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

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PREVENT: Above, a technician prepared an original Covid shot for then-sophomore Evan Beller in 2021.

[Photo] Higashi recommends Omicron Covid booster shot for students

December 1, 2022
TALK: Representatives of the C-T Watch security company address a 90-minute Town Hall Sept. 21 in the gym.

[Photo] EDITORIAL: Disaster drills save lives. We need some here.

November 17, 2022
FINISHED PRODUCT: The third-floor artwork features the heads of four religious, historical figures: Rav Joseph Soloveichik, Rav Abraham Isaac Kook, Rav Ovadiah Yosef and Nechama Liebowitz.

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NEW: Israeli street artist Solomon Souza spent two weeks before school started painting murals on the Shalhevet walls.

[Photo] Larger than life, portraits in undulating colors brighten hallways

November 19, 2022
PRESENTATION: Part of the program was a discussion on situational awareness and knowing when you might have to run, hide, or fight.

[Photo] Emergency training seeks balance between ignorance and fear

November 15, 2022
WORKOUT: PE classes this year are using the new weight room in the basement, which is across from B101.

[Photo] New P.E. teachers turn to yoga, Zumba, weights and self-motivation

November 13, 2022
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DETAIL: Souza works on cafeteria spray painting Theodore Herzl and his famous quote. The painting of Herzl is darkly colored, but the words and background around him contrast with bright paint.

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GROUP: Mr. Souza, standing in light blue shirt, supervises as faculty and staff spray paint a mural he designed during back-to-school meetings last August.

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NEW: Israeli street artist Solomon Souza spent two weeks before school started painting murals on the Shalhevet walls.

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HISTORY: A Souza mural of Abraham Lincoln decorates a wall in Room 308, where Dr. Keith Harris teaches history classes including SAS Civil War.

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BONUS: Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson z”l, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, is spray painted in the Mishmar room to bring life to kumzitzes.

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INTRIGUED: Freshman Etan Lerner takes a look at the massive murals of Jewish pioneers in the basement hallway.

[Photo] Larger than life, portraits in undulating colors brighten hallways

November 19, 2022
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DRIVE: No. 6 Nathan Sellam heads to the basket in Wednesday’s opening victory over TABC.. Nathan was the game’s second-highest scorer with 18 points.

[Photo] Firehawks win both opening games as Glouberman kicks off 8th season

November 3, 2022
SUCCESS: Firehawk junior Arielle Grossman dribbles toward the basket on the first day of the 2022 Glouberman Basketball Tournament in the Shalhevet gym. Arielle was the high scorer in that game with 17 points.

[Photo] Firehawks win both opening games as Glouberman kicks off 8th season

November 3, 2022
DISPLAY: Amalia Abecassis explained “Getting into Cars.” It shows children and mothers saying goodbye to one another during the liquidation of the Vilna Ghetto in Lithuania in 1943, when children and elderly were taken by cattle-car to the Sobibor death camp in Poland.

[Photo] Art exhibit opens window on life before, during and after Holocaust

October 31, 2022
CHARGERS: Shalhevet has three EV charging stations, above, in the faculty parking lot. A portion of the Inflation Reduction Act allocates funds to build more to motivate people to purchase electric cars.

[Photo] Inflation Reduction Act a boost for electric car owners

October 26, 2022
RELEVANT: Before joining Milken and then Brentwood School, Mr. Moss was a reader of admissions applications at Wash U, Stanford, Yale and UCLA.

[Photo] A class for college counseling? New director says why not

October 18, 2022
In his free time, Mr. Simmons belongs to a club where people sample flavors of Mountain Dew.

[Photo] New math and Econ teacher wants to get beyond the ‘rote, mechanical aspects’

October 3, 2022
SWEETS: Mrs. Popper has five pounds of Sunkist fruit gems in her desk drawer for students to come and get if they’d like one.

[Photo] LaHav and Just Community not new to new Chief Academic Officer Malka Popper

September 30, 2022
WRITER: Mr. Ross works on his own plays and screenplays in his free time.

[Photo] New English teacher is video game and comic book fan

September 22, 2022
LOCAL: Mr. Nick Parsons plans to stay in Los Angeles.

[Photo] From Glouberman and Color War to managing Covid tech, Nick Parsons advanced school internet into the 2020s

September 21, 2022
SOLUTIONS: Fairness co-chairs Eliana Kerendian and Elliot Serure of the Elections Subcommittee met with adviser Dr. Keith Harris in the Admin Conference Room yesterday while Josh Gottlieb and Kevin Orenshein of GottIT, left, worked on the school’s Wifi.

[Photo] Ballot errors complicate voting for Just Community grade-level reps

September 15, 2022
NET: Senior Noa Talasazan hit the ball over the net Sept. 8 in Shalhevet’s victory over Compton Early College High School.

[Photo] Girls volleyball team keeps winning as season heats up

September 14, 2022
FAREWELL: Mrs. Rabinov received flowers and wishes from students and staff in the Beit Midrash on her last day at Shalhevet June 1.

