![President Rick Commons and Head of School Laura Ross sent out an email to parents at 12:10 p.m. on Thursday informing them of a students arrest.](https://hwchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screen-Shot-2024-02-29-at-2.00.18-PM-1200x910.png)
Student arrested at upper school campus
Hannah Shahidi, Assistant News Editor
• February 29, 2024
![Associate Head of School Laura Ross will begin serving as Head of School in July. Prior to becoming Associate Head of School in July 2020, Ross was Head of Upper School from 2017 to 2020.](https://hwchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_2385-900x675.jpeg)
Ross to become Head of School
Davis Marks and Chloe Park
• January 3, 2023
![LAUSD experiences enrollment decline](https://hwchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Untitled_Artwork-900x675.jpg)
LAUSD experiences enrollment decline
Saisha Kumar and Tate Sheehy
• August 29, 2022
![Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board of Education Vice President Nick Melvoin ’04 spoke to the Directed Study: Public Education in America.](https://hwchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Untitled_Artwork-2-900x675.jpg)
LAUSD Board of Education VP speaks to directed study
Will Sherwood
• February 12, 2022
![HW Visions Progress report released Sept. 15 highlights five administration goals set in 2015 and how the school will implement change based on student opinions in the community to better student life, local communities and diversity, equity and inclusion.](https://hwchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Screen-Shot-2021-10-14-at-4.02.32-PM-900x559.png)
Commons develops new Visions
Tessa Augsberger and Milla Ben-Ezra
• October 15, 2021
![President Rick Commons presents in front of parents in the Saperstein Theater, beside a slideshow image of upper school students on the Quad.](https://hwchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Image_9-21-21_at_9.10_PM-900x695.jpg)
Administrators reflect at State of the School Address
Will Sherwood
• September 22, 2021
![Photo Credit: Kyle Reims/Chronicle](https://hwchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/P1020699-1-scaled-1-900x600.jpg)
‘wokeathw’ responds to anti-racism initiatives
Kyle Reims and Ethan Lachman
• October 22, 2020
![Photo Credit: Kyle Reims/Chronicle](https://hwchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/P1020699-1-scaled-1-900x600.jpg)
‘wokeathw’ responds to anti-racism initiatives (Print Edition)
Kyle Reims and Ethan Lachman
• October 20, 2020
![Photo by Ethan Lachman |
Construction for the new upper school cafeteria, which aims to account for the new schedule’s common lunch period for all students, is nearing completion.The cafeteria has an outdoor sitting area nearby and is located near the steps of the Mudd Library.](https://hwchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_7820-scaled-1-900x675.jpg)
Outdoor cafeteria undergoes construction
Tanisha Gunby
• September 4, 2020
![Illustration by Alexa Druyanoff](https://hwchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Untitled_Artwork-2-scaled-1-900x563.jpg)
School responds to ‘blackathw’ Instagram account
Hannah Han
• September 2, 2020
![Illustration by Alexa Druyanoff](https://hwchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Tanisha-900x580.png)
Going The Extra Mile
Tanisha Gunby
• August 27, 2020
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