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Photo Gallery: Celebrating 22 years of Westflix through photographs
Photo Gallery: Celebrating 22 years of Westflix through photographs
Bear Boxes Club hosts book drive
COURSE GUIDE: Prefect Council organized the annual academic fair to help students navigate course selections for the upcoming school year.
Prefect Council hosts academic fair to showcase course offerings
RAISING AWARNESS: The Justin Carr Foundation conducted free heart screenings at the school, raising critical awareness about sudden cardiac arrest. The event honors Justin Carr’s memory and aims to protect student-athletes through early detection and community education.
Free heart screenings in Taper honor Justin Carr and raise awareness for student-athlete health
Head of School Laura Ross poses with Santa Monica and Malibu School District Superintendent Antonio Shelton.
District Superintendent visits Directed Study class
Coast-to-Coast offers summer opportunities at fair
Coast-to-Coast offers summer opportunities at fair
Restaurant Lemonade closes Studio City location
Restaurant Lemonade closes Studio City location
A structure fire broke out internally at 4132 Vanetta Place and spread up the Sunswept hillside to a neighboring four-story building.
What happened at the Sunswept Fire?
Holiday shopping in Sportsmen’s Lodge offers an opportunity to browse stores, buy gifts, and enjoy the wintertime ambience.
Holiday Guide in Los Angeles
Coldwater Canyon Ave. is undergoing maintenance again and is set to finish by November 2025. The street's last roadwork project was in 2023 after a water breakage. Just like with the construction in 2023, the increased traffic and congestion has hindered students' and faculty's commute despite them taking alternate routes.
Roadwork on Coldwater Canyon to finish by 2025
Staff Editorial: Select What You Love
Staff Editorial: Select What You Love
Illustration by Annabelle Cheung
Take initiatives to decrease obesity rates
Illustration by Annabelle Cheung
Continue semester classes
Illustration by Annabelle Cheung
It is time to start fighting climate change
Pick Up Your Console
Pick Up Your Console
Asking for Letters of Recommendation: Your Foolproof Template
A Valentine’s Day Gift Giving Guide
A Valentine’s Day Gift Giving Guide
The Official Club Fair Guide
Head Prefect Predictions
The Official Chronicle Curriculum Guide 3
Soul Provider
Soul Provider
Coming Around to Coming out: How LGBTQ+ Students Find Acceptance and Community
Coming Around to Coming out: How LGBTQ+ Students Find Acceptance and Community
Better Than the Movies: Alumni Couples
Better Than the Movies: Alumni Couples
Lost in Translation: Exploring Language Loss Among Generations of Immigrant Families
Lost in Translation: Exploring Language Loss Among Generations of Immigrant Families
Illustrated by Iris Chung
Wanna Bet: The Rise of Campus Gambling
Illustration by Annabelle Cheung
Paddington’s adventures in Peru
Choir performs songs for competition, recital
Presentations Managing Editor William Liu ’25 performs Camille Saint-Saëns' “Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso.”
Symphony hosts spring concert
Summer Park ’27 performs a solo piece to “Running Up That Hill.” Other dance pieces included genres of hip-hop, soft rock, and other contemporary works. Dancers choreographed 8 dances themselves.
Students in dance class perform in spring showcase themed “Time”
Illustration by Annabelle Cheung
“Alligator Bites Never Heals:” leaving a mark
Printed with Permission of Savvy Mahoney
Wolverines Only: Savvy Mahoney
Seniors Lead Championships Follow
Striker Cole Grossman '25 fights over a ball with a Jurupa Hills defender.
Photo Gallery: Boys soccer brings home first CIF-SS championship in school history
ON THE MOVE: Amir Jones ’26 dribbles past a defender during the Mission Leage Championship game Feb. 5 at home. The boys basketball team secured their seventh consecutive league title and ended their season with a 24-1 record. The team now prepares to faceoff in the first round of playoffs.
Boys basketball wins seventh straight Mission League title before advancing to CIF playoffs
Girls water polo wins league
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Funding the Future

Students and faculty discuss the impact of how financial aid can limit certain students’ choices in choosing a college of their choice.
Lydia Gugsa, Assistant Features Editor
February 12, 2025

Sitting alone at a table on the Quad, Kamari McNeely ’24 sat at a table at school and prepared to open her decision letter to her dream school, Tufts University. Bracing herself for the worst, she read...

