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COUNSEL: Ms. Gruenbaum (​center) and Ms. Walls ​discuss college applications ​with Armand and Soheila Newman, parents of junior Nicole Newman​. ​

Second Counselor Beefs Up College Advising

By Rose Lipner, Community Editor February 3, 2015

For the first time in school history, Shalhevet has added a second person to oversee its college counseling program, due to a growing number of students. Last fall, Ms. Lisa Gruenbaum became the school’s...

LATEST COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES

January 27, 2015

Ariella Joffe, University of Michigan Leila Miller, Oberlin College & Conservatory Rachel Lester, University of Michigan Justin Brandt-Sarif, George Washington University Raquel Garshovsky, This is...

Senior David Lorrell as Sgt. Toomey assigns push-ups to discipline recruits in the World War II-era drama Biloxi Blues. Freshmen missed the preview because of a bus problem.

Freshmen miss drama preview when buses don’t show up

By Maayan Waldman, Arts Editor December 22, 2014

The minutes ticked by last Tuesday afternoon as the drama group sat backstage in their costumes, waiting for the freshmen to arrive to watch the annual preview of the fall production, Biloxi Blues. They...

LUG: Students climb stairs to class. The textbook ban hasn’t lightened loads for many.

Textbook ban lightens backpacks in locker-less JCC — for some

By Rose Lipner, Community Editor December 16, 2014

Hoping to make student backpacks lighter, Shalhevet has banned textbooks this year. But some kids are still lugging their bags up the JCC staircase, backs hunched and textbooks held firmly to their chest. Principal...

WIN: Boiling Point received national awards for 13-14

Wide range of awards for last year’s print Boiling Point

By Jordan Fields, Staff Writer December 16, 2014

The Boiling Point has won top national honors in journalism competitions for work published during the 2013-14 school year, including its second-ever Pacemaker Award nomination from the National Scholastic...

CONSTRUCT: Torah Editor Noah Rothman teaches students how to create a successful Torah Section at the JSPA Conference.

Judea Pearl challenges students at JSPA conference

By Rose Lipner, Community Editor December 2, 2014

If a Jew whose family hasn’t lived in Israel for over 2,000 years can easily and legally make aliyah, then why can’t an Arab whose family lived there until 1948 do the same? At Shabbat dinner on...

Buckley says he resigned rather than accept playoff game suspension

By Alexa Fishman, Editor-in-Chief December 1, 2014

Science and math teacher Mr. Christopher Buckley suddenly resigned Oct. 29, leaving behind Model Congress, Mock Trial and Boys and Girls Flag Football, as well as AP Statistics and responsibility for...

DENIM: Sophmore Micha Thau dons blue jeans, which boys can now wear.

Finally, Shalhevet welcomes blue jeans

By Alec Fields, Staff Writer November 28, 2014

Many years, one proposal, two Town Halls and an administration meeting later, on Oct. 29 Shalhevet joined the majority of other high schools in the United States and allowed students to wear blue jeans. For...

SUSPENSE: Shalhevet debaters wait to see who has won awards at Princeton Model Congress.

Smaller, closer Model Congress team wins 11 awards in D.C.

By Mati Davis, Staff Writer November 27, 2014

The team was 25 percent smaller than last year and had lost its longtime coach and most of its seniors -- but Firehawk debaters still managed to win four gavels and seven honorable mention certificates...

Boiling Point wins awards in national contests for 2013-14 print editions

Boiling Point wins awards in national contests for 2013-14 print editions

By Jordan Fields, Staff Writer November 23, 2014

The Boiling Point has won top national honors in journalism competitions for work published during the 2013-14 school year, including its second-ever Pacemaker Award nomination from the National Scholastic...

JCC Survival Guide

JCC Survival Guide

November 16, 2014

By Rose Lipner, Community Editor At the end of last year, you walked out of the homey Shalhevet building on Fairfax. After a summer of sun and relaxation, you will enter the bright green and orange hallways...

WINNER:  Cameras clicking, Richard Sandlot, vice pesident of the Milken Family Foundation, presents the Milken Jewish Educator Award to Ms. Malikov at a surprise assembly in the JCC auditorium Nov. 3.  We are all in this together, Ms. Malikov said.  She did not know she had won.

Math department chair Ms. Malikov wins $15,000 Milken Jewish Educator Award

November 4, 2014

By Rose Lipner, Community Editor, and Alexa Fishman, Editor-in-Chief Students filed into a mysterious assembly after lunch yesterday and quickly learned that Math Department Chair Ms. Katya Malikov...

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