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Shalhevet news online: When we know it, you'll know it

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PREVENTATIVE: Rabbi Segal said the policy was written with the intention of preventing bullying and creating a safer environment for students and faculty.

New harassment policy sets rules, defines terms

By Clara Sandler, Co-Editor-in-Chief April 8, 2019

After several Town Hall discussions and heated debates about what exactly sexual harassment is, the school released a new harassment, discrimination and retaliation policy that outlines complaint procedure,...

SUBMERGED: Water in Room B101 was about 3 inches deep at 1:30 p.m. today.

FLOOD: All basement classrooms under inches of water after city main breaks

By Molly Litvak, Outside News Editor April 2, 2019

A huge gush of water from a burst city pipe poured through a basement wall and into a storage room early this morning, overflowing into two basement levels of Shalhevet, flooding all basement classrooms...

DELEGATION: the 21-person Firehawk Model Congress team competed at the University of Pennsylvania from Thursday through Sunday, skipping sessions during Shabbat.

Debaters win six awards at Penn Model Congress

March 31, 2019

Shalhevet's 21-delegate Model Congress team missed half of the committee sessions and a third of the full-house sessions, yet still won two gavels and four honorable mentions at this year's annual Penn...

CSPA:   At Columbia University in NYC this afternoon, staff of this years Boiling Point was awarded its seventh consecutive CSPA Hybrid Crown Award, this time a Silver Crown, for print and online news published during the 2017-18 school year.

From CSPA, a seventh consecutive Crown, this time a silver

For the seventh consecutive year, the Boiling Won won a CSPA Hybrid Crown Award this afternoon, but this year’s is silver instead of gold. Hybrid Crowns are for the top high school news sources that...

CHANGES:    Then-juniors Eitan Remer (third from left) and Jonathan Fishman (fourth from left) wrote a proposal last year that allowed boys to wear non-collared shirts provided they are wearing tzitzit that are visible. Rabbi Schwarzberg says boys have not been following this rule.

Administration asks for more compliance with dress code

By Alex Rubel, Sports Editor March 21, 2019

A boys dress code leniency was put on probation in January after administration officials said it was being violated too often. It was reinstated, however, after the semester break.The policy allows boys...

VIOLENCE:    A Starbucks outside the St. Lazare train station was vandalized and looted on Dec. 8, with inscriptions on the store saying ‘Pay your taxes’ and ‘Return us the money’.

‘Yellow Vest’ protests rock France

By Jolie Wineburgh, Staff Writer March 20, 2019

The broken glass and graffiti have been cleared away, but according to Americans in Paris reached by the Boiling Point, the gap between the richest and poorest citizens of France is still growing as weeks...

REMOTE:   New Nest brand temperature controls are operated by an app.

New thermostats bring hope for stable temperatures

By Lucy Fried, Co-Editor-in-Chief March 19, 2019

After four years of fluctuating temperatures that have left students and faculty alternately sweating or reaching for a sweater, school officials have decided to install a new, more technologically advanced...

ATTACK:    ATTACK: Firehawk forward and Sarachek MVP Asher Dauer goes for a lay-up as junior A.J. Bennett tries to block it in the Firehawks’ 60-41 win over the DRS Wildcats Mar. 17. The Firehawks became only the second team ever to win YU’s Sarachek tournament two years in a row.

At Sarachek, reigning champion Firehawks win it again

By Alex Rubel, Sports Editor March 19, 2019

They had already won the Glouberman title in November. They had already made a historic CIF run in February. And then, for the second year in a row, the Firehawks won Sarachek. With key plays by...

LEAP:    Above, senior Jeremy Ashegian scores on a layup as Shalhevet beats YULA 46-38 in the first round of the Sarachek tournament Friday at Yeshiva University in New York. The Firehawks went on to defeat the DRS Wildcats on Sunday and will face Mogen David of Brooklyn  in the championship game today.

Aiming to break records, Firehawks headed to Sarachek championship game for fourth straight year

By Alex Rubel, Sports Editor March 18, 2019

For the fourth year in a row, the Shalhevet Firehawks have advanced to the Red Sarachek Tournament Tier I championship game, which will be played tomorrow Mar. 18 at 11:30 a.m PST against the Magen David...

BP Drawing by Caroline Edry

The magical madness that is math

By Tobey Lee, Features Editor March 15, 2019

Although she sleeps just five hours the night before a math test -- less than her normal of seven hours -- studying late into the night makes junior Nicole Klausner feel good about the material before...

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