By Abby Kass Though TLS is a Jewish school, it is in a community surrounded by schools that follow other religions or are secular. Because of this, TLS tries to incorporate concepts that bring in beliefs from all communities, such as events like interfaith lunches. But, how do TLS community members experience this type of
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Beyond the Numbers: TLS Students Connect with Homelessness Face-to-Face
By Leah Raich On an average night in 2023, 4,922 people were sleeping on the streets of Washington, D.C. Each year, the sophomore class at The Leffell School embarks on a Chesed trip to Washington, D.C. to learn about homelessness first-hand. Designed to be a purposeful and impactful experience for the students framed by the
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Judgments of Adjustments: TLS’s new faculty share how they are adapting to their new setting
By Abby Kass This 2024-2025 school year, 6 new faculty members have joined TLS’s Kehillah. If you’d like to know more about new teachers’ opinions on the school year, check out our article “A Warm Welcome.” Now that school has been in session for almost two months, new faculty members have been able to experience
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October 7th, One Year Later: TLS Community reflects on the events of the 10/7 Massacre and its aftermath
By Rafi Josselson On October 7th, 2023, over six thousand Hamas terrorists entered Israel, killing around twelve hundred Israelis and kidnapping two hundred more. Israel and the Jewish world were changed forever. The TLS community has been affected in the past year, as alumni were called up from the reserves, administrators reexamined how to discuss
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Jewish Athletes Take the Stage at Paris Olympics
By Natalie Rosen Over the summer, the 2024 Paris Olympics took place, bringing together thousands of the world’s best athletes, including many Jewish and Israeli athletes. While most Americans probably had their eyes on stars like Katie Ledecky or Simone Biles, I was watching for the stars of the Jewish world. Along with Jewish Americans,
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A Warm Welcome: TLS receives new faculty members in the high school
By Abby Kass Coming to a new school can lead to many different feelings, such as nervousness, excitement, and anticipation. TLS students and many high school students can relate to this, as starting high school can bring forth this mixture of feelings. The new faculty members starting this year at TLS feel no different as
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From Summer Camp to Science Labs: What TLS Students Did This Past Summer
By Dahlia Deener What did you do this summer? Did you go to sleepaway camp like you have for the past ten years? Did you get an internship? Travel? Work? Volunteer? Various TLS students describe what they did over this past summer before school. The summer is a time for students to unwind from the
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Book your summer reading now!: TLS Teachers share what they think students should be reading
By Rafi Josselson As summer approaches, many students begin their summer reading. To discover some books that students should read, Rafi Josselson asked teachers around the school about their summer book recommendations. Title: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Author: Douglas Adams Genre: Science Fiction Recommended by: Computer Science Teacher William Jamieson This book details
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Tri-state Transportation: How TLS coordinates the transportation of students to and from school every day
By Abby Kass Twenty-two. This is the number of school districts that TLS students travel from to get to school every day. Because of this large number of school districts, TLS transportation staff have to work extra hard to ensure that students can be transported to and from school, and they communicate with various districts
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Borders of Empathy
By Olivia Goldman 2,401.5 miles. If you were born in Westchester, New York, then that number has determined the quality of your life. If you had been born 2,401.5 miles south, then there is a 63% chance that your childhood would have been immensely affected by gang violence, and a mere 4% chance that America’s
