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Firehawks at Glouberman 2018: How they did it

January 16, 2019

By The Boiling Point Staff It was a full-team effort when the Firehawks won the boys championship at this year's Steve Glouberman...

BACTERIA: Bordetella Pertussis bacteria are responsible for the disease known as whooping cough.  It is easily cured with antibiotics, which can be given even before a diagnosis is confirmed.

Third case of whooping cough diagnosed at school

By Lucy Fried, Co-Editor-in-Chief
November 29, 2018

A third Shalhevet student has been diagnosed with pertussis, extending the time recommended for students to avoid babysitting...

DOMINANT:    Asher Dauer, No. 33, jumped for a bucket in the closing minutes of Sundays championship game against the SAR Sting. The Firehawks led the entire game and won the boys tournament easily, with 11 points their smallest margin of victory over four games.

FIREHAWK BOYS CRUISE TO THEIR FIRST-EVER GLOUBERMAN CHAMPIONSHIP

By Alex Rubel, Sports Editor
November 5, 2018

For the first time in school history, the Shalhevet Firehawks boys team have won the championship of the tournament their own...

PAUSE:    Firehawk boys basketball team members paused on the court before the first game as Rabbi Block led 11 seconds of silence in honor of victims of the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh.  Star guard Zack Muller, second from right in blue, did not play, but the Firehawks won anyway.

Glouberman opens with more teams, more fans and two victories for the Firehawks

The fourth annual Steve Glouberman Basketball Tournament began tonight with a Firehawk boys victory over the Valley Torah Wolfpack...

AFTERMATH:    Red Sox players meet the news media in Dodger Stadium after winning the World Series four games to one  Oct. 29.  The stands above them, which had been a sea of blue and white, had mostly emptied out -- except for Boston fans, dressed in red.

World Series loss saddens most – but not all – Shalhevet baseball fans

By Alex Rubel, Sports Editor
October 31, 2018

UPDATED Nov. 11, 2018 The drought continues. With the Dodgers coming fresh out of a critical,...

FUNDRAISING:  Ms. Wolf plans to introduce an intergenerational women’s luncheon featuring A Girl’s Lounge founder Shelley Zalis as a speaker.  BP photo by Zoey Botnick

New Development Director hopes to raise $1.3 million this year

By Clara Sandler, Co-Editor-in-Chief
September 8, 2018

Bored during a free period? New Director of Development Cheryl Wolf has candy on her desk and wants students to come and talk...

 SURFER:  Dr. Keiter has degrees in law and in Eastern Languages and Culture, and believes nature helps people connect to the big picture. BP photo by Zoey Botnick

A winding path to teaching, with surfing on the side

By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Community Editor
September 6, 2018

  From philosophy to surfing, Dr. Sheila Keiter is someone who stays true to her roots. “If we don’t know our own...

PSYCH:  Mr. Shavalian published a research paper as a Psychology student at Yeshiva University.  BP photo by Zoey Botnick

New College Counselor plans to advise from personal experience

By Lucy Fried, Co-Editor-in-Chief
September 5, 2018

  Raised in a traditional Persian family in Los Angeles, new college counselor and SAS Psychology teacher Mr. Eli Shavalian...

jc elections 2018

Talia Gill is new Agenda Chair as election approves changes

By Sivan Karz, Staff Writer
June 5, 2018

Talia Gill was elected Agenda Chair for the 2018-19 school year May 4, following a week of speeches, posters and promises from...

 BRAID:   Ms. Yona Nadelman, second from right, described her Holocaust experiences while making bread with students in the Wildfire Theater May 17. The event was sponsored by the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust and led by Shalhevet sophomore Noa Nelson.

‘La Dough Va Dough’ event weaves challah and history

By Molly Litvak, Staff Writer
May 25, 2018

Holocaust survivors and high school students braided challah together in the Shalhevet theater last week, sharing the life-changing...

Students from Florida school shooting tell their stories

By Clara Sandler, Community Editor
March 23, 2018

The rain had stopped in LA, but it was still cold and the ground was damp when juniors Mia Freeman and Hayley Licata of Marjory...

AIRBORNE: Firehawk junior point guard Zack Muller hoists a field goal over YULA players Luria Hadad, Nicki Schlanger and Noam Meisels in the Tier 1 quarterfinals of the Red Saracheck Basketball Tournament at Yeshiva University in New York March 16. Shalhevet won 55 - 38 and advanced to the championship game.

Firehawks advance to championship game at Sarachek

March 16, 2018

UPDATED:  Shalhevet defeated SAR in the semi-finals of the Red Sarachek Basketball Tournament in New York today, and will...

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