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| JCHS Announces New Laptop Program
JCHS students already are accomplished digital learners who are constantly engaging technology. We want to harness these skills to enrich JCHS learning. Our unique pluralistic approach, which seriously investigates and interacts with diverse perspectives, will be enhanced by using evolving technology tools. A task force of JCHS professionals, with input from students and parents, identified putting a laptop into the hands of every student as crucial to effectively utilizing technology.
For these reasons, we are excited to be launching a laptop computer program in 2010/2011 to support and deepen the learning at JCHS. Our vision is that JCHS students will engage with others and with ideas through technology enabling them to research, reflect, and collaborate in powerful ways. Moot Beit Din Making Headlines
Our winning Moot Beit Din team is making headlines with their THIRD consecutive first place title! Check out this feature story in the j. Weekly about the team. JCHS Fsculty in the News
JCHS is proud of our Jewish Studies teacher Tamar Rabinowitz for her work facilitating a Kevah Torah learning group. Check out this article in the j. Weekly about her work. Students Perform at the American Alliance for Theatre & Education Conference
Bravo to students Beth M., Sonya K., Talia B., and alums Michelle K. and Hannah S. who performed a new verbatim theatre piece “There’s No Place Like Home – What Makes Israel Home to Me” with Performing Arts Chair Dylan Russell at the American Alliance for Theatre & Education (AATE) 2010 conference. Theater profession...als from across the country applauded their work! Maccabi 2010
From August 1-6, more than 12 JCHS athletes participated (and coached!) in the 2010 Maccabi games in Denver, Colorado and Omaha, Nebraska! Our students will be joining delegates from all over the US, Canada, Mexico, Israel and Europe to compete as individual athletes or as part of a team. JCHS athletes - we will be rooting for you! | JCHS Students with Write on For Israel
Welcome back JCHS students Sonya, Elijah, Max, Arno, Rose, Maddy, Danyal, Danielle, and Jonah from the 10-day trip with Write on for Israel! The program teaches journalism and documentary filmmaking skills to local Jewish teens, culminating in a free trip to Israel. Check out the J. weekly article by Dan Pines filled with great student quotes and moments. | JCHS Junior Honors as one of the Top Jewish Basketball Player in the Nation!
Congrats to senior Ariel Gottlieb who was recently voted All American Third Team from Jewish Hoops America (JHA). JHA has honored top players and coaches for the past four years. Votes are cast by 13 coaches from around the country, as well as a representative of Jewish Hoops America. Go Ariel! Check out articles on San Fran Preps and Jewish Hoops America! Keystone Presentations
The seniors inspired and impressed us with their "Keystone" presentations (a combined research paper, community service project and live presentation). A few of the projects explored: Graffiti. Vegetarianism. Ska Music. Contact Improvisation. Health Care Crisis. | | JCHS Drama is going to Scotland in August 2011!
The JCHS Drama Department, under the directon of Dylan Russell, has been selected to perform at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the world’s largest and most prestigious arts festival! JCHS was selected by the American High School Theatre Festival Board of Advisors to represent the US from hundreds of applicants. The Children's Hour
The cast and crew of our spring drama, The Children's Hour, performed three incredible shows May 25-27. Check out our online photo album for some pics of the The Children's Hour and other JCHS events! Junior Class Congratulations
Seven members of the Class of 2011 scored in the top 3% nationally on the PSAT! AND Junior Sara Rama scored first in the National Spanish Examination among 623 students at Level 5 in the outside experience category. | Junior Nathan Wexler Awarded Bronfman Fellowship
Congratulations to junior Nathan Wexler, who was recently selected to be a Bronfman Youth Fellow in Israel. Nathan was selected along with 25 outstanding North American teenagers from all over the United States and Canada. In their five weeks together this summer, the Fellows will encounter the land and people of Israel, study Judaism and major issues in contemporary Jewish life, and learn about themselves and each other. The summer is the beginning of a long-term association for the Fellows, which continues through their extraordinarily active alumni network.
