Finals review day (optional for students)

December 22, 2010

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Athletic Director Dave Paradzik to be replaced by Coach Ronnie “Flava” Winbush

December 16, 2010

This letter was sent to the Shalhevet community Dec. 16 by Interim Head of School Nathan Reynolds. As of January 2, 2011, David Paradzik will be leaving Shalhevet to become Director of Tennis for the City of Manhattan Beach.  We are sorry to see David leave, he has done a superb job as Shalhevet’s... Read more »

Rabbi Ari Segal, incoming Head of School

December 19, 2010

Announcement from Registrar Lili Einalhori

December 21, 2010

Friday, December 24th will be a shortened school day in respect of the holiday season. Breakfast will be available, but not lunch. School will begin at 7:50 am and will end at 12:00 noon.  Periods 2, 5, 6, and 7 will meet. The schedule is attached for your reference (Bell_Schedule_December_24). We encourage... Read more »

Winter break (no school)

December 22, 2010

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Welcome back, Coach Flava

The BP Editorial Board
December 30, 2010

Within minutes of an e-mail sent by Interim Head of School Nat Reynolds to the faculty Dec. 16, Shalhevet’s halls and classrooms were buzzing with excitement: Flava is back! Coach Ronnie “Flava” Winbush is expected to take over as Athletic Director on Jan. 2., right before classes resume after... Read more »

Friend’s birthday coming up? Try out the school’s oven

Jaclyn Kellner, Deputy Editor
December 31, 2010

After many whispered “happy birthdays,” hidden celebrations and confiscated cakes, Shalhevet has quietly begun to offer a more personal alternative to baking for friends than purchasing a cake from a bakery. Students are now allowed to bake in Shalhevet’s kitchen after school, as long as they give... Read more »

Finally! Three months of give and take yield a compromise new schedule

Adam Kellner, Staff Writer
December 31, 2010

Many students were furious when they arrived on the first day of school and saw the year’s new bell schedule, which consisted of nine 45-minute periods for the first time ever with only one break, a shorter, 40-minute lunch, and a mandatory in-school Mincha for the first time since 2007-08. The complaints... Read more »

Q and A with Daniel Schwartz, the face behind the new bell schedule

Adam Kellner, Staff Writer
December 31, 2010

Boiling Point: How do you feel now that the new schedule, based on your proposal, is finally in place? Daniel Schwartz: I feel mixed emotions. I am very appreciative that the administration was willing to pass some sort of schedule that would help the student body at Shalhevt. It is unfortunate that... Read more »

Restaurant review: Shanghai Diamond says Merry Chinese!

Nathaniel Kukurudz, Managing Editor
December 31, 2010

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan mentioned in her confirmation hearings last summer that as an American Jew, she generally spent Christmas eating Chinese food (www.tinyurl.com/BPChinese). In her honor, this week seems like the perfect occasion to review the best Chinese restaurant on Pico Boulevard. Shanghai... Read more »