By Sara Greenberg …And they’re off! Schechter’s seniors have officially begun their exciting yet meaningful journey on Lev V’Nefesh, but not before a Senior Send-Off ceremony. Parents, students, faculty and, of course, the seniors met in Schechter’s High School Gym on Wednesday afternoon to wish the seniors a nesiah tovah (good trip). The ceremony began
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SW Presents “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”
By Maya Rotman This year’s high school musical, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, debuted on Thursday to a sold out crowd. Directed by High School Musical Director Marci Schein, the musical tells the story of the murder of Edwin Drood, played by Emily Ferry. Every night, the play ends differently, with the audience getting to
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Greater Westchester Community Comes Together for Student-Planned “Open Minds Summit”
[slideshow_deploy id=’941′] By Solomon Fox On Wednesday, January 10th, 2019, students, faculty, mental health professionals, and parents from the greater New York area came together to learn about mental health. The event, the “Open Minds Summit,” was attended by over 600 individuals from the greater New York area. The summit was planned completely by senior
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Get to Know Your Student Government 2019 Presidential Candidates
By Sara Greenberg As the race for Student Body President continues, it can be very overwhelming to decide which candidate to select. Therefore, The Lions Roar has asked each of the presidential candidates some questions to help give you a better understanding of who you will be voting for. Their responses were as follows: What
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First Annual SW Homecoming
By Sara Greenberg Schechter Westchester’s Athletics Committee organized SW’s first ever homecoming this past Sunday, October 7, featuring all of SW’s Fall athletics teams. Many excited students and faculty attended the event to support our school and show off their Schechter “ruach.” “It’s good spirit! We had a lot of people cheering the volleyball team
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Nine New Changes at SW for 2018
By: Maya Rotman Were you wondering what has changed at SW over the summer for the new 2018-2019 academic school year? Check out the following nine highlights to find out! 1. Over the summer, SW worked on some renovations! They took down all the old TV/VCRs that had been mounted in classrooms, so now teachers and
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Coming Together – The School Shooting Epidemic in the United States
Sophia Wolk Yesterday afternoon on February 14th 2018, at least 17 students and adults were mercilessly killed and another 18 injured by a former student of their own high school at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida. According to CNN, this mass shooting was the tenth deadliest mass shooting in modern US history, and,
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A Year in Review
To conclude 2017, eight Schechter Westchester High School students recounted personal miracles that occurred in the past year: “Before I came to Schechter, I wasn’t even thinking about having a Bat Mitzvah. But in 8th Grade, during Bar and Bat Mitzvah season, I really wanted to have a Bat Mitzvah. It was so nice that
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Moriah Concert Band Performance
This morning, November 29th, the Concert Band from Moriah College in Sydney, Australia performed for the Schechter Westchester community. The entire Upper School, students and faculty, listened to an hour-long performance. The songs performed included renditions of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” “Bridge Over Troubled Waters,” a Fiddler on the Roof medley as well as Gershwin
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Shavruach 2017
This week November 20th – 22nd, students at Schechter Westchester celebrated Shavruach, or Spirit Week, led by Student Government. Each grade had a pair of generals, who lead their grades during the week. The grades competed for points, which they earned by winning events and doing kindness challenges. Cards were distributed with various acts of
