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Pursuing Excellence: Cum Laude inductee and Presentations Managing Editor Nathan Wang ’25 shakes President Rick Commons’ hand.
Students receive Cum Laude title
Senior Takeover: Seniors traveled to the middle school campus after their last class to engage with middle schoolers for the annual senior prank, gathering to watch their peers dive in and play games by the Marshall Center swimming pool and basketball court May 21.
Class of 2025 visits Middle School campus as a part of annual senior prank day tradition
ASiA club hosts screening of movie “Dìdi,” discussion panel with lead actor Izaac Wang
ASiA club hosts screening of movie “Dìdi,” discussion panel with lead actor Izaac Wang
Valedictorian and Salutatorian selected
Valedictorian and Salutatorian selected
Antisemitic markings on Ventura Boulevard
Coast-to-Coast offers summer opportunities at fair
Coast-to-Coast offers summer opportunities at fair
Restaurant Lemonade closes Studio City location
Restaurant Lemonade closes Studio City location
A structure fire broke out internally at 4132 Vanetta Place and spread up the Sunswept hillside to a neighboring four-story building.
What happened at the Sunswept Fire?
Holiday shopping in Sportsmen’s Lodge offers an opportunity to browse stores, buy gifts, and enjoy the wintertime ambience.
Holiday Guide in Los Angeles
Coldwater Canyon Ave. is undergoing maintenance again and is set to finish by November 2025. The street's last roadwork project was in 2023 after a water breakage. Just like with the construction in 2023, the increased traffic and congestion has hindered students' and faculty's commute despite them taking alternate routes.
Roadwork on Coldwater Canyon to finish by 2025
Legacy Redefined
Legacy Redefined
Journey Beyond a Road
Journey Beyond a Road
Too Corepower(ful)
Too Corepower(ful)
Contain the "Crash Out"
Contain the “Crash Out”
Seperate American politics from the Vatican
Seperate American politics from the Vatican
What your university decision says about you
The Unofficial Curriculum Guide 4: A New Hope
Chron-Clave: Selecting New Editors
Chron-Clave: Selecting New Editors
Guest speakers we actually want to see
Guest speakers we actually want to see
Asking for Letters of Recommendation: Your Foolproof Template
Senior Send-Offs
Senior Send-Offs
Naked Truths: Intimacy and Relationships
Naked Truths: Intimacy and Relationships
Illustrated by CJ Phelan
Joining the jam
Catch Me if You Can: Behind the Shoplifting Trend
Catch Me if You Can: Behind the Shoplifting Trend
Academic Pivot: Responses to AP Curriculum Changes
Academic Pivot: Responses to AP Curriculum Changes
Students Present Acting Showcase
Upper School choirs to travel to New York for summer tour
Choral program hosts lunch chapel concert
How students spend summer break
How students spend summer break
Bucket list for seniors
Bucket list for seniors
Printed with Permission of Nic Monroe
Softball sees success in new league
Printed with Permission of Nic Monroe
Wolverines Only: Franklin Wimbish
Printed with Permission of Savvy Mahoney
Wolverines Only: Savvy Mahoney
Seniors Lead Championships Follow
Striker Cole Grossman '25 fights over a ball with a Jurupa Hills defender.
Photo Gallery: Boys soccer brings home first CIF-SS championship in school history
The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle
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Stepping Beyond the Gates

Stepping Beyond the Gates

Students and faculty discuss Security Guard Tony Tutino’s impact on the school community following his retirement from his law enforcement career.
Alex Reisner, Assistant News Editor
March 19, 2025

With a crisp morning breeze blowing across the parking lot, Upper School Security Guard Tony Tutino stands confidently by his post at the main entrance, as he has every morning for the past four years....

Security to implement new face-recognition system for first-time visitors

Alex Lee, Digital Managing Editor
September 8, 2024

The school is implementing a new set of security measures including a visitor management system and two new campus ambassadors who will take the responsibility of greeting guests from security. The new...

Behind the Badge

Behind the Badge

Members of the school’s security team discuss their previous careers and different safety measures the school has enacted in recent years.
Alden Detmer and Alex Dinh
September 21, 2023

It is 1:30 a.m. in Palmdale, CA. Head of Upper School Security Earl Saunders’ day just began. Before Saunders hops on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle an hour later, he checks in with his wife about their...

Student defends themselves in the face of gun violence, standing in front of a crumbled American flag.

Lives on the Line

Students and faculty reflect on the progression of gun violence on school campuses since the deadly shooting in Parkland, Florida.
Natalie Cosgrove
February 17, 2022

Palisades Charter High School (PCHS) senior Maya DeGanyar ’22 turned in her seat to see the whiteboard more clearly. She scribbled down notes and then opened "To Kill a Mockingbird" to the assigned page...

School engages in ALICE protocol during drill

Claire Conner and Natalie Cosgrove
December 11, 2021

Following several school shooting threats throughout various Los Angeles high schools, students participated in an active shooter drill Dec. 10. Palisades Charter High School (PCHS), Santa Monica High...

Manager of Security Mark Geiger checks classroom doors during the security staff’s first active shooter drill, which involved the entire campus. Students and faculty were instructed to lock doors, turn off lights and remain silent inside their classrooms.

Security staff leads school in active shooter drill

Jenny Li
January 31, 2019

Security guards in tactical gear joined the rest of campus in a lockdown drill Feb. 23 to ensure that students and faculty members were aware of appropriate and secure locations in the case of an active...

Head of Upper Schol Laura ross talks to community after security threat leads to school closure. Sophie Haber/Chronicle

Ross informs community of increased security, student resources after security threat

Sophie Haber
February 26, 2018

In light of a threatening social media post that caused school to close Friday, Head of Upper School Laura Ross addressed students and faculty about increased security on campus, resources for students...

Photo Illustration by Eshanika Chaudhary

Ready for Anything: Some Students Learn Self-Defense

Eshanika Chaudhary
February 20, 2017

No longer willing to put up with being bullied in preschool and elementary school, Kathryn Tian ’17 and her family looked to martial arts as a way for her to defend herself when she was seven years old.   “One...

Security has new leads in search for thief

Emily Rahhal
February 15, 2017

Security continues to investigate the recent series of thefts in Chalmers primarily affecting the cheerleading squad. After a confirmed seven cheerleaders’ valuables were stolen during several practices...

Thefts lead to tighter security at home games

Lauren Kim
September 24, 2014

Security at home games will be tightened after members of a visiting sports team were caught on videotape stealing cameras from unlocked lockers last week, Head of Security James Crawford said Wednesday. Crawford...

Auction site experiences security breach

Zoe Dutton
March 9, 2014

The Harvard-Westlake Parents' Association Party Book fundraising website experienced a security breach last week, compromising bidders’ credit card information, President Rick Commons notified parents...

New cameras surveil former construction areas

Aaron Lyons
September 5, 2012

Forty cameras were installed on campus over the summer to increase security and will remain on campus, Head of Security Jim Crawford  said. "Most of the cameras are visible and will be used to keep intruders...

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