’18 does not remember much about his late-uncle– just a record player playing his favorite Spanish vallenato on repeat and a cream-colored poncho that he wore to every family dinner....
When Haden Modisett ’16 leaves school for the day, he has a choice between driving for an hour and 15 minutes to his family’s house in Manhattan Beach or walking 10 minutes to his apartment on Coldwater...
In the Goldsmith household, we often say that our family sport is sulking.
This is partially due to our conflicting personalities – without naming names, I’m just going to say that some of us are a...
Over the past holiday breaks, I have noticed a number of changes in my regularly-observed traditions.
As my older sister went off and moved to college, I was left to pick a pumpkin carving design out alone....
In many ways, hatred dominates Roxanne’s* ’14 life. When her parents explained that they were getting a divorce, Roxanne distinctly remembers them emphasizing that they were going to co-parent. But...
