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  • Unitown students participate in diversity and leadership workshop

    Friday, February 09, 2007 By: Cory Gutovitz

    On Jan. 23 and 24, 11 high school students along with teacher chaperones Eliyahu Krigel and Kelly Reichman took part in Unitown. The Academy joined with local high schools Shawnee Mission East, Wyando

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  • TEAMS returns with determination

    Friday, February 09, 2007 By: Molly Frank

    On March 9, Senior Sasha Friedman, Juniors Ashur Bratt, Shella Friedman, Micah Margolies and Alexa Rosenberg and Sophomores, Jon Friedman, Cory Gutovitz and Jake White, will be participating in T.E.A.

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  • Kindergarten and families celebrate Melavah Malka

    Friday, February 09, 2007 By: Jenna Olitsky

    On Sunday, Jan. 28th, the kindergartens class held their annual Melavah Malka program. Melavah Malka means escorting the queen, the Sabbath bride. The kindergartners sang songs and did Havdallah servi

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  • Winterims outcome is a success for all

    Friday, February 09, 2007 By: Jordan Marks

    From Jan. 4-10 Academy students participated in the annual Winterim session. This is the third year of Winterims which fall directly after winter break and allow students to experience classes that th

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  • Mock Trial, Winterim success, pits students against students in court

    Friday, February 09, 2007 By: Morgan Mendel

    On Jan. 10 at 6:00 pm, the second annual Academy “Mock Trial” took place, with help from Lawyer and Academy parent Andrea Olitsky. With only five days of class to prepare, the students’ performance wa

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  • The “Academy”AwardsHow the students voted this year

    Friday, February 09, 2007 By: Stacy Rubenstein

    The 62nd Annual Golden Globes Awards show aired on January 8. The night was filled with glamorous celebrities, fashion, and emotional acceptance speeches.While the real Golden Globes were taking place

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  • Apple’s iPhone debuts to much acclaim

    Friday, February 09, 2007 By: Scott Bratt

    On January 9, 2007, Apple released their newest gadget, the iPhone. The iPhone, a combination of Apple’s iPod, an in-phone web browser and a high-tech cellular phone, is the latest revolutionary Apple

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  • Britain’s all-star comes to the U.S

    Friday, February 09, 2007 By: Hannah Towle

    David Beckham will be coming to play for Major League Soccer next season with the Los Angeles Galaxy. It was confirmed on Jan. 11, 2007, that he would leave Real Madrid and play in the MLS for a 5-yea

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  • Girls varsity keeps up another great season

    Friday, February 09, 2007 By: Micah Margolies

    The Lady Rams are having a phenomenal season as they’ve won 13 of their first 15 games, their only losses being a 44-41 setback to Maranatha Academy in which four starters fouled out and second leadin

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Senior Levi Fishman said about the search for a new headmaster, “I think the school is in need of change.”Freshman Ari Krigel said about the high temperature of the classrooms, “It’s hot in here, ther
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SpotlightSusie Hurst
Susan Hurst, Adolescent Specialist for the Channeling Healthy Adolescent Interaction Project has been a major contributor to social development in the community. As an adolescent specialist she focus
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A bittersweet conclusion
My family has been a part of this school since the beginning. My mother was in the first graduating class, and my brother graduated 3 years ago. Now it is my turn to go through the life of a senior in
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Looking forward to what’s next
Ever since I heard of seminary, I felt a need to spend my first year after high school in Israel. My travels to Israel always helped me grow and change as a person. I knew that a year was essential to
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Rolling in the doughDo athletes make too much money?
In the world of sports, the biggest story to start 2007 was the signing of 31-year-old soccer superstar, David Beckham, to the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer (MLS). Beckham’s five-year deal
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Rolling in the doughDo athletes make too much money?
Earning over 250 million dollars a year David Beckham, currently playing for the Real Madrid Soccer Club of Spain, is the world’s highest paid soccer player. Beckham is known around the world and wri
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Teen denies call for more troops
It seems as if every month there is a new fact, quote, or image regarding the ongoing war in Iraq that distracts the American people for a day or two. Ever since the spring of 2003, it has been this w
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New congress reacts to current administration
Recently, our current administration decided to send thousands more troops to Iraq. President Bush announced his plan to send an additional 20,000 troops to Baghdad, as well as an additional 4,000 mar
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A year in reviewrecapping Israel
Every morning I wake up, walk down a flight of stairs, through a hallway, and up a different set of stairs to a window. Through this window is a view, just like every ordinary window. But there is som
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Jews cannot remain silent in the face of Darfur genocide
Nine months ago I stepped into a gas chamber where hundreds of thousands of Jewish men, women and children were murdered in the most brutal and unjust circumstances. As I stepped out of this single co
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