by Ary Hammerman ’25 On Friday, April 7, TLS held its third annual SMHAC (Student Mental Health Awareness Committee) student panel, in which TLS students shared their stories with their mental health struggles. SMHAC leaders Zoe Alsfine ‘24 and Shugie Shvil ‘24 planned and ran this panel, and those speaking included Lauren Block ‘23, Mira
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New dean, same heart; Erica Hezi joins TLS community as interim sophomore dean
by Naomi Kellman ’2510th grade dean Erica Hezi joined the TLS Kehilah in January 2023, and she has quickly become an essential part of the community. However, there is still much that students and faculty do not know about her. Hezi began her journey as a Hebrew school teacher, and she fell in love with
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ChatGPT; The new AI on the block
By Spencer Kolodny ’26 Write an essay about Thomas Jefferson in Spanish; code a card game on a web server in Java; make a virus in an isolated runtime environment. These are some of the wild requests that people are submitting to ChatGPT. Believe it or not, they are receiving coherent, if not extraordinary, answers
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Pesach Break Plans!
by: Robin Bosworth From flying across the world to staying at home and watching Netflix or anything in between, TLS students are very excited for Pesach break. Here are some of the things students are most looking forward to! Mira Schulman: Over break, I’m driving to see several colleges. For Pesach, I am hosting one
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Food to Fertilizer: TLS Begins Composting
By Leah Raich ’25 Did you know that if everyone in the United States composted regularly, it would be equivalent to removing 7.8 million cars off the road? When we discard our food waste in regular garbage cans it ends up in landfills where it transforms into greenhouse gasses. However, if we were composting, that
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Eggcellent New Teachers: A Dozen New Faculty join the Leffell HS Kehilah
By Rafi Josselson ’25 Every year TLS welcomes new staff members, and this year is no exception. In the High School alone, there are a dozen new faculty members. The new faculty members include; an IT Support Specialist, a High School Student Life Coordinator, a director of college counseling, a community engagement coordinator, and various
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Cara Levine Q&A: Get to know the new high school student life coordinator
by Sophie Zuckerman ’25 Sophie Zuckerman sat down with new faculty member Cara Levine and discussed how the beginning of the year has been. Q: How have you been adjusting to your new job at Leffell? Cara Levine: “It has been great – I have had a chance to get to know my colleagues and
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School’s Back in Session! Teachers’ feelings at the start of this school year.
By Naomi Kellman ’25 Flipping the calendar page, you see the word “September” in big, block letters staring at you. If you are a student, this is the time when you roll your eyes, complain and express just how much you DO NOT want to go back to school. But, do Leffell teachers feel the
