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

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Chem teacher and new Science Department Chair fell for Jewish religion

Chem teacher and new Science Department Chair fell for Jewish religion

By Lucy Fried, Features Editor
September 24, 2017
Coming into a school that has seen six science teachers depart in the last five years, new department chair Mr. Pavel Lieb is adamant that Shalhevet’s Science team be given the tools needed to do their best work. This year, the department includes him and Dr. Elizabeth Basheer, who is also new to Shalhevet.
For Dr. Basheer, dance, food and chemistry are all international

For Dr. Basheer, dance, food and chemistry are all international

By Benny Zaghi, Senior Editor
September 23, 2017
Don’t be afraid to dance like nobody's watching in front of new Physics and Biology teacher Dr. Elizabeth Basheer. Growing up in in Springer, N.M. -- a town of only 1,000 people -- did not prevent her from getting into international cooking and dancing, which she still enjoys today.
RESPECT: Ramie Smith, a graduate of Yeshivat Maharat, has also taught prisoners. She said she follows the same principles whoever her students are.

Something a little calmer for a teacher who dives with sharks

By Benjamin Zaghi, Senior Editor
September 18, 2017
You may not see new Judaic Studies teacher Ramie Smith every day, because she’s teaching just one class this year, 10th Grade Talmud.  She’s also developing a sex education curriculum with Rabbi Block, which will be taught to all grades, not just seniors.
CHANGE: Aviva Walls has a new office on the second floor adjacent to Rabbi Ari Schwarzberg's.

Aviva Walls moves beyond college counseling to become school’s first female academic administrator

By Lucy Fried, Features Editor
September 6, 2017
With the new title Dean of Academic Affairs, Ms. Aviva Walls has expanded her role beyond college counseling to become the first-ever female educational administrator in the high school.
Newest math teacher loves a good board game

Newest math teacher loves a good board game

By Tyler Ekaireb, Outside News editor
September 1, 2017
Make sure to say hello to Mr. Andrew Sinajon, a new face in Shalhevet’s math department.  If he is not rushing off for a hike -- or concentrating on a board game -- he will likely be delighted to meet you.
EARLY: Rabbi Abraham Lieberman held a daily Talmud shiur this year that met at 7 a.m.

Rabbi Abraham Lieberman arrives with experience and ‘gravitas’

By Clara Sandler, Community Editor
September 1, 2017
Rabbi Abraham Lieberman loves dark chocolate. He believes he has tasted every available kosher, dark chocolate brand, and enjoys them all, but his favorite is Taza Chocolate, a brand based in Somerville, Mass.
REPUTATION: Like previous math chair Mrs. Malikov, Dr. Walton also hails from feeder school Maimonides Academy, as their math department chair.

New math chair loves English and writing, too

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief
August 30, 2017
Though many believe the world is split up between “math people” and “English people,” Dr. William Walton -- new math department chair and Dean of Curriculum and Instruction -- is a walking objection to this common view.
EXPERIENCE: Rabbi Abraham Lieberman has led YULA Girls High School since 2008.

Rabbi Abraham Lieberman, outgoing head of YULA Girls High School, joining Shalhevet faculty next fall

June 17, 2017

Rabbi Abraham Lieberman, who has been the head of YULA Girls High School since 2008, is set to join the Judaic faculty as a full-time...

CHARISMA: Rabbi Segal called Rabba Ramie Smith 'a rising star' in Jewish education.

Ramie Smith, rabba at Hebrew Institute of Riverdale in NY, will join faculty next fall

By Alec Fields, Co-Editor-in-Chief
June 16, 2017

Yeshivat Maharat graduate Ramie Smith, who is known as Rabba Smith in her current position at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale...

ACCESSIBLE: Rachel Hecht, in her second-floor office, spends a lot of her time in one-on-one meetings.

Rachel Hecht, who started counseling program and removed its stigma, will not return next year

By Hannah Jannol, Community Editor
May 26, 2017

Rachel Hecht, Shalhevet’s first guidance counselor, who has brought emotional anti-drinking and driving safety programs to school...

ALUMNA: Dr. Smith was valedictorian of Shalhevet's class of 2004. She went on to college at Brandeis and recently received her Ph.D. from NYU.

Dr. Smith leaving high school to go back to college

By Clara Sandler, Torah Editor
May 23, 2017
Part-time Judaic Studies teacher Dr. Sara Smith will move from high school to grad school next year, leaving her position as ninth grade Tanach teacher at Shalhevet to become assistant dean of the Graduate School for Jewish Education at American Jewish University in Bel Air..
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