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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Community Council hosts Special Olympics

Hannah Shahidi and Zoe Goor April 25, 2023

Community Council hosted the annual Special Olympics in partnership with the Help Group on Apr. 14. Based in Los Angeles, The Help Group is a non-profit organization that supports children, adolescents...

Jo Grody 22, Shoshana Bernstein 22 and more pose during the Special Olympics track race.

Students engage in community service

Iona Lee April 27, 2022

Community Council organized Community Service Week from April 18 to April 23 in order for students to gain more community service hours before the May 6 deadline. The week opened with a community service...

Students hold signs to welcome the Special Olympic athletes.  Credit: Caitlin Chung/ Chronicle

Students welcome Special Olympic athletes

Jeanine Kim May 1, 2019

Students and faculty volunteers cheered as athletes who participated in sporting events during the third annual Special Olympics Unified Game Day on April 26. During a short assembly in Taper Gym,...

Jordan Goldstein 17 leads a group of preschoolers to Ted Slavin Field in advance of a Special Olympics event. Credit: Pavan Tauh/Chronicle

School hosts Special Olympics event for preschoolers

Anthony Weinraub December 2, 2016

Students high-fived and cheered on preschoolers as they participated in events ranging from walking across a balance beam to running around cones during the Special Olympics Young Athletes Festival Dec....

Preschoolers to visit for Special Olympics

Saba Nia November 23, 2016

Preschoolers from roughly a dozen different Los Angeles Unified School District elementary schools will come to campus to participate in a Special Olympics competition Dec. 2. The event will include over...

A Special Olympics athlete high fives members of the school community during the opening ceremony of the track meet held at break April 20. The community service event was organized by the Christian Club and Community Council. Credit: Teresa Suh/Chronicle

School hosts track meet for Special Olympics athletes

Dario Madyoon April 27, 2016

The Christian Club and Community Council teamed up with the Special Olympics to host a track meet for young students with learning disabilities April 20. The opening ceremony was held between second and...

Illustration by Vivian Lin

Special Olympics athletes prepare for World Games on campus

Jesse Nadel December 2, 2015

With music blasting from speakers and members of the school and Studio City community cheering them on, Cuban and Czech Special Olympics athletes marched down the Ted Slavin Field in a procession to the...

School welcomes Cuban and Czech Special Olympics athletes

Jesse Nadel July 25, 2015

Members of the school community welcomed 150 Special Olympic athletes and coaches from Cuba and the Czech Republic at the host town community barbecue on the school’s campus July 23. “Harvard-Westlake...

Special Olympics reps challenge students to stop using R-word

Liz Yount March 16, 2015

Representatives of the Special Olympics of Southern California challenged sophomore students during class meeting to stop using the word “retarded” as an insult. Special Olympics Regional Director...

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