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 SUNSHINE: Like all the tents where distanced learning happens on campus, the Rachel tent on the third-floor turf has open sides to permit maximum air circulation. There are five such tents on the roof and two additional tents in the parking lot which are also open sided.

[Photo] In-person school and co-curriculars cancelled tomorrow for rain, but outdoor Covid testing will proceed

By Benjamin Gamson, News Editor
January 28, 2021

SUNSHINE: Like all the tents where distanced learning happens on campus, the Rachel tent on the third-floor turf has open sides...

BACK: Rabbi Block taught his senior Advanced Jewish Philosophy class in person for the first time Dec. 1, in the ‘Sarah’ tent outside the Beit Midrash on the third floor.  Outdoor temperatures that day were in the upper 60s.

[Photo] Exciting, live and ‘weird,’ in-person school reopens outside in tents

By Molly Litvak, Editor-in-Chief
December 13, 2020

DISTANCE: Seniors Sivan Karz and Gaby Bentolila stayed socially distanced outside on the third-floor turf Dec. 1.

NAMES: New tents set up to accommodate in-person outdoor learning are named after the patriarchs and matriarchs. Tents Sarah and Abraham are on the third-floor patio; tents Leah, Yaakov, and Rachel are on the turf; and tents Yitzchak and Rivka are in the parking lot.

[Photo] After delay, in-person school to start tomorrow with one grade at a time instead of two

By Benjamin Gamson, News Editor
November 30, 2020

NAMES: New tents set up to accommodate in-person outdoor learning are named after the patriarchs and matriarchs. Tents Sarah and...

OPEN: YULA Boys High School is open for Judaic Studies classes, as is YULA Girls.

[Photo] Partial reopening of in-person school is cancelled after LA Covid cases spike

By Molly Litvak and Benjamin Gamson
November 18, 2020

OPEN: YULA Boys High School is open for Judaic Studies classes, as is YULA Girls.

KIDS: A handwritten pro-Trump sign in Pico-Robertson was pasted on top of a "Curb your dog" sign on somebody's front lawn.

[Photo] YEAR OF THE YARD SIGN: Election’s conflicts and tensions are playing out on area front lawns

By Keira Beller, 10th Grade
November 4, 2020

KIDS: A handwritten pro-Trump sign in Pico-Robertson was pasted on top of a "Curb your dog" sign on somebody's front lawn.

ONLINE: Town Halls this year have been held over zoom on Tuesday’s, with attendance averaging at around 200-225

[Photo] Town Hall changes back, halfway — will meet three weeks out of four

By Noah Elad, Staff Writer
October 22, 2020

ONLINE: Town Halls this year have been held over zoom on Tuesday’s, with attendance averaging at around 200-225

AIR: Smoke from fires as that ravaged the West Coast filled the skies Sept. 13, shrouding the sun at Will Rogers State Beach in the Pacific Palisades. The nearest fire was the Bobcat Fire in Pasadena, 29 miles away.

[Photo] Orange skies, cancelled activities as epic fires fill the air throughout the West

By Gabriella Gomperts, Staff Writer
October 1, 2020

AIR: Smoke from fires as that ravaged the West Coast filled the skies Sept. 13, shrouding the sun at Will Rogers State Beach in...

Sarah Cardenas previously worked as receptionist at Yavneh Hebrew Academy in Hancock Park.

[Photo] New receptionist Sarah Cardenas brings love for people – and the Dodgers – to Shalhevet foyer

By Gabriella Gomperts, 11th Grade
September 24, 2020

Sarah Cardenas previously worked as receptionist at Yavneh Hebrew Academy in Hancock Park.

SAFETY: Plexi-glass dividers built by Maintenance Head Jose Flores have been installed around desks in larger classrooms.

[Photo] COVID 2.0: Online classes, after-school “camp” and Zoom shofar-blowing welcome new school year

By Benjamin Gamson, News Editor
August 26, 2020

REMINDERS: Signs on either side of the Just Community constitution on the second floor remind students to wear a mask and maintain...

SURROUND: Shalhevet’s “Owl” devices, 360-degree video cameras with microphones, pick up sound and visuals from around the rooms they’re in so students who are attending class on Zoom can get a fuller classroom experience.

SURROUND: Shalhevet’s “Owl” devices, 360-degree video cameras with microphones, pick up sound and visuals from around the...

SUBMERGED: Water in Room B101 was about 3 inches deep at 1:30 p.m. today.

[Photo] FLOOD: All basement classrooms under inches of water after city main breaks

By Molly Litvak, Outside News Editor
April 2, 2019

SUBMERGED: Water in Room B101 was about 3 inches deep at 1:30 p.m. today.

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