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LENS: Shtisel looks at life in Mea Shearim through the lives of the Shtisel family.

In Israeli TV hit ‘Shtisel,’ black-hatted world of Mea Shearim is full of individuals, some familiar

By Lucy Fried, Staff Writer May 31, 2016
A hand flips through the pages of a Talmud that looks similar to the Lahav Gemara readers used at Shalhevet. As large fingers turn through the book, pencil sketches of a pig and a boy become visible at the bottom corners of the pages. These drawings, done by a child perhaps 8 years old, in most worlds would draw a chuckle or some praise.
LEAVING: Dr. Melissa Noel did research on fetal alcohol syndrome before becoming a teacher.

Dr. Noel will not return next year

By Hannah Jannol, Arts & Culture Editor May 31, 2016

Dr. Melissa Noel, who has taught various biological sciences at Shalhevet for three years, announced to her Advisory group this morning that she would not return next year. This year she taught Biology...

UPDATED: Boiling Point at Donald Trump Rally

UPDATED: Boiling Point at Donald Trump Rally

By Daniel Lorell, Staff Writer May 27, 2016

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump arrived Friday at the San Diego Convention Center to a crowd of some 10,000 enthusiastic supporters, as well as more than 1,000 equally enthusiastic...

LIVE BLOG: Boiling Point at Bernie Sanders Rally

LIVE BLOG: Boiling Point at Bernie Sanders Rally

May 24, 2016

By Daniel Lorell, 10th grade Fifteen days away from California's June 7 presidential primary, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont arrived on the Santa Monica High School football field Monday to...

CHANGEMAKER: Thaly Germain said she felt a sense of responsibility to create change from a young age.

Speaker leads three days of talks on race, fairness and equality. and why they matter

By Lucy Fried, Staff Writer May 24, 2016

In the large Beit Midrash, a hand flies into the air, and thoughts are shared on police brutality and how it can be solved. Disagreements are expressed on the direness of the issue. A student prompts...

MENTORSHIP: Harvard Westlake journalists present highlights from their page, the Chronicle, and give tips.

Third JSPA conference views journalism through a Jewish lens

By Sharon Khalil, Staff Writer May 24, 2016

Does journalism conflict with the laws of lashon harah – evil speech, or gossip? Yes and no, students learned at the third annual conference and Shabbaton of the Jewish Scholastic Press Association,...

Agenda says debate over found school constitution should wait for next fall

Agenda says debate over found school constitution should wait for next fall

By Hannah Jannol, Arts & Culture Editor May 19, 2016
A day after the Boiling Point published the previously lost Shalhevet Constitution, the Agenda Committee decided it should be discussed and possibly rewritten by the community next year, starting with an early Town Hall or perhaps at Just Community reorientation.
MIXER: At LACES High School in nearby Carthay Circle, junior Nathan Benyowitz leads a joint meeting between public school students and Shalhevet’s JSU club.

Public school ‘Jew Clubs’ take Shalhevet students out of Orthodox bubble

By Ma'ayan Waldman, Community Editor May 18, 2016
When Shalhevet’s latest club began to venture off campus to public high schools during lunch, students quickly discovered that they would not just be friends or role models for diverse Jewish teens.
ABRIDGED: The Just Community Constitution that hangs outside second-floor administrative offices contains less than a third of the original document.

School constitution is found, envisioning a democracy similar and different

By Alec Fields, Torah Editor May 18, 2016

After a two-week search, Shalhevet’s original Just Community Constitution has been found, and it describes a school democracy both similar to and different from the one practiced at school today. The...

PRODIGY: Mrs. Malikov teaching a freshman Algebra class last month. She emigrated from Russia as a newlywed after earning degrees in mathematics at Moscow University.

TEACHER TALES: For Ms. Malikov, obstacles have paved a path to success

By Hannah Diamond, Staff Writer May 17, 2016
Math teacher Ms. Katya Malikov believes students can be successful in any field they choose if they can learn to overcome obstacles in math.
INSPIRED: Senior Avivah Paskowitz, right, hopes to become a school art teacher like Roen Salem.

For AP Art student, hours of work devoted to seeing

By Sadie Toczeck, Staff Writer May 16, 2016
On a canvas is a girl in a vivid blue shirt holding a glass of water. She looks through the glass, the water magnifying her face. “Baby, I’d Call That Half Full”—the title-- is senior Avivah Paskowitz’s favorite of her many paintings.
GAMING: Juniors Alex Silberstein and Lindsay Schacht face off during a lunch time FIFA match. Alex organized the FIFA tournament.

Not quite a sport, but video game craze takes over lunch

By Eytan Kent, Staff Writer May 16, 2016

A month-long FIFA tournament soccer craze took over the Shalhevet zeitgeist this year though no fields, balls or uniforms were involved.  It was a video game competition instead of the actual sport. Initiated...

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