Heschel’s Student Government has been fast at work planning annual activities as well as new initiatives.
On Monday, March 24, all four councils of Student Government gathered together to discuss...
After close elections in both the Programming and Hesed and Tzedek vice-presidential races, the administration decided to add two additional vice presidential positions so that small, insignificant margins...
Over the past two years, advancements in Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) have sparked questions about whether maintaining a zero-tolerance policy for AI use in school is still realistic. The Programming...
On Tuesday, April 29, Heschel’s College Bowl team triumphed in the varsity championship. College Bowl is a trivia competition between Jewish day schools around the Tristate area. The team made it to...
On Wednesday, March 19, Rabbi Ezra Frazer, the faculty leader of the Sephardic minyan, chauffeured Heschel’s first Sephardic Torah to campus.
The high school welcomed the Torah’s arrival with...
On Wednesday, March 26, 10th graders saw The Return of Benjamin Lay, a one-man show about a radical Quaker abolitionist from the 18th century who gradually became disenchanted with the Quaker elite because...
On April 7, Heschel’s Shakespeare club competed at the Envision Shakespeare festival for the first time. In the past, students have gone to the event as observers, but this year they participated.
For...
On March 10, the Heschel Math Team traveled to SAR High School to compete in their first in-person competition. While the team's weekly online contests are a great experience, team captains, seniors Abe...
As the final bell rings on Monday afternoons, students face a difficult choice: go to their club, or go home.
A discussion has developed among the student body about whether clubs should be moved...
After thoughtful consideration from faculty, and even begging from students, the Hebrew Department brought back Heschelron, the annual song competition in celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut.
When the...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly all U.S. colleges went “test optional” because standardized tests were inaccessible throughout quarantine. As a result, students could choose whether or not to...
Each year, Heschel’s talented performers take the stage to bring a beloved musical to life. After many years of persistent requests, Heschel’s theater department, led by Ned Ginsburg, finally brought...
