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BP tefillin story goes viral and starts an international debate

By Eric Bazak, Features Editor March 16, 2014

In a school where everyone knows everyone and the student population is about 165, it’s hard to imagine that there were more than 20,000 visits to the Boiling Point website in a period of four days. But...

IMPROVISED: Seventh- and eighth-graders spent three Sunday mornings learning from co-curricular teachers. (Eva Suissa)

Middle-schoolers try out Shalhevet co-curriculars at ‘Winterm’

By Eva Suissa and Jordan Fields March 14, 2014

There were people jumping, dribbling and dunking the ball, although there was no actual ball. In fact, there was not one sound in the room. It was the second of the three Sundays of “Winterm”...

CHESED: Senior Sarah Soroudi packs pears at the L.A. Food Bank Feb. 24. Seniors have visited the Food Bank twice so far and will blog Poland-Israel trip for Holocaust survivors. (Tamar Willis)

‘Impact14’ fights senioritis with service

March 12, 2014

By Maayan Waldman, Staff Writer Seniors will build a house for a poor family, plan a carnival for underprivileged kids, and visit the LA Food Bank as part of their new second semester chesed program. Through...

TOSS:  Pairs from the Red Team and the Blue Team line up to toss balloons at Rancho Park.  Though it was a close victory, the Red Team brought back the points.

Color War 2014: Blue wins close contest; confusion makes breakout a surprise after all

By Jonah Kaye, 9th Grade February 18, 2014

The Blue Team won Color War last Thursday 7119 to 6957, even though Red Team won some of the major categories in the annual all-day contest held partly on campus and partly at Rancho Park. Led by captains...

Construction of new building now delayed until March

February 17, 2014

By Alexa Fishman, Community Editor Escrow closing on Shalhevet’s property sale has been postponed once again and now is slated for March 18, officials said, meaning another delay in the start of construction...

NITZOTZEI DRAFT, NEEDS PIC AND HEADLINE

By Sigal Spitzer, Opinion Editor February 14, 2014

Every Friday during breakfast, students hustle to the front door of the school and surround sophomore Micah Gill, who is handing out cream-colored sheets of paper.  It’s the weekly installment of Nitzotzei...

DENIED: Seniors’college rejection letters are now posted in Ms. Walls’ college counseling office.

‘Wall of Shame’ is up, out of public eye

Breaking with 15 years of tradition, the infamous “Wall of Shame” — formerly a hallway bulletin board where seniors post their college rejection letters to share ironic pride in bad news — is now...

WELCOME:  Ms. Jennifer Kong, Shalhevets newest math teacher, visited with a very happy Mr. Danovitch after signing her contract in his office last Friday.

New math teacher, Ms. Jennifer Kong, joins faculty for second semester

January 20, 2014

By Tamar Willis, Editor-in-Chief After a tumultuous three semesters in which one class had four different math teachers, the school hired Ms. Jennifer Kong to take on 9th grade Algebra and 10th grade...

GROOMED: History teacher Mr.
Reusch displays his award-winning mustache,
grown in 30 days in November.

More hair, more money: Students and teachers raise funds for ‘Movember’

By Alec Fields, Staff Writer January 18, 2014

The month of November has been a hirsute month at Shalhevet. In an effort to raise money for the fight against prostate and testicular cancer, Shalhevet students joined a nationwide movement and abandoned...

ENGAGING: Math teacher Mrs. Gina Fuller aids sophomores during Geometry class last month. She is returning to Maine at semester’s end for her husband’s new job as director of an international techonology initiative.

Mrs. Fuller moving to Maine next semester, school seeks replacement

By Maayan Waldman, Staff Writer January 17, 2014

Continuing a trail of temporary math teachers over the past two years, Shalhevet’s newest part-time math teacher, Mrs. Gina Fuller, has resigned effective the end of the current semester to move back...

INTERFAITH: Juniors stand in the library of King Fahad Mosque in Culver City after spending the afternoon observing prayers and the imams sermon Dec. 20.

On mosque visit, class views a different culture of the Middle East

By Alexa Fishman, Community Editor January 12, 2014

Seven juniors spent an afternoon looking at Middle Eastern culture through the lens of a local mosque, on a field trip last month to Culver City that was part of their Modern Middle East class. Jewish...

SUSPENDED: Debate team members at Princeton Model Congress last fall worked on their bills.  Misbehavior on that trip after curfew has resulted in an earlier curfew for the upcoming Penn trip, and practices have been suspended through Jan. 15.

Penn Model Congress back on as administration finds ‘alternative consequences’

By Alexa Fishman, Community Editor January 1, 2014

Reversing a decision made Dec. 5, the administration has decided to allow Shalhevet to compete at Penn Model Congress in March, despite the debate team’s admitted misbehavior in November on the Princeton...

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