November 11, 2009
Inspired in part by "Glee," the new Fox television show, Bronty O’Leary ’13 and Megan Ward ’13 started a middle school Glee Club.
November 11, 2009
Crafts made by faculty ranging from scarves and pillowcases to photographs and hand-blown glass ornaments will be sold at the middle schools’ faculty craft fair on Dec. 9.
October 21, 2009
Approximately 40 parents attended an Annual Giving volunteer training dinner in the lobby of the Bing Auditorium on Thursday, Oct. 8.
October 19, 2009
KIIS FM, Star 98.7, KROQ and Jack FM are familiar names to music loving students who listen to the radio. If a group of middle school students continue in the direction they are moving, the name In-House Radio could join that group.
October 16, 2009
Marko Fezjo ’15 and Ethan Gruman ’15 are designing personalized computer games.
October 16, 2009
A new visual arts class for seventh graders was added to the curriculum this year.
September 8, 2009
Gerson Roche was rewarded for his loyalty with the Marion Hays Award in front of faculty and staff last Tuesday.
May 27, 2009
KABC named Marissa Lepor ’12 a "Cool Kid" for co-founding "Kids Stand on Tiptoes" and co-organizing The Bash of All Bashes for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
May 27, 2009
Students gathered on the middle school field for an aerial photo of the new campus on May 21. Students and faculty stood in the formation of the letters "H-W."
April 29, 2009
Zelda Wengrod ’13 won an award at the Global Kids for Kids festival in Canada.
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
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 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.
November 12, 2008
Middle school students walked to fight AIDS and diabetes in two fundraisers in the past month.
November 12, 2008
Middle school dance students learned from professional dancers throughout October.
November 12, 2008
Middle school members of the knitting club are making snuggles to donate to Pet Orphans, a local pet rescue. Snuggles are knit blankets that will provide dogs with security and comfort in the Pet Orphans’ kennel.
October 1, 2008
Nick Pritzker ’12 and Nika Madyoon ’12 participated in national debate finals at Yale University. In earlier rounds, the two placed in the top 10 percent of competing junior varsity debaters. Pritzker and Madyoon made it to the double-octafinals.
October 1, 2008
Back for their fourth and final week of tutoring at Beethoven Street Elementary School, a group of Harvard-Westlake ninth graders enter Barbara Sandler’s third grade classroom and sit at desks beside their respective pupils.
October 1, 2008
To ease the transition of new middle school students, ninth grade students have begun taking part in a school run big brother and sister program with the seventh grade. The program seeks to achieve many goals, including making new students feel more comfortable and not feel intimidated by older grades.
October 1, 2008
Seventh graders scrambled to the finish of relay races and discovered hidden Frisbee-tossing talents with their new classmates on Sunday, Sept. 7 after being placed into their respective Houses at the first ever seventh grade family picnic.