VOLUME 27
Wolverines, We hope this issue of Spectrum finds you well – in body, mind and spirit. I am writing to explain a bit about this issue of Spectrum because, well, it looks a little different. Because of the school closures due to coronavirus concerns, students did not have time to complete the layouts with the
Similar to games in years past, Tokyo’s 2020 Summer Olympics will feature sports such as swimming and gymnastics. Baseball, karate, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing will also make their debut as Olympic events this summer. Though the decade-long planning process in Tokyo has gone more smoothly than in previous games, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
The Latin American Hispanic Student Organization (LAHSO), a Harvard-Westlake (HW) Middle School club, organized an art event where students were given drawing materials, and visual arts teacher Flavia Zuñiga-West discussed Latinx artists. “My favorite part of art day was seeing how many people from the community came to join us,” LAHSO member Sophia Rascoff ’23
Welcome to Spectrum’s 2020 Election Watch! Check in for regular updates on caucuses, primaries, and events leading up to the presidential election in November. Keeping up with elections can be difficult (especially during the busy 3rd semester!) but Spectrum is simplifying the web of results, predictions and stories related to the election so you can
The Harvard Westlake choral concert was a wonderful way to enter into winter break and a good ending to the stressful few weeks beforehand. The different choral groups performed a teaser in front of the whole school during assembly which was a good way to get students interested into going to see the concert. The
“Knives Out” is a thrilling mystery film filled with deception, compelling characters, and intriguing motives. The story centers around the Thromby family, a wealthy East Coast family that garnered its fortune through writing. Harlam Thromby, the head of the family, was a successful crime novelist and started his own publishing company. Although the family comes
While scanning the syllabi for their new courses on the first day of school, Harvard-Westlake (HW) Middle School students learned of a new assessment postponement rule. Students can now postpone one assessment in each class per semester. This amounts to five assessments postponed per semester – one for each academic class. This rule is a
With the upcoming presidential election off to a dramatic start, many students are tuning in. “It’s going to be very interesting seeing the race play out and finding out who the candidates are. I think democrats are focusing on who they think could beat Trump a little too much, as most all of the democratic
In its second season, Netflix’s “You” expands on its story in a pretty big way, managing to be wildly entertaining but at the expense of its high quality. Though not at all bad, the second season of “You” becomes extremely soapy at times, while seeming totally oblivious of its unbelievable state. This new storyline follows
Harvard-Westlake (HW) welcomed educators from the organization Freedom from Chemical Dependency (FCD) during the week of November 11-15. All ninth-grade students were required to participate in FCD for the four days the educators are on campus. FCD teachers engage with students during their English or Biology class periods, sharing statistics, slideshows, and data relating to
