September 12, 2009
Seniors received their class rings on Sunday, Sept. 13 at the annual Ring Ceremony. Photos by Vivien Mao.
September 11, 2009
The girls’ varsity volleyball team defeated Lakewood at home Thursday night in its first game of the season. The team’s next game is Saturday against Dos Pueblos, and their next home game is against Marymount on Tuesday.
September 11, 2009
The girls’ varsity volleyball team defeated Lakewood at home last night in its first game of the season.
September 11, 2009
In its first home game of the season, the varsity girls volleyball team beat Lakewood 3-1 on Sept. 10.
September 11, 2009
Watch a preview of the documentary Austin Park '10 filmed on the South Korean island Ullung-Do in June. Park won the Junior Summer Fellowship last year.
September 11, 2009
The Chronicle has been named a finalist for the National Pacemaker, high school journalism's highest award. Winners will be announced Nov. 14 at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.
Jamie Chang '13 and Sophie Turner '12, are finalists in the Picture of the Year contest for photos published in last spring's Tenth Muse middle school literary magazine.
September 9, 2009
Last year’s Chronicle earned All-American status with five Marks of Distinction from the National Scholastic Press Association for the 18th consecutive year.
September 9, 2009
A new online application has become available for students wishing to apply to Harvard-Westlake.
September 9, 2009
A few years before her 2007 retirement, former English, journalism, and communications/public speaking teacher Chitra Kallay took a UCLA extension writing class and began writing her first book.
September 9, 2009
Visual Arts teacher John Luebtow was invited this summer to display his art at the Santa Monica Museum of Art as a part of a fundraiser entitled Incognito.
September 9, 2009
Thirty-five seniors made their first steps toward the college application process by attending a four hour college essay writing workshop at the Upper School on Aug. 18, 19 and 21.
September 9, 2009
The Chronicle interviewed Head Coach Vic Eumont and members of the Varsity Football game the week before their first scheduled season game.
September 8, 2009
Last June’s Lobster Bake, an annual celebration held at the end of the school year for faculty, staff and their families, had a problem: the lobsters were made of bread.
September 8, 2009
Harvard-Westlake is funding a $1 million project to construct eight lighted tennis courts on land the school is leasing on the Los Angeles Valley College campus. Construction will begin this fall.
September 8, 2009
The upper and middle school cafeterias will no longer sell candy and soda, Head of School Dr. Jeanne Huybrechts said. Instead, the cafeterias will sell power bars, juices and other healthier options.
September 8, 2009
Today is Day One of a new five-day schedule at the Upper School.
September 8, 2009
Cell phones will not be banned on campus this year as had been planned; however, the rule that cell phones may not be used for texting or talking in school buildings, including halls and the cafeteria, will be enforced more strictly.
September 8, 2009
A water main break on Coldwater Canyon near the upper school's entrance that closed the thoroughfare down to traffic the whole first week of school was repaired Saturday. Guests at Sunday afternoon's Senior Ceremony should have no problems getting to the upper school campus.
September 8, 2009
A screening of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" at the Warner Bros. lot for Harvard-Westlake families and their guests raised $65,000 for financial aid. More than 500 people attended the viewing July 9, six days before the film premiered.
September 8, 2009
The Station fire, which has so far consumed more than 150,000 acres and destroyed 76 homes, forced at least three students and one teacher out of their homes in August.
September 8, 2009
English teacher Adam Howard ’93 and former Head of the Performing Arts Department Dan Fishbach ’94 performed side by side in playwright Howard Korder’s "Search and Destroy."
September 8, 2009
Harvard-Westlake sent out student schedules and conflict cards online this year.
September 8, 2009
Members of computer services have been working on remodeling the Harvard-Westlake website for nearly a year.
September 8, 2009
For the first time ever, the American College Test will be administered on the Upper School Campus on Sept. 12 and June 12.
September 8, 2009
Physics teacher Karen Hutchinson and Middle School math teacher Darin Beigie were the first teachers to ever receive the Innovative Award. This award was a "big surprise" event for both teachers, Head of School Jeanne Huybrechts said.
September 8, 2009
Security guard Mark Geiger was pinned to the floor last Thursday by a pile of teachers pounding at his head.
September 8, 2009
Chinese teacher Bin Bin Wei will teach classes on both campuses for the first time this year.
September 8, 2009
English teacher Dr. Lisa Rado will sit on the doctoral committee of West Virginia University student Erin Johns Speese.
September 8, 2009
This year, photos will be taken by Cliff Kramer of Nathanson’s Photography.
September 8, 2009
Upper School math teacher Kevin Weis was one of 32 teachers nationwide who received a Math Hero Award from the Raytheon Company this summer.
September 8, 2009
A new system of alarms has been installed at both the Upper School and the Middle School.
September 8, 2009
A team of students led by Jason Mohr ’11 has formed a Harvard-Westlake of Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter.
September 8, 2009
Adedoyin Oyekan’s ’10 experience studying at Oxford University this summer was very different from what she expected. Oyekan became one of the 300,000 people around the world to get swine flu.
September 8, 2009
Gerson Roche was rewarded for his loyalty with the Marion Hays Award in front of faculty and staff last Tuesday.
September 8, 2009
For the second consecutive year, Josh Oreman ’09 and Rebecca Jacobs ’09 won medals in the International Science Olympiads.
September 8, 2009
Joey Katona ’06 is currently raising money for the Omar Dreidi Scholarship Fund,
which he founded in 2006 to help his Palestinian friend Omar Dreidi pay for college.
To date, Katona has raised about $60,000 for the fund.
September 8, 2009
Daniel Rothberg '09 recounts his experience working as a Page in the House of Representatives for one month during the summer.
September 8, 2009
The varsity football team was forced to scrimmage against itself Friday night when the season opener game was cancelled because of concerns over the air quality in the East San Fernando Valley.