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CHANGES:    Then-juniors Eitan Remer (third from left) and Jonathan Fishman (fourth from left) wrote a proposal last year that allowed boys to wear non-collared shirts provided they are wearing tzitzit that are visible. Rabbi Schwarzberg says boys have not been following this rule.

Administration asks for more compliance with dress code

By Alex Rubel, Sports Editor
March 21, 2019

A boys dress code leniency was put on probation in January after administration officials said it was being violated too often....

CLOSE:   Starbucks and Coffee Bean are frequented by Shalhevet students throughout the day. Above, juniors Celine Basiratmand (center) and Maital Hiller drank coffee during breakfast Feb 15.

Citing Student Handbook, Fairness rules admin cannot enforce school rules at Starbucks if student has not checked in to school

By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Community Editor
February 21, 2019

In the first public Fairness case of the year, a ruling based on a technicality raised but did not clearly answer the question...

TIGHTEN:    Sophomores prayed during an all-school Shacharit in the gym. A new policy sets three levels of consequences for students who ditch.

Fairness imposes penalties for missing davening

By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Community Editor
October 9, 2018

In response to a greater number of students ditching davening (prayer) last year, the Fairness Committee wrote a stricter policy...

SPEECH:   Gaby Lasry addressed the 11th grade Sept. 13 as candidates for Fairness, Agenda and SAC campaigned in their respective grades. Students then cast their votes for two representatives for each Just Community branch.  BP Photo by Alyssa Wallack.

2018-19 Just Community grade-level election results

September 13, 2018

The following people were elected today to represent their grades on the various Just Community committees. Freshmen SAC:...

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Talia Gill is new Agenda Chair as election approves changes

By Sivan Karz, Staff Writer
June 5, 2018

Talia Gill was elected Agenda Chair for the 2018-19 school year May 4, following a week of speeches, posters and promises from...

COUNT: From left, Sam Hirschhorn, Rabbi Ari Schwarzberg and Academic Dean Aviva Walls compiled tallies after school in Rabbi Schwarzbergs office from todays Just Community elections.

Talia Gill is new Agenda Chair

May 4, 2018

Here are the results from the 2018 Just Community elections: Agenda: Chair -  Talia Gill Vice Chair - Maya Tochner Secretary...

CHANGE: Agenda Chair Daniel Lorell heard a comment from senior Rami Gruman at Town Hall.

Votes keep no-lunch Fridays, change boys dress code

By Shayna Becker, Staff Writer
April 10, 2018

Schedule: The Just Community voted on Jan. 4 to continue no-lunch and early dismissal on Fridays, guaranteeing that school...

Fairness Committee hands Agenda Chair first ‘strike’ under new ‘covenant’

Fairness Committee hands Agenda Chair first ‘strike’ under new ‘covenant’

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief
November 7, 2017

Agenda Chair Daniel Lorell has been given a first strike by the Fairness Committee for violating a new “covenant” requiring...

PLAN: The Agenda Committees officers and faculty advisors discussed the first weeks Town Hall during their meeting on August 28.

Agenda Committee summer meetings focus on Town Hall changes, proposals and constitution

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief
September 28, 2017

The Agenda Committee did not let summer stop it from meeting to improve the Just Community. While their peers were at the beach,...

WINNER: New Agenda Chair Daniel Lorell defeated four candidates in last Mays election, promising to turn the Just Community into an Athenian democracy. His second Town Hall saw a vote to cancel Friday lunch and end early.

New Agenda Committee revives the proposal process with three votes in two Town Halls

September 4, 2017
At the first two Town Halls of Daniel Lorell’s Agenda chairship, more proposals were brought to the community than in the previous two school years combined.

Full text of Daniel Lorell’s campaign post on Schoology

May 8, 2017

Then-candidate Daniel Lorell made this post on Schoology's Just Community May 4 after the debate at Town Hall.  So,...

Daniel Lorell elected new Agenda Chair

Daniel Lorell elected new Agenda Chair

Daniel Lorell, who has vowed to turn Town Hall into a congress for the Just Community through "radical changes," was elected next...

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