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Middle School Chinese Program visits 99 Ranch

Middle School Chinese Program visits 99 Ranch

Kirana Tjoe ’28, Reporter | March 17, 2025

On Wednesday, Feb. 12, about 30 students from Advanced Chinese 3, Chinese 2, and Chinese 1 visited 99 Ranch Market in San Gabriel, chaperoned by Teachers Minhua Gu, who teaches Chinese 1C, 1B, and Advanced...

9th-Grade Team Triumphs in HW Hackathon with Innovative Game Design

9th-Grade Team Triumphs in HW Hackathon with Innovative Game Design

Halyn Kim ’28, Reporter | March 17, 2025

A 9th grade team made up of  Miro Katan ‘28, Kai Nantamanasikarn ‘28, Joshua Bie ‘28, Michael Zhao ‘28, Maxton Flaherty ‘28, and Boyan Manolov ‘28 (who participated remotely) triumphed in...

Harvard-Westlake Middle School schedule for 2025-26 school year

Middle School to implement new schedule this fall

Katelyn Kim ’28, Reporter | March 17, 2025

The Middle School campus will undergo a major schedule change for the 2025-26 school year. Instead of the current six-day cycle, the lower campus will adopt an eight day cycle, with five 55-minute class...

Valentine's Day Card Making

Valentine’s Day Card Making

Layla Blumenthal ’28, Reporter | March 14, 2025

Valentine's Day card making for firefighters was an activity students participated in during break on February 13 in the Munger Library. The activity drew in all grade levels and gave students an opportunity...

Eric Kim '28 sings in the Vocal Solo Show

Vocal Solo Show Features Student Performers

Kayla Kim, Reporter | March 13, 2025

Performing Arts students had the chance to shine as soloists in the Vocal Solo Show, an event dedicated to highlighting individual performers rather than group performances. Giving singers the...

AACC Kicks off 2025 Lunar New Year with Flavorful Potluck!

AACC Kicks off 2025 Lunar New Year with Flavorful Potluck!

Eric Kim ’28, Reporter | March 13, 2025

The Asian American Culture Club (AACC) held its annual Lunar New Year potluck this year on January 27. This year represents the Year of the Snake on the Chinese zodiac calendar, which is associated...

Athletics Updates Bus Stickers for Spring Season

Athletics Updates Bus Stickers for Spring Season

Phoebe Sun ’28, Reporter | March 13, 2025

Harvard-Westlake updated its bus stickers for the spring season, continuing its policy of issuing new stickers each trimester to regulate student transportation eligibility.  The stickers, distributed...

Happy Ice Truck

BLACC brings Happy Ice

Scarlett Lancer ’27, Reporter | March 13, 2025

Harvard Westlake's BLACC (Black Leadership Awareness and Cultural Club) is continuing its tradition of celebrating Black History Month with a fundraiser. For the third year in a row, the school has teamed...

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Robotics Teams Compete and Earn Awards at McBride Beach Brawl Tournament

Grace Ge ’28, Reporter | March 13, 2025

On Feb. 8, Harvard-Westlake teams competed in the McBride Beach Brawl robotics competition, hosted by McBride High School. 37 teams participated, representing a mix of middle schools, high schools, clubs,...

New Fingerprint Scanners Added to Harvard-Westlake Middle School Cafeterias

New Fingerprint Scanners Added to Harvard-Westlake Middle School Cafeterias

Madison Shen ’28, Reporter | March 13, 2025

Fingerprint scanners have been added to the middle school campus cafeteria. Starting the week of January 25, 2025, students have a new way to pay for meals. “Kids lose their IDs all the time, but...

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Thirteen students qualify for international math competition

Claire Lee, Reporter | March 13, 2025

Thirteen students qualified for the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME), an international math competition administered by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), which took place...

Dodgeball Tournament Kicks Off

Dodgeball Tournament Kicks Off

Kiran Amin ’28, Reporter | March 13, 2025

The long-standing tradition of the Harvard-Westlake Middle School Dodgeball Tournament kicked off on Wednesday, Feb. 26. Teams across all grades compete in a March Madness-style bracket, with one winner...

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