| Senior Andrew Herwitz wins National Writing Contest
Congratulations to senior Andrew Herwitz on winning the national Wing It! Contest with his creative essay, Dirt, Rubber and the Living Earth. The Wing It! Contest is sponsored by the Global Film Initiative, a non-profit organization which promotes cross-cultural understanding through film. Click here to read Andrew's award-winning essay and learn more about the project. JCHS Opens New Garden Terrace
The JCHS community enjoyed our new Terrace for the first time on Wednesday, March 12! The sun came out in time to celebrate the opening of our beautiful outdoor terrace - which includes a grassy "meadow" for playing and lounging as well as space to create our first organic school garden! For the grand opening, Betzalel Massarano and Noah Efron planted a meyer lemon tree. Meet our Faculty
Meet Jennifer Sturgill, visual arts teacher, in our newest Faculty Spotlight >more | Boys and Girls Basketball Advance to the Playoffs
Congrats to both our boys and girls basketball teams on advancing to the PSAL playoffs this season! Boys varsity basketball closed their season with an overall record of 13-5 and a league record of 9-4. The girls team closed out their season with an overall record of 8-5 and a league record of 8-4. All League Athletes
Congratulations to following girls and boys basketball players that were chosen ALL-LEAGUE by the Private School Athletic League coaches. - Girls' Basketball
First Team - Sr. Forward, Sharon Aucar
Second Team - Jr. Guard, Haley Goldlist
Honorable-Mention - Jr. Forward, Danielle Diamond
- Boys' Basketball
First Team - Sr. Forward, Dore Dorzia
First Team - Jr. Guard, Ariel Gottlieb
Second Team - Jr. Forward, Jonathan Gergen
Honorable-Mention - So. Guard, Grant Fineman
Hip Hop Team Performs at the Warriors
The JCHS Varsity Hip Hop Team gave an amazing performance February 17 at Oracle Arena during halftime of the Golden State Warrior game! Their practice, preparation, and commitment really paid off, and they impressed the Warrior fans. Congratulations to the team! Environmental Club Annual E-Waste Drive
More than 700lbs of e-waste, including old computers, cell phones, batteries, mp3 music players and cameras, were collected by the JCHS Environmental Club and hand-delivered to the San Francisco Recycling & Disposal Center for environmentally safe disposal this Wednesday. | National Merit Finalists
Congratulations to seniors Betzalal M. and Hannah S. on becoming National Merit Scholarship FINALISTS! These students are being recognized as the top 5% of 1.5 million students who took the PSAT in 2008 RAVSAK's Moot Beit Din: Students Tackle Real Life Halakhah
Check out this article featuring JCHS senior Hannah Sosebee and her experiences in the RAVSAK Moot Beit Din competition (where JCHS won first place two years in a row!) >more January Faculty Spotlight
Zeke Kossover, Dean of Math and Science
"Sudents come first at JCHS. I've taught places where the faculty was excited about in-service days instead of teaching, and I always thought that was weird. I didn't go into teaching because I wanted to sit in meetings. At JCHS, everything we do is about increasing student learning>more
We are travelling around the world this year on our Journeys!
Click here to learn more about JCHS Journeys. The True Value of Teamwork
Learn more about sophomore Grant F. and his experience with the boys varsity basketball team in our newest student blog entry >more | December Faculty Spotlight
Evan Wolkenstein, Director of Experiential Education
Student Life department
"This year’s all-school Shabbaton retreat was largely student-run, and the programming bore the mark of their enthusiasm and leadership. When students share their wisdom
and passion to their peers, it is more effective – it’s not beyond their grasp but reflects
on what comes from within. . . more | Congrats JCHS All-League Athletes
The following athletes were awarded PSAL all-league honors for fall sports: Soccer: Martin Stillman (Honorable Mention) Volleyball: Jessica Katzki & Florencia Hasson (First Team), Sharon Aucar (Second Team), Jael Berger & Naomi Gillmor (Honorable Mention)
JCHS Students Establish the First Teen Volunteer Group at Delancey Street Foundation
On September 24, JCHS students heard a powerful presentation from a resident of the Delancey Street Foundation. Delancey Street, located on the San Francisco waterfront, is the country's leading residential self-help organization for former substance abusers, ex-convicts, homeless, and others. A number of students were so moved by the presentation, they decided to begin volunteering regularly at Delancey Street beginning November 4! Delancey is thrilled to be working with JCHS - the first teen group ever to volunteer at the facility. Interact Club Athletics Drive
The JCHS Interact Club is having a soccer uniform and equipment drive for anyone with used uniforms, cleats, guards, balls, nets, bags, or anything else soccer related. The 5 Interacters that are going down to Mazatlan, Mexico will be bringing your donations directly to the children in need. We will be collecting uniforms and equipment until Tuesday November 10. November Faculty Spotlight
Dylan Russell
Visual and Performing Arts Chair
