By: Simone Schwartzbard ’29, Daniella Raich ’29 Like winter itself, the 2025-2026 winter sport season had its ups and downs, but our teams and athletes pushed through! Both boys’ and girls’ basketball had exciting winning seasons, showing strong improvement from past years. Club squash had a great second season, and we even had some TLS
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From Grammys to Game Day: A Historic Week in Entertainment
By: Dahlia Deener It’s one of the most talked-about weeks of the year. It was featured on social media for almost a month afterwards. It combines those who admire art and music with the sports and football fanatics. This past week held the Grammy awards and Bad Bunny’s iconic half-time show, both of which stunned
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From Comebacks to Gold: Who to Watch in Milan 2026
By: Natalie Rosen Every four years, the Winter Olympic Games turn snow and ice into the world’s biggest stage, featuring elite athletes in sports like skiing, snowboarding, figure skating, ice hockey, and bobsledding. In 2026, the Games head to Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, for three weeks of high speed competition, history making moments, and
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We Needed to Hear Shabbos Kestenbaum
By: Isaiah Yolkut The Leffell School invites speakers for a few different reasons. Some teach the student body important skills, some share personal experiences, some spread new perspectives, and some are there to speak about their journeys to become successful. Shabbos Kestenbaum did it all. When he visited our school earlier today, he maintained a
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Riders Up! A review of this year’s Kentucky Derby
By: Phoebe Dichter We have now officially passed 7 pm on the first Saturday of May for 2025! Anyone who is big in sports knows how important this day of the year is; It’s Kentucky Derby day at Churchill Downs. It is arguably the biggest horse race in the world, and is definitely America’s top.
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Lyrics, Moments, and Memories: A Soundtrack to our School Year
By: Ranit Berman As summer ’24 came to an end, students began to prepare for the ’24-’25 school year, and in the words of Bridget Mendler, “Ready or not, here I come” (Mendler, Ready or Not), That is how it felt as September 4th came creeping up on us. Whether you like it or not,
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2025 Grammys in Review
By: Dahlia Deener 15.4 million Americans watched the 3.5 hour long 2025 Grammy awards and all of the drama that came with it. So, what made this immense number of people tune into the 67th annual Grammy Awards Ceremony? The lead-up to the Gramms was significantly impacted by the L.A. wildfires, forcing the cancellation of
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The Start of Something New: The recently elected student government executive board for 2025
By Abby Kass The end of the semester brings the end of the era and the start of a new one: the new term of student government! With positions of president, vice president, chief of committees, chief of staff, and chief of communications having just been recently elected, what are some of our Kehillah’s new
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Mysterious and Spooky: A review of TLS’s The Addams Family production
By Abby Kass The Addams Family, put on by TLS’s arts program, had 4 performances between January 11th to January 13th in which they beautifully encapsulated the eerie essence of the storyline. The Addams Family (musical)details the story of Lucas, a normal boy from Ohio planning to marry Wednesday, and his family meeting Wednesday Addams,
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Extended Assignment Mornings Explained
By Abi Wiseman New year, new systems, new rationale. So far this year, students have taken Early Morning Assessments for four mornings. While some teachers do not mind the elongated tests, students tend to be stressed by these exams. So, why the different ranges of opinions? What is the purpose of these longer tests? Early
