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WINNER: Gabe Silversteins depiction of student behavior with the Yik-Yak app won first prize for digital editorial cartoons.

OPINION: Three hours of anonymity show an unflattering mirror

By Boiling Point Editorial Board
December 15, 2014

Shalhevet students are supposed to be different from other high school students -- after all, no other school teaches moral...

FLAME: Seniors held candles during Havdalah at the school Shabbaton Nov. 14 at Camp Max Strauss in Glendale.

OPINION: On schoolwide Shabbaton, vulnerability ruled and should have kept its crown

By Alexa Fishman, Editor-in-Chief
December 14, 2014

On a recent Friday morning, about 140 of us sat on the gym floor in the JCC and watched a Ted Talk video about vulnerability and...

OPINION: My Coach Buckley

By Mati Hurwitz, Sports Editor
December 12, 2014

Christopher Buckley was the most special person to walk through the halls of Shalhevet. I am judging not by the count of gavels...

How should the US respond to ISIS?

How should the US respond to ISIS?

December 10, 2014

Just contain the situation  By Sara Sobolev, 12th grade Middle Eastern current events are always fascinating; issues...

New policy: What’s published is permanent

November 13, 2014

By the BP Editorial Board Teenagers sometimes do things that they regret. After all, isn’t part of growing up making mistakes? Sadly,...

We’ve got that summertime Jew-ness

November 3, 2014

By Rina Katzovitz, Staff Writer The crash of waves against the sand and rock music blasting from speakers at a party are not...

TWO BOILING POINTS OF VIEW: The new co-curricular ‘point’ system

TWO BOILING POINTS OF VIEW: The new co-curricular ‘point’ system

September 20, 2014

If something’s not broken, why fix it? By Sigal Spitzer, Senior Staff Writer “Fair isn’t equal, fair is when everyone...

We would love to hear the police’s side of the story

We would love to hear the police’s side of the story

September 10, 2014

By the BP Editorial Board Plastered on the side of every LAPD police car is a motto: “To Protect and to Serve.” It’s a...

OPINION: Beginning of the end for AP courses is a cause to celebrate

By the BP Editorial Board
June 11, 2014

We’re not going to sugar coat it: AP classes suck.  They’re extra stressful, extra time consuming, and leave little to no...

Transporting our inner flame to JCC

By the BP Editorial Board
June 11, 2014

Deja vu – A year ago, students were asked to bring in boxes to help pack up most of the main building and relocate to the Annex....

TWO BOILING POINTS OF VIEW: Should students pay for SAT tutors?

TWO BOILING POINTS OF VIEW: Should students pay for SAT tutors?

June 10, 2014

Yes, invest in your future By Liat Bainvoll, 12th Grade Skimming through countless Naviance charts of past university acceptances,...

OUTSPOKEN INSIDER: What is prom in a Jewish community?

OUTSPOKEN INSIDER: What is ‘prom’ in a Jewish community?

By Benny Balazs, Staff Columnist
May 21, 2014
This event that is planned in such earnestness and devotion is, quite contrarily, not even Prom.
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