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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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SOLIDARITY: Students watch broadcast of Ezra Schwartz's shloshim in gym Dec. 21. Schools watching around the world could see one another.

Worldwide video chat remembers terror victim Ezra Schwartz

By Sadie Toczek, Staff Writer
February 16, 2016
Shalhevet students gathered in the gym Dec. 21 to take part in a siyum with yeshivas across the world via Skype in honor of Ezra Schwartz, z”l.
SYMBOLIC: Metal panels in a pomegranate pattern bring the mechitzot to the proper halachic height.

Taller, kosher mechitzot bring Israeli artistry to school

By Jacob Perelman, Staff Writer
February 16, 2016
New mechitzot for the building were finally completed Dec. 15, with laser-cut metal panels in a pomegranate design across the top to make them both halachically permissible and artistic.
TAKE DOWN: Students watch as Mr. Reusch performs Russian 2-on-1, a jiu jiutsu move, on senior Daniel Soroudi.

Grappling club teaches athletes to fight with their minds, not just their strength

By Will Kasdan, Staff Writer
February 15, 2016
Sweat fills the air as the grappling club continues to practice moves in a secluded room in the basement.
TWO BOILING POINTS OF VIEW: Should Shalhevet cap enrollment at 240 students?

TWO BOILING POINTS OF VIEW: Should Shalhevet cap enrollment at 240 students?

By Eric Bazak and Micah Gill
February 11, 2016

NO: Keep on growing By Eric Bazak, Editor-in-Chief   It’s that time of the year when seniors sweat over interviews and stress...

PRETTY: New landscaping behind the school features grasses and an irrigation channel.

Water work: School adjusts landscaping and kids take shorter showers

By Zev Kent, Sports Editor
February 11, 2016
About 20 percent of Shalhevet students say they have personally changed their habits because of the California drought, and nearly half say their families have made at least some changes.
UNEVEN: Junior Sarit Ashkenazi admires her Reuschbucks on Snapchat last month. Students worked toward the same goal, but some started with only a few dollars while others were given many.

Taxes, loans, money-laundering…in class?

By Eva Suissa, Staff Writer
February 10, 2016
If you happen to spot paper bills on the floor with the head of History teacher Mr. William Reusch on them, pick them up. They may not be very useful at a Starbucks or clothing store, but "Reuschbucks" are pretty valuable to certain students in Mr. Reusch's classes.
RESEARCH: Biology teacher Dr. Melissa Noel discovered one way that fetal alcohol syndrome leads to neuronal death and brain problems.

TEACHER TALES: A path to science and a new home

By Hannah Diamond, Staff Columnist
February 10, 2016
Determined to inhibit a serious symptom of fetal alcohol syndrome, Melissa Noel injects newborn mice with high doses of alcohol. Of these mice, only some contain tPA, a gene typically known for breaking down blood clots.
HAPPY: A column on the second floor displayed a message from Project Simcha in December.

Project Simcha brightens students’ days one poster at a time

By Zev Frankel, Staff Writer
February 9, 2016
"Wow these are adorable! "called out junior Sarah Yadagari, spotting some new flyers hanging in the second-floor hallway opposite the lockers Nov. 11.
INNOVATION: Founder Seiji Shaw works with team members to build the base of the robot. Club several times a week to prepare for the competition that will take place March 10.

Junior transfer student spearheads first robotics team

By Benjamin Zaghi and Rose Lipner
February 7, 2016
With $20,000 in its budget from Google and other grants, Shalhevet’s first-year robotics team plans to jump over entry-level meets and compete with more experienced teams like Beverly Hills High and Milken Community High School.
Screenshot of the LaHav logo

RCA decision on women brings Lahav to real life

By Zev Kent, Sports Editor
February 5, 2016

Just days after the Rabbinical Council of America passed a new Policy Concerning Women Rabbis, Shalhevet’s Lahav Talmud curriculum...

Phone-a-thon from Rachel Sentchuk on Vimeo.

VIDEO: Fundraising Phone-A-Thon Jan. 18

By Rachel Sentchuk, BP Video Editor
February 5, 2016

Hundreds gathered inside the gym on a Saturday night to hear rabbis agree and argue. From left, Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky, Rabbi Pini Dunner, Rabbi Adam Kligfeld and Rabbi Sharon Brous, with Rabbi Schwarzberg.

Cross-denominational discussion hosted by Institute

By Alec Fields, Torah Editor
February 1, 2016

What do you get when you cross a Conservative, Progressive and two Orthodox rabbis on one stage?  The Shalhevet Institute’s...

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