Ellika LeSage, Assistant Opinions Editor
• September 4, 2024
When the school released its new plans for improving student mental health last August, I felt a surge of hope. After a series of tragic events in our community and minimal support for students, it seemed...
Max Turetzky, Assistant Opinion Editor
• August 26, 2023
Mudd Library is an essential element of many students’ time at the upper school. It’s not just an academic space, but one where students relax and talk with friends. However, this year, the school...
James Hess, Assistant Opinion Editor
• September 1, 2021
As a new ninth grader who came to the school without the friendships and memories usually forged in seventh and eighth grade, I’ve always perceived the upper school campus as a place to make up for lost...
When students departed for what we expected to be a two-week quarantine, I was a sophomore who had yet to experience a full year at the Upper School. I hadn’t started behind-the-wheel driving lessons,...
For the duration of my time as a Wolverine, the opinion section has been my home. I’ve taken refuge in its presentation of unabashed student perspectives and found solace in its inky pages filled with...
Dear College Freshman Saba,
Today, I applied to work at my summer job for the last time. I expect several more lasts this year–my last night at home, my last stroll through the Quad–but this last...
Louis, Megan, Lauren, Gordon, Phoebe*. A name and a star, the Chronicle’s method of citing anonymous quotes, can elicit powerful reactions within the school community. When a source who criticizes the...
Competition will inevitably thrive between actors auditioning for the same lead role in the school play, baseball players turning as many double plays as they can to make the Varsity team and yearbook...
Dear Sixth Grade Saba,
Today nobody said my name. I’m used to it – the mispronunciations and wooden tongues trying to make sense of my “exotic” name, the pauses in roll call and hapless eyes...
Columbine. Virginia Tech. Sandy Hook. Parkland.
The locations of great American tragedies; the locations of the sorrowed and the grieving, where so many hearts met their undeserved fates. A mere...
Students should remain civil rather than cutthroat following the release of semester grades.
Harvard-Westlake is a community that thrives thanks to its academically rigorous environment. After all, our...
One year ago I was your average sport-hater.
I had never watched a full football game other than the Super Bowl. I regularly declined invites to basketball and baseball games. I had never made a...