"Teaching allows me to show students a path to express their passions and beliefs and to help them discover confidence. Although a performance has a momentary effect on the audience, teaching someone to have confidence to speak in front of an audience or to find their voice as a writer can have a lasting positive impact. . . more | Write on for Israel
Congratulations to the JCHS students who were selected to be part of the Write on for Israel program! Over the next 8 months Maddy Zacks, Sonya Karchemskiy, Jonah Keyak, Jessica Katzki, Danielle Diamond, Elijah Jatovsky, Rose Gluck, and Danyal Ovadia will meet with local journalists, historians and Israel/Middle East educators to learn more about Israel politics, economics and culture. They will also learn how to how to write letters to editors, their own editorials and to their representatives. Next summer they will travel to Israel to research a topic of their choice and create a documentary film that will be shown at the Contemporary Jewish Museum! AIPAC High School Summit
Congratulations to David Edelman, Amir Amado-Feeley , Jacob Cohen, Amit Kidron, Brody Paul, Danielle Diamond, Maddy Zacks, Rachel Shatz, Arielle Berman, Jessica Katzki, and Martine Glickfeld - who will be attending the AIPAC High School Summit from November 7-10 in Washington DC! The High School Summit will bring together 350 students from select Jewish Day Schools, synagogue youth groups, and teen leadership organizations nationwide that are committed to supporting the US-Israel relationship through involvement in the American political process. JCHS National Merit Scholars
Bravo to seven JCHS students who were recognized for being in the top 5% of more than 1.5 million students who took the PSAT in 2008. Two students were recognized as Semi-Finalists and will have an opportunity to become a Finalist and to compete for National Merit Scholarships!
Commended Students
Elana Cohn, Noah Efron, Andrew Herwitz, Benjamin Marinoff, and Netzach Miller Semifinalists
(16,000 out of 1.5 million students)
Betzalel Massarano and Hannah Sosebee | 100% of the JCHS staff and faculty have made a gift to the 2009-10 Annual Fund! Click here to learn more about the Annual Fund. Student Ambassador Blog
Learn more about JCHS directly from our students. Read our new student blog! JCHS Diller Teen Fellows
Congratulations to students Martin Stillman, Sarina Kernberg, Zoe Frankel, Sophia Wilkof and Jacob Cohen for being accepted into the Diller Teen Fellows program! All five JCHS students who applied to the program were accepted. The Diller Teen Fellows is an innovative program for 11th graders designed to inspire leadership among Jewish youth in our community. Focusing on social action, community involvement and Jewish learning, this year-long program includes a three-week summer seminar in Israel. During five Sunday workshops and four intensive weekend retreats, students will explore their Jewish identity, tzedakah, and tikkun olam. In addition, Diller participants will participate in community service projects and volunteer at Jewish community events. | JCHS has won a national award for our innovative and healthy food program! The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a national nonprofit organization that promotes healthy diets, has named JCHS the grand prize winner in the 2009 Golden Carrot Awards. Congratulations to Director of Food Services Stu Jacobs for his exceptional work providing healthy, vegetarian lunches to JCHS students! Read our feature article in the j. Weekly. CONGRATULATIONS to the JCHS athletes who competed in the San Francisco Maccabi Games August 2 through 7! The games brought more than 1,500 visiting athletes from 23 states and five countries to the Bay Area. JCHS had 12 athletes compete including Jacob Cohen, Dore Dorzia, Zoe Frankel, Ariel Gottlieb, Florencia Hasson, Jessica Katzki, Rachel Shatz, Benny Sosnick, Martin Stillman, and Maddy Zacks, as well as Grant Fineman and Jonathan Gergen who competed in the San Antonio games. JCHS Dean of Math and Science Performs at the San Francisco California Academy of Sciences
Bravo to Zeke Kossover for his physics demonstration during the Cal Academy Nightlife program on August 20, 2009. | Jews of the Fillmore
JCHS is featured in the newest exhibit Jews of the Fillmore as part of the Magnes Museum. Click here to read this feature in the j. Weekly about the exhibit.
| Original Student Performances
JCHS students from the playwriting/screenwriting class found their voices through original one act plays during the Spring drama production! Click here to read an article in the J. weekly about our Spring Drama - Nu Wurks. Girls Basketball
CONGRATULATIONS to the girls basketball team for qualifying for the PSAL Playoffs! The team tied for 5th within the 9 team league. They ended their successful season on February 17th after a close game against Liberty Baptist. Go Wolves! BattleBots 2009
Bravo to the JCHS Robotics Club on activating JCHS’s first robot, Mizbayakh, against 27 other high school teams on Friday, April 24th. Guided by Science Department Chair, Zeke Kossover, the team travelled to Mare Island and fought three impressive double elimination rounds. Click here to read more about the JCHS robot Mizbayakh at the 2009 BattleBots competition. First Place!
