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Volume 31

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OPINION

Summer Times

5 Things In LA You Can Not Miss This Summer

Chase Davidoff ’28, Reporter | May 1, 2025

Make this summer better than any you have ever had with these awesome plans! The summer is full of adventures and fun times with family and friends. Some of these places and events will make this an...

Mental Health Awareness poster in Munger Library

Refilling Our Cups: Managing End-of-Year Stress

Kirana Tjoe ’28, Reporter | April 28, 2025

As the second semester of the 2024–25 school year comes to a close, conversations with classmates reveal a common theme: stress. Students are feeling overwhelmed — as learners, friends, family members,...

lunch trash on a table

Trash Talk: A call for reflection

Chase Davidoff ’28, Reporter | April 24, 2025

The trash issue on campus is getting worse. Students are not cleaning up after themselves on the field and at the commons.   Trash on campus has always been under the radar for students, even though...

The Golden Ribbon

The Golden Ribbon

Joshua Bie ’28, Guest Writer | September 19, 2024

Do you know what the golden ribbon represents? In a recent Harvard-Westlake School survey, conducted by the HW Go Gold Club, approximately 90% of the participants surveyed said they did not know what...

Flavia Zuñiga-West '02 demonstrates how to use an artistic spatula to her students.

Opinion: A Story Not Told On Paper

Simren Bindra, Reporter | October 17, 2023

Visual Arts is a prime source of experimentation at HW. I believe it allows students to swim through emotions, encapsulate sadness, showcase the beauty of Mother Nature and so much more. My beat assignment...

Takeover of Technology

Camryn Banafsheha, Reporter | May 23, 2023

Opinion by Camryn Banafsheha ’27 Sitting in a restaurant, I began to look around - a room full of people, full of stories to share and conversations to be had - yet every single person’s head...

Worth it: Honors classes at the middle school

Worth it: Honors classes at the middle school

Kayla Graff, Reporter | February 13, 2023

Opinion by Kayla Graff ’26 Taking honors classes at the middle school can be intimidating. From math to science to language, honors classes are typically more fast-paced, have a larger workload...

Andrew Rindone plays 1st base as a runner attempts to steal a base.

Player Spotlight: Andrew Rindone

Jonah Greenfeld, Reporter | February 6, 2023

Opinion by Jonah Greenfeld ’27 Middle school Wolverine baseball player Andrew Rindone ’27  has been playing baseball for over eight years. He now plays for Legacy Baseball Group, a club baseball...

Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna on postage stamp

Kobe Bryant’s Legacy

Camryn Banafsheha, Reporter | January 27, 2023

Opinion By Camryn Banafsheha ’27 Kobe Bryant was more than a basketball player, for his intelligence went beyond the court. His wisdom continues to inspire people across the globe, three years...

The Heroes of 2022

The Heroes of 2022

Camryn Banafsheha, Reporter | January 12, 2023

Opinion by Camryn Banafsheha ’27 The Middle Eastern and North African Student Association hosted an all-school assembly to educate students about the protests on Jan. 9. Guest speakers comedian...

Recommended: Peer Mediation

Recommended: Peer Mediation

Ellika LeSage and Lyla Kavanagh | January 4, 2023

Opinion by Lyla Kavanagh ’26 & Ellika LeSage ’26 To solve problems arising between students, Harvard-Westlake created a peer mediation program to alleviate the stress of friendships. In May,...

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