November 15, 2009
The 2008-2009 Chronicle, edited by Lucy Jackson '09 and Andrew Lee '09 won the National Scholastic Press Association's National Pacemaker Award Saturday, and the November 2009 edition won first place in Best of Show at the convention in Washington, D.C.
November 15, 2009
Friday night was Senior Night, and the team needed to win in order to make the playoffs and extend its season for at least one more game.
November 11, 2009
The Siemens Foundation named Ian Cinnamon ’10 and Andrew Wang ’10 semifinalists of the Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology.
November 11, 2009
The school has ordered vaccinations for the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu. Although these vaccinations have not yet arrived, students will be able to receive H1N1 vaccinations on campus.
October 21, 2009
Girls’ volleyball took sole possession of first place in the Mission League with a three set sweep over rival Flintridge Sacred Heart on October 20.
October 16, 2009
The science teacher spoke at College of the Canyons Friday night.
October 16, 2009
A team of Harvard-Westlake students helped surpass a world record by breaking ground on 24 houses in two minutes at the Habitat for Humanity "The American Dream" 5K Walk on Saturday Oct. 10. The event was documented by the Guinness Book of World Records.
October 15, 2009
Nearly 20 percent of the upper school student body was absent on Friday, Oct. 9. Some were absent because of recruiting trips or other commitments, but a significant number of the students called in sick with the flu.
October 4, 2009
Fans stormed the field as the Wolverines defeated local
football powerhouse Alemany 24-20 at Homecoming Saturday night.
September 11, 2009
The girls’ varsity volleyball team defeated Lakewood at home last night in its first game of the season.
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 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.
July 28, 2009
Ali Riley ’06 will play midfield for the New Zealand national women’s soccer team in the squad’s first Olympic appearance ever next month in Beijing.
Riley is one of three alumni competing in the Beijing games beginning Aug. 8, along with Dara Torres and Peter Hudnut, who will both play for the United States. Torres is a swimmer and Hudnut a water polo player.
June 11, 2009
Gavin McCourt ’09 was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 39th round of the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft earlier today.
June 8, 2009
Robert Lynn, an assistant water polo coach on the 2008 U.S. men's Olympic team, was hired to become the head of the water polo program Monday.
May 27, 2009
Twenty-nine awards were given out Tuesday, May 26 in the annual upper school awards ceremony.
May 26, 2009
The Vox Populi staff is posting corrections to errors in this year's yearbook on their online blog at hwvoxpopuli.blogspot.com.
May 26, 2009
Bel Canto and the Wolverine Chorus received three awards each at the Heritage Festival in Fullerton on Saturday, May 23.
May 18, 2009
Josh Oreman ’09, who will give the valedictory at graduation June 5, will represent the United States at the International Physics Olympiad in Merida, Mexico.
Physics teacher John Feulner was notified today that Oreman, who won a Gold Medal in last year's Olympiad, was chosen as one of five to represent the United States.
May 11, 2009
Julia Cambre ’10 and Olivia van Iderstine ’10 will lead the yearbook next year.