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After renovations and repainting over the summer, the Senior Lot now features larger spots and more space for cars to drive through. The Senior Lot has several less parking spots than before, and some seniors were assigned spots in the nearby Junior Lot.

Campus Operations completes parking lots

Davis Marks, Print Managing Editor
August 25, 2023

The school repaved and repainted the parking lots at the Upper School over the summer. As part of the renovations, around eight spots were removed from the Senior Lot in order to enlarge spots and create...

In Overdrive

In Overdrive

Dylan Graff
August 28, 2022

Students discuss the responsibilities gained when getting a license. Josh Barnavon ’24 said his heart pounded as he walked into the Winnetka Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). After six months of...

Instagram account shares student car collisions in school parking lot

Instagram account shares student car collisions in school parking lot

Julian Andreone
October 16, 2021

A student-run Instagram account resumed posting pictures of unsuccessful parking jobs and car accidents in the Upper School lot in August after an 18-month-long hiatus that started when campus closed Mar....

Skidding Out of Halkirk

Skidding Out of Halkirk

Austin Lee
August 29, 2019

Starting this fall, the school will strictly enforce its policy prohibiting students from parking on neighboring streets, including Halkirk Street. Students caught violating the rule will be punished...

Photo Illustration by Sam Ko

Like a Good Neighbor: Neighbors discuss previous expansion concerns

Jenny Li
November 21, 2017

Bruce Killlingsworth never thought he would be placing signs protesting Harvard-Westlake on his lawn. As a child, he would routinely walk the two minutes up to Harvard School for Boys for a game of baseball...

Weddington Golf & Tennis is located less than a mile from the Upper School and includes tennis courts, a driving range and a golf course. Emory Kim/Chronicle

School buys Weddington

Danielle Spitz
November 21, 2017

After years of attempting to expand athletic facilities, the school put plans for a new parking structure on hold and entered an agreement to purchase Weddington Golf & Tennis with intentions to build...

Graphic created by Eshanika Chaudhary.

Crashes in Student Parking Lot

Jean Sanders
June 2, 2016

When Naomi Barlava ’17 walked out of her eighth period class to her usual parking spot in the junior lot, she found a large crack in her rear bumper. "I knew I hadn’t gotten in a car accident," Barlava...

Life is not always fair, but the parking system can be

Life is not always fair, but the parking system can be

Henry Vogel
March 9, 2016

Life isn’t fair. You know it, I know it, we all know it. The other day I caught myself commiserating over the gap between the dunking ability of Cassius Stanley ’19 and my own. Why should he be gifted...

Graphic by Eshanika Chaudhary/Chronicle

Crash Course: Accidents in the Student Lot

Jean Sanders
February 23, 2016

When Naomi Barlava ’17 walked out of her eighth period class to her usual parking spot in the junior lot, she found a large crack in her rear bumper. "I knew I hadn’t gotten in a car accident," Barlava...

Construction partially closes main entrance, to reopen in late March

Jensen Pak
March 19, 2014

Storm drain construction caused the closure of a section of the parking lot near the main entrance of the upper school campus. The construction began Monday, March 10 and is projected to finish during...

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