Congratulations to the talented JCHS Moot Beit Din (Mock Trial) team who competed against 15 other schools to win First Place at the North American competition in Denver, Colorado. The talented team was successful in defending our groundbreaking championship at the 2008 competition. Click here to read more about our award-winning Moot Beit Team.
| It was a wonderful evening!
Click here to learn more about the 2009 JCHS Spring Celebration.
| Congratulations to JCHS’s Bay Area Academic League (BAAL) who went to Concord to compete against Concord High School and San Leandro High School. During the round robin competition, JCHS’s A Team won all three of its matches while the B Team won one match and came in second in the other two. Transportation
JCHS is proud to feature a shuttle bus from Marin for the 2009/10 school year. Click here to learn more about JCHS transportation. Congratulations to Jewish studies teacher Naomi Dardik, who has won the Helen Diller Family Award for Excellence in Jewish Education in the Day School category. We are thrilled by this recognition of Naomi's outstanding work at JCHS. Click here to read a write up in the J. Weekly of the Diller Family award winners. Bravo to math teacher Miche Price who has received the Lloyd Sankowich Leadership Award from the San Francisco Chapter of the American Jewish Committee. She was recognized for her role in working to rebuild the local ACCESS (young leaders) Program.
| We are pleased to announce that the Jewish Community High School of the Bay (JCHS) has received a generous grant from the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, Marin, the Peninsula and Sonoma Counties (JCF) and the Koret Foundation for the purpose of faculty and staff professional development. We are grateful for this support which will allow JCHS to expand and enrich our faculty and staff development through training programs in the area of leadership development. This training initiative will be significant to the growth and continuing success of JCHS and its students. The Jewish Community Federation (JCF) of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties works to protect and enhance Jewish life through caring for those in need, strengthening and securing the safety of the Jewish people, and fostering Jewish renaissance at home and in Israel and other countries. For more information, call 415.777.0411 or visit www.sfjcf.org.
| Visit our interactive online art gallery
| Blues of the Fillmore
Bravo to the members of the Multicultural Youth Council for putting on an outstanding community block on the Blues of the Fillmore. Special thanks to our student-musicians Jason Lerman, Will Heyman and Spyq Sklar, for accompanying Blues legend, Bobbie Webb, during a musical performance at this week's community block. In addition to performing, Bobbie Webb shared stories about the rich history of the Fillmore/Western Addition. New Faces at JCHS
JCHS is proud to serve as a mentoring institution to students from the Pardes Educators Program in Jerusalem, a 2-year Jewish Studies program offering education for adults interested in teaching Jewish Studies at Jewish day schools in North America and Israel. JCHS's own Rabbi Andy Shapiro Katz and Evan Wolkenstein are graduates of this program. Pardes Educators Program Interns
Please welcome Stef Jadd and Micha Levin, second year students at Pardes Educators Program who are joining us as interns. They will be on campus every day from March 4 - 26. Stef and Micha will be teaching Talmud II Advanced, Comparative Religion, Navi u'Melech and some Jewish Thought classes while they are here. Party in Persia - A Big Success!
Bravo to the Social Club for putting on a great Party in Persia in honor of Purim! Highlights include: - 175 teens from all over the Bay Area attended
- We collected nearly 200 books to be donated to the Oakland Children's Hospital
- Students enjoyed a variety of activities including dancing, bounce house, professional photobooth, circus games and concessions
Purim at JCHS
Yasher koach to the students who volunteered to read the Megillah at this year's all-school Purim celebration: Uriel Sudikoff, Avi Schwartz, Sophia Wilkof, Betzalel Massarano, Hannah Sosebee, Aaron Taxy, Ethan Hall, Talia Beck, Aviva Herr-Welber and Josh Skootsky. Yasher Koach Class of 2012 on a successful Community Outreach Day #4
On Monday, March 9, students from the Class of 2012 made meals for over 300 people for the Glide program in the Tenderloin, and packed over 3000 lbs. of pasta, rice and fruit for disadvantaged individuals and families at the San Francisco Food Bank. That means that 40 people served a total of 3300 individuals in need!
