Harvard-Westlake School is an independent coeducational college preparatory day school, grades 7-12, whose curriculum and programs create an educational environment designed for students who possess both the motivation and the ability to pursue a rigorous college preparatory course of study. Harvard Westlake School strives to provide an education that enables and empowers its diverse students to: develop their intellectual, spiritual, emotional, and physical gifts; to understand and respect the similarities and differences among themselves and others in their local and world communities; and to learn the habits of mind and self-discipline necessary to live with integrity and purpose as contributing members of society. Harvard-Westlake will endeavor to fulfill this mission by: