AP Art will be replaced with new ‘Honors Art’ class next year
Colleen Bazak, Features Editor
April 18, 2012
In what may or may not be a sign of things to come, AP Studio Art will not be offered as of next year and will be replaced by an honors art class designed for Shalhevet by Art teacher Roen Salem. Juniors enrolled in the two-year course now will be able to finish it next year, but no new students... (more...)
Teens can learn if they’re carriers for Ashkenazic, Sephardic genetic diseases
Colleen Bazak, Features Editor
March 30, 2012
Of every 27 Ashkenazi Jews, who make up about one half of the Shalhevet community, one is a carrier of the Tay-Sachs gene. If two carriers have a child, there is a 25 percent chance that the child will be born with Tay-Sachs disease. A child born with Tay-Sachs develops normally. However, by... (more...)
Alumni join Occupy protests on college campuses
Colleen Bazak, Outside News Editor
December 23, 2011
Sleeping in tents and organizing online, students get involved at UCBerkeley, McGill. On Sproul Plaza at the UC Berkeley campus last month, Shalhevet alumna Elana Eden ‘09 was among a handful of students spending the night in tents set up for the Occupy Cal movement. Staying all night, even... (more...)
Financial aid is up, but Jewish education still out of reach for many
Colleen Bazak, Outside News Editor
November 4, 2011
With California’s unemployment rate at 12.1 percent, state budget cuts are challenging public education and fewer families can afford private school tuition. Head of School Rabbi Ari Segal said Shalhevet has responded by increasing the per capita amount of financial assistance and initiating... (more...)
Students stay up late to welcome Gilad Shalit
Colleen Bazak, Outside News Editor
November 3, 2011
When Gilad Shalit returned home to Mitzpe Hila last week from his prison cell in Gaza, he completed a journey that was paved with politics, prayers, and a worldwide outpouring of activism that reached as far as the Beit Midrash at Shalhevet High School. Sgt. Shalit was released on October 18... (more...)
Digital schools, in. Paper, out.
Colleen Bazak, Outside News Editor
September 12, 2011
In a worldwide race to increase the use of technology in schools, South Korea has taken the initiative to digitalize every classroom in the country by 2015. Over the summer, South Korea’s Ministry of Education, Science and Technology announced that by 2015, all schools in South Korea would... (more...)
Cheaper textbooks? Go online
Colleen Bazak, Outside News Editor
September 12, 2011
Many textbooks Shalhevet requires, especially the ones used for AP classes, are available as eBooks this year. That means they can be downloaded from the internet – weighing, and often costing, far less than traditional textbooks do – or used on a log-in basis, read live online with features... (more...)
Softball shortens season because of too few players
Colleen Bazak, Sports Editor
June 3, 2011
With only one game played this year and no official league, the Shalhevet softball team had to cut short its season due to a lack of players making it impossible to have a functioning team. At first, the softball team, coached by science teacher Mr. Chris Buckley and Athletic Director Ronnie... (more...)
A matter of intent: How is shmurah matzo different from all other matzo?
Colleen Bazak, Chief Copy Editor
April 18, 2011
Four questions: How is shmura matzo different from all other matzo? Why is shmura matzo the only matzo used during the Pesach seder? Why does shmura matzo taste different from all other matzo? Why is shmura matzo so much more expensive than other matzo? And finally, if it is the only “real”... (more...)
Rumor mill crushed at fresh-soph Town Hall
Colleen Bazak, Chief Copy Editor
March 18, 2011
Is Shalhevet actually a day camp? Are there dead bodies hidden in the basement? Do teachers sell the students illegal drugs? Rumors surrounding Shalhevet were discussed during a freshman and sophomore Town Hall March 3, where students discussed the effects these rumors have on the school... (more...)
Where food comes from, where it should
Colleen Bazak, Chief Copy Editor
March 14, 2011
Hunger, food safety and Jewish laws regarding food ethics were the subject when Town Hall was turned into an assembly Feb. 17. Experts from three Jewish organizations came to bring awareness to students in hopes that Shalhevet would take an active role in their programs. Spokesmen for Mazon,... (more...)
Former Shalhevet student wins “Next Great Kosher Chef” contest in N.Y.
Colleen Bazak, Staff Writer
December 31, 2010
Former Shalhevet student Jasmine Einalhori, daughter of Registrar and Facilities Director Lili Einalhori and sister of freshman Josh, was named the “Next Great Kosher Chef” at an all-day competition sponsored by the Center for Kosher Culinary Arts in New York Dec. 12, and featured in a... (more...)
Boiling Point wins awards
Colleen Bazak, Staff Writer
November 1, 2010
Five Shalhevet students have been named finalists for Story of the Year by the National Scholastic Press Association, and the Boiling Point has also won recognition for its overall coverage throughout the 2009-10 school year. Alumna Lexi Gelb ’10 and current students Zev Hurwitz, Jaclyn... (more...)
Rearranged, reorganized, ready to go
Colleen Bazak, Staff Writer
August 26, 2010
With no more elementary and middle school, Shalhevet High School has expanded its territories throughout the entire main building and classrooms and offices have now moved into the wing that used to be occupied by grades 1 through 8. With all this newly acquired space, the high school has moved... (more...)
At hip-hop class ‘Urban Jam’, students exercise and have fun
Colleen Bazak, Staff Writer
May 23, 2010
If you go down to Shalhevet’s lowest floor after school on a Monday, you’ll hear pop, hip-hop, and R&B music coming from the physical education room. Follow the music and you’ll find a group of energized girls in the middle of a new dance routine. “Urban Jam” is a once-a-week... (more...)
Shalhevet’s first court is a slippery one, players say
Colleen Bazak, Staff Writer
March 18, 2010
In its first months of use, Shalhevet’s Sport Court has provided students with day-to-day enjoyment and a nicer place for P.E. However, some sports teams are finding it too slippery to use after school because of dew. After sundown, moisture builds up on the polyurethane tiles, causing players... (more...)