| The following Israel Mission Statement was adopted by the JCHS Board of Directors on February 8. Identification with the State of Israel plays a central role in the mission of the Jewish Community High School of the Bay (JCHS) to shape a strong Jewish identity in its students both as students and later as adults in community life. We seek to forge connections that are positive, lasting, and personal between each student and Israel. JCHS supports the centrality of Israel for the Jewish people as it provides both religious and cultural inspiration and recognizes it as the national homeland for the Jewish people. We want JCHS graduates to understand the interconnection of the Jewish people in Israel and the Diaspora, and to develop a sense of personal responsibility for the continuation and strengthening of Klal Yisrael (the Jewish Peoplehood). We provide the means to create this understanding and ongoing relationship with Israel through the academic study of Israeli history, both ancient and modern, politics, current events and culture, Hebrew language and literature, as well as through
experiential activities. Israel Mission Statement Task Force of JCHS Board: Brian Kaye, Chair; Ray Edelman, Barbara Rosenberg, and Murray Zucker. Staff: Rabbi Howard Ruben, Igael Gurin-Malous Parent Book Club - Another Successful Year!
This marks the conclusion of the 5th annual Parent Book Club! This year, the group read A Pigeon and A Boy by Meir Shalev; The Periodic Table by Primo Levi
and Miriam's Kitchen by Elizabeth Ehrlich. Meetings were attended by parents of all four grades as well as parents of alumni. For more informaiton about the parent book club, contact Adele Dorison at
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| BAAL Team Wins their First Meet!
CONGRATULATIONS to JCHS's Bay Area Academic League team for winning their first meet, defeating the College Prep School, Berkeley High School, and Concord High School. BAAL matches are trivia competitions with an emphasis on the academic (though Brett Favre and the Simpsons did show up as answers). Students participating were: Aaron Applbaum, David Edelman, Toby Kearn, Rusty Kramer, Zoe Lindgren, Joshua Skootsky (captain), Hannah Sosebee (captain), Avi Schwartz and Aaron Taxy. Interfaith Holiday Party
This year's Interfaith Youth Holiday Party, hosted at JCHS, brought together over 80 youth from around the neighborhood to celebrate and learn about one another's holiday traditions! CONGRATULATIONS to Andrew Herwitz for winning First Prize at the Pacifica Youth Film Festival for his film, "Frances Bradford."
| AIPAC Summit - Washington, DC
Thirteen student delegates from JCHS, joined by one student from Palo Alto High School, spent several days in Washington, DC with the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), learning how to lobby for the key issues important to the American-Israel relation. They then spent time using their new knowledge to lobby politicians on Capitol Hill. Hadag Nahash Performs at JCHS
The Israeli band Hadag Nahash performed in the JCHS Auditorium on Friday, November 14. Currently on tour in the US, the Hip-Hop band was invited to perform as part of the Israel Education program at JCHS. The band is outspoken on social and political issues addressing Israel today. R.A.I.S.E. Workshop
Bravo to the student leaders of R.A.I.S.E. for running an outstanding workshop on peer pressure for 8th graders at Crocker Middle School! R.A.I.S.E. is a new student Va'ad that's committed to helping adolescents make healthy decisions about drugs and alcohol. Bravo to our 9th Grade Volunteers
Our 9th graders spent their Community Outreach Day packing 20,000 lbs. of oranges at the San Francisco Food Bank; weeding and installing native plants at the Visitacion Valley Greenway; and visiting with Senior Citizens at the Chaparral House in Berkeley.
| Gvanim Visits JCHS
As part of the San Francisco Jewish Federation's "Gvanim" program, a group of high ranking officers from the Israeli Defence Force visited JCHS. While at the school, officers attended Tefillah, joined Jewish Studies classes, participated in a Community Block panel discussion and ate lunch wtih students and faculty. Click here to read a highlight in the J. Weekly
| We are pleased to announce that the Jewish Community High School of the Bay (JCHS) has received a generous grant from the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, Marin, the Peninsula and Sonoma Counties (JCF) and the Koret Foundation for the purpose of faculty and staff professional development. We are grateful for this support which will allow JCHS to expand and enrich our faculty and staff development through training programs in the areas of Educational Technology, Mentor Teacher Development, Curriculum Development and Portfolio Assessment. These new training initiatives will be significant to the growth and continuing success of JCHS and its students. The Jewish Community Federation (JCF) of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties works to protect and enhance Jewish life through caring for those in need, strengthening and securing the safety of the Jewish people, and fostering Jewish renaissance at home and in Israel and other countries. For more information, call 415.777.0411 or visit www.sfjcf.org.
| JCHS's innovative Tefillah program is recognized for it's creativity and inclusivitiy.
