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  • Adjusting Exams: Test Coordinator Role Switches

    TLRoar     April 22, 2021     News

    by Zoe Alsfine Over the past year, due to COVID-19, standardized testing and the testing processes at The Leffell School both changed. In early January, the College Board decided to permanently terminate SAT subject tests and the optional essay portion of the SAT, effective immediately. Within the Leffell School community, the test coordinator role transitioned

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  • Arts Madness Livestreamed during Friday Special Program

    TLRoar     April 16, 2021     News

    The Leffell School arts department hosted a variety of performances on April 16 for parents, teachers, and students via Zoom. Many students had been looking forward to this event for months, especially considering that it was the first digital performance this school year.  While last year’s Arts Madness show, ultimately canceled, was centered around superheroes,

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  • One Last Hurrah: Seniors Perform Cabaret Before Leaving Leffell

    TLRoar     March 24, 2021     News

    by Ariana Wiseman On Tuesday, March 23, seniors participated in a recital to celebrate their high school experiences.  Fourteen seniors, along with faculty members, helped put together this production, held via Zoom. The seniors sang songs from different musicals, as they enjoyed their last time performing together as part of the Leffell School community before

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  • Springing into Sports: Students Prepare for Season with New COVID Precautions

    TLRoar     March 23, 2021     News

    by Ariana Wiseman  With the return of warmer weather and lower COVID rates, TLS spring sports will begin on April 19, a semblance of normalcy in a strange year.   Like in most years, track, golf, softball, baseball and boys tennis will be offered; however, with COVID-19 protocols in place. Preseason practices started March 15, over

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  • A Sophisticated Semester: Students, Faculty Explore One Semester Courses

    TLRoar     March 18, 2021     News

    by Moshe Creditor Over the course of one’s high school career, a Leffell School student will take around 32 different courses. That means over 160 courses remain.   TLS’s current curriculum contains 117 single-semester courses and 83 full-year courses. Single semester courses offered are most commonly electives, such as Computer Science or Jewish History. Full-year courses

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  • Staff, Faculty Explore Trump and Biden’s Relationships with Israel

    TLRoar     March 17, 2021     Features

    by Lyla Souccar In Donald Trump’s four years in office, he moved the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, declared Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights and negotiated peace treaties between Israel and four Arab nations. Despite the changes Trump initiated, many wonder if President Joseph Biden will ultimately be better for Israel as

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  • Dr. Biden, Meet the Doctors at The Leffell School

    TLRoar     March 16, 2021     Features

    by Zoe Alsfine The title “doctor” originally came from the Latin word for teacher. In 1861, Yale declared the first-ever official Ph.D. in the United States, and since then, 50 distinct categories of PhDs have emerged, one of them in education. Surprisingly, given the authenticity of higher degrees, specifically non-medical doctorates, going by the title

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  • Masks, Meals and More: Students Organize Service Projects Over the Summer features

    TLRoar     March 16, 2021     Features

    by Elijah Wiseman As businesses were shut down and toilet paper was picked clean off supermarket shelves, several students decided to step in to help relieve the health crisis in our country. TLS students sewed masks, donated meals to hospitals and 3D-printed over 13,000 ear savers for health professionals in 12 states. “My dad asked

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  • Why is this year different from all other years? 10 ways to make the Passover Seder fun this year.

    TLRoar     March 16, 2021     Culture, News

    by Lily Lebwohl  Why is this year different from all other years? Ten ways to top last year’s Passover Seder! With our second pandemic Passover approaching, some worry it might be difficult to keep the Seder enjoyable and meaningful due to the lack of people. Keeping the conversation going and catching up is easy to

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  • March 2021 Issue

    TLRoar     March 13, 2021     Editorial, Features, News, Op/Eds, Print Editions, Uncategorized

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