Maayan Waldman

Maayan Waldman, Co Editor-in-Chief

Ma’ayan Waldman has interviewed, reported, and reviewed for the Boiling Point since ninth grade. She has served as staff writer, Arts Editor and Opinion Editor, Community Editor during her junior year, and is now co-Editor-in-Chief. Aside from her passion for journalism, she also enjoys debate, Mock Trial, and swimming. Outside of school, she loves spending time with her family and friends and listening to music.

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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...

Growth in Judaic Studies department means more teachers, more connections

By Maayan Waldman, Co-Editor-in-Chief
October 26, 2016

Six faculty members, most part-time, have joined the Judaic Studies team this year, as school officials try to provide more role...

Friendship Circle Walk this Sunday will be based at Shalhevet

By Maayan Waldman, Co-Editor-in-Chief
September 23, 2016

The annual Walk4FriendshipLA will be held at Shalhevet this Sunday, moving the popular group’s annual fundraiser from Rancho...

The sound that calls the inner voice

By Maayan Waldman, Co-Editor-in-Chief
September 22, 2016

We can open our mouths all we want to articulate our views and beliefs. We can scour passages of commentators and religious texts with our eyes to take a scholarly approach to religious growth. But real change happens when we act from our ears.

Students ring in $100k for co-curriculars

By Maayan Waldman, Community Editor
May 5, 2016

Sitting or standing around a conference table with cellphones pressed to their ears like brokers at a stock exchange, a dozen...

Only two APs to remain next year as school expands SAS

By Maayan Waldman and Eric Bazak
March 23, 2016

Barron’s books, May exams and curriculum cramming will soon be a thing of the past, as next year there will be just three AP...

Ms. Segal and family will move to Israel for prestigious fellowship next year

By Maayan Waldman, Community Editor
March 11, 2016

Judaic studies teacher Ms. Atara Segal, one of the few women to teach Gemara in a Modern Orthodox school and the first to...

Fashion club steps out onto the runway

By Maayan Waldman and Rebecca Navon
February 3, 2016

Seventeen student models walked down a runway one by one Dec. 13 when the Fashion Club’s sponsored its first-ever “Tzniut Can Be Cute” fashion show for women only in the Shalhevet gym, raising about $500 for the National Council of Jewish Women.

Day of talking breaks tension between Glendale and Shalhevet football teams

By Maayan Waldman, Community Editor
February 1, 2016

On the morning of Dec. 3, religion and culture transformed from divisive boundaries to topics for conversations for flag football players from Shalhevet and Glendale Adventist Academy.

Ten hours in 10 days devoted to reinvigorating the Just Community

By Maayan Waldman, Community Editor
November 8, 2015

By the first Town Hall Sept. 11, students had come up with five specific proposals to deal with actual controversies facing the school: dress code and davening policies.

Accident shines light on dangerous intersections

By Maayan Waldman, Community Editor
September 15, 2015

This past July, a member of the Shalhevet community was involved in a serious pedestrian accident on Gregory Way and La Cienega Boulevard.

Unity meets competition as girls’ choirs sing at YULA

By Maayan Waldman, Opinion Editor
May 3, 2015

In an emotional performance that broke new ground for the group, the Lady Choirhawks took second place at the second annual “Neima:...

No stage? No problem: Drama invites audience to be flies on the wall at ‘Bart’s Birthday Bash’

By Maayan Waldman, Opinion Editor
March 22, 2015

Traditional theaters, it seems, are too mainstream for Shalhevet Drama. In lieu of renting out a theater space as it did last fall for its mainstage production of 'Biloxi Blues,' the department will present its annual student-written One-Acts inside a private home in Beverly Hills.