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

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Senior Anya Mendelson ponders the college admissions process.

WHAT I KNOW NOW: Absurdity vs. reality

By Anya Mendelson, Staff Columnist
May 24, 2022

I recently learned that absurdity can be met with absurdity. Absurdity is, by its nature, irrational and therefore often meets...

REFLECT: Junior Molly Menashe reacts to Confederate monuments she saw on the Gettysburg battlefield following Dr. Harris’s SAS Civil War trip.

A symbol that can’t be separated from its history

By Molly Menashe, 11th grade
May 11, 2022

“Heritage not hate.” That expression glared at me from a shelved mug in a Gettysburg souvenir shop, in an image that will...

FOOTWORK: Firehawk junior Maalon Bohbot, who plays center back, took a free kick during the March 19 soccer game. The YULA Panthers defeated the Firehawks 2-1.

OPINION: YULA scored more goals, but both sides won at rivalry soccer match

By Zane Mendelson, Staff Writer
March 29, 2022

It was inspiring. The level of decorum that each side’s students held throughout the game was flawless. All you heard from either...

Zach was asked at the start of the school year to remove the earring he got over the summer.

A stud, an earring or a new rule that said neither?

By Zach Rub, 11th Grade
January 29, 2022

While I thought the decision about whether I was going to get a stud or a ring was a problem, the real conflict ended up being...

How can we expect participation in the Just Community when half the school doesnt understand what it is?

EDITORIAL: It’s time to re-teach the Just Community

By The Boiling Point Editorial Board
January 25, 2022

The Just Community.  It’s time to talk about it.  At a recent Town Hall, Evan Beller asked rhetorically whether underclassmen...

Senior Anya Mendelson ponders the college admissions process.

WHAT I KNOW NOW: The present passes

By Anya Mendelson, Staff Columnist
January 23, 2022

You’re at the beach. It’s a warm evening in Los Angeles, and the sun is just beginning to set. Pinks and purples flood the...

Senior Anya Mendelson used to hate group projects. Now she likes them.

WHAT I KNOW NOW: Work smarter, not harder

By Anya Mendelson, Staff Columnist
November 17, 2021

There are two types of students: There’s the student who is filled with relief, and excitement when a teacher announces that...

FIT: Which one are you? The right way to wear a mask is covering your nose, not your neck.

EDITORIAL: Masks work. We should know.

By The Boiling Point Editorial Board
October 27, 2021

On Aug. 23, three days before the start of school, the Boiling Point Editorial Board met with Rabbi Block for two hours in his...

The early-morning Hashkama Minyan, started in 2013, had grown to be the most popular prayer service on campus, sometimes with more than 100 people attending at 7:20 a.m.

EDITORIAL: Let Town Hall vote on Hashkama Minyan

By The Boiling Point Editorial Board
October 10, 2021

Hashkama Minyan is a prime example of what sets Shalhevet apart from other high schools: a completely student-initiated, student-run...

TEST: The Fairness Committee ruled that if more than 10 boys are caught out of dress code before the end of the school year, jeans and long sleeves will not be allowed next school year

EDITORIAL: In dress code controversy, who should decide?

Considering the numerous student opinions voiced on Schoology and intense debates between students and Rabbi Schwarzberg in the...

Shalhevet should teach us how to face down hate

Shalhevet should teach us how to face down hate

By Kyla Zackary, Ninth Grade
May 6, 2021

I know of a student at Shalhevet who contacted an editor for her book. She was having a normal conversation with him when she...

EXPERIENCE: Freshman Tomomi Shaw said she has experienced anti-Asian taunts on her way home from school.

OPINION: Town Hall missed opportunity to address anti-Asian hate

By Tomomi Shaw, Web Editor
April 7, 2021

On March 16, Robert Aaron Long shot and killed eight people in Cherokee County, Georgia, six of them of East Asian descent. Just...

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