February 28, 2009
After a three year drought, the boys’ varsity basketball team will finally be returning to the CIF Finals, after defeating Sonora 67-55 in the CIF semifinals Friday night at Calabasas High.
February 26, 2009
Coming off a shutout win over Arcadia, the girls soccer team continued its playoff success with a 4-1 win over University High School of Irvine at Ted Slavin Field today.
February 26, 2009
The class of 2009 has chosen as its Senior Gift a donation to the Alumni Scholar Endowment Fund, which provides financial aid to students, in a vote taken today during class assembly.
February 26, 2009
Nine student-made films will be featured at the National Film Festival for Talented Youth from April 24 to 26 in Seattle, Video Art teacher Cheri Gaulke said.
February 26, 2009
After Wednesday night’s 63-50 win over Oaks Christian, the girls’ basketball team is headed to CIF semifinals this Saturday.
February 25, 2009
The boys’ varsity basketball team continued its playoff run with a 63-49 victory over Bonita in the CIF quarterfinals Tuesday night in Taper Gymnasium.
February 25, 2009
The girls’ varsity soccer team won the first round of the CIF playoffs 2-0 against the Apaches of Arcadia High School.
February 23, 2009
Plays selected to be performed in the Playwrights Festival this May were announced by Performing Arts teacher Christopher Moore on Saturday.
February 23, 2009
The girls’ basketball team will be advancing on CIF after a 68-22 victory over San Marino Saturday.
February 22, 2009
The varsity boys’ basketball continued their playoff run by defeating Calabasas High School 86-66 in the 2nd round of CIF playoffs, Friday night at Calabasas.
February 20, 2009
Despite rolling into its first round playoff game on a five-game win streak, the boys’ varsity soccer team fell to St. John Bosco Braves 2-1 Friday on its home field.
February 20, 2009
The girls’ basketball team started CIF playoffs last night with a 39 point victory over Duarte High School.
February 20, 2009
After a week-long day layoff from the end of the regular season, the girls’ soccer team defeated Quartz Hill 3-1 in the first round of CIF playoffs yesterday.
February 19, 2009
The African-American history assembly, scheduled for next Friday, Feb. 27, has been postponed until later this spring, Advancement officer Eli Goldsmith announced Thursday.
February 19, 2009
The girls’ water polo crew lost to Whittier High School 20-19 Wednesday in sudden death triple overtime.
February 11, 2009
Media crews crowded onto Ted Slavin Field Feb. 11 as Major League Baseball pitcher Randy Wolf held a press conference about his recent signing to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
February 11, 2009
At the 51st Grammy Awards on Sunday night, Taylor Swift rushed through the aisles to join Miley Cyrus on the brightly-lit satellite stage in the middle of Staples Center. Hours earlier, Sarah Tither-Kaplan ’09 stood face to face with Swift in the Staples dressing room, executing an interview she had anticipated for weeks.
February 11, 2009
Emily Altschul ’09, Kat Arenella ’10 and Brandon Levin ’09 will compete in the final round of the Southern California Vocal Association vocal solo competition on March 14.
February 11, 2009
The money raised for the Senior Gift will be used either to support Financial Aid, the Brownstein Fellowship or environmentally-friendly initiatives, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations Eli Goldsmith said.
February 11, 2009
Chuck Berezin has joined the English department for the remainder of second semester in place of teacher Jill Turner.
February 11, 2009
A Native American activist for the rights of the environment, women and Native Americans who ran as the Green Party’s vice presidential candidate will share her experiences at the Women’s History Month assembly March 16.
February 11, 2009
Two directors who cater to a young audience were guests at the second installment of Jason Reitman’s ’95 three-part speaker series on Jan. 8 for a student, faculty and alumni audience.
February 11, 2009
Registration is now open for summer school classes in advanced French, Italian, journalism, computer programming and web design, the performing arts, finance, and more.
