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

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MOM: Mrs. Maya Cohen, who has twin daughters at Shalhevet and an eighth-grader who’s applying, wants to make the middle-schoolers’ application process more fun.

New admissions director plans dance nights and scavenger hunts to make process more ‘friendly’

By Olivia Fishman, Arts & Culture Editor November 14, 2022

Mrs. Maya Cohen, who worked for five years in admissions at Hillel Hebrew Academy, brings Shalhevet’s first full-time Director of admissions since April 2020 and has plenty of new ideas to give incoming...

FAMILIAR: Mr. Plax has coached Firehawk basketball team, and Ms. Joel, who works as an occupational therapist, is married to former Assistant Executive Director Mr. Nachum Joel. (BP Photos by Sam Elyaszadeh)

New P.E. teachers turn to yoga, Zumba, weights and self-motivation

By Ariel Mazar, Ninth Grade November 13, 2022

Mr. Adam Plax and Ms. Atara Joel, the new P.E teachers, will try to get students to use the lessons they learn in sports or P.E. and apply them to everyday life. But first, they’re changing the P.E....

SCRIPT: Mr. Leach is currently writing a film about a mixed couple whose families are trying to navigate the holidays.

Fred Leach, who built close relationships in Ed Support, leaves to write for TV

By Benjamin Gamson, Co-Editor-in-Chief November 8, 2022

Mr. Fred Leach, who worked one-on-one with students taking online classes as part of the Student Support department, has left Shalhevet to pursue television and film writing, after working for five years...

HELPFUL: Students described Mr. Sinajon as being supportive and understanding. He taught at least five different courses during his years at Shalhevet.

‘Easygoing’ math teacher Mr. Sinajon leaves after five years

By Amalia Zucker, Features Editor October 22, 2022

Mr. Andrew Sinajon, math teacher and Robotics faculty advisor since 2017, did not return to Shalhevet for the 2022-23 school year. Mr. Sinajon, who could not be reached for comment for this story, taught...

RELEVANT: Before joining Milken and then Brentwood School, Mr. Moss was a reader of admissions applications at Wash U, Stanford, Yale and UCLA.

A class for college counseling? New director says why not

By Joshua Gamson, Community Editor October 18, 2022

Though he thinks the college application process is like a separate, “really challenging” course for seniors amidst their other responsibilities, Mr. Jordan Moss, new Director of College Counseling...

In his free time, Mr. Simmons belongs to a club where people sample flavors of Mountain Dew.

New math and Econ teacher wants to get beyond the ‘rote, mechanical aspects’

By Tali Liebenthal, Co-Editor-in-Chief October 3, 2022

Mr. Nick Simmons, who is now teaching three math courses and Economics at Shalhevet, said he came into teaching by accident. As part of his graduate program at the University of Tennessee, he taught...

SWEETS: Mrs. Popper has five pounds of Sunkist fruit gems in her desk drawer for students to come and get if they’d like one.

LaHav and Just Community not new to new Chief Academic Officer Malka Popper

By Benjamin Gamson, Co-Editor-in-Chief September 30, 2022

Ms. Malka Popper, most recently principal of the Upper School at Berman Hebrew Academy in Rockville, Md., has taken the newly created role of Shalhevet’s Chief Academic Officer and becomes the highest-ranking...

BRIT: Ms. Verity Weisz used to teach third- and fourth-graders at a Jewish school in London.

New English teacher comes from England

By Keira Beller, Senior Writer September 28, 2022

Shalhevet’s new English teacher from Liverpool, England, Ms. Verity Weisz, is loving her experience as a high school teacher after previously working with younger kids. She previously taught third-...

 COMMUNITY: Mr. Shavalian, shown above in his new office at Milken, said he’d miss Color War, hanging out on the turf, and Friday morning kumzitses.

Eli Shavalian leaves to direct college counseling at Milken

By Joshua Gamson, Community Editor September 27, 2022

Mr. Eli Shavalian, who tried to make applying to college less scary and was seen by students as open and welcoming, left Shalhevet this year to direct college counseling at Milken Community School in Los...

FIREHAWK: Ms. Goldman  also hopes to follow Shalhevet's sports teams.

New Tanach teacher follows sports – and a spiritual path

By Caroline Kboudi, Staff Writer September 23, 2022

This year Ms.Tovah Goldman, a Los Angeles native and former nursery and Pre-1 teacher, has joined the Shalhevet staff as an 11th-grade Tanach teacher and 11th-grade Mashgicha Ruchanit. Ms. Goldman was...

WRITER: Mr. Ross works on his own plays and screenplays in his free time.

New English teacher is video game and comic book fan

By Amalia Zucker, Features Editor September 22, 2022

Aspiring writer and avid comic book fan Mr. Dylan Ross has joined Shalhevet’s faculty, teaching both the 9th-grade English Composition class and the 12th-grade Film Literature class. This is his eighth...

LOCAL: Mr. Nick Parsons plans to stay in Los Angeles.

From Glouberman and Color War to managing Covid tech, Nick Parsons advanced school internet into the 2020s

By Ezra Helfand, Deputy Chief Layout Editor September 21, 2022

Mr. Nick Parsons, who worked long hours during quarantine to make online school possible and oversaw improvements to Glouberman broadcasts, has left to work as a freelance producer of livestreams and other...

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