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BLACC Dance Brings Students Together

BLACC Dance Brings Students Together

Sloan Lancer ’29, Reporter | April 25, 2025

The Black Leadership and Culture Club created the BLACC Out as a vibrant event to celebrate Black History Month at Harvard-Westlake School. The dance celebrated Black culture and music, offering a fun...

9th Grade Dance Creates Lasting Memories for Students

9th Grade Dance Creates Lasting Memories for Students

Halyn Kim ’28, Reporter | April 24, 2025

Ninth graders arrived at the Middle School gym on March 7 for the ninth grade dance held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. The event, open exclusively to freshmen, gave students the chance to celebrate their final year...

South Asian Student Alliance Organizes Holi Celebration to mark the start of Spring

South Asian Student Alliance Organizes Holi Celebration to mark the start of Spring

Layla Blumenthal ’28, Reporter | April 24, 2025

Holi was celebrated by students on March 19th during break by throwing various colored powders at each other.  Holi is a Hindu festival that marks the beginning of spring and the triumph of good over...

Fingerprint Scanners Spark Privacy Questions in Cafeteria Rollout

Fingerprint Scanners Spark Privacy Questions in Cafeteria Rollout

Hannah Tabesh ’28, Reporter | April 24, 2025

The cafeteria fingerprint scanners at the middle school have raised concerns about privacy and security among students. Students began scanning their fingerprints on Monday, Jan 27, but many continued...

Image of spiral staircase at entrance to the Museum of Tolerance, highlighting Holocaust survivors and their stories.

Museum of Tolerance Trip for 9th Graders

Kiran Amin ’28, Reporter | April 23, 2025

Ninth-grade students at Harvard-Westlake took their first field trip of the year on Wednesday, April 9, visiting the Museum of Tolerance in West Los Angeles. Students boarded buses early in the morning...

Grayden Lichtman '28 competes as the "driver" alongside teammates Dylan Byrnes '28 and Jacob Barr '28 at the state championship tournament.

Wolverines robotics team qualifies for VEX Robotics World Championship

Beckham Williams ’28, Reporter | April 17, 2025

A Harvard-Westlake robotics team, 62A - known as the Wolverines - qualified for the VEX Robotics World Championship after placing second at the California State High School Championship on March 16. Team...

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...

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