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

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HONEST: This 1867 engraving by John C. McRae refers to a famous myth about George Washington that when he was a boy, he damaged his fathers cherry tree with a hatchett. The story goes that when asked what happened to the tree immediately admitted it, saying, Father, I cannot tell a lie.  In advance of the presidential election, students debated the importance of character traits in 2020.

Character vs. policies: Town Hall asks which matters more in a president

By Caroline Kboudi and Benjamin Gamson November 12, 2020

Does character matter in a leader?  At a Town Hall on Oct. 13, a majority of students said they thought that a candidate’s policies should outweigh his or her character when deciding who to vote...

RECOVERED: Stolen political yard signs were set up on the front lawn of Amanda Kogan in Beverlywood Oct. 5 so people could pick them up. Ms. Kogan posted on NextDoor that shed found the signs, which had been dropped in a pile on Wooster and 18th streets.

YEAR OF THE YARD SIGN: Election’s conflicts and tensions are playing out on area front lawns

By Keira Beller, 10th Grade November 4, 2020

Jill Lefferman woke up early Oct. 5 to discover one of the political yard signs had been stolen off her lawn in the heart of Beverlywood. It was a Biden-Harris sign, with the phrase “B’H,” an abbreviation...

FACEOFF: Four days before the election, President Trump and former Vice President Biden competed in an online poll for the Boiling Point. The results differed by grade.

Poll shows Shalhevet students prefer Trump while staff favors Biden

By Benjamin Gamson, News Editor November 3, 2020

Shalhevet’s combined student body and faculty supports President Donald Trump over former Vice President Joe Biden by a razor-thin margin, a Boiling Point poll has found, although students and faculty...

ONLINE: Town Halls this year have been held over zoom on Tuesday’s, with attendance averaging at around 200-225

Town Hall changes back, halfway — will meet three weeks out of four

By Noah Elad, Staff Writer October 22, 2020

In an attempt to gather the entire school together as frequently as possible, the Agenda Committee decided Sept. 30 to hold Town Hall three times a month rather than every other week, and implemented the...

POLL: View a slideshow of poll results by clicking through the Gallery box below.

Poll shows only two Covid cases so far among Shalhevet extended community

By Molly Litvak and Benjamin Gamson October 19, 2020

On Oct. 13, the Boiling Point began a Covid-19 tracking project to watch how Covid cases are progressing not only at school but among friends, family and personal acquaintances of Shalhevet community members....

AIR: Smoke from fires as that ravaged the West Coast filled the skies Sept. 13, shrouding the sun at Will Rogers State Beach in the Pacific Palisades. The nearest fire was the Bobcat Fire in Pasadena, 29 miles away.

Orange skies, cancelled activities as epic fires fill the air throughout the West

By Gabriella Gomperts, Staff Writer October 1, 2020

Fires raging throughout the West grew so large earlier this month that davening was cancelled and Camp Firehawks activities were moved indoors, as an orange-yellow haze replaced the season’s typical...

TODAY: JC rep elections were postponed from Oct. 10 to today during Town Hall.

Something old: JC elections will be conducted same way as last spring – on Zoom

By Noah Elad, Staff Writer September 27, 2020

At a time when everything seems new, elections for Just Community grade-level representatives, set for Tuesday, are planned to be like last spring’s officer elections, once again conducted through Zoom. Fairness...

Sarah Cardenas previously worked as receptionist at Yavneh Hebrew Academy in Hancock Park.

New receptionist Sarah Cardenas brings love for people – and the Dodgers – to Shalhevet foyer

By Gabriella Gomperts, 11th Grade September 24, 2020

Watching over school comings and goings from the entryway of the building’s three-story lobby is Sarah Cardenas, the new receptionist. And though there are fewer people than usual, she says her favorite...

DISCUSSION: David Edwards, last year’s Agenda Chair, led a Zoom Town Hall on May 13 about a proposed new Just Community Constitution.

For now, Zoom Town Hall will be every other week

By Noah Elad, Staff Writer September 14, 2020

When Town Hall convenes tomorrow morning, it will be the second time this year. But the first time wasn’t last Tuesday. It was the Tuesday before. This fall, for the first time in school history,...

SAFETY: Dr. Josh Sharfman taught Computer Science in the Wildfire Theater during the first week of the summer classes. Desks were spaced six feet apart, and new plexiglass shields aimed to keep students’ air to themselves.

For the Shalhevet building, spring vacation ended in summer

By Benjamin Gamson and Yael Schechter September 6, 2020

The Shalhevet campus came back to life this summer as students filled the science lab, theatre, cafeteria and room 216 for a summer enrichment program while a day camp met in the gym and on the third...

SAFETY: Plexi-glass dividers built by Maintenance Head Jose Flores have been installed around desks in larger classrooms.

COVID 2.0: Online classes, after-school “camp” and Zoom shofar-blowing welcome new school year

By Benjamin Gamson, News Editor August 26, 2020

With endless trips, Shabbatons, pep rallies and spontaneous kumzitzes in the hallways, Shalhevet always feels a little like camp.  This year, for parts of the day, it actually is. Although...

UNEXPECTED: Shalhevets Digital Firehawks Instructor Fred Leach said that he was surprise to see the amount and diversity of support for justice for George Floyd and others. It’s been encouraging to see people in Los Angeles unite to fight against injustice, he said.

‘Constantly aware’ — Shalhevet’s Fred Leach describes being black in LA

By Sam Rubanowitz, Senior Editor July 14, 2020

Mr. Fred Leach, whose title at school is Digital Firehawks Instructor, is part of Shalhevet's Educational Support team. He oversees and helps students who take online classes or who use other academic...

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