Remer: All school sports shut down to contain coronavirus
Alex Rubel, Senior Editor
March 13, 2020
Athletics at Shalhevet have been suspended indefinitely, in response to the intensifying coronavirus outbreak, Athletic Coordinator Jeff Remer told the Boiling Point Friday morning. “I would have to say that sports -- more or less -- will be shut down completely,” said Coach Remer. ...
Shalhevet to announce that school will not meet on campus next week
March 13, 2020
Below is the complete text of the email that will be going out shortly. ...
County health officials tell Shalhevet webinar school closures certain, timing undecided
Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Editor-in-Chief
March 12, 2020
According to Los Angeles County public health officials who are advising Shalhevet, school will not be closing for now, and any closures will be timed to have the greatest impact on slowing the spread of the virus while not overly disrupting life for students and parents. In a live webinar for par...
Three coronavirus cases in people returning from AIPAC; one is in Los Angeles
Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks and Benjamin Gamson
March 8, 2020
Los Angeles County health officials announced today that one person from Los Angeles has tested positive for coronavirus after returning from last week’s American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington, D.C. -- a conference which was attended by 51 students from Shalh...
Campus to close Monday as trial run for coronavirus shutdown tries out online classes
SCREEN: A Google Hangouts window shows IT Director Nick Parsons testing the web application for the online class trial set for Monday. School officials have planned a “preparedness drill” in case school closure is needed because of coronavirus." /> Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks and Sam Rubanowitz
March 5, 2020
By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Editor-in-Chief and Sam Rubanowitz, Senior Editor School on Monday will be held via Google Hangouts as a test for a possible future school shutdown over the coronavirus outbreak, administration announced in an email to all students, parents and faculty late this ...
Sarachek Tournament cancelled as coronavirus outbreak closes YU
HIGHLIGHT: Attending the annual Red Sarachek Tournament is a big event not only for Shalhevet players but for their fans, many of whom fly to New York for the event. Above, Firehawk then-captain and MVP Zack Muller leapt over rival YULA players in YU’s Max Stern Athletic Center in 2018." /> Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks and Alex Rubel
March 4, 2020
UPDATED MARCH 5: Next week’s Red Sarachek Basketball Tournament at Yeshiva University has been cancelled due to fears of the coronavirus, Shalhevet Head of School Rabbi Ari Segal announced this morning on Schoology. The annual tournament, which hosts 20 teams from Jewish high schools around the U...
SAR, two other day schools and Young Israel congregation closed by coronavirus case in New York
Liad Machmali, Torah Editor
March 4, 2020
Three Jewish day schools located in the New York area, Salanter Akiba Riverdale (SAR) Academy High School, Westchester Torah Academy, and Westchester Day School, announced yesterday that they would be closed temporarily, after the state’s third case of coronavirus was confirmed in the father of...
For COVID-19 nurses on opposite sides of the world, keeping families away is the hardest part
June 28, 2020
George Floyd protests, both peaceful and violent, reach Shalhevet neighborhoods
June 4, 2020
AIPAC cancels 2021 national policy conference
June 4, 2020
June 3, 2020
In annual spring One-Acts, pandemic reshapes the platform — and some of the plots
May 28, 2020
Students feel heard as school reshapes academic policies for COVID
May 22, 2020