April 29, 2009
A bake sale raising money to buy iPods for hospitalized children was held in the quad by the Tune In Community Service Club, founded by Jordan McSpadden ’11.
April 29, 2009
The Environmental Club invited environmental activist Ann Bradly to speak today in Ahmanson Lecture hall during break in honor of Earth Month’s culmination. Throughout the month of April, the Environmental Club has hosted a series of events to celebrate Earth month.
April 29, 2009
During spring break, 19 upper school students and five chaperones partook in the school’s third trip to New Orleans with the purpose of "doing good for the outside community while building interior community," chaperone and Chaplain Father J. Young said.
April 29, 2009
The cell door clanged shut behind three Harvard-Westlake students and science teacher David Hinden.
April 29, 2009
As the May 27 deadline to complete community service nears, 596 out of 860 students have not yet completed their community service requirement, according to the list posted in the Chalmers hallway, approximately 69 percent of the student body.
April 29, 2009
The Rocketry Club travelled to Huntsville, Alabama to launch the rocket which the National Aeronautic and Space Administration commissioned them to build last October.
April 29, 2009
Eleven students participated in a charitable event for underprivileged children at the Cheviot Hills Recreation Center April 18.
April 29, 2009
A proposed senior class "Ditch Day" for Monday April 20 did not come to fruition after a public Facebook event for the day was seen by members of the administration.
April 29, 2009
Administrators at the Middle School have instituted primary elections that will eliminate all but eight candidates for the general election.
April 29, 2009
Jon Haile ’09, a Scene Monkey and Harvard-Westlake Film Festival co-chair, was voted salutatorian by the senior class in class meetings April 16, Dean Sharon Cuseo said Monday.
April 29, 2009
Zelda Wengrod ’13 won an award at the Global Kids for Kids festival in Canada.
April 29, 2009
Student models walked the runway in the third annual Fashion for Action runway show for charity on April 17.
April 29, 2009
Partly due to the recession, seniors are incorporating college price tags into their decisions more than ever.
April 29, 2009
Jack McFadden-Talbot ’09 was accepted into Midori Goto’s music studio at USC. Goto, the chair of the string department at the USC Thornton School of Music, currently teaches eight students in her studio.
April 29, 2009
Josh Oreman ’09 was picked for a second year as a U.S. Physics Team finalist to potentially represent the country at the 40th International Physics Olympiad, held in Mexico from July 12 through July 19.
April 29, 2009
Actor Marc Singer (Phoebe ’09) spoke to English teacher Jocelyn Medawar’s Shakespeare class on Thursday and Friday of last week.
April 29, 2009
The significance of African-American history and its relation to current events will be explored by San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris at a school- wide assembly on Friday.
April 29, 2009
The Faculty Academic Committee passed a proposal last Tuesday banning student cell phone use during the school day, said Head of Upper School Harry Salamandra, who sits in on FAC meetings. The proposal, if approved by Head of School Jeanne Huybrechts, will go into effect next year, he said.
April 29, 2009
Twelve faculty members toured China during spring break, learning about Chinese history, air pollution, art and authoritarian rule, among other topics which they hope to incorporate into the Harvard-Westlake curriculum.
April 29, 2009
Last month, Chelsea McMahon ’10 won a prize that could save her a lot of walking.
April 29, 2009
Five sophomores and juniors raised about $25,000 at a charity event benefitting Madison’s Foundation, which connects parents of children with rare diseases.
April 29, 2009
"Now go up to your partner and give them a big birthday hug."
April 29, 2009
The Environmental Club designated every Thursday in April as a "Zero Trash Thursday" with the goal of achieving "decreased waste and increased awareness of the planet," Environmental Club President Julie Barzilay ’09 said.
April 29, 2009
Although a couple of faculty members are leaving both campus’ this year, Chief of Finance Rob Levin says that the turnover has significantly decreased this year.
April 29, 2009
In between takes on his new feature film starring George Clooney, director Jason Reitman ’95 popped into another room to ask Video Art teacher Cheri Gaulke for feedback.
April 29, 2009
Environmental activist Ann Bradley
explained the importance of voluntary-simplicity to students during break today in
honor of the culmination of Earth Month.
April 29, 2009
Middle school faculty members are challenging the seventh and eighth graders on the middle school softball white and black teams to a game on May 8.
April 28, 2009
The results of the Chamber Singer auditions were announced on Monday.
April 28, 2009
Current junior prefects Reid Lidow and Jennie Porter won the Head Prefect election March 23 and 24.
April 27, 2009
The Peer Support Coordinators for 2009-2010 year were announced in an e-mail to this year’s coordinators and trainees on Monday.
April 27, 2009
Twenty-one students will be honored on May 9 for placing in the top 10 nationwide in the National French Contest in March.