November 28, 2007
In the south-east corner of Taper Gym, there is an empty space on the wall next to three black banners. The girls’ varsity volleyball team hopes to fill this void on Saturday when they compete against Sacred Heart Cathedral of San Francisco in the Div. III state finals.
November 26, 2007
Avenging a preseason loss, the girls’ volleyball team defeated Bishop Montgomery last Saturday in four games. After losing in five games on Sept. 25, the Wolverines were able to move on to the Southern California finals in State.
November 18, 2007
The girls’ varsity volleyball team defeated Flintridge Sacred Heart on Saturday, winning the Southern Section Division I-A championship.
November 15, 2007
Carolyn Staudt, a representative from the Concord Consortium, spoke to math and science teachers Tuesday about integrating more technology into the curriculum.
November 15, 2007
USC writing professor Kathi Inman Berens addressed humanities teachers on Tuesday in Ahmanson about the incorporation of technology into classroom environments.
November 15, 2007
The girls’ volleyball team avenged last year’s semifinals loss to Marymount last night, beating the Sailors at home in three straight sets to move into CIF finals and clinch a spot in the state tournament.
November 15, 2007
After two runoffs, the class of 2013 elected Maddie Lear, Megan Ward, Luke Holthouse and Sam Wolk as their seventh grade student government representatives. Elections were held Monday Nov. 5 through Nov. 7.
November 15, 2007
Seventh grade representatives were elected after two runoffs.
November 14, 2007
The girls’ volleyball team avenged last year’s semifinals loss to Marymount last night, beating the Sailors at home in three straight sets to move into CIF finals and clinch a spot in the state tournament.
November 14, 2007
USC writing professor Kathi Inman Berens addressed humanities teachers on Tuesday in Ahmanson about the incorporation of technology into classroom environments. Berens cited the implementation of blogs, classroom discussion forums, and digital commenting as online teaching methods.
November 13, 2007
Auditions for the spring play, comedy “You Can’t Take It With You” by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, begin today at 3 p.m. in the Drama Lab, and will continue Wednesday and Thursday at the same time.
November 7, 2007
Professional clarinetist Bil Jackson visited orchestras and ensembles Oct. 24. Music teacher Shawn Costantino, who organized the visit, said Jackson is one of the top three clarinet players in the country.
November 7, 2007
A new Sacred Space about Hinduism, organized and created by Rabbi Emily Feigenson, will be opening next Monday on the middle school campus.
November 7, 2007
Alumna Gretchen Glick ’70 has been nominated for a Patient Advocate Award by the American Pain Foundation and a CNN Heroes award for her work with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Syndrome.
November 7, 2007
Middle School debaters met with British debaters at the Vance de Laguna Room on October 25 to debate one serious topic and one light topic. Freshmen Ben Sprung-Keyser, Jacob Sonnenberg and Chris Holthouse hosted the three students from Latymer School in London in their homes after meeting them when they traveled to London after winning a competition in Los Angeles.
November 7, 2007
Siena Leslie ’08 won the National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Award and a Certificate for Superior Writing for a poem, short story, and proctored essay she submitted. Leslie submitted her two pieces of writing and then wrote a proctored essay after school at school in early May and she was notified earlier this school year.
November 7, 2007
Keeping with a tradition that started in 1983 at Westlake School, twenty eighth graders visited Mar Vista Head Start to fulfill their community service requirement.
November 7, 2007
The raging California wildfires forced faculty and students to evacuate their homes, complicated commutes to school and interfered with athletic events two weeks ago.
The school, government agencies and CIF recommended the cancellation of all athletic activity due poor air quality.
November 7, 2007
The differences in the grading system at the Upper and Middle Schools were explained to parents at a fireside chat Oct. 16.
November 7, 2007
The Kids First! Film Festival awarded Xochi second place in the middle school category on Oct. 7 for her work on the short film “The Good, the Bag and the Ugly.”
November 7, 2007
Led by Head of School Jeanne Huybrects and Dr. Robert Pynoos, 34 faculty members met Wed. Oct. 17 to evaluate the Student Counseling Program and crisis management at the school.
November 7, 2007
Student performers and technicians collaborate for the
Nov. 15-18 production “The Curse of Ravensdurn.”
November 7, 2007
The History and Foreign Language Departments have started using online blogs and forums to help connect and educate their classes, Spanish teahcer Nancy Holme-Elledge said.
November 7, 2007
Russ Evans, owner of a bio-diesel fueled car, spoke to students about fuel and energy conservation on Oct. 8 during activities period. He discussed methods of conservation and alternative fuel options to alleviate high gas prices.
November 7, 2007
Michelle Hung '91 became the new Assistant Director of Admission this year.
November 7, 2007
The school was found blameless on all counts in a $100 million lawsuit filed in April 2005 by the parents of a former student who was the subject of derogatory comments on a website to promote his acting career.
November 7, 2007
As her class of eager pupils files into her classroom, she instantly senses their longing to tap the inviting black and ivory keys gleaming atop the well-used piano.
November 7, 2007
Michael Diamant ’09’s quest for a Hebrew class started as a joke.
November 7, 2007
Max Ritvo ’09 plans to return to school as a senior next year, as he keeps up with his studies while undergoing cancer treatment in New York City.
November 7, 2007
Graham Parkes ’10 traveled to New York to see a staged reading of his play which was chosen by Playwright’s Inc., and may be performed profesionally later this year. On Saturday, Charles Green ’08 learned that his play “Where Beautiful Things Go to Die” had been produced by the Pittsburgh New Works Festival.
November 6, 2007
Academy Award best director nominee Alejandro González Iñárritu told the Latino Heritage Assembly yesterday that rage is a deadly consequence of human ignorance.