[Photo] Mickey Rabinov, award-winning Hebrew teacher, returns to Israel

August 30, 2022
GAME: Rabbi Ari Schwarzberg, whose 10th grade Advanced Tanach class played the Mishna Bomb game, offered extra-credit points to anyone who memorized a Mishna.

[Photo] Surprise challenges from friends help students memorize Mishna

May 26, 2022
NEXT: In voting held right after last Friday’s debate, Keira Beller became the third incoming Agenda chair in a row to have served as vice chair first.

[Photo] Keira Beller elected Agenda Chair, Elliot Serure and Eliana Kerendian to lead Fairness

May 10, 2022
HANGING: Banners and flyers have been put up by candidates around the school last week ahead of elections this week.

[Photo] Monday is first of two Just Community Election Days

May 1, 2022
RESTORED: Signed by students and framed in 2002, the preamble to Shalhevet’s Just Community Constitution now again overlooks the main second-floor lobby that where it can be seen from the spiral staircase that links the first through third floors of the school.

[Photo] Landslide schoolwide vote returns Constitution to the second floor lobby

April 29, 2022
FIRST: Ms. Etshalom, who co-teaches the 12th-grade Beit Midrash class this year, had lunch with students in January on the turf.

[Photo] School hopes new GPATS fellow will set an example of women’s learning

April 7, 2022
FOOTWORK: Firehawk junior Maalon Bohbot, who plays center back, took a free kick during the March 19 soccer game. The YULA Panthers defeated the Firehawks 2-1.

[Photo] OPINION: YULA scored more goals, but both sides won at rivalry soccer match

March 29, 2022
TOGETHER: Rabbi Block (facing camera) and Rabbi Sufrin hugged before the Shalhevet vs. YULA soccer game March 19 in a display of public unity.

[Photo] Rabbis Block and Sufrin call for unity after skit mocking Shalhevet and social activism

March 28, 2022
ARENA: Shalhevet’s Firehawks faced the San Domenico Panthers at 17,600-seat The Golden 1 Center, home of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings. The game was on Friday, March 11 at 10 a.m.

[Photo] Firehawks come close in historic CIF run but fall short of State Championship win

March 22, 2022
STATS: Names of Shalhevet players lit up the arena scoreboard early in yesterday’s state championship game at the Golden 1 Center Arena, home to the NBA Sacramento Kings.

[Photo] Firehawks defeated by San Domenico in first statewide championship appearance

March 12, 2022
MATH: Mr. Tan started at Shalhevet on Oct. 19. When he was in high school, he had issues with homework and failed senior math.

[Photo] New math and science teacher loved science but fell for math

January 4, 2022
Photo of Dr. Hori for BP by Evan Beller

[Photo] New Chemistry teacher Dr. Hori has long background in science

December 20, 2021
GONE: Mr. St. Germaine taught in one of the science labs on Sept. 17, his last day at Shalhevet.

[Photo] Mr. St. Germaine, math and science teacher known for lively Schoology posts, departs to Washington state

December 11, 2021
JUMP: Senior Joel Asheghian leaps to receive a pass against the Berman Cougars in the quarterfinals last Friday.

[Photo] Backed by cheering crowd, Firehawk girls defeat Berman Cougars to win their second Glouberman championship

November 12, 2021
BACK: Students filled the second-floor hallway above the gym last month, most wearing masks. “Like when someone reminds me, I immediately pull it up,” one student said.

[Photo] Vaccines and distancing optional, masks required as school begins third Covid-affected year

October 11, 2021
Ms. Infield loves to be outdoors.

[Photo] SAC and Chesed leader has Yachad background

October 7, 2021
Mrs. Rich is studying for a masters degree in human genetics.

[Photo] New Jewish bioethics teacher will channel inspiration from her high school days

October 7, 2021
OPEN: LACMA’s iconic “Urban Light” sculpture drew a steady stream of visitors Sept. 13.

[Photo] Vacation plan: How about a museum?

September 17, 2021
EFFORT: Ze’ev Remer ‘21 is knocked down after attempting a shot late in the game. Although the Firehawks lost, Ze’ev scored 24 points and played for the majority of the game.

[Photo] ‘A lot of emotion on this team’ — Coach Ryan reflects on a season of records and heartbreak for boys basketball

September 6, 2021
CENTER: In the second-floor lobby where the Constitution used to be located, “Israel means to me -- stickers filled out by students on Yom Haatzmaut are ararnged in a display.

[Photo] Constitution is relocated to first floor; second-floor lobby has new Israel display

June 7, 2021
PAPERWORK: Front-desk workers checked a patients ID and Insurance before his vaccination. For teenagers, who will become eligible April 15, its also necessary to bring a parent or guardian.

[Photo] Your turn! A student’s guide to being vaccinated in L.A.

April 6, 2021
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