Faculty Adviser

April 15, 2010

Joelle Keene, CJE, has been the faculty advisor of the Boiling Point since 2003. She obtained her master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and went on to work for various newspapers including the Tacoma News-Tribune, Seattle Times, and Los Angeles Herald-Examiner,... Read more »

Welcome Oliver Bui Berkey Tranchi!

Jaclyn Kellner, Community Editor
April 18, 2010

After years of “what-if’s,” English Department Chair Melanie Berkey and General Studies Principal Phu Tranchi welcomed their son Oliver Bui Berkey Tranchi into the world Sunday, April 18, at 5:07 a.m., weighing six pounds, 10 ounces. Ms. Berkey and Mr. Tranchi met at Shalhevet where... Read more »

Emeritus Editor-in-Chief

April 22, 2010

Lexi Gelb was the Editor-In-Chief of the Boiling Point for the 2009-10 school year and is now a freshman at UC Berkeley, after spending a gap year in Israel. While at Shalhevet she was also editor-in-chief of the Literary Magazine and a member of the Debate Team, and she is known as an all-around charming... Read more »

We understand, but still…

By the Boiling Point Editorial Board
April 24, 2010

Armageddon. That’s the thought  that springs to mind, watching the middle school students and staff the morning after the announcement that Shalhevet would close its lower schools next year. In the foyer, high school alums of the middle school gathered in clumps around old teachers and younger... Read more »

Text of e-mail from the Board to the Shalhevet community

April 30, 2010

This is the text of the e-mail that was sent as an e-mail at 11:56 p.m. Thursday night. April 29, 2010 To: Shalhevet School Parent and Faculty The Board of Directors of the Shalhevet School has been diligently evaluating many aspects of the school during this past academic year. The Board recently... Read more »

NSPA, Quill and Scroll awards for BP

Jaclyn Kellner, Community Editor
April 30, 2010

In the past few weeks, The Boiling Point added six awards to its 2009-10 tally: a runner-up “Best in Show” award for its Special Edition on the lower schools closing, and five awards in Quill and Scroll’s International Writing and Photo Contest, judged by the American Society of Newspaper... Read more »

Letter from Rabbi Weinbach to the Shalhevet Community

Rabbi Elchanan Weinbach
April 30, 2010

This story is part of the coverage that was named 2010 Multimedia Story of the Year by the National Scholastic Press Association and American Society of News Editors. Dear friends and members of the Shalhevet community, It is with deep personal regret and sadness that I submit my resignation as Head... Read more »

Second letter from Board of Trustees to the Shalhevet Community

April 30, 2010

This story is part of the coverage that was named 2010 Multimedia Story of the Year by the National Scholastic Press Association and American Society of News Editors. April 30, 2010 MESSAGE TO THE SHALHEVET COMMUNITY Shalhevet High School was founded in 1992 to fill a clear need in the Los Angeles... Read more »