Hierarchy in the health care system

Students grapple with the inaccessibility of mental health resources based upon their financial situations as well as other barriers.
Natalie Cosgrove
December 2, 2021

Shaking out her blanket and laying it across a cushioned armrest, Zoe Shapiro ’23 stood up from the couch. She passed a table of snacks catered to dietary restrictions and a bucket of toys meant for...

Photo illustration by Zoe Redlich

Show Me the Money: How campus ID cards have altered student perceptions of the value of money

Sarah Healy
December 12, 2018

Cafeteria cashier Phairot Janthep’s daily routine consists of greeting students, some by name, who come in daily to buy their lunches, snacks and drinks. Seeing everyone who comes to the cafeteria, Janthep...

Tuition raised to $49,700

Colin Ho, Assistant News Editor
December 18, 2024

Tuition for the 2024-2025 school year has risen to $49,700, a 6% increase from $46,900 last year. Adjusted for inflation, this is an increase of around $1,200.  Chief Financial Officer David Weil ’93...

Fix the admission system

Olivia Phillips
March 20, 2024

It was March 8, 2021. I anxiously paced around my room, attempting to stay calm as 5 p.m. ticked closer. In just a few minutes, I would learn not only where I would go to school for the next four years...

NEW FACES IN ADMISSION: Interim Director of Admission and Enrollment Greg Gonzalez steps into his new role in the Admission Office.

Admission Office adds members

Davis Marks
August 25, 2022

Four new admission officers joined the school this year after a number of departures from the department over the summer. Among those officers are an interim Head of Admission and Enrollment, Assistant...

School refunds $1,000 per student, provides over $1 million in financial aid for community members

Ethan Lachman
February 8, 2021

*Correction: The school has given only a small fraction of the financial aid to employees. Almost all of the money has gone to families. Board of Trustees Chair Alan Wilson (P ’10, ’13 and ’15)...

Photo by Pavan Tauh Origami by Adin Ring

Money Matters: Students of Different Socioeconomic Backgrounds

Nicole Kim
June 5, 2017

Fiona*: Self Identifies as: Less than well-off Transportation: This year, Fiona takes the bus. She doesn’t think a new car is within her family’s budget. Financial Aid: Fiona’s family receives...

Tuition increases by 6% from last year, nearing $50,000

Colin Ho, Assistant News Editor
December 18, 2024

Tuition for the 2024-2025 school year has risen to $49,700, a 6% increase from $46,900 last year. Adjusted for inflation, this is an increase of around $1,200. Chief Financial Officer David Weil ’93...

Illustration by Eva Park.

Unwrapping Privilege

Students and faculty reflect on how varying socioeconomic statuses affect members of the school community during the holiday season.
Saisha Kumar and William Liu
December 13, 2023

With the holiday season approaching, Maylie Macias ’26 was excited for her friend group’s annual Secret Santa. She and her friends would each exchange holiday gifts anonymously, drawing random names...

Expanding Financial Aid

Expanding Financial Aid

Will Sheehy
June 6, 2021

While other athletes on the boys golf team purchased new equipment before the season, Ford McDill ’21 browsed the thrift store for golf clubs. Later, at practices and competitions, he noticed the differences...

School uses Amazon to fund financial aid

Indu Pandey
February 10, 2016

Amazon customers can now use AmazonSmile to donate 0.5 percent of their purchase to the Financial Aid office. AmazonSmile allows customers to donate to a charity of their choice on eligible purchases from...

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