September 29, 2007
The Carson Colts handed the Wolverines their first loss of the season last night.
September 25, 2007
A school wide e-mail was sent today announcing that signs were posted prohibiting left turns onto Coldwater Canyon from Halkirk Avenue.
September 18, 2007
In its first official match of the season, the girls’ varsity volleyball team defeated Santa Barbara three games to one at home Sept. 11.
September 12, 2007
For the second straight home game, there was a packed student section as the Wolverines held on to beat the John Burroughs Indians 27-15 last Friday.
September 11, 2007
Prefect Council will hold open meetings every Friday during third period in Ahmanson. Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss topics listed on the agenda or to bring up their own ideas.
September 10, 2007
Last week, Ryan Thacher '08 reached the third round of the Junior Boys’ singles competition of the U.S. Open.
September 8, 2007
The Wolverine offense scored 41 points in a shutout victory last Friday against Van Nuys High School.
September 6, 2007
Many students spend their summers working as counselors at camps that help homeless and disabled children.
September 5, 2007
The summer programs will pass into the hands of upper school dean James Patterson next summer after a quarter century under the supervision of history teacher and Director of Summer Programs David Coombs.
September 5, 2007
As the first year of construction comes to an end, Amato says that the project is right on schedule.
September 5, 2007
Just a few weeks before the Aug. 29 meeting when she announced it to faculty, Huybrechts decided that although she had collected approximately seven phrases, “just because you can doesn’t mean you should” would be the theme for this school year.
September 5, 2007
Admissions officers, academic and athletic supervisors learned to deal with meddling parents and imperfect coworkers at two on-campus workshops given by organizational psychologist Robert Evans last Tuesday.
September 5, 2007
Two juniors have been chosen as part of a group of four high school student composers participating in the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s new Composer Fellowship Program.
September 5, 2007
Admissions Associate Chantal Kazay ’01 left school employ over the summer to attend law school in the fall semester.
September 5, 2007
Rebecca Jacobs ’09 participated in the fifth annual International Linguistics Olympiad as a member of a team of American delegates that won first place in the competition.
September 5, 2007
President Thomas C. Hudnut spent a week of the summer in the Republic of Korea visiting various schools and speaking at one of them.
September 5, 2007
Camille da Santos and Ryan Wilson have replaced Maureen Altman and are now the Upper School Dean Coordinators.
September 5, 2007
Many students who opted to work in politically oriented jobs this summer, demonstrating an interest in activism in teenagers who hope to play a role in the 2008 election.
September 5, 2007
Westlake School artifacts and structures will be preserved and incorporated into the new Middle School buildings as a result of the efforts of the Westlake Committee.
September 5, 2007
Despite having little experience in college admissions, former middle school dean Jon Wimbish said he was excited to tackle that part of his new job as the ninth upper school dean.
September 5, 2007
The yearbook staff decided to eliminate all senior “vanity” advertisements in this year’s yearbook after Head of Upper School Harry Salamandra and Chief Financial Officer Rob Levin suggested the elimination to Editors-in-Chief Jordan Bender ’08 and Anjani Nadadur ’08 last spring.
September 5, 2007
A former student charged with premeditated attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon will be arraigned Friday at Los Angeles Superior Court Van Nuys after posting bail of $1 million.
September 5, 2007
Many students spend their summers working as counselors at camps that help homeless and disabled children.
September 5, 2007
New laptops, a bookstore rearrangement, and an expanded Language Lab are among the improvements made.
September 5, 2007
More than 60 seniors signed up as mentors to help sophomores adjust to the Upper School.
Emma Kaplan ’08 and Natalie Karic ’08, who created the program, assigned four or five sophomores to each mentor.
September 5, 2007
The Antioch Review will feature English department head Larry Weber’s poem “Charon’s Humor” in the fall 2007 issue and English teacher Stephanie Yoo’s short story “The Ladies of Sheung Wan” was published last spring.
September 5, 2007
Bookstore assistant Allie Costa will be in a production of the play “Spring Awakening,” opening Sept. 21 at the Chandler Studio Theater in North Hollywood.
September 5, 2007
Visual arts teacher Kevin O’Malley was awarded the Marion Hays award, along with $5,000, last Wednesday during the annual Faculty-Staff meeting.