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

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

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New online classes require more discipline

By Liat Banvoll, Staff Writer December 22, 2011

In a first for Shalhevet, six students have been taking online classes since late September in order to replace classes they cannot take at school. Students work on these classes at home or during free...

Emergency supplies are here, stored in Annex

By Ari Feuer, Deputy Editor-in-Chief December 21, 2011

In case of an earthquake, stop, drop, roll, and find Shalhevet’s first-ever on-campus emergency supplies. Three days’ worth of emergency supplies have arrived on campus and will soon find their...

Mock trial defeated by last year’s champions

By Ari Feuer, Deputy Editor-In-Chief December 20, 2011

After advancing to the final 16 teams out of 70, Shalhevet’s Mock Trial team fell to the eventual winner of the annual Constitutional Right Foundation Los Angeles County Mock Trial Competition, Arcadia...

YUNMUN and Model Congress Teams Announced

December 8, 2011

The results from the Nov. 30-Dec. 1  Debate tryouts were published on Friday, Dec. 2.  All debaters "still being considered...will receive further instructions from [Mr. Buckley] by email," according...

YU’s Richard Joel tells students to pursue Judaism in young adult years

By Rebecca Mandel, 11th Grade December 2, 2011

Chuckles spread among 11th and 12th grade students in the Beit Midrash Thursday as Richard Joel, the president of Yeshiva University, imitated former President George Bush’s Texas accent, recalling his...

Model Congress grabs 10 awards at Princeton

By Sigal Spitzer, Staff Writer December 1, 2011

After four days of intense debating, Shalhevet’s debate team won four gavels and six honorable mentions for presenting, supporting and opposing student-authored legislation at the Princeton Model Congress...

Hallway mania: Students watch live streaming of Houston basketball tournament

Hallway mania: Students watch live streaming of Houston basketball tournament

By Leila Miller, Editor-in-Chief November 21, 2011

Shouts, whoops, groans and clapping filled the halls today as for the first time ever students in school could watch online live streaming of a Firehawk basketball game. As the hallways echoed with...

Four gavels, six honorable mentions for Princeton Model Congress team

By Ari Feuer, Deputy Editor November 20, 2011

Here are the winners: Gavels for Best Delegate in Committee: Sarah Soroudi, sophomore, Foreign Relations Justin Brandt-Sarif, Senior, Judiciary Daniel Schwartz, junior, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Jacob...

Emergency supplies are here, stored in Annex for now

By Ari Feuer, Deputy Editor-In-Chief November 13, 2011

Three days' worth of emergency supplies arrived on campus Monday, Nov. 7, marking a major milestone in the new administration's plan to prepare Shalhevet for earthquakes and other disasters. Flashlights,...

Junk food wars: Student Store has lost some business to cafeteria

By Alexa Fishman, Staff Writer November 7, 2011

Sodas, cookies and chips for sale in the cafeteria this year have hurt business at the Shalhevet Student Store, potentially reducing how much money the store can raise for the senior Poland-Israel trip...

Quake supplies expected by early November

By Ari Feuer, Deputy Editor-In-Chief November 7, 2011

Emergency kits consisting of a blanket and three days’ worth of kosher food and water for all students and faculty were to be ordered this past Friday, Oct. 28, according to Shalhevet Building Coordinator...

School vegetable garden will soon grow chickens

By Shana Chriki, Staff Writer November 7, 2011

Shalhevet will have chickens on campus next semester. As part of his senior project, senior Adam Kellner plans to construct a coop in the vegetable garden behind the school right next to the classrooms...

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