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

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HISTORY: Firehawk quarterback Nicole Feder raised the ball over the players from LA Adventist High School in Sept. 2013. LA Adventist closed its athletic program this year, possibly ending Shalhevet's season.

Girls football team wavers on Loma Linda, may end season with no games after LA Adventist closes athletic program

By Tobey Lee, Sports Editor November 20, 2017

For the second year in a row, the girls flag football team did not join in the Loma Linda tournament last month. Last year, it was because of Sukkot, but this year not enough players wanted to...

Sunday SAT now being given at Shalhevet

Sunday SAT now being given at Shalhevet

By Jacob Feitelberg, Deputy Editor-in-Chief November 20, 2017

After 25 years of trekking to locations as far away as Woodland Hills and Willowbrook, for the first time students took the Sunday SAT on Fairfax near Olympic Oct. 15 — at Shalhevet High School. Twenty-nine...

DASH: Members of the running club ran by the Peterson Museum at Wilshire and Fairfax Oct. 27.

After success of club, running group evolves into team and wins first meet

By Shayna Becker, Staff Writer November 17, 2017

Shalhevet’s running club, founded late last spring to help people run in a relaxed, non-competitive environment, has now evolved into a popular competitive team at Shalhevet. The idea for the team...

BURNED: Ari Rosenthal's home in Santa Rosa was completely destroyed on the night of Oct. 9,  during chol hamoed Sukkot.  He and his family all escaped unharmed and are now sharing a friend's one-bedroom apartment in Berkeley.

Q & A with Ari Rosenthal: Evening of homework became a night of fire

By Lucy Fried, Features Editor November 16, 2017
Ari Rosenthal, now a senior at Jewish Community High School of the Bay in downtown San Francisco, narrowly escaped last month’s deadly fires in …
TWO BOILING POINTS OF VIEW: Seniors' decision for prom up in the air

TWO BOILING POINTS OF VIEW: Seniors’ decision for prom up in the air

November 15, 2017

No, Prom is antithetical to our values   By Tali Schlacht, 12th grade In recent weeks, Shalhevet seniors have been debating whether to hold a prom or a Senior Soiree. Soiree was implemented...

PANEL: Students in the AIPAC fellowship program heard from parents Steven Kupferman, Joseph Englanoff and Matthew Lefferman about their experiences in AIPAC and why they think it's so important.

Shalhevet AIPAC Delegation to double in 2018 thanks to scholarships

By Sivan Karz, Staff Writer November 15, 2017

The number of students planning to attend the spring AIPAC trip is expected to more than double this year, from nine students last year to 20 this March, thanks to anonymous donors who are providing both...

Table Talk - The Opioid Crisis and Uber Under Investigation

Table Talk – The Opioid Crisis and Uber Under Investigation

By Jacob Feitelberg, Deputy Editor-in-Chief November 14, 2017

Opioid Crisis to be Declared National Emergency Last Thursday, Oct. 26, President Trump announced that he was instructing the Department of Health and Services to declare the opioid epidemic a national...

KICKOFF: Shalhevet's Avi Weinreb gets ready to return a kick against YULA Sep. 17.

Shalhevet beats YULA in a rivalry that never gets old

By Rami Fink, Staff Writer November 14, 2017

It was bright and sunny on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 17, when the Shalhevet Firehawks took the field against their crosstown rivals, the YULA Panthers, in their annual rivalry game in flag football. As the...

Senator Lieberman visits Navy base in Groton, Connecticut.

Q & A with Senator Joseph Lieberman

By Jordan Fields, Q-and-A Editor November 13, 2017

Sen. Joseph Lieberman served in the United States Senate from 1988 to 2013, representing the state of Connecticut where he was born. He started his career as a Democrat, but later became an independent....

2017 Glouberman Final Bracket

2017 Glouberman Final Bracket

November 12, 2017

Missed a game? Click here to watch all of them.    

The class of 2019 hears from the rabbi in the gutted sanctuary of United Orthodox Synagogue.

With hammers and heart, juniors help rebuild Houston on chesed trip

By Lucy Fried, Features Editor November 8, 2017

At midnight Aug. 26, Maya Wadler was the only member of her family awake as rains pounded the streets and water seeped through the floorboards of her Houston home. At 2:30 a.m., her house was two feet...

Fairness Committee hands Agenda Chair first ‘strike’ under new ‘covenant’

Fairness Committee hands Agenda Chair first ‘strike’ under new ‘covenant’

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief November 7, 2017

Agenda Chair Daniel Lorell has been given a first strike by the Fairness Committee for violating a new “covenant” requiring him to follow school rules and participate in events. Enforcing the covenant...

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