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

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POWER: Senior Yakir Kanefsky loads up to swing in the Firehawks’ 8-7 victory over the YULA Panthers April 14. The baseball team made the playoffs but lost 13-9 against the Hillcrest Christian Saints in the first round on May 2.

Playoff appearance caps strong season for baseball team

By Tobey Lee, Features Editor
June 5, 2019

After having a season last year that was described as a “debacle” by parents, the boys baseball team finished this season...

BP Drawing by Caroline Edry

The magical madness that is math

By Tobey Lee, Features Editor
March 15, 2019

Although she sleeps just five hours the night before a math test -- less than her normal of seven hours -- studying late into...

WIN:   Coach Gunches smiles for the camera following Shalhe- vet’s 10-0 win over Environmental Charter Feb. 28. It was the Firehawk's first victory this season after starting off 0-2.
 Photo by Alex Rubel

New baseball coach brings 40 years of experience

By Tobey Lee, Features Editor
March 8, 2019

Shalhevet’s new baseball coach’s philosophy is quite simple: do your best, have a good time, and win. “I’ve only had...

 BP Photo Illustration by Gilad Spitzer

The Eight: Short reviews of the 2019 Best Picture nominees

Below are short reviews of all eight movies nominated in the Best Picture category of this year’s Academy Awards. They were...

HISTORY:   Benjamin Ackerman's name appears on the 2004 alumni plaque in the school driveway area. He was arrested on Jan. 2 for stealing millions worth of goods posed as a realtor.

Alumnus arrested in theft of high-end items from celebrities

A Shalhevet alumnus from the class of 2004 has been arrested in a string of burglaries of celebrities, according to the Los Angeles...

SERVE:    Freshman Jessica Melamed starts a play as her teammates get into position during the Firehawks’ victory over Wish Charter in the gym Oct. 18.

Same number of wins, newfound ‘sisterhood’ for Volleyball team

By Tobey Lee, Features Editor
November 19, 2018

Growth, improvement and “sisterhood” were three big wins of this year’s girls volleyball season, players say.    They...

ROLE:    Ms. Atara Segal plans to be a role model for both boys and girls.

Her training completed, Yoetzet Segal finds new ways to teach and relate to students, female and male

By Tobey Lee and Lucy Fried
October 3, 2018

This story won a Best of SNO award. Last month in Israel, Ms. Atara Segal, who has been teaching Tanakh, Talmud, and Statistics...

EXPERIENCE:    Coach Remer comes to Shalhevet with over 10 years of work in athletics.
  BP Photo by Neima Fax.

Remer replaces Ryan, but both coaches remain

By Tobey Lee, Features Editor
September 14, 2018

Coach Ryan Coleman and Coach Jeff Remer have partly switched jobs this year. Coach Remer, the girls basketball coach, has taken...

Tobey Lee

Tobey Lee

September 12, 2018
Features Editor
BLASTS:   Rabbi David Block blew the shofar after Shacharit in the main minyan Aug. 31. Rosh Hashanah starts Sunday evening, Sept. 9. Shana tova!  BP Photo by Alyssa Wallack.

In varying sounds of the shofar, new opportunities and a fresh start

By Tobey Lee, Features Editor
September 9, 2018

Rosh Hashanah is one of my favorite holidays, as it reminds me that I have a new year ahead of me full of new experiences, challenges...

RELAX:   Mrs. Fasules enjoys spending time with her dog at her family ranch in Montana.  BP photo by Zoey Botnick

New English teacher happy to be back working with students

By Tobey Lee, Features Editor
September 8, 2018

  She hasn’t taught for five years, but Mrs. Nancy Fasules -- who will teach freshman and sophomore English this year...

shalhevet tennis team

Tennis team ends season with no coach, no matches

By Tobey Lee, Sports Editor
May 24, 2018

By Tobey Lee, Sports Editor For the third time in the past four years, Shalhevet’s tennis team does not have a coach. And...

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