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TWO BOILING POINTS OF VIEW: JV sports: Too many players on the bench?

TWO BOILING POINTS OF VIEW: JV sports: Too many players on the bench?

April 5, 2017

Yes - It’s unfair to everyone By Jonah Kaye, Staff Writer  There are 16 kids on the boys’ JV basketball team. The reality...

Picketers from the Westboro Baptist Church at Shalhevet Feb. 27.

OPINION: When hate comes to visit

By BP Editorial Board
April 3, 2017

“Same sex marriage dooms nations,” “God hates the people in Hell,” and “144K Jews will repent,” were never phrases...

RUSH: Boys speed through their prayers– or do not really pray at all– during each morning’s Hashkama minyan.

OPINION: How to fix the sunrise minyan

By Zev Kent, Senior Editor
February 28, 2017
There’s something wrong at Hashkama minyan. As much as people are tired of hearing it, Hashkama was created as a minyan for people who want to daven, and right now, it’s not.
LIFT: An ordinary car service ride took a surprising turn recently when a student revealed she was Jewish.

OPINION: Becoming an undercover Jew

By Eva Suissa, Opinion Editor
February 20, 2017

Growing up in a Modern Orthodox community in a free country, I’ve always been proud of my Judaism and have felt safe to express...

IMMERSE: Students made posters reflecting values of the Civil Rights era on Martin Luther King, Jr., Day Jan. 16.

OPINION / MLK Holiday: Use the whole day

By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Arts & Culture Editor
February 6, 2017

Wait, we just had school on a national holiday? This year, Shalhevet commemorated Martin Luther King Day by having a normal school...

OATH: Students watched President Trumps swearing-in ceremony and inaugural address live in the gym Jan. 20.

OPINION / National unity starts with each of us

By Ariella Sassover, 10th Grade
February 5, 2017

On the rainy Friday morning of Jan. 20, all eyes in the gym were glued to a screen on which history was being shown. The entire...

Page Three: When normal days aren’t normal, there’s a problem

Page Three: When normal days aren’t normal, there’s a problem

By Micha Thau, Staff Columnist
January 24, 2017

“What now?” I ask as I rub my eyes and check my phone to see the ever-so-common Shalhevet good morning greeting, “Special...

WINDOWS: The view from a seat on a recreation of the bus in Montgomery, Ala., where Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in December, 1955.

OPINION: The King is still dreaming

By Eva Suissa, Staff Columnist
January 16, 2017

African-Americans seemed to gain full equality after the Civil Rights Movement, because they were granted the right to vote, and...

TWO BOILING POINTS OF VIEW: Will the new party crackdown work?

TWO BOILING POINTS OF VIEW: Will the new party crackdown work?

January 15, 2017

Yes: Over time, it will change school culture By Zack Hirschhorn, 11th Grade This is the way rule-breaking is normally handled...

OPINION: Leaders of four high schools show how it should be done

By The Boiling Point Editorial Board
January 12, 2017

Clothes are for sale. Cars are too. But enrollment slots in schools are most definitely not. Shalhevet’s increasing applicant...

OPINION: Fake Instagram accounts can’t escape teen realities

Finstas, or ‘fake’ Instagram accounts, can be an innocent way to share funny moments in school, ugly selfies, and cute throwback...

As I See It: A Slumberless Sleepover

As I See It: A Slumberless Sleepover

By Eva Suissa, Staff Columnist
November 21, 2016

 It’s easy to learn from your own mistakes. But what happens when you see someone else make one? Can you still learn from...

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