Former Headmaster of Westlake School for Girls Nathan O. Reynolds ’51 died peacefully June 24, President Rick Commons said in an email to alumni, faculty and staff.
“During his quarter century of...
President Rick Commons met with New York area alumni, trustees and donors before attending a Headmasters Association meeting in Philadelphia last week.
The alumni came from Harvard and Westlake graduating...
By Saj Sri-Kumar
In 1979, a young science teacher came to 3700 Coldwater Canyon Avenue as one of 13 new faculty members that year. Thirty-three years later, Harry Salamandra is still here.
"I didn’t...
By Eli Haims
"I had no plans to ever become a teacher... it wasn’t something that I had even considered," said chemistry teacher Chris Dartt, who will be leaving at the end of the school year...
By Lucy Jackson and Derek Schlom
In July 2006, Thomas C. Hudnut traded in his Seaver office for a renovated house in the equivalent of the upper school campusâ backcountry, and Jeanne Huybrechts...
By Ariane Lange
When middle school history teacher David Coombs first met Westlake Headmaster Nat Reynolds, it was all out of context. Coombs chatted with Reynolds at a California Christmas party...
By Sophie Mancall-Bitel
This year, for the first time, life at 3700 Coldwater Canyon was supposed to be guided by one unifying theme: the hard right vs. the easy wrong. The theme was the brainchild of...
