I have come to associate landmarks and sites in my life with memories, and having spent three years on the Studio City campus of Harvard-Westlake, I have become particularly fond of a few spots on campus.
Some...
The preliminary trial run for Harvard-Westlake's first ever online course will begin this week. The course called Optimal Living 101, which will cover character education, is scheduled to launch this summer,...
Working well past midnight on a weeknight, Austin Chan ’13, typed a long series of symbols and letters into his Mac laptop.
His heart was beating fast with the Red Bull pumping through his body, but...
Rick Commons, the next president of Harvard-Westlake, visited campus on Monday, and though he was glad to see that the school hadn’t changed much since he left 15 years ago, he said that it, like all...
Amateur hypnotist David Goldberg ’15 needs no gimmicks. No watch dangling from a gold chain swaying slowly from side to side. No snapping of fingers. All he needs is a quiet room and a willing subject.
Goldberg...
Teachers from The High School Affiliated to Fudan University and The Beijing Number 12 High School visited Harvard-Westlake to observe various departments’ AP curricula and teaching styles.
The visitors...
Lacrosse players will have the opportunity to take part in a lifelong study beginning this spring season to test the long-term effects of concussions.
The Institute for Scholastic Sports Science and Medicine...
The Honor Board has reviewed three cases of Honor Code infractions this year in accordance with the new format of joint deliberation between the Prefect Council and members of the administration.
Under...
The Brendan Kutler Center for Interdisciplinary Studies and Independent Research will offer three new classes next year, department chair Larry Klein said.
"Unconventional Leadership," a course that will...
For many years, colleges and universities have factored grades, teacher recommendations, test scores and essays into their admission decisions. However, according to a 2012 poll by Kaplan Test Prep of...
So much depends on my computer. All my English essays, study guides, music, pictures, and college applications live within that four-year-old laptop. For a few hours, all this was gone.
A few weeks ago,...
The “One-to-One” initiative, which aims to enable every student at the Middle School to have their own computing device, is on course to be implemented in fall of 2013, Director of Studies Liz Resnick...
