February 10, 2010
Carleigh Coyne ’10 has been getting intimate with the White House. She knows the Cabinet members’ positions on hot-button topics, has overheard many private conversations between the President and his advisors and can navigate the halls of the West Wing adeptly.
February 10, 2010
A meeting between the Army Corps of Engineers, Franklin Fields Incorporated, President of Harvard-Westlake Thomas C. Hudnut and Vice President of Harvard-Westlake John Amato on Dec. 28 subdued the neighbors’ complaints about refurbishing the field for Wolverine baseball teams, Director of Campus Operations Jim DeMatté said.
February 10, 2010
Actress Geena Davis told the Women's History Assembly March 8that only one in three lead roles in movies and on television are roles for women.
February 10, 2010
Due to a number of holidays falling on school days next year and a late Labor Day, the administration decided to begin the 2010-2011 school year before Labor Day, on Aug. 31.
February 10, 2010
This year, Upper School Dean Rose-Ellen Racanelli took fellow dean Vanna Cairns and juniors Daniel Rothberg and Brian Shultz to Sacramento to lobby for Cal Grant funding for the Western Association for College Admission Counseling legislative conference Feb. 3 and 4.
February 10, 2010
Compared to other Los Angeles high schools, both public and private, Harvard-Westlake students read fewer books per year on average in their English courses.
February 10, 2010
Campus Security is investigating the theft of lighting and sound equipment, worth $30,000, from Rugby auditorium during winter break.
February 10, 2010
A cross-campus initiative for departmental evaluation called Renew and Review has been implemented this year according to Head of School Jeanne Huybrechts.
February 10, 2010
Nearly 100 alumni attended a reception organized by the Advancement Office in New York City on Jan. 25.
February 10, 2010
By day, Stephen Chan is a mild-mannered middle school history teacher.
February 10, 2010
An adopted woman whose search for her roots led her to discover that she is a princess of a West African village will speak at the annual African-American History Assembly on Tuesday.
February 10, 2010
Senior Brendan Kutler, 17, who died Dec. 29 on a family vacation in Hawaii, was remembered at his memorial service for his love of Japanese culture, his "eclectic and obscure" taste in music, his athletic prowess, and, as history teacher Dror Yaron described, his role in the classroom as an "intellectual mensch."
February 10, 2010
UCLA Astronomy Professor Michael Jura (Michael ’99) spoke about the search for extrasolar planets and the difficulty of finding terrestrial planets similar to Earth capable of supporting life during an optional assembly on Monday morning in Ahmanson Lecture Hall.
December 16, 2009
UCLA physics professor Robjin Bruinsma discussed the reasons "why physicists love viruses" in an optional assembly that was given in Ahmanson Lecture Hall on Dec. 3.
December 16, 2009
General Motors’ new electric vehicle, the Chevrolet Volt, made a pit stop at a middle school assembly Nov. 30, en route to the Los Angeles Auto Show.
December 16, 2009
Family members, strangers, oddly-shaped bell peppers and cats are among the subject matter of the senior photography show, "The Best of Three," which began on Monday.
December 16, 2009
A senior and a sophomore Eagle Scout each earned Crescent Bay District Summit Awards.
December 16, 2009
The annual Christmas Convocation: Service of Nine Lessons and Carols was held in St. Saviour’s Chapel on Dec. 13.
December 16, 2009
Chris Dartt’s AP Chemistry class went to the California Institute of Technology after school on Dec. 4, where they visited several labs, spoke to researchers and met with Nobel Prize winner Robert H. Grubbs.
December 16, 2009
A Thanksgiving dinner in London reunited Harvard School alumni with former English foreign exchange students at event organized by the English Speaking Union, the organization that facilitated the exchange program between Harvard and various English private schools.