JCHS offers nine different Tefillah classes including Traditional, Liberal, Arts and Yoga. Diller Teen Fellows
Four JCHS students were selected as Diller Teen Fellows from the Bureau of Jewish Education (BJE). Congratulations to Brianna Lerman, Ross Fineman, Elana White and Zoe Glas! Diller Teen Fellows is a selective leadership development program for entering 11th graders. Fellows meet with local activists, participate in community service projects and Jewish community events.
| The Law of Return: Rabbi comes back to the Bay Area as JCHS head
After more than 10 years away, Rabbi Howard Ruben is returning to the Bay Area — and he’s delighted. Following an extensive national search, the Jewish Community High School of the Bay in San Francisco selected Ruben as its new head of school.
| Scoring speaks for itself
Senior soccer player Jake Sklar ranks in the states top 40 in points, according to Maxpreps.com. Community Outreach
The Village Project Awards ceremony awards community volunteers who have helped local kids in tutoring and enrichment programs. JCHS students Alex Rosenbaum (’10), Leora Shachat (’10), Michal Edelman (’10), Zoe Glas (’09) and Anastasia Zankowsky (’08), and graduates Shannon Delany (’07), Elizabeth Klein (’07), Josh Levy (’07) and Elise Harrington (’07) received awards. Congratulations to Science Department Chair Zeke Kossover has been chosen to serve as a mentor teacher in the Exploratorium Teacher Institute's New Science Teacher Program. The Exploratorium explains, “Zeke was selected to serve as a mentor both because of the active role he has played in the Exploratorium Teacher Institute and because he is an exemplary science teacher with much to offer our novices.”
| Five JCHS seniors have been named “Commended Students” by the National Merit Corporation for their strong performance on the PSAT in their junior year. Congrats to Eliana Greenberg, Sam Hecht, Maria Lipkina, Jake M. Sklar, and Roman Zhuk! Of the 1.4 million juniors nationally who sat for the PSAT in October 2006, only those students who scored in the top 3.5 percent were commended in this way.
| Congratulations to senior Ruben Raskin! Ruben’s play, And the Cigars Will Burn All Night Long: The Dreams of the Common Man, was recorded this summer as a podcast through RadioStar Network. You can find this groundbreaking work at: http://www.radiostarnetwork.com/ Congratulations to Dan Leibowitz, our Director of Educational Support, was selected by the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) to receive an NAIS Fellowship for Aspiring School Heads. He is one of 36 Fellows selected nationwide.
| JV Elite
Senior Mike Yagudayev was selected to the Jewish Hoops All-America Honorable Mention Team and is one of the top 20 ranked players from Jewish high schools around the country.
| Rabbi makes volunteering part of high school's charter
Rabbi Mark Goodman, JCHS's Community Outreach Director, doesn’t just teach Talmud to students at JCHS. He makes them live it.
| Tournament Champions!
JCHS Wolves Cap 18-3 Season with SSBL Tournament Championship. Bravo to Aryeh Cantor, Class of 2009, was awarded the 2007 Prudential Spirit of Community "Certificate of Excellence" for his participation last summer in "The Road Less Traveled" -- in which he spent 2 weeks restoring homes in New Orleans. When it comes to college essays, three JCHS grads know the secrets
Three 2005 graduates of Jewish Community High School of the Bay share their winning essays in the “Real College Essays That Work,” by Edward B. Fiske and Bruce G. Hammond. The authors, who’ve collaborated on a number of respected college guides, submit that the 109 essays in the 2006 book are excellent examples.
| Chair of JCHS Judaic Studies Department Receives National Award for Excellence
JCHS's extraordinary faculty member, Dr. Peggy Sandel, was one of 50 recipients of the Grinspoon Steinhardt National Award for Excellence in Jewish Education. She has been working in the field of Jewish education for 10 years. JCHS Community Outreach Program Profile
Rabbi Mark Goodman and the JCHS Community Outreach Program were profiled in the Western Addition's community newspaper, "Western Edition." Making a Difference Award
The JCHS Interfaith Teen Council received the "Making a Difference Award: Bringing Peace to the City of San Francisco." Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi presented the award to the student group's founder, 11th grader Eugeniya Kirovskaya, for their work with faith-based youth groups throughout District 5 to build bