Schechter Westchester has no plans to respond publicly to activist Pamela Geller’s article quoting an email she allegedly received from a former SW student concerning a program at the school two years ago and questioning the priorities of Jewish day schools, according to high school principal Eric Bassin. Bassin, who was the original faculty adviser
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Senior English Class Skypes With Documentarian of First-Ever Girls’ School in Afghanistan
On Thursday, Geri Bloch’s senior English class, Women’s Voices in Modern Literature, skyped with Beth Murphy, director and producer of What Tomorrow Brings, a documentary the class watched earlier in the week that portrays the hardships faced by students in the first-ever school for girls in Afghanistan. Women’s Voices in Modern Literature delves
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“The Game of Life”: SW Celebrates Shavruach 2015
[slideshow_deploy id=’397′] For the past three days, Schechter Westchester halls have been draped with tape, closely resembling the the classic childhood board game, “Life,” and students have come to school decked out in attire centered on one theme: “The Game of Life.” This is the first time that Student Government has facilitated
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Schechter Westchester Commemorates Veterans Day Led by Senior Course
In recognition of Veterans Day tomorrow, the Schechter Westchester High School conducted a ceremony in order to raise awareness for issues facing veterans today. The program was coordinated by the Public Speech and Advocacy class—the English section of a new interdisciplinary senior course co-taught by English teacher Maria Rudolph and history teacher Michael Newman. “The importance
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Onto States: Lions Clinch Regional Title While Observing Shabbat
The Schechter Westchester Boys Varsity Soccer team made history this past Saturday. With the support of over 90 members of the SW community who traveled to Middletown, NY for Shabbat, the SW Lions took home the Regional title for the first time in SW history. “All the games this year, but especially the playoffs, it’s
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SW Alum Speaks to Students about Inspiring Change
Schechter Westchester alumna Antoinette Klatzky of the Eileen Fisher Leadership Institute (EFLI) spoke during the Special Program block today about how best to make a difference in the world as an individual. “It starts from within, it starts with ourselves, and it starts with the decisions we make each day,” Klatzky said. Eileen Fisher, the
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KehilahPalooza Festival Launches New School Year
[slideshow_deploy id=’244′] After starting the first day of the 2015-16 school year with a school-catered breakfast and speeches in the high school gym by school and student government officials, followed by presentations on student life, technology and school rules and eight 15-minute class periods, Schechter Westchester students spent the last three hours of the day
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Schechter Says Lehitraot to NETA
After more than a decade of using the NETA Hebrew curriculum, Schechter Westchester reevaluated its Hebrew language program this winter and decided to leave the full NETA curriculum and use its Hebrew teachers to develop a curriculum. NETA, a Hebrew language curriculum developed by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and supported by The AVI CHAI
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Schechter Implements Optional Inclusion of Matriarchs in Amidah
By Sarah Fortinsky For years, Schechter Westchester students have learned that the daily prayers they recite in school are timeless and unchanging—until last week, when the administration introduced a change. Each minyan at Schechter will now give students the opportunity to recognize the imahot, or matriarchs (Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah), alongside the avot, or
