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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Students on the Quad look at their phones. Starting next year, the school administration will ban phone use during school hours, in a similar policy enacted by the Middle School.

Administration plans for 2024-2025 phone ban to promote wellness, connection

Erin Ryu, Assistant News Editor
November 6, 2024

Phones will be banned during the school day on campus next school year, the school announced. Students will be unable to use phones throughout the school day— a policy first enacted by the Middle School...

Students socialize on campus. Following the administration's movement to ban phone use, they are seeking to promote social interactions among students.

Phone use to be fully restricted at Upper School starting 2025-2026 school year, administration says

Kara Jazaeri, Assistant News Editor
October 3, 2024

Phone use at the Upper School will be fully restricted starting next fall, according to an email sent the administration Oct 1. Cell phone use will no longer be permitted throughout the school day in an...

Apps falling out of an iPhone

Digital Detox

Students and faculty in the school community discuss the rising issues of social media dependence and taking breaks from social media platforms.
Georgia Grad, Assistant Features Editor
December 13, 2023

It was tech week for the school musical. Lights had to be set up. Costumes had to be fitted. Microphones needed to be adjusted. As the days seemed endless, Maya Ray ’25 was overwhelmed with a massive...

The Truth: Tied to Technology

Editorial Board
October 20, 2020

Then school starts, and we receive our daily doses of disheveled bed head and pajama tops via Zoom. For almost a quarter of each day, we sit facing the screen, filling breaks with TikTok, Snapchat and...

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