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Coffee Break

Students drink coffee and other caffeinated beverages to cope with sleep deprivation, school stress and social situations.
Lily Lee
October 16, 2021

Piercing through the silence in her bedroom, Liana Wadhwani’s ’22 alarm clock jolted her awake. Wadhwani overcame an urge to hit “snooze” and dragged herself out of bed in order to begin her 4...

Stress should not be in style

Stress should not be in style

Jessa Glassman
December 12, 2019

It was Black Friday, and with dozens of tabs open on my overheating laptop, I scoured my favorite online shops for the best deals. In my hunt for savings, I noticed a troubling trend—more troubling...

Artwork-ing Off Stress

Artwork-ing Off Stress

Celine Park
November 14, 2019

Art allows students to escape from the responsibilities of school For Mimi Offor ’21, working on art portfolios or setting up a photoshoot in Feldman-Horn allows her to focus on what she loves, while...

An open letter to our parents

An open letter to our parents

Chronicle Staff
December 15, 2018

Dear Parents, Last year, middle and upper school students took a survey about their experiences at Harvard-Westlake. The results are in, and we feel compelled to share them with you. Students who felt...

Faculty and staff engage in goat yoga for their annual health and wellness week Oct. 19. Credit: Caitlin Chung/Chronicle

‘Greatest Of All Time’: Faculty, staff participate in goat yoga

Zoe Redlich
October 24, 2018

To better improve their physical and mental health, members of faculty and staff participated in goat yoga outside of Rugby as part of their annual health and wellness week Oct. 19 . According to the...

Dear Saba: Stop Stressing

Dear Saba: Stop Stressing

Saba Nia
October 4, 2018

Dear “Stressed Out” Saba, Today is the one-year anniversary of my grandfather’s death. I had my first history test of the year, so naturally, my focus was directed toward this perceived “life-or-death”...

Illustration by Samantha Ko

ASMR You Satisfied?

Sarah Reiff
October 4, 2018

The crunch of an apple. The tapping of a pencil. The whisper that “everything will be okay.” While these sounds are seemingly random, they have one thing in common: they are all a part of one of the...

Photo Illustration by Ryan Albert, Jenny Li and Spencer Klink

Beyond the Books: Placing More Emphasis on Student Wellness

Kendall Dees
September 4, 2018

“I geek out over all of this.” Interdisciplinary Studies and Independent Research Teacher and Counselor Michelle Bracken smiled as she reached above her desk to find a three inch binder given to her...

Stressing students’ well-being: Survey measures stress at school, home

Zoe Redlich
March 26, 2018

Upper school students participated in the Challenge Success survey conducted by the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. The survey was part of a national study focusing on the experience...

Sophomores compete in the tug-of-war challenge during the third annual Spring Festival. Credit: Astor Wu/Chronicle

Spring Into Action: Community bonds over third annual Spring Festival

Saba Nia
March 24, 2018

Students and faculty members participated in a variety of competitive events including dodgeball, table tennis and Wii karaoke, and ate In-N-Out Burger during Community and Character Committee’s third...

Prefect Council provides massage therapists during midterms

Luke Schneider
December 15, 2017

LA Massage Factory provided students with massages Tuesday and Thursday in Chalmers East. The Upper School administration said that they recruited massage therapists to combat the stress and anxiety that...

Mady Madison/Chronicle

No homework holidays: all work and no play

Alena Rubin
November 29, 2016

I still remember how restless I was that Monday night, my mind anxiously recounting my day the way it tends to when I stare too long at the ceiling about my bed. I retrospect, it was a perfect type of...

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