The Megillah reading was over, and in the Bet Midrash a party and talent show were in full swing.
Suddenly the room was quiet, as a girl in a lace d...
It’s the first night of Passover 2011, and U.S. Navy Lt. (Junior Grade) Ethan Samuels, Shalhevet class of 2003, is on duty running combat operations in Afghanistan from his base on the USS Carl Vinson.
He misses the first seder, but the next night, his commander allows him to attend the second seder, which is conducted by a rabbi flown in from Bahrain.
“They bent...
This story is a National Winner in the Features Story category of Quill and Scroll’s 2012 International Writing and Photo Contest, judged by the American Society of News Editors.
Innuendos, fluttering eyelashes and sweetly spoken backhanded insults are familiar to all teenagers, even on a stage with actors dressed in 19th-century gowns and feathered bonnets. Shalhevet Drama’...
This story won Honorable Mention for Editorial Writing in the national Gold Circle competition of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, and is also a National Winner in the Opinion Story category of Quill and Scroll’s 2012 International Writing and Photo Contest, judged by the American Society of News Editors. It was written by Rose Bern.
It creeps into all clas...
On a sunny Friday afternoon, sophomore Yarden Harel was standing on the Sport Court holding a chicken upside-down, moving it in circles over his head,...
A schoolwide walkout and sit-in support of Rabbi Naftali (Hertzie) Richler was held May 19 during Period 3, but there was no sign the administration was...
Ever come home from a long day of school to do hours of homework and then go to sleep long after you want to as a result? Wake up the next morning dead...
Since Facebook has become such a dominant part of modern society, it’s easy to see why people have started using the website for purposes other than...
At a first-ever school Modern Orthodoxy symposium, three rabbis who lead shuls that are home to many Shalhevet families captured students' attention when...
The Boiling Point won first place from the National Scholastic Press Association in the "Multimedia Package" category for its coverage of Rabbi Elchanan Weinbach's resignation and its fallout last spring. Here are the judge's comments.
Source:http://www.studentpress.org/nspa/winners/story10.html#comments
First place:
Breaking news is rare at a high school and, beca...
Shalhevet prides itself on being a school that prepares students to study in the top secular universities and observe their religion wherever they find...
