Student-led affinity groups including the Latin American Student Organization; Black Leadership, Awareness and Culture Club; Gender and Sexuality Awareness Club and La Femme hosted a multicultural brunch...
Diversity has become the “it” word on private school campuses. Five of our eight front covers this year have included a story about diversity, and at the risk of sounding like a broken record, we are...
About 100 parents and administrators attended a panel on the types of diversity found at Harvard-Westlake March 3 at the Middle School. The event, organized by the Parents Association, was moderated by...
Last year students had the privilege of hearing from several speakers who brought us inspiring messages of acceptance, struggle and perseverance.
Terrence Roberts, a member of the Little Rock Nine, shared...
The first line of the school Mission Statement reads: "Harvard-Westlake strives to be a diverse and inclusive community." Lately, we have found ourselves thinking a lot about what that means. Issues of...
The Office of Admission will accept as many as 20 new sophomores into the class of 2017 for next year, Director of Admission Elizabeth Gregory said Friday.
The school has enrolled 29 new students into...
The Foreign Language department has changed its name to the World Language department.
"The modern languages we teach are not ‘foreign’ to our country or school community, and the classical languages...
Japan
Some countries, including Japan, turn somber themes into celebratory opportunities.
For example, "Obon is the honoring of the dead; there’s ancestor worship. We just go for food and friends," mathematics...
Five students and three faculty members attended a diversity conference held in Houston, Texas from Dec. 5-8.
This is the second time in five years that Harvard-Westlake students have attended the annual...
By Daniel Rothberg
Partnering with a sister school for community service, expanding the summer program, growing the school’s endowment and exploring new teaching methods are goals the school...
By Daniel Rothberg
An openly gay boy receives an anonymous death threat at an elite private school in Los Angeles. The school is notified and suddenly the police are involved. The investigators...
By Michelle Yousefzadeh
Three teachers will travel to Israel during winter break next year to visit Harvard-Westlakeâs new sister school, Ironi Dallet, a public high school in north Tel Aviv.
A...
