The Boiling Point

New British Literature teacher has many ties to the Shalhevet community

By Hannah Jannol, Staff Writer • September 4, 2015

While Na'amit Nagel may be new to Shalhevet, Shalhevet is not entirely new to her.

Airy, light and surprisingly tranquil, new building opens a new era

By Eric Bazak, Editor-in-Chief • August 30, 2015

Members of the Shalhevet community can exhale and finally get excited.

School’s Open!

By Eric Bazak, Editor-in-Chief • August 28, 2015

It took a year longer than expected to get the required permits, but once the first bulldozer clawed into the roof of the old building on June 6, 2014, construction never stopped.

CIJE students at conference offer tech inventions for daily life

By Hannah Jannol, Staff Writer • June 24, 2015

A moisture sensor that tells users when their plants require watering. A robotic pair of legs that can be programmed to different speeds. A pillow alarm clock. A fork that tells its users when they are eating too quickly. These are just a few of 80 robotic biomedical projects presented at the 2nd Annual West Coast CIJE conference May 20 in Orange County.

‘Denial of Service’ attacks briefly sideline BP website

June 24, 2015

On Tuesday, May 26, at 2 p.m., Boiling Point editors received notice from their website provider that shalhevetboilingpoint.com was the victim of a “DDoS attack” and would be offline until the attack subsided or was repelled.

Letter from the editor: A correction

By Rose Lipner, Features Editor • June 23, 2015

“Cheatology,” the Boiling Point’s Page 1 article in April about student cheating using the Schoology school social communication system, originally contained a number of errors.

SENIOR SHAPSHOTS: The athlete, the artist, the chef

June 23, 2015

A blurry No. 23 drives towards the basket, one hand keeping the ball in a steady dribble until it is finally ready to go into the net. Swish.

Three-peat as BP wins third Gold Crown, Rockower prizes

By Elon Glouberman, Staff Writer • June 23, 2015

The Boiling Point added a wide range of national awards to its virtual trophy case this spring, with four staff members winning national high school Quill & Scroll awards and five earning a Simon J. Rockower Award in competition English-speaking Jewish journalists across the globe.

5,000 likes exempt Tanach class from final

By Benny Zaghi, Staff Writer • June 19, 2015

A lucky Shalhevet 10th grade class made a deal that exempted them from a Tanach final this year.

Mr. Danovitch’s Graduation Address

June 18, 2015

Dear Class of 2015, I am here to deliver your faculty charge on the exciting afternoon that celebrates and consecrates your graduation from The Shalhevet School of Math Homework and Boiling Point Studies.

Mr. Danovitch’s speech at senior graduation

June 18, 2015

Mr. Roy Danovitch, who is leaving to New York to attain a Masters of Education degree after 11 years at Shalhevet, delivered a commencement speech during the senior graduation at Temple Beth Am June 7. A copy of the speech is below.

Fairness Committee sides with Dano in public case filed by Feld

June 14, 2015

After the Agenda Committee decided not to let the Ma’aseh party run as a slate, Dean of Students Mr. Jason Feld took General Studies Principal Mr. Roy Danovitch to the Fairness Committee on the grounds that Mr. Danovitch, who is adviser to Agenda, had "overstepped his boundaries.”