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Colleen Bazak

Colleen Bazak, Co-Editor Emeritus

Colleen Bazak started working for the Boiling Point as Chief Copy Editor in ninth grade and moved on to hold the positions of Features Editor, Outside News Editor and Sports Editor before becoming Co-Editor-in-Chief during the fall semester of 2012. At Shalhevet Colleen also participated in Yearbook, the Community Service Commitee and AIPAC.
She is now a sophomore at USC, where she has written for the Daily Trojan, and she has held several internships in the entertainment industry.
All content by Colleen Bazak

New Schedule: It’s Complicated

By Colleen Bazak, Co-Editor-in-Chief
April 7, 2014

A new rotating block schedule, with six longer classes a day instead of eight shorter ones, will take effect when school starts...

VICTORY: Students grabbed a last few moments at the end of lunch period to watch the Firehawk basketball team receive the winning trophy at the Sarachek Tournament in New York March 11.

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VICTORY: Students grabbed a last few moments at the end of lunch period to watch the Firehawk basketball team receive the winning...

VICTORY: Students grabbed a last few moments at the end of lunch period to watch the Firehawk basketball team receive the winning trophy at the Sarachek Tournament in New York March 11.

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VICTORY: Students grabbed a last few moments at the end of lunch period to watch the Firehawk basketball team receive the winning...

$8.2 million profit from partial sale of campus will start construction of new three-story building

By Colleen Bazak, Co-Editor-in-Chief
January 24, 2013

Financial details and architectural plans released by the administration for Shalhevet’s new building show a well-lit, modern...

BIG DAY: Members of the Robotics Club examine replica of a lunar rover at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory Dec. 4. Approval of the next Mars rover were announced while they were there.

New Robotics Club views interplanetary rovers at JPL in Pasadena

By Micah Gill and Colleen Bazak
January 9, 2013

When engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena received clearance Dec. 4 to send a new rover to Mars in 2020, the...

Weeks after first lockdown drill, school adds armed guard in wake of Conn. shooting

By Colleen Bazak and Noah Rothman
December 25, 2012

Shalhevet added an armed guard to its security team on the Monday before winter break, in the wake of the Dec. 14 killing of 20...

Administration reveals plans for new building, showing three stories, science labs, stage, and gym

By Colleen Bazak, Co-Editor-in-Chief
December 6, 2012

A two-story indoor basketball court, a rooftop patio, and a spiral staircase topped with a glass dome are some of the features...

LA Muslim teens say they don’t support violence over Mohammed film

By Colleen Bazak, Co-Editor-in-Chief
November 1, 2012

As Anti-American riots spread to over 20 countries in the Middle East and Africa and American flags were burned outside American...

New awards for Yearbook and Boiling Point

By Colleen Bazak, Co-Editor-In-Chief
November 1, 2012

The Boiling Point and Shalhevet’s yearbook have both collected first-time honors this fall for last year’s work. The Boiling...

NSPA will host separate award program after Shabbat for Boiling Point

NSPA will host separate award program after Shabbat for Boiling Point

By Colleen Bazak, Co-Editor-in-Chief
October 7, 2012

Leaders of the National Scholastic Press Association decided Thursday to hold a separate awards presentation for the Boiling Point...

WHAT’S NEW? Top 10 New Things for 2012-2013

By Colleen Bazak, Co-Editor-In-Chief
September 16, 2012

1   Longer classes and (mostly) shorter days: The new bell schedule is arranged in blocks, allowing for six hour-long classes...

New Caterer Plans Food by Themes

By Colleen Bazak, Co-Editor-In-Chief
September 7, 2012

Previously lunch caterer to both Yavneh and Maimonides academies, Mrs. Rivka Noury will bring the smell of burgers, mac-and-cheese,...

Longer class periods, shorter days highlight new schedule

By Colleen Bazak, Co-Editor-In-Chief
September 7, 2012

A new rotating block schedule, with six longer classes a day instead of eight shorter ones, has added more excitement and confusion...

How to make the most of the new schedule

By Colleen Bazak, Co-Editor-In-Chief
September 7, 2012

Hey, we’re as new to this as you are, but we’ve been looking at it longer, at least on paper.  Here are four tips for getting...

Outside News Briefs: While You Were Away…

By Colleen Bazak, Co-Editor-In-Chief
August 29, 2012

Records broken at 2012 Olympics July 27-Aug 12: Twenty-nine new world records were set during the London Olympics which ended...

Six classes a day, 4:20 dismissal highlight new block schedule for 2012-13

By Colleen Bazak, Co-Editor in Chief
August 6, 2012

A new rotating block schedule, with six longer classes a day instead of eight shorter ones, will take effect when school starts...

