Student Life

Coming From a Small School (Don’t Worry I Got You! :)

Written by: hwadmission • February 1, 2022

By Arely ’24 Harvard-Westlake has about 1,620 students, and for me coming as a sole student from a school of 475, it was pretty...

Written by: hwadmission • January 25, 2022

By Max ’25 Debate is one of Harvard-Westlake’s most successful and popular extracurricular activities. From 7th to 12th grade,...

Written by: hwadmission • January 24, 2022

By Asher ’23 When it comes to student initiative, Harvard-Westlake is far from lacking. Passionate and resourceful students are...

Written by: hwadmission • January 20, 2022

By Kaito ’24 Science Olympiad is a club at Harvard-Westlake that has students choose events within a specific area of science in...

Written by: hwadmission • January 14, 2022

By Jack ’23 For many, physical activity and athletics generally are great pastimes. They foster character development, resilience,...

Written by: hwadmission • January 11, 2022

By Hannah ’25 Harvard-Westlake has a diverse range of courses in many different subjects, especially journalism and publications....

Written by: hwadmission • January 10, 2022

By Natalie ’24 Hi everyone! My name is Natalie, and I am a sophomore at the Upper School. As of this year, I am a member of the...

Written by: hwadmission • January 7, 2022

By Mia ’25 Though many opportunities have been presented to me as a Harvard-Westlake student, one of the best has been having the...

Written by: hwadmission • January 7, 2022

By Natalie ’25 When taking a look at the middle school schedule, one of the first details you may notice is that core classes meet...

Written by: hwadmission • January 6, 2022

By Hannah ’22 Coming into 7th grade, I was terrified. There was only one boy coming with me to Harvard-Westlake from my elementary...