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The Unofficial Curriculum Guide 4: A New Hope

Duchess Barabara Knittingford, Assistant Satire Editor
May 8, 2025

Just in case you weren't sure about your course selections... English: English IV: Criminal Minds: No, you don’t get to watch the show in class. Honors English IV: Same House, Different Worlds: You...

Chron-Clave: Selecting New Editors

Chron-Clave: Selecting New Editors

Max Turetzky, Executive Editor
May 8, 2025

It’s fourth quarter, and you know what that means… time for the juniors to kiss up to seniors with important titles like there’s no tomorrow. Editor-in-Chief isn’t just a leadership position —...

Guest speakers we actually want to see

Guest speakers we actually want to see

Hannah Shahidi, Print Managing Editor
May 8, 2025

As a senior, I have attended many speaker events during my time at the school.  From sleeping through talks about everything from activism to current events, I’ve learned so much. However, I think it’s...

Asking for Letters of Recommendation: Your Foolproof Template

Zoe Goor and Hannah Shahidi
February 12, 2025

Juniors: listen up! Are you feeling humbled by your recent introduction to College Kickstart? Do you want to secure a recommendation from your favorite teacher? Lucky for you, we both scored two whole...

Head Prefect Predictions

Hannah Shahidi, Assistant Satire Editor
March 19, 2024

Spring is starting, and that means it is time to vote for the new Head Prefects. Unlike the presidential primary three weeks ago, this election is actually important. We took to heart the words of the...

Unpublished Chronicle Headlines 2: Electric Boogaloo

It's like predictions, but worse.
Hannah Shahidi, Assistant Satire Editor
February 1, 2024

1. Upper School Deans start looking into what the “trenches” are and why so many students are constantly in them. 2. Complete list of past Honor Board cases is stolen from Prefect Council’s underground...

PRETTY IN PINK: Super princess pop star Sabrina Carpenter performs on stage with Rick Caruso '76 as a dynamic duo. The pair will be performing a concert this upcoming weekend in Palisades Village, curtesy of Caruso.

Your holidays, my opinions

Hannah Shahidi, Assistant News and Satire Editor
December 13, 2023

You've probably seen the fake — and poisonous —Community Council snow that sprinkled down the Quad earlier this month. You know what that means: the holiday season is officially upon us. Despite my...

Buddy the Wolverine cries over his math homework. Buddy is taking Advanced Precalculus and learning inverse trigonometry has him in the trenches.

New year, new me?

MeJo Liao, Assistant Features Editor
December 13, 2023

2023 will be over soon , and I would like to ring in the new year with some New Year’s resolutions . As a Harvard-Westlake student, there’s nothing more important to me than finding new ways to strive...

New to Zillow: HW Edition

Eden Conner, Assistant Opinion Editor
December 13, 2023

RUGBY HALL: Price: $3,000,000 (the amount of money it will take to make students read "Maurice" again) Features: 11 Rooms (technically not bedrooms, but sleeping during Shakespeare units might suggest...

HW Media retreat recap

Davis Marks, Print Managing Editor
August 25, 2023

In the midst of August, members of The Chronicle, Vox Populi and HWTV staffs embarked on a retreat to Big Bear to bond following the HW Media merger. Below is a recap for those interested in what happens...

The Official Chronicle Curriculum Guide 2: Electric Boogaloo

It's like the first one, but worse!
Georgia Goldberg
March 22, 2023

Alright you asked for it, so here it is (for the second time): the Official Chronicle Curriculum guide. But I know a lot of you are sitting there saying, “Georgia, didn’t you do this very same article...

New sports offered by HW Athletics

New sports offered by HW Athletics

Zoe Goor and Hannah Shahidi
February 13, 2023

Take a look at the websites of Phillips Academy — Andover, Phillips Academy — Exeter or any other school that begins with “Phillips” and ends with the name of a town in the Northeast. You’ll...

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