Lori Fogel departs for Maimonides after putting school finances in order, Robin Federman leaves for admissions post at AJR

By Colleen Bazak, Coeditor-in-Chief
June 29, 2012

Chief Financial Officer Lori Fogel, known for her sweet personality and diligent work ethic, will not be returning to Shalhevet...

AP Art will be replaced with new ‘Honors Art’ class next year

By Colleen Bazak, Features Editor
April 18, 2012

In what may or may not be a sign of things to come, AP Studio Art will not be offered as of next year and will be replaced by...

Teens can learn if theyre carriers for Ashkenazic, Sephardic genetic diseases

Teens can learn if they’re carriers for Ashkenazic, Sephardic genetic diseases

By Colleen Bazak, Features Editor
March 30, 2012

Of every 27 Ashkenazi Jews, who make up about one half of the Shalhevet community, one is a carrier of the Tay-Sachs gene. If...

Alumni join Occupy protests on college campuses

By Colleen Bazak, Outside News Editor
December 23, 2011

Sleeping in tents and organizing online, students get involved at UCBerkeley, McGill. On Sproul Plaza at the UC Berkeley campus...

Financial aid is up, but Jewish education still out of reach for many

By Colleen Bazak, Outside News Editor
November 4, 2011

With California’s unemployment rate at 12.1 percent, state budget cuts are challenging public education and fewer families can...

Students stay up late to welcome Gilad Shalit

By Colleen Bazak, Outside News Editor
November 3, 2011

When Gilad Shalit returned home to Mitzpe Hila last week from his prison cell in Gaza, he completed a journey that was paved with...

Digital schools, in. Paper, out.

By Colleen Bazak, Outside News Editor
September 12, 2011

In a worldwide race to increase the use of technology in schools, South Korea has taken the initiative to digitalize every classroom...

Cheaper textbooks? Go online

By Colleen Bazak, Outside News Editor
September 12, 2011

Many textbooks Shalhevet requires, especially the ones used for AP classes, are available as eBooks this year. That means...

Softball shortens season because of too few players

By Colleen Bazak, Sports Editor
June 3, 2011

With only one game played this year and no official league, the Shalhevet softball team had to cut short its season due to a lack...

A matter of intent: How is shmurah matzo different from all other matzo?

A matter of intent: How is shmurah matzo different from all other matzo?

By Colleen Bazak, Chief Copy Editor
April 18, 2011

Four questions: How is shmura matzo different from all other matzo? Why is shmura matzo the only matzo used during the Pesach...

Rumor mill crushed at fresh-soph Town Hall

By Colleen Bazak, Chief Copy Editor
March 18, 2011

Is Shalhevet actually a day camp?  Are there dead bodies hidden in the basement? Do teachers sell the students illegal drugs? Rumors...

ETHICAL EATING: Rose Lict, left, Justin Goldstein, center, and Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz, right, answer student questions about Judaism’s relationship with food, Feb. 17.

Where food comes from, where it should

By Colleen Bazak, Chief Copy Editor
March 14, 2011

Hunger, food safety and Jewish laws regarding food ethics were the subject when Town Hall was turned into an assembly Feb. 17....

THE MAMACITA LILI SANDWICH: Jasmine Einalhori named her prizewinning entry after her mom, Registrar and Facilities Director Lili Einalhori. Seen here in a snapshot for her video contest entry on YouTube, the sandwich is made of fried egg, fried pastrami and guacamole. Video by Molly Keene, BP Emeritus

Former Shalhevet student wins “Next Great Kosher Chef” contest in N.Y.

By Colleen Bazak, Staff Writer
December 31, 2010

Former Shalhevet student Jasmine Einalhori, daughter of Registrar and Facilities Director Lili Einalhori and sister of freshman...

Boiling Point wins awards

By Colleen Bazak, Staff Writer
November 1, 2010

Five Shalhevet students have been named finalists for Story of the Year by the National Scholastic Press Association, and the...

Rearranged, reorganized, ready to go

By Colleen Bazak, Staff Writer
August 26, 2010

With no more elementary and middle school, Shalhevet High School has expanded its territories throughout the entire main building...

At hip-hop class ‘Urban Jam’, students exercise and have fun

By Colleen Bazak, Staff Writer
May 23, 2010

If you go down to Shalhevet’s lowest floor after school on a Monday, you’ll hear pop, hip-hop, and R&B music coming from...

Shalhevet’s first court is a slippery one, players say

By Colleen Bazak, Staff Writer
March 18, 2010

In its first months of use, Shalhevet’s Sport Court has provided students with day-to-day enjoyment and a nicer place for P.E....

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