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Master class schedule for ’11-’12 school year

August 10, 2011

The Shalhevet administration sent out a master class schedule to students Aug. 8. Along with the master schedule, students received a personalized list of the courses they will be taking in the upcoming school year. Click here to see a larger picture of the schedule.

Master class schedule for ’11-’12 school year

August 10, 2011

E-mailed schedules incorrect, school starts at eight

Leila Miller, Editor-in-Chief
August 21, 2011

Personalized e-mails sent out Aug. 8 gave students their class schedules before school started. But the times of the class meeting periods were wrong, causing confusion among students who thought administrators had repealed the 4:45 ending time and eight-period class day students fought hard for last... Read more »

Poland-Israel trip moved to February

August 21, 2011

In death, new respect for Amy Winehouse

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Eden Braunstein, Staff Writer
August 22, 2011

If you’re like me, before this summer you probably didn’t know much about Amy Winehouse, and you knew even less about her music. The only song of hers you knew was “Rehab,” in which she stubbornly rejects going into rehabilitation for her alcohol and drug addictions. Winehouse,... Read more »

Central locker hallway now houses faculty wing

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Rachel Lester, Managing Editor
August 22, 2011

Students arriving for the beginning of the new school year will find the main locker hallway and classrooms turned into a faculty area, and the lockers and most classes now moved to the carpeted hallway that used to belong to the lower school. Where the main student locker hallway used to be, classrooms... Read more »

Poland-Israel trip moved up to February for this year’s seniors

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Leila Miller, Editor-in-Chief, and Adam Ashkenazi, Web Editor
August 23, 2011

This year’s senior Poland-Israel trip will start in February, instead of in in May as in past years. According to Facilities Director Mr. Eli Schiff, dates for the trip are Feb. 26 to March 17, 2012. Head of School Rabbi Ari Segal pressed for the change to encourage students to go to Israel for... Read more »

Relax! It’s just ninth grade

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Hannah-Leeba Ellenhorn, Features Editor
August 23, 2011

  The leap from middle school to high school can be nerve-wracking.  Relax.  You have already survived eight years of first-day-of-school jitters. You can also take comfort in knowing that Shalhevet is a small school (we have one hallway) where we all can find a way to fit in. Here are some insights... Read more »

Students sleep in, lockers move north and Poland in February: Top 10 changes for 2011-12

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Ari Feuer, Deputy Editor-In-Chief
August 23, 2011

First-ever 8 a.m. start time and a completely rearranged building are among a slew of changes awaiting students when classes start this Wednesday, Aug. 24.  Here are some highlights, based on visits to school and meeting with new head of school Rabbi Ari Segal.   New 8:00 A.M. Start – Students... Read more »

Paint with optimism

The Boiling Point Editorial Board
August 24, 2011

The smell of new paint lingers in the hallways, walls have been  knocked down between classrooms, and there are new conference rooms for private teacher-student meetings. It’s all part of Shalhevet’s newest remodeling – the third in four years. Students arriving at orientation this week immediately... Read more »