Student Life

Finding My Place at HW: My First Weeks as a Seventh Grader!

Written by: hwadmission • December 6, 2025

By Whitney ’31 Starting seventh grade at Harvard-Westlake has been such an exciting and amazing experience. In just a few...

Written by: hwadmission • December 4, 2025

By Honore ’28 Commonly recognized as the best part of the day, lunch is a chance for you to catch your breath and have some you time....

Written by: hwadmission • November 20, 2025

By Ayla ’29 The first word you will hear at Harvard-Westlake is balance. But how do you balance hard classes and a new social...

Written by: hwadmission • November 14, 2025

By Sydney ’29 Here at Harvard-Westlake, we have an abundance of resources available to students at all times. For starters, the...

Written by: hwadmission • November 11, 2025

By Alice ‘30 For most people, not coming from a more common sending school does not affect their desire to apply to Harvard-Westlake. The...

Written by: hwadmission • November 7, 2025

by Anya ‘31 The Harvard-Westlake Middle School Campus is huge! Acres and acres of different buildings, with different names, and...

Written by: hwadmission • November 5, 2025

By Joshua ’28 Whenever I tell people in my town that I go to Harvard-Westlake, their first reaction is almost always, “Wow,...

Written by: hwadmission • October 31, 2025

By Honore ’27 In a day on campus at Harvard-Westlake, you can walk by as many new faces as familiar ones. In other words, potential...

Written by: hwadmission • October 23, 2025

By Danya ’28 Being a student-athlete at Harvard-Westlake is one of the most rewarding and exciting experiences. Between interesting...

Written by: hwadmission • October 23, 2025

By James ’27 At my middle school, I would bring lunch and snacks from home each day, but when I transitioned to Harvard-Westlake in...