September 5, 2012
When Ben Greif ’12 and Victoria Pearson ’12 graduate in June, the two will also be preparing to join the army as they attend their school of choice, the United States Military Academy at West Point.
May 30, 2012
At 19, only a year older than many of the seniors, Jim Crawford began working as a security officer at Harvard School. Crawford, now Director of Security, has operated security for both campuses of Harvard-Westlake since 1980.
May 30, 2012
On any given day, you can find a group of Harvard-Westlake students occupying Sally Shultz’s (Brian ’11, Eric ’08) dining room, spending several hours taking practice SAT exams. Upstairs, Shultz is seated in her black chair with a bowl of candy to her right and stacks of practice SAT materials organized in shelves behind her.
May 30, 2012
Nikki Volpert ’12 has been making study guides to help herself study for her midterms and finals since the ninth grade. This year was the first time she tried to sell them because other students always manage to get them, she said.
May 30, 2012
May 30, 2012
It’s 3 p.m. on a Monday, and streams of students and teachers head through the main driveway on their way home. Security Guard Mark Geiger looks on, knowing that he will not be going home any time soon.
May 30, 2012
April 25, 2012
Most college-bound 18-year-olds graduate high school in June and begin college in August. However this common path is changing as more universities are offering spring admittance to help manage enrollment, Upper School Dean Vanna Cairns said.
April 25, 2012
Texting while driving is illegal and can be as dangerous as driving under the influence, yet many students have a hard time fighting the urge to use their cell phones behind the wheel.
February 15, 2012
Heading to his seventh period science class, Larry Zhang ’14 strolls up to Munger 101, earbuds in and hands shoved into the pockets of his sweatshirt. His teacher, Yanni Vourgourakis, is already inside, having placed a neat stack of graded tests on the table behind him. Zhang sits in his spot in the second row and tosses his binder and pencil case onto his desk. Slowly, other students trickle in, the majority groaning when they see the pile of graded papers up front.
February 15, 2012
Halfway through fourth period, photography teacher Kevin O’Malley’s silver hair glinted as he rushed into the photography lab.
"Mr. O’Malley!" cheered the Photography III students at the sight of their teacher.
"You’re late," Jon Chu ’12 said.
February 15, 2012
Jake Schapiro ’12 ripped off his shirt as he became consumed with the excitement of the chemical reaction taking place before him. He grabbed a bottle of distilled water and squirted David Kolin ’12, as was customary. Katy Perry’s vocals blasted from Schapiro’s computer, filling the room with music.
February 8, 2012
Diana applied to 21 schools regular decision, including film schools, liberal arts colleges and all nine UC campuses.
December 14, 2011
Despite the notoriously hectic testing period before winter break, Wiley Webb ’12 traveled to England for a week. He had been granted an interview at University of Cambridge, part of an international application process that varies from the U.S. process.
November 16, 2011
Looking through the application statistics, Devon Breton-Pakozdi’12 turned to the page of a music conservatory and saw one lone name. Most other colleges have at least a half dozen Harvard-Westlake seniors who apply annually, but individual conservatory schools tally only around two or three upper school applicants each fall, Upper School Dean Jon Wimbish said