by Ariana Wiseman With the return of warmer weather and lower COVID rates, TLS spring sports will begin on April 19, a semblance of normalcy in a strange year. Like in most years, track, golf, softball, baseball and boys tennis will be offered; however, with COVID-19 protocols in place. Preseason practices started March 15, over
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A Sophisticated Semester: Students, Faculty Explore One Semester Courses
by Moshe Creditor Over the course of one’s high school career, a Leffell School student will take around 32 different courses. That means over 160 courses remain. TLS’s current curriculum contains 117 single-semester courses and 83 full-year courses. Single semester courses offered are most commonly electives, such as Computer Science or Jewish History. Full-year courses
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Why is this year different from all other years? 10 ways to make the Passover Seder fun this year.
by Lily Lebwohl Why is this year different from all other years? Ten ways to top last year’s Passover Seder! With our second pandemic Passover approaching, some worry it might be difficult to keep the Seder enjoyable and meaningful due to the lack of people. Keeping the conversation going and catching up is easy to
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Students Conduct Activities Block Over Zoom
By Robin Bosworth Every Wednesday during seventh period, all TLS students log onto separate Zoom links to attend their chosen weekly activity. TLS limited cross-grade interactions this year so that if one student contracted COVID-19, only students in that specific grade would need to quarantine. Scuttlebutt is the only activity that meets in person as
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Rabbi Pell Leads Community on Virtual Journey of Auschwitz-Birkenau
By Adam Elitzur On February 10, Associate Head of School Rabbi Harry Pell walked more than 250 participants through a virtual journey of the history of Auschwitz-Birkenau. The tour was part of an ongoing learning series which is run by the Office of Institutional Advancement. The idea for a virtual tour sparked when Pell realized
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Introducing the 2021 Student Government Executive Board
By Lilian Lebwohl The 2021 Leffell Student Government Executive Board has been elected and includes juniors Drew Wilenzick, Avi Katzen and Darren Amona and sophomore Ilan Brusso. Junior Drew Wilenzick is rising to the role of student body president after holding the position of grade representative and vice president. “The president heads up the student
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The Monologue Show
By Lily Jacobson Lights. Camera. Action. “The Monologue Show from Hell” debuted on Thursday, January 14. Directed by Lower School general studies teacher Zachary Ferentz, this performance was the first show to be held for actors only in-person at TLS and broadcast via Zoom. “The Monologue Show from Hell” told the story of a comedic
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Winter Sport Safety
By Andrew Bosworth On Wednesday, November 25, athletics director Scott D’Ottavio shared a 2020 winter sports update detailing New York State’s winter sports plan. Following a successful fall season of relatively few COVID-19 transmissions, the winter sports update explained that all sports will begin on January 4, emphasizing that all of this can change on
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Running a Team with COVID-19
By Petra Zucker and Darren Amona Imagine sprinting down the soccer field, headed toward the other team’s goal, dribbling the ball on the wet grass as fast as you can breathing in the crisp air…all from behind a mask. This year, sports are different from anything athletes have ever experienced at The Leffell School before,
