![SOLDIER: Alumnus Mitchell Hoenig ‘20 speaks to students and teachers about his experience on Oct. 7 in Israel, serving in IDF reserves afterwards, and about his two friends – one who died fighting on Oct. 7, and one who was killed in Gaza months later. To start off the assembly on the roof, students and teachers clad in blue and white watched a video of the destroyed homes and buildings on kibbutzim in southern Israel after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks](https://shalhevetboilingpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Feutred-1200x798.jpg)
![BACKHAND: Co-Captain Dana Treitel setting up to hit the ball in their game against Pacifica Christian on Sept. 27. This was the first win in program history for girls tennis, and the team would go on to win two more games.](https://shalhevetboilingpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_0136-1200x895.png)
![SOLDIER: Alumnus Mitchell Hoenig ‘20 speaks to students and teachers about his experience on Oct. 7 in Israel, serving in IDF reserves afterwards, and about his two friends – one who died fighting on Oct. 7, and one who was killed in Gaza months later. To start off the assembly on the roof, students and teachers clad in blue and white watched a video of the destroyed homes and buildings on kibbutzim in southern Israel after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks](https://shalhevetboilingpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Feutred-1200x798.jpg)
![CONTINUITY: Firehawks4Israel set up a table was set up in the foyer with items to encourage prayers, mailing of letters and postcards and other ways to reach out to soldiers and others in Israel. It was still there in June.](https://shalhevetboilingpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Foyer-photo-by-Gabe-Mittman-for-doubletruck-web-version-1200x809.png)
![VOTE: Except for just minutes before voting, there were no active campaigns for Just Community representatives last October. Above, 10th-graders watched a candidate's video.](https://shalhevetboilingpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-2024-01-30-at-11.13.40 PM-1200x864.png)
![BACKHAND: Co-Captain Dana Treitel setting up to hit the ball in their game against Pacifica Christian on Sept. 27. This was the first win in program history for girls tennis, and the team would go on to win two more games.](https://shalhevetboilingpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_0136-1200x895.png)
![WORKING: Mrs. Keene perched at her desk in the Boiling Point office. She keeps a photo of her father with Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (at right) for inspiration, as well as mugs with slogans and various newspapers.](https://shalhevetboilingpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Screen-Shot-2024-06-03-at-9.32.34-PM-1200x902.png)
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![CONTINUITY: Firehawks4Israel set up a table was set up in the foyer with items to encourage prayers, mailing of letters and postcards and other ways to reach out to soldiers and others in Israel. It was still there in June.](https://shalhevetboilingpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Foyer-photo-by-Gabe-Mittman-for-doubletruck-web-version-1200x809.png)
![SOLDIER: Alumnus Mitchell Hoenig ‘20 speaks to students and teachers about his experience on Oct. 7 in Israel, serving in IDF reserves afterwards, and about his two friends – one who died fighting on Oct. 7, and one who was killed in Gaza months later. To start off the assembly on the roof, students and teachers clad in blue and white watched a video of the destroyed homes and buildings on kibbutzim in southern Israel after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks](https://shalhevetboilingpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Feutred-1200x798.jpg)
A Magen David formed by electric candles on the ground illuminated the faces of Shalhevet students and faculty as they sat tightly packed around it for a kumzitz the morning...
![BACKHAND: Co-Captain Dana Treitel setting up to hit the ball in their game against Pacifica Christian on Sept. 27. This was the first win in program history for girls tennis, and the team would go on to win two more games.](https://shalhevetboilingpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_0136-1200x895.png)
Overcoming early challenges like inconsistent player attendance and lineup changes, the girls tennis team won three games this past month – the first...
![RULE: Freshman Romy Burg puts away her phone before class. Administration introduced the new policy requiring phones put away before all class periods and programs a few days before the start of the school year.](https://shalhevetboilingpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/taken-by-ella-zackary--1200x976.png)
Administration introduced a new cell phone policy at the beginning of the school year that prohibits all cell phone use and possession during class periods...
![New Teachers 24-25: Kustanowitz, Tucker](https://shalhevetboilingpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Untitled-design-1-e1727149448537-1200x916.png)
![WORKING: Mrs. Keene perched at her desk in the Boiling Point office. She keeps a photo of her father with Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (at right) for inspiration, as well as mugs with slogans and various newspapers.](https://shalhevetboilingpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Screen-Shot-2024-06-03-at-9.32.34-PM-1200x902.png)
After 21 years of leading the Boiling Point, directing the Choirhawks, and teaching classes, Mrs. Joelle...
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Since joining Major League Baseball as an Anaheim Angel in 2018, now Los Angeles Dodgers star designated hitter and future pitcher Shohei Ohtani has not only found his spot in the record books but has forever made an impact on the game. As a baseball fan myself, I see more in Ohtani than his numbers that excites me. He embodies what it means to be a Japanese baseball player. Before Ohtani joined...