Dr. Leon Bass
March 7, 2011
Firehawk tennis team wins its inaugural match
David Rokah, Sports Editor
March 9, 2011
After years of talk, Shalhevet finally entered the world of competitive tennis last night with a decisive win over New Roads School in Santa Monica. Led by sophomore Max Lipner, who won his singles contest 3 – 0, and the doubles team of sophomore Elliot Sassover and freshman Matthew Denitz, also... Read more »
Firehawks fight through two overtime periods, fall to Bishop Garcia in first-ever quarterfinal playoff effort
Leona Fallas, Senior Staff Writer
March 9, 2011
Shalhevet’s Boys’ Basketball team suffered a heartbreaking 64–62 loss March 7 against the Bishop Diego Cardinals in Santa Barbara, after a heated double-overtime battle. The Firehawks had reached the quarterfinals in the CIF Southern Section’s Division 6AA playoffs, a feat no sports... Read more »
Wave of recognitions supports a state of ‘Palestine’
Leila Miller, Outside News Editor
March 10, 2011
Athough usually attuned to news about Israel, most students didn’t notice when eight South American countries recognized a state of Palestine over the last three months. Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, Guyana, Paraguay and Peru have now joined 111 other countries – more than half the... Read more »
Basketball almost wins in first CIF quarterfinals
Leona Fallas, Senior Staff Writer
March 10, 2011
Shalhevet’s Boys’ Basketball team suffered a gut-wrenching 64–62 loss at its first-ever CIF quarterfinal playoff game Feb. 22 in Santa Barbara. After leading for most of regulation play and two overtimes, in the final seconds the Firehawks fell to the Bishop Garcia Diego Cardinals in front of a... Read more »
Favorite teacher will chair math department next year
Zev Hurwitz, Editor-In-Chief
March 11, 2011
Ms. Ekaterina Malikov, part time Pre-Calculus Honors teacher, was appointed February 18 to become the new chair of the Math Department and begin teaching full time starting in August. A February 22 e-mail to Shalhevet parents and faculty, signed by Board of Directors President Larry Gill and incoming... Read more »
Sophomore says shalom Israel for spring semester
Ariana Feder, Staff Writer
March 11, 2011
Sophomore Leora Nimmer last month left the doors of Shalhevet just after finals to join TRY, a program in Israel that allows high school students to study for a semester in Israel. After four years in both the Shalhevet middle and high schools, she felt compelled to change things up and spend the semester... Read more »
Standing against hate, on two continents
Nate Erez, Community Editor
March 11, 2011
There’s always something worse. As an African-American soldier fighting in WWII, then-Private Leon Bass nursed a sense of grievance over having to stand for 100 miles on a bus with empty seats because he wasn’t white. But when he witnessed the skeletal bodies dying of starvation at the Buchenwald... Read more »
2010 was a breakthrough year for Indie bands
Ellie Hess and Bailey Bieda, 10th Grade
March 11, 2011
The year 2010 was a breakthrough year for the genre known as independent rock — “indie” for short. An Indie band won Album of the Year, an award usually reserved for big-name artists like U2 and Taylor Swift, backed by big record labels. Several bands have been on the Top 100 lists, a list... Read more »
Debbie Friedman’s music lives on
Tamar Willis, Staff Writer
March 11, 2011
Though her name might not be familiar, her tunes and songs are. Debbie Friedman, the renowned Jewish American composer, singer and recording artist, passed away Jan. 9, and students began learning who she was. Best known for setting Jewish prayers and teachings to contemporary folk-style music accompanied... Read more »
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