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

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SAS Biology teacher and year-old Head of Science Department taught an advanced Chemistry class, which was established mid-year for sophomores.

Faster-paced classes added to science curriculum for spring semester

By Maayan Waldman, Co-Editor-in-Chief February 21, 2017

The start of second semester saw the introduction of two new advanced science classes, in response to some students’ concerns that the Chemistry and Physics courses offered this year were not challenging...

NEWS: Israeli journalist Sivan Rahav-Meir spoke in the small Beit Midrash Feb. 2.

‘Orthodox Jew on Channel 2’ brings Torah to journalism in Israel

By Jacob Perelman, Staff Writer February 16, 2017

Famous since childhood for her writing and reporting, Israeli media personality Sivan Rahav-Meir these days is applying her expertise as a journalist to analyzing the weekly Torah reading -- on a secular...

ORDERLY: Four voting stations were set up in the gym, one for each grade, overseen by teachers. People waited their turn in lines behind a blue line.

Last year’s candidates invited to run again to fill vacant Agenda Secretary post

By Zev Kent, Senior Editor February 16, 2017

Last year’s  candidates for Agenda Secretary were informed today that they would be given the opportunity to run again in a mid-year election to replace Lucy Fried, who resigned to spend this semester...

SUSPICIOUS: Extra security guards and police officers watched today's dismissal due to a suspicious phone call received this afternoon. They searched cars before allowing them through the gate.

‘Suspicious’ phone call led to increased security during today’s dismissal

By Alec Fields, Co-Editor-in-Chief February 2, 2017

Multiple police cars and officers waited outside school during today’s dismissal after Shalhevet received a “suspicious call” at 2:48 this afternoon. At least five officers could be seen...

SCRAMBLE: Firehawk junior Isaac Kahtan fights YULA No. 15 for the ball at rivalry game in Encino Jan. 14.

Disputed call gives rivalry soccer game to the Panthers

By Nicholas Fields, Staff Writer February 2, 2017

A controversial call and an offensive struggle caused the Firehawk boys soccer team to lose 1-0 to the rival YULA Panthers on Saturday night, Jan. 14. Trailing by one on the field at Crespi Carmelite...

Feld leaving to become head of school in Seattle area

Feld leaving to become head of school in Seattle area

By Zev Kent, Senior Editor January 31, 2017

Dean of Students Mr. Jason Feld has announced that he will leave Shalhevet next year to become Head of School at Northwest Yeshiva High School (NYHS) in Mercer Island, Wash., a suburb of Seattle. Mr....

PACKED: Protesters filled in the streets and sidewalks in front of Bradley International Terminal as police tried to control the crowds.

Spontaneous protests at LAX as ban on travelers from seven Muslim countries leads to nationwide detentions

By Jacob Feitelberg, Outside News Editor January 30, 2017

Students flying back to LAX from semester break Sunday arrived to see thousands of protesters gathered there in opposition to President Trump's ban on travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries. Protests...

EFFORT: Shalhevet's Sammy Ellenhorn leaps over TABC defense in Game 4 Nov. 10. The Firehawks won, 44-42.

Boys finish fifth at Glouberman but regroup to win Milken

By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Staff Writer January 21, 2017

Improvement was a main topic for the Firehawks after the Steve Glouberman Tournament last month. Dealt a crushing and unexpected defeat at the hands of MTA in their first bracketed game, they finished...

CRISIS: Khizr Khan says that many American Muslims including himself feel disconnected from society after the election and need that connection again.

Dem convention star Khan tells LA Muslims to plan, not panic, about Trump

By Hannah Jannol, Community Editor January 19, 2017

Khizr Khan, who achieved fame when he reprimanded then-presidential candidate Donald Trump at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, told a worried audience of Southern California Muslims last week that...

 A photo-illustration from the Chargers' Facebook page.

Not exactly a warm welcome for newest member of LA sports family

By Clara Sandler, Sports Editor January 18, 2017

After 21 years with none in Los Angeles, two NFL teams seem to be too many for Shalhevet students. After learning Jan. 12 that the San Diego Chargers would join the Los Angeles Rams, who arrived last...

LEAVING: Agenda Secretary Lucy Fried, second from right, listened Jan. 16  as the committee discussed how to replace her for second semester. Lucy announced last Friday that she would be spending spring semester in Israel, setting off a constitutional crisis as to how to replace her.

Agenda asks Fairness to help decide how to replace departing secretary

By Clara Sandler, Sports Editor January 17, 2017

The Agenda Committee decided yesterday to ask the Fairness Committee for advice about how to fill the vacant position of Agenda Secretary,  after current Secretary Lucy Fried announced that she would...

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 Jim Crow laws were abolished. But is there more to equality than the opportunity...

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