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Dylan Minnette plays Clay Jensen in  13 Reasons Why on Netflix.

OPINION: 13 hours of “Why?”

June 12, 2017

By Yishai Thau, Ninth Grade  The show 13 Reasons Why has done more harm than good and therefore it fails. It wants to be a show promoting awareness of our surroundings, so that we will come forth...

BUSY: Mr. Toczek juggles working for Shalhevet, managing clients at his law firm, and spending time with his family.

$1.1 million later, Fred Toczek completes his first year as board president

June 11, 2017

By Eva Suissa, Opinion Editor With determination honed from 20 years of training in Krav Maga, Shalhevet’s new board president Fred Toczek worked to raise $1.1 million this year and to increase parent...

Megan Phelps, the granddaughter of founder of the Westboro Baptist Church, spoke at Shalhevet in an all-school assembly June 7. Since leaving, she has discovered the power of effective disagreement and now lectures on the subject and is working on an autobiography.

Ex-member says Twitter helped her break from Westboro Baptist Church

By Hannah Jannol, Community editor June 9, 2017
When Megan Phelps heard the news about the 9/11 terrorist attack from a friend in 2001, she said “awesome.” The 3,000 who died that day were a sign of “God’s vengeance against the rebellious people,” she then believed.
PIONEERS: Members of the class of 17 prepared to board the Scarlett Belle for a two-hour cruise in Channel Islands Harbor. They are the first Shalhevet seniors to forego prom for a chaperoned, alcohol-free culminating event.

‘Senior Soiree,’ school’s first-ever non-prom, takes seniors north for fine food, cruise and overnight

By Benjamin Zaghi, Sports Editor June 5, 2017
Chaperoned, school-sponsored event replaces tradition of student-run prom and after-prom
THREAT: Alumnus Nathaniel Kukurudz 11, now in a joint graduate program of the London School of Economics and Sciences Po University in Paris, said France is no longer safe for Jews. His family left France in 2003 when Jean-Marie Le Pen made it into the presidential runoff; newly elected President Emmanuel Macron defeated Le Pens daughter, Marine, in a runoff May 7.

French Jews abroad say election of Macron won’t stop more from leaving

By Jacob Feitelberg, Outside News Editor June 4, 2017

France's election of Emmanuel Macron as president May 7 was greeted with relief by Shalhevet's French-American families, but they also said it would not make the country more safe for Jews. His opponent,...

Torahteinu: Shavuot, which starts May 30 this year, celebrates the Israelites receiving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai.

Shavuot, Ruth and Ms. Rodri

By Nicole Klausner, Ninth Grade May 30, 2017
What does Ruth have to do with Shavuot? We saw part of the answer when 'kindertransport' survivor Michelle Rodri spoke in on Yom Hashoah.
CELEBRATE: Shalhevets senior class joined thousands of Jews gathered at the bottom of Rachov Yafo in front of City Hall in Jerusalem to celebrate Yom Yerushalayim on May 24 at the end of their Poland-Israel Experience.

Moshiach now?

By Eliezer Lasry, 11th Grade May 29, 2017
Fifty years ago, many Jews around the world saw the retaking of Jerusalem by the forces of the State of Israel as a symbol of the coming of Mashiach and the start of the Messianic Era. But the Torah is ambiguous in its depiction of the Messianic Era, and therefore no one is sure of what it will look like. How can we even know if or when Mashiach is here? What does a Messianic Age actually entail?
Sun, fun and studying can all mix over the summer.

Eight cool plans for summer on a budget

By Aidel Townsley, Staff Columnist May 29, 2017
Students can't wait to put away their textbooks and take our their sunglasses. Summer means freedom, no classes and no worries -- but this open book can also lead to boredom. Summer means freedom, no classes and no worries. But this open book can also lead to boredom. Worried parents can end spending large sums of money to entertain you and keep you from wasting away your summer days.
ACCESSIBLE: Rachel Hecht, in her second-floor office, spends a lot of her time in one-on-one meetings.

Rachel Hecht, who started counseling program and removed its stigma, will not return next year

By Hannah Jannol, Community Editor May 26, 2017

Rachel Hecht, Shalhevet’s first guidance counselor, who has brought emotional anti-drinking and driving safety programs to school and meets with students one-on-one about personal issues, will not be...

SIXTEEN: Eva Suissa practiced driving in Culver City last week.

COLUMN: More than a traffic light

By Eva Suissa, Opinion Editor May 24, 2017
Driving down Pico Boulevard on my way to school makes me feel independent, like an adult. But it also, surprisingly, makes me feel part of a community, because everyone follows the same rules on the road.
ALUMNA: Dr. Smith was valedictorian of Shalhevets class of 2004. She went on to college at Brandeis and recently received her Ph.D. from NYU.

Dr. Smith leaving high school to go back to college

By Clara Sandler, Torah Editor May 23, 2017
Part-time Judaic Studies teacher Dr. Sara Smith will move from high school to grad school next year, leaving her position as ninth grade Tanach teacher at Shalhevet to become assistant dean of the Graduate School for Jewish Education at American Jewish University in Bel Air..
Ms. Halloran, who has been praised by students for her alternative teaching techniques, will be taking them to Harvard Westlakes middle school.

Suzanne Halloran, school’s longest serving math teacher, leaving for Harvard-Westlake

By Eva Suissa, Opinion Editor May 19, 2017
Ms. Suzanne Halloran, one of Shalhevet’s longest serving teachers and known for her clear teaching, deep care of students and spirited classes, will be leaving Shalhevet next year to teach math at Harvard-Westlake School in grades eight and nine.
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