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

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

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

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

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

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,

By Andrew Bosworth This past Friday, May 22nd, The Leffell School commemorated Memorial Day with a Memorial Day tekes, held remotely via Zoom. Memorial Day is a day to honor the brave soldiers who have died fighting for the United States.  As students entered the Zoom call, a slideshow of soldiers laying their peers to

By Andrew Bosworth As is customary at The Leffell School, the Yom HaZikaron Tekes held on Tuesday, April 28 was led by high school Tanakh teacher Rabbi Yitzhak Zilbiger. Despite the unusual circumstances, the ceremony was as emotionally impactful as ever, even over Zoom. After playing a video of the traditional siren in Israel with