Another first for Covid school: Art kits for every student
Elliot Serure, 10th Grade
September 25, 2020
When school started on Aug. 26, Shalhevet’s art students grabbed brand-new plastic mesh packages they’d picked up from school, opened their sketchbooks, and set themselves up for art class online. Zoom screen and blank page in front of them, they would soon touch pen to paper and br...
New receptionist Sarah Cardenas brings love for people – and the Dodgers – to Shalhevet foyer
Gabriella Gomperts, 11th Grade
September 24, 2020
Watching over school comings and goings from the entryway of the building’s three-story lobby is Sarah Cardenas, the new receptionist. And though there are fewer people than usual, she says her favorite part of the job is interaction. “I’m a people person, so I know that I’m on the daily deal...
VIDEO: What are you repenting for on Yom Kippur 5781?
Ariella Hirschhorn, Boiling Point Video Team
September 23, 2020
Yom Kippur starts Sunday night. The Boiling Point wishes everyone a meaningful holiday and an easy fast.
From backyard minyans to distanced dinners, Covid Rosh Hashanah will look and feel different
Olivia Fishman and Tehilla Fishman, 10th Grade
September 17, 2020
Shalhevet Dean of Students Rabbi Ari Schwarzberg thinks that it will be especially difficult to connect to God during the High Holidays this year. “There is a certain mood and certain energy that happens in shul, where if you walk in and you are not prepared, you can go from a five to a 10 prett...
Even via Zoom, the shofar signals the season in Elul
Benjamin Gamson, News Editor
September 15, 2020
Summer is ending. School, in its strange configuration, is revving up. And even in this pandemic year, Jews everywhere are getting ready for Rosh Hashanah, and trying to think about the year that’s passed and the year to come. Even though there are fewer distractions, and perhaps more anxiety, than in other...
For now, Zoom Town Hall will be every other week
DISCUSSION: David Edwards, last year’s Agenda Chair, led a Zoom Town Hall on May 13 about a proposed new Just Community Constitution. " /> Noah Elad, Staff Writer
September 14, 2020
When Town Hall convenes tomorrow morning, it will be the second time this year. But the first time wasn’t last Tuesday. It was the Tuesday before. This fall, for the first time in school history, Town Hall has been scheduled to take place every other week instead of weekly. Until now, since the school’...
Arson at Chabad near U Delaware gives Div. 1 athlete a platform to oppose hate
Benjamin Gamson, News Editor
September 10, 2020
When Nathan Benyowitz saw pictures of an arson attack burning the Chabad Jewish Center serving the University of Delaware, he realized he had a platform to take a stand against hate. Nathan, who graduated from Shalhevet in 2017, is now a senior at the university in Newark, Del., where h...
For the Shalhevet building, spring vacation ended in summer
Benjamin Gamson and Yael Schechter
September 6, 2020
The Shalhevet campus came back to life this summer as students filled the science lab, theatre, cafeteria and room 216 for a summer enrichment program while a day camp met in the gym and on the third floor. The enrichment program, which consisted of week-long, in-person seminars that began the week of June 29 an...
Firehawk athletes support pros’ Jacob Blake walkouts
Noah Elad, Staff Writer
August 31, 2020
Shalhevet Firehawk athletes were unanimously supportive of professional athletes’ boycotting games in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake, an African-American man, by police in Kenosha, Wisc., Aug. 23, recognizing the importance of battling racism to many players across the various leagues.&nbs...
Six essentials for remote school 2.0
Liad Machmali, Culture Editor
August 30, 2020
The 2020-21 remote school year has begun! In case this is not your favorite time of the year, the Boiling Point is here to help with this list that we hope will prevent a few mental breakdowns. Here are six back-to-school items sure to add a little spice to your new learning environment, ...
COVID 2.0: Online classes, after-school “camp” and Zoom shofar-blowing welcome new school year
Benjamin Gamson, News Editor
August 26, 2020
With endless trips, Shabbatons, pep rallies and spontaneous kumzitzes in the hallways, Shalhevet always feels a little like camp. This year, for parts of the day, it actually is. Although academic classes will begin online, Shalhevet is planning optional in-person programs on campus starting next wee...
‘Constantly aware’ — Shalhevet’s Fred Leach describes being black in LA
Sam Rubanowitz, Senior Editor
July 14, 2020
Mr. Fred Leach, whose title at school is Digital Firehawks Instructor, is part of Shalhevet's Educational Support team. He oversees and helps students who take online classes or who use other academic accommodations. Along with his fellow Ed. Support teacher Valencia Wilson, custodian Mary Hawkins...
Another first for Covid school: Art kits for every student
September 25, 2020
New receptionist Sarah Cardenas brings love for people – and the Dodgers – to Shalhevet foyer
September 24, 2020
VIDEO: What are you repenting for on Yom Kippur 5781?
September 23, 2020
From backyard minyans to distanced dinners, Covid Rosh Hashanah will look and feel different
September 17, 2020
Even via Zoom, the shofar signals the season in Elul
September 15, 2020
For now, Zoom Town Hall will be every other week
September 14, 2020