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Shalhevet news online: When we know it, you'll know it

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VOTE: Except for just minutes before voting,  there were no active campaigns for Just Community representatives last October.  Above, 10th-graders watched a candidates video.

EDITORIAL: Elections – We can do better

By The Boiling Point Editorial Board
January 30, 2024

From absolutely no campaigning by any candidates in any grades to voting links that allowed unlimited submissions, there was no...

COLUMN: Sleepless nights and random tears

COLUMN: Sleepless nights and random tears

By Temma Kirshbaum, Staff Columnist
October 23, 2023

Over the past week, I have found myself struggling to put emotions into words. Trying to find logic in a situation where you cannot...

Let our rabbis spread the light

Let our rabbis spread the light

By Arieh Elad, 9th Grade
June 9, 2023

A not unfamiliar sight during tefillah, prayer, at Shalhevet is the student gazing off into the distance, sometimes mouthing the...

Students say they are using ChatGPT primarily for convenience, but AIs true capabilities tell a different story.

EDITORIAL: ChatGPT – Beware the price of convenience

“Write me a five-paragraph scholarly essay on the American Revolution.” “Summarize Act 3 Scene 2 in Romeo and Juliet.” “Solve...

JOURNEY: Shalhevet seniors and others beside a dome made from victims ashes at the Majdanek concentration camp in Poland May 15, where the ashes are contained in a massive circular urn.

SENIORS IN POLAND: Colors of death

By Jack Metzger, Staff Writer
May 16, 2023

Poland. The beautiful, awful country. A country that has both life and death. Poland, a country of green grounds scattered with...

The Jewish Journals story on the Shalhevet-Buena Park game had consequences that made matters worse.

EDITORIAL: When journalism goes wrong

“Antisemitic Incident Reported at Shalhevet Girls Basketball Game” was the headline attached to an article published by the...

CREATIVITY: For Zoe, wearing thrift-shopped clothes showcases her authentic self.

COLUMN: Whose story is your outfit?

By Zoe Ritz, Staff Columnist
February 22, 2023

Over the last four years, I’ve mastered the art of second-hand shopping. As a fashion lover, learning that clothing production...

CREATIVITY: For Zoe, wearing thrift-shopped clothes showcases her authentic self.

COLUMN: Failure face

By Zoe Ritz, Staff Columnist
December 8, 2022

I am a dancer. I have been dancing for most of my life, for the purpose of expression through my body.   It is something I love...

TALK: Representatives of the C-T Watch security company address a 90-minute Town Hall Sept. 21 in the gym.

EDITORIAL: Disaster drills save lives. We need them here.

  In the last few decades, school shootings have become an incessant problem facing high schools across America....

JOY: “The best feeling of all, though, is watching the Dodgers win while sprinting out of the stadium to beat traffic, hearing “I Love LA.”

MY LIFE IN A SONG: Sound of a stadium

By Olivia Fishman, Arts and Culture Editor
August 4, 2022

There is a certain exhilaration that accompanies my trips to Dodger Stadium, and I have felt the same excitement since I was a...

Senior Josh Weissman says everyone should take computer science.

OPINION: Whoever you are, Shalhevet’s Comp. Sci. classes are for you

By Joshua Weissman, 12th Grade
June 13, 2022

Though history buffs and playwrights often overlook classes in computer science, every Shalhevet student would benefit from a...

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