The school’s retiring president and CEO set out in 1989 to make extracurricular activities an important part of the student experience. The result is a record of academic and athletic success. When it comes to trendsetters, Thomas Hudnut will go more »
Some families at L.A. private schools spare no expense (some never even see the bill) when it comes to lavish and far away spring break vacations; many bring along a nanny or two to watch the kids. We did a more »
We have released our free Alumni App for iPhone and Android. With it you can securely access the information of old friends and classmates. A few of the features: Connect safely with alumni around the corner and around the world. Stay informed about campus news more »
In honor of back to school we’ve checked in with our high school Truffle Hunters, most of whom just graduated from John Thomas Dye and are headed to Harvard-Westlake, with a couple going to Windward (which has replaced Brentwood at more »
L.A. prep school Harvard-Westlake’s long time leader, Tom Hudnut, is retiring. And Groton vet Rick Commons is stepping in. Thomas C. Hudnut came to Harvard (when it was still all boys) in 1987, making an inaugural speech at a special parents assembly cluing more »
Now in it’s 9th year, Harvard-Westlake has been holding a California-wide student film festival at the Arclight each March since 2004. The first year of the festival in 2004, those organizing scooped alum Jake Gyllenhaal ’98 as the guest speaker (check the original 2004 more »
One of our favorite things at the Truffle are auctions — and in our opinion — the JTD auction is an LA highlight. If you are a family at John Thomas Dye or someone looking to promote your product in more »
Later, Westwood Driving school? Mercedes’ new driving school is basically the coolest thing on the planet. We saw our friend Jill Eisenstadt-Chayet who reps Mercedes Benz at this year’s Luxury Review (a whole other truffle) and she dropped this bomb on us more »
After 6 years of tuition + donations thank you Harvard-Westlake for sending my mom a bill for $1.81 two months after graduation
People always ask us at the Truffle for more music news! Well you asked and we listened! Here is our curated guide to shows this June 2011 in Los Angeles – hand picked by our in-house music aficionados Lauren Brokaw (Beverly High) more »
Spotted this weekend at Undefeated on La Brea … Ryan Oliver (Loyola ’11) and Whitney Woods. Loyola just had it’s graduation last week along with Harvard-Westlake and most other L.A. private schools. We spotted the varsity b-baller buying shoes at more »
Spring is here; the flowers are blooming, the days are getting warmer, and every weekend girls in gowns and boys in tuxes board limos and set off on the ‘best night of their lives’. That’s right: it’s Prom Season. So here’s everything you more »
The entire world for the last week has been obsessing over the royal couple and watching Kate’s every move. The first photos to surface of Kate Middleton after the royal wedding are not of the couple honeymooning somewhere exotic or more »
Tuesday night at the Downtown Standard marked the debut of Jeana Sohn and Claire Cottrell’s first style driven film. Artist and photographer Jeana Sohn launched CLOSET VISIT, an L.A. based fashion blog, a little over one year ago and ever more »
