12 students win 14 awards at Penn Model Congress
Ari Feuer, Opinion Editor
April 3, 2011
Shalhevet’s 25-member debate team has won 14 awards at the Penn Model Congress tournament, which ended this afternoon in Philadelphia. Senior Jenny Newman and junior David Rokah won two awards each. Gavel winners were Jenny in Supreme Court, Daniel Aronowitz in committee; Justin Brandt-Sarif in... Read more »
ORIGINAL VERSION Mr. Tranchi stepping down next year to pursue doctorate degree in education
Zev Hurwitz, Editor-in-Chief
April 4, 2011
Principal Phu Tranchi will be stepping down for next year to pursue a doctorate in education, incoming head of school Rabbi Ari Segal confirmed to The Boiling Point Wednesday. Taking his place will be current Dean of Students and English teacher Roy Danovitch. Mr. Tranchi will still teach several science... Read more »
Passover message from Rabbi Segal outlines principals’ roles next year
April 8, 2011
On Friday, April 8, incoming Head of School Rabbi Ari Segal sent the following e-mail message to the Shalhevet community. Dear Shalhevet Parents, Faculty and Staff, We are told that the Jewish people, from a historical perspective, became a nation after their journey down to Egypt. This year once again... Read more »
Emergency landing rattles Penn MC team
Nate Erez and Ari Feuer, Community Editor and Opinion Editor, respectively
April 14, 2011
All students and chaperones arrived home safely in Los Angeles April 4 after the jet carrying most of the Debate team made an emergency landing at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport on its way home from Penn Model Congress. But the near-accident, which ended with a swerving landing on a tarmac lined... Read more »
Mr. Tranchi to step down as principal
Zev Hurwitz, Editor-in-Chief
April 16, 2011
General Studies Principal Phu Tranchi will be stepping down for next year to pursue a doctorate in education, and next year’s administration will be led by current Judaic Studies Principal Rabbi Ari Leubitz, according to an e-mail sent to the Shalhevet community by incoming head of school Rabbi... Read more »
Don’t ask; we don’t want to know
Rachel Lesel, Staff Columnist
April 17, 2011
“Where do you see yourself in four years? How about 10? What do you do for a living?” If you are a senior, all will ask these questions. If you are anyone else, be prepared for a witty, rhetorical response. People assume that since we are leaving high school we know our whole life plan. I never know... Read more »
Goldstone recants: Just good news
The BP Editorial Board
April 17, 2011
“If I had known then what I know now, the Goldstone Report would have been a different document” –Richard Goldstone, April 1, 2011. It only took a year and a half of constant pressure and demonstrations, but one of the biggest pieces of ammunition in the infamous Goldstone Report has officially... Read more »
No earthquake supplies??
The BP Editorial Board
April 18, 2011
It’s your mom’s birthday. Your dad bought her a necklace, your brother a gift card, and you threw together a notebook-paper card on your way home from school, not realizing her birthday was today until lunchtime. “That’s okay,” she says. “It’s the thought that counts.” But not always. While... Read more »
Town Hall, election tackle fundraising dispute
Leona Fallas, Staff Writer
April 18, 2011
Competition over fundraising has sparked animosity between the juniors and seniors of Shalhevet. The Agenda Committee proposed a committee to be led by Stuart Rogoff, Shalhevet’s new Director of Development, to oversee all student fundraising issues. Following a mostly supportive town hall discussion, ... Read more »
A Jewish teen’s account of the earthquake
Leila Miller, Outside News Editor
April 18, 2011
It was during a game of floor hockey in P.E. when the gym floor in Tokyo’s American School in Japan began shifting sideways. At first, 16-year-old Hannah Rosenfeld thought that it was just a minor earthquake and her classmates pretended they were “surfing” on the floor, but then their teacher... Read more »
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