February 11, 2009
Kamala Harris, the District Attorney of San Francisco, will help demonstrate the importance of African-American history and its relation to current events to the student body as the guest speaker for this year’s African-American History Month Assembly Feb. 27.
February 11, 2009
If things had gone as Choir Director Rodger Guerrero had planned, Bel Canto would have spent Presidents’ Day weekend singing in the capitol dome.
February 11, 2009
The blood streamed downhill, forming a pool near St. Michael’s Church, police said. In the opening hours of the new year, a man was shot and killed outside a house closer to Harvard-Westlake than some student parking spots.
February 11, 2009
The school’s cafeteria halted the sale of LUNA bars and peanut butter Balance Bars after the government recalled more than 1,300 peanut products in January for traces of salmonella.
February 11, 2009
Large cutouts of numbers hang above photos capturing everything from the African landscape to a deserted playground adorned the walls of the Feldman Horn Art Gallery starting Feb. 2.
February 11, 2009
The Directed Studies Italian class will attend a private screening tonight of the film “Mio Fratello e’figlio unico” (My Brother and Only Child) at the Italian Culture Institute in Westwood.
February 11, 2009
A student-facilitated support group overseen by student counselor and humanities teacher Luba Bek will meet over second semester in an attempt to help students cope with family members who have an alcohol addiction.
February 11, 2009
Despite threats of cancellation due to rain, 11 students and one faculty chaperone planted trees in honor of the Jewish holiday Tu B’shvat on Sunday at a TreePeople event in Sylmar. Tu B’shvat, which began on Sunday night, commemorates the "birthday of the trees."
February 11, 2009
On "Survivor," most people put up with the backstabbing, isolation from society and extreme outdoor conditions because of the million dollar cash incentive, but Stephen Fishbach ’97, Harvard-Westlake valedictorian and a Yale University graduate, had a different motivation.
February 11, 2009
Sophomores, seniors, Peer Support trainees and leaders and faculty members are being considered as candidates for training under the ALICE system, a security procedure for handling on-campus shootings. Head of CJL Security Inc. Jim Crawford, Director of Student Affairs Jordan Church, counselor Luba Bek, Assistant to the Head of Upper School Michelle Bracken and Head of Upper School Harry Salamandra met on Feb. 5 to discuss the implementation of the ALICE system.
February 11, 2009
Elisa Albert’s ’96 debut novel, "The Book of Dahlia," was named the second best fiction book of 2008 in Entertainment Weekly’s December issue.
February 11, 2009
The Darfur Awareness Activism Training club hosted a booth for students and faculty to sign postcards which were to be delivered to President Barack Obama on the first day of his presidency.
February 11, 2009
Eighteen Geology students and one Geology Honors student spent their semester break hiking, running and tumbling down sand dunes, observing and learning about their surroundings and camping out in Death Valley as a part of the first Geology trip of the year.
February 11, 2009
Technology Integration Specialist Jennifer Lamkins ran in the Huntington Beach Surf City half marathon Feb. 1 to raise funds for the Free Wheelchair Mission, a non-profit organization which provides specially designed wheelchairs for people in third world countries.
February 11, 2009
The Prefect Council has created a Social Committee, chaired by Prefects Aarti Rao ’10 and Christine Kanoff ’11, who will be in charge of theme days.
February 11, 2009
Upper school bookstore associate Allie Costa is starring as Joan in the new musical "Pope Joan," which tells the story of a woman’s tumultuous rise to power during the Middle Ages.
February 11, 2009
Two student-made films were selected as finalists in the "Character Counts" video contest.
February 11, 2009
Tiffany Jung ’06 started the Gambia Scholarship for students in Gambia to pursue higher education.
February 11, 2009
Middle and upper school students will be able to go white water rafting and camping on the first-ever school trip to Alaska this summer. The group will start in Anchorage, Alaska and will end in Denali National Park.
February 3, 2009
The varsity boys’ basketball team defeated league rival Verbum Dei 80-48 Monday night in Taper Gymnasium.