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

The Boiling Point

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

The Boiling Point

JUDGE: CSPA Crown chairman C. Bruce Watterson said the Boiling Point gave readers 'unique' angles on stories.

Newspaper contest adds category for print-online ‘hybrids,’ and Boiling Point wins a Gold Crown

By Eric Bazak, Staff Writer April 15, 2013

Just before Passover, the Boiling Point was awarded the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s Gold Crown award for print-and-online “hybrid” publications -- an honor only eight newspapers across...

Mr. Ablin will leave to become new General Studies Principal at Hillel Hebrew Academy

Mr. Ablin will leave to become new General Studies Principal at Hillel Hebrew Academy

March 4, 2013

By Jacob Ellenhorn, Co-Editor-in-Chief A  letter was sent this evening to parents at Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy, announcing that Mr. Jason Ablin would leave Shalhevet to become their school's new...

CHALLENGE: Agenda Chair Daniel Schwartz addressed more than 700 delegates to Penn Model Congress debate conference in Philadelphia Feb. 7. His speech helped him become the first observant Jew ever to win the post, after he became eligible by choosing a non-Jewish running mate from another school's delegation.

Novel solution to Shabbat problem propels Daniel Schwartz to become first-ever observant Jewish president of Penn Model Congress

By Alexa Fishman, Features Editor February 20, 2013

Agenda Chair Daniel Schwartz made history Feb. 7 as the first observant Jew to be elected president of the University of Pennsylvania’s annual Model Congress conference in Philadelphia, defeating Rajan...

And the winners are…

February 11, 2013

Here is a complete list of Firehawk accomplishments at the Penn Model Congress debate conference  in Philadelphia.   Awards were announced Feb 10.   Daniel Schwartz, captain: Gavel, President...

Agenda Chair Daniel Schwartz elected president of Penn Model Congress

By Alexa Fishman, Features Editor February 8, 2013

After beating Rajan Mehra from Harrison High School in New York on Thursday, Daniel Schwartz made history as the first observant Jew to be elected President of Penn Model Congress. Shalhevet's champion...

A SLICE OF SHALHEAVEN: Change is coming for the little school that could

February 4, 2013

By Hannah-Leeba Ellenhorn, Arts Editor It’s period G and I’m sitting in Ms. Crincoli’s class drumming Beethoven’s 5th on my desktop, looking out the window toward the colorless parking lot....

Administration moves display of college rejection letters

January 31, 2013

By Jacob Ellenhorn, Co-Editor-In-Chief After a one-year hiatus, the Wall of Shame has returned to Shalhevet this year, but not without controversy.  As in most years, on Dec. 15 when seniors started...

Tight squeeze for parking and P.E. next year as campus shrinks for construction

By Jacob Ellenhorn, Co-Editor-in-Chief January 25, 2013

With the hubbub of bustling construction going on next door, Shalhevet classes next year will be held in the part of the property being sold and leased back from the buyer – everything south of the entrance...

$8.2 million profit from partial sale of campus will start construction of new three-story building

By Colleen Bazak, Co-Editor-in-Chief January 24, 2013

Financial details and architectural plans released by the administration for Shalhevet’s new building show a well-lit, modern and three-story campus with more amenities than school has now, but with...

BIG DAY: Members of the Robotics Club examine replica of a lunar rover at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Dec. 4. Approval of the next Mars rover were announced while they were there.

New Robotics Club views interplanetary rovers at JPL in Pasadena

By Micah Gill and Colleen Bazak January 9, 2013

When engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena received clearance Dec. 4 to send a new rover to Mars in 2020, the Shalhevet Robotics Team was at the scene. The news happened to break during...

Administration reveals plans for new building, showing three stories, science labs, stage, and gym

By Colleen Bazak, Co-Editor-in-Chief December 6, 2012

A two-story indoor basketball court, a rooftop patio, and a spiral staircase topped with a glass dome are some of the features set to be a part of Shalhevet’s new three-story building, which could start...

MISSING: Finals week does not appear on the Shalhevet calendar for next January.  The red days Jan. 20 - 24 are Winter Break, and Jan. 16 is Tu B'Shvat.

No first-semester finals this year

By Eric Bazak, Staff Writer November 25, 2012

No, it isn’t April Fool’s Day or even the first day of Adar. The administration has decided to cancel first semester finals this year, breaking with tradition in order to squeeze in more class...

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