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

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

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Globetrotters appear as Sport Court is dedicated

By Adam Ashkenazi, Staff Writer
March 24, 2010

About 200 congregated at Shalhevet’s new Sport Court starting at 10:30 a.m. last Sunday, March 21, to celebrate the creation...

Recital offers a world of music

Recital offers a world of music

By Kalil Eden, Staff Writer
March 24, 2010

In between Shacharit and Mincha March 4, the Beit Midrash enjoyed its other role as musical performance space when students performed...

Drawn by Rebecca Asch.

For Shalhevet this spring, a half-Hallel

By Zev Hurwitz, Opinion Editor
March 24, 2010

The Artscroll siddur very clearly explains that the Hallel recited on Rosh Chodesh and the last six days of Pesach is a condensed...

Students wearing bright new Shalhevet backpacks arrived for class the day the elementary school opened, August 20, 2005. BP Photo

One word for Shalhevet Middle School: Family

If I had to describe Shalhevet in one word, it would be 'family.' I came to Shalhevet in 2008, and in one day, Shalhevet was already...

Measuring our loss while looking ahead

Shalhevet’s decision to close its lower schools brought a swift and varied response from students and staff, and continues to...

How to help

How to help

By Rebecca Asch, Torah Editor
March 24, 2010

With the news of the closing of the lower Shalhevet schools, many students—both lower schoolers and high schoolers alike—are...

Jewish schools have closed in other cities, too

By Jaclyn Kellner, Community Editor
March 24, 2010

The Los Angeles Jewish community was shocked to hear that Shalhevet needs to close its middle, elementary and preschool, but similar...

Against odds, parent group tries to keep lower schools open

By Zev Hurwitz, Opinion Editor
March 24, 2010

Lower school families are organizing an effort to keep some version of Shalhevet lower schools open next year, hoping to form...

Unexpectedly, teachers and families explore their options for next year

By Zev Hurwitz, Opinion Editor
March 24, 2010

As parents and administrators scrambled to place Shalhevet lower school students and teachers in other Jewish elementary schools,...

IN SHOCK: High schoolers and General Studies Principal Mr. Tranchi reacted to the news at an assembly after Shacharit.

Shalhevet says lower schools will close after this year

By Lexi Gelb, Editor-In-Chief
March 24, 2010

High school is thriving and was subsidizing lower schools, outside analyst says, and board agrees in unanimous vote. Shalhevet...

Jubilant Model Congress team wins ‘Best Delegation’ at Penn

By Jenny Newman, Outside News Editor
March 18, 2010

Shalhevet’s Penn Model Congress team returned ecstatic to Los Angeles February 28th with their first-ever Best Delegation award...

Nili Shamrat

Dismissal of Nili Shamrat fuels controversy

By Lexi Gelb, Editor-In-Chief
March 18, 2010

The Shalhevet community said goodbye to Hebrew teacher Nili Shamrat March 3 after almost 10 years of service to the high school....

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