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Student journalists from the Boiling Point, and the JCHS Observer debrief together after a series of workshops at the first ever JSPA convention at Bnai David Judea.

Student journalists make history at JSPA conference

November 14, 2013

By Sarah Soroudi, Editor-in-Chief Twenty-five students crowded around a dinner-size table in the Beit Midrash at Bnai David-Judea, their eyes fixed on a panel of students from Harvard-Westlake's...

CAFFEINE: Boaz Willis serves fellow sophomore Micah Gill a cup of coffee from Bos Barista Bar two weeks ago.  The Bar is set to reopen on Nov. 11.

‘Bo’s Barista Bar’ to reopen even though Starbucks is no longer closed

UPDATE: Sophomore Boaz Willis has announced that Bo’s Barista Bar, which he opened during Starbucks’s 10-day shutdown, will re-open Monday even though the actual coffeehouse across the street from...

QUESTIONS: As students watched, members of the Los Angeles Fire Department conferred outside the Annex Thursday morning, Oct. 31.  No cause for the alarm had been found as of Thursday afternoon.

Fire truck arrives on campus after alarm goes off, cause is unknown

By Tamar Willis, Deputy Editor-in-Chief October 31, 2013

Executive Director Robyn Lewis said that the Los Angeles Fire Department and school officials were not able to find the cause for the alarm that went off Thursday morning. She mentioned that there was...

PROBLEM: Starbucks across the street from school is closed for renovations.  Sophomore Boaz Williss solution does not work at lunchtime.

Student’s coffee business shut down during lunchtime due to contract with caterer

By Tamar Willis, Deputy Editor-in-Chief October 27, 2013

Sophomore Boaz Willis stopped selling coffee and iced chai lattes during lunch last Tuesday after Mrs. Robyn Lewis, Shalhevet's Executive Director, informed him that he could not be open at that time...

EXCITED: Math teacher Mrs. Gina Fuller appreciates the ‘closer ties’ in Shalhevet’s community.

Subbing job brings Mrs. Fuller, formerly of Milken, out of retirement to stay

October 14, 2013

By Micah Gill, Staff Writer, and Sarah Soroudi, Editor-in-Chief New math teacher Mrs. Gina Fuller came out of retirement to join the Shalhevet faculty this year, after filling in as a substitute when...

LEAVING: Dr. Melissa Noel did research on fetal alcohol syndrome before becoming a teacher.

New Bio teacher brings a bit of Puerto Rico to Los Angeles

October 11, 2013

By Mati Davis, Staff Writer Dr. Melissa Noel has joined the General Studies faculty this year, bringing teaching experience, a cheerful personality and bit of the Caribbean to the Science Department. With...

DIG: The Feders, Gills, Friedmans, and Rabbi Segal wield symbolic shovels at a mock ground-breaking for the new building last June. Shalhevets new name will be the Jean and Jerry Friedman Shalhevet High School

School will add founders and donors to its name next year

By Sarah Soroudi, Editor-in-Chief, and Tamar Willis, Deputy Editor-in-Chief October 8, 2013

  Shalhevet will change it’s name to the Jean and Jerry Friedman Shalhevet High School when the new building opens, and the building itself will be called the Feder Family Campus, Board President...

EXPERIENCE:  Members of the class of 2013 were wrapped in the Israeli flag at Auschwitz last April on the senior Poland-Israel trip. The endowment will hopefully make it possible for more seniors to attend the trip.

Anonymous gift of $100,000 creates an endowment for senior Poland-Israel trip

By Eric Bazak, Staff Writer October 8, 2013

An anonymous donor has created a new $100,000 endowment to support Shalhevet’s annual senior Poland-Israel trip, hoping to make sure every senior has the ability to attend the once-in-a-lifetime experience. Head...

Shalhevet sponsoring first-ever Jewish high school journalism conference later this month

Shalhevet sponsoring first-ever Jewish high school journalism conference later this month

By Alexa Fishman, Community Editor October 7, 2013

Students from across the U.S. will study topics ranging from ethics of journalism to freedom of the press at a first-ever national journalism conference for students at Jewish high schools Oct. 24-27,...

CHOSEN: Members of leading debate teams in the country, Shalhevet among them, have been invited to the beta-test a new program modeled on the US Senate.

Shalhevet debaters invited to Boston to advise new model US Senate program

By Alexa Fishman, Community Editor October 4, 2013

Four debaters from Shalhevet’s Model Congress team have been invited to beta-test a new Model Senate program being developed at the University of Massachusetts by the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for...

LAB: From left, Kian Marghzar, Mark Miller and Eliana Hjortzberg Litov at CIJE Sept. 12

New tech classes draw 27 students after school

By Eric Bazak, Staff Writer October 4, 2013

Believe it or not, 4:20 dismissal is apparently too early for 27 freshmen and sophomores.  They’ve signed up for Shalhevet’s new Sci-Tech-Engineering course, which meets for 90 minutes at a time,...

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