May 28, 2008
Read senior columns reflecting on their time at Harvard-Westlake.
May 28, 2008
Cameron Sheedy ’08 raised $532 from a bake sale in support of Denim Day in L.A. Wednesday, April 23.
May 28, 2008
Students have been asked to leave cell phones in their lockers or cars during final exams to enforce a stricter anti-cheating policy.
May 28, 2008
The Environmental Club celebrated Earth Day April 22 with ice cream, posters and stickers with tips about fighting global warming in order to raise awareness and enthusiasm for the environment.
May 28, 2008
Middle school English teacher Chris Rutherford is mad for tacos.
May 28, 2008
In their final shows of the year at 5 and 7 p.m. Friday May 16, the Upper School improvisation group the Scene Monkeys departed from the improv games they normally play in favor of longer, more in-depth elaborations on audience suggestions for stories, known as long-form improve.
May 28, 2008
Alex Fullman ’09 exhibited his photographs at the GAM Arts Center on May 17 as part of a project entitled “Boulevard Without Borders.” The showing was a result of his participation in an eight-month collaboration between three artists and 16 students selected from ten Los Angeles high schools.
May 28, 2008
Upper school Latin students earned top honors in the National Latin Examination.
25 top scorers were awarded gold medals with Summa Cum Laude certificates.
17 second place winners were awarded silver medals with Maxima Cum Laude certificates.
May 28, 2008
The rocketry team placed 13th last weekend at the national finals of the Team America Rocketry Challenge in The Plains, Va. Harvard-Westlake was one of 100 teams from across the country to compete.
May 28, 2008
Rachelle Song ’10 made it to the top seven finalists for a Japanese karaoke competition run by the Cheng and Tsui Company.
May 28, 2008
Upper school dean Jason Honsel will leave his post as dean after five years at the school to move closer to his family on the East Coast.
May 28, 2008
Several seniors and one junior were honored during the Annual Outreach Awards last Wednesday. This was the last event for Jan Stewart as the Community Service Director since she will be leaving after this year.
May 28, 2008
Sue Kallok, Chair of the Middle School Library and Technology Department, has been elected to replace art teacher Robin Miller as the new Dean of Faculty at the Middle School.
May 28, 2008
In the middle of seventh period, Video Art teacher Cheri Gaulke sent an e-mail to her partner of almost 30 years. The subject line read, “Will you marry me?”
May 28, 2008
Writer Eric Lax (John '08) and Dr. Andrew Leuchter (Richard '08) spoke to the Genetics and Biotechnology class April 29 and 30.
May 28, 2008
Two student vehicles, one parked on campus and one parked on Coldwater Canyon, were broken into this month.
May 28, 2008
Allan Sasaki will be leaving the Foreign Language Department where he has taught Spanish for the last 26 years to become the school’s first official archivist.
May 28, 2008
Sean Kesluk ’09 was selected to be the vice president of the Junior Classical League in California. He was initially recruited in seventh grade by a fellow Mirman alumnus.
May 28, 2008
Nine years ago former English teacher Eric Schrode had a vision. He would put on a show with Harvard-Westlake students in Edinburgh, Scotland during the summer.
May 28, 2008
As the rest of her eighth grade classmates finish up the school year and make plans to see each other again in the fall, Michelle Vaisman ‘12 will be cleaning out her locker and getting ready to go to college, skipping all of her high school years.
May 28, 2008
Prominent American photographer Mary Ellen Mark photographed students during the prom on May 17 at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica for her “Prom” exhibit.
May 28, 2008
The Middle School Modernization Project Team plans to knock down the music building and Seeley G. Mudd Library at the beginning of June.
May 27, 2008
Josh Oreman ’09 will compete in the International Physics Olympiad this summer in Hanoi, Vietnam July 20-29.
May 27, 2008
Students and faculty were honored at the annual awards assembly May 27.
May 21, 2008
The Peer Support Trainees for 2008-2009 were announced this week.
May 21, 2008
The leadership positions for yearbook were announced in the yearbook class Tuesday. Grace Park ’09 and Rebecca Weinstein ’09 were named editors in chief by yearbook adviser Jen Bladen.
May 19, 2008
Danielle Kolin '08 was named valedictorian at the annual Cum Laude induction ceremony Monday afternoon.
May 14, 2008
The Wolverines boys' tennis team lost in the CIF playoffs to Peninsula for the second straight year.
May 14, 2008
Downey defeated the Wolverines 3-2 in a historic 20-inning CIF playoff baseball game.
May 11, 2008
Upper School Dean Jason Honsel announced plans to leave his post as dean after five years at the school in a letter to his sophomore and junior students last weekend.