Harvard School for Boys
| Harvard-Westlake School | |
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Los Angeles, California United States |
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| Type | Independent |
| Motto |
Possunt Quia Posse Videntur trans.: They can because they think they can. |
| Established |
Harvard School for Boys: 1900 Westlake School for Girls: 1904 Fully Merged as Harvard-Westlake: 1991 |
| President | Richard B. Commons |
| Vice President | John Amato |
| Faculty | 195 |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| Head of School | Jeanne M. Huybrechts, Ed.D. |
| Color(s) | Red,Black,and White |
| Athletics | California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section |
| Mascot | Wolverine |
| Accreditation | WASC, NAIS, CAIS |
| 2013 SAT average | 688 verbal/critical reading 703 math 707 writing |
| Newspaper | The Chronicle |
| Yearbook | Vox Populi |
| Student to faculty ratio | 8:1 |
| Average class size | 13 |
| Website | www.hw.com |
| Middle School | |
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700 North Faring Road Los Angeles,  California USA
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| Grades | 7–9 |
| Enrollment | 727 (2009–2010) |
| Campus size | 12 acres (4.9 ha) |
 The former Administration Building, Middle School (demolished summer 2008) |
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| Upper School | |
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3700 Coldwater Canyon Avenue Studio City, California USA
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| Grades | 10–12 |
| Enrollment | 870 (2009–2010) |
| Campus size | 22 acres (8.9 ha) |
 Ted Slavin Field, Upper School |
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Harvard-Westlake School is an independent, co-educational university preparatory day school consisting of two campuses located in Los Angeles, California with approximately 1,600 students enrolled in grades seven through twelve.
The school has its campuses in Holmby Hills and Studio City. The school is a member of the G20 Schools group.
The Harvard School for Boys was established in 1900 by Grenville C. Emery as a military academy, located at the corner of Western Avenue and Venice Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. In 1911, it secured endorsement from the Episcopal Church becoming a non-profit organization. In 1937, the school moved to its present-day campus on Coldwater Canyon in Studio City after receiving a loan from Donald Douglas of the Douglas Aviation Company. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Harvard School gradually discontinued both boarding and its standing as a military academy, while continually expanding its enrollment, courses, classes, teachers and curriculum.
The Westlake School for Girls was established in 1904 by Jessica Smith Vance and Frederica de Laguna in what is now downtown Los Angeles, California as an exclusively female institution offering both elementary and secondary education. It moved to its present-day campus located in Holmby Hills, California in 1927. The school was purchased by Sydney Temple, whose daughter, Helen Temple Dickinson, was headmistress until 1966, when Westlake became a non-profit institution. The Temple family owned the school until 1977, with Mrs. Dickinson serving in an ex officio capacity. In 1968 Westlake became exclusively a secondary school.
As both schools continued to grow in size towards the late 1980s, and as gender-exclusivity became less and less of a factor both in the schools’ reputations and desirability, the trustees of both Harvard and Westlake effectuated a merger in 1989. The two institutions had long been de facto sister schools and interacted socially. Complete integration and coeducation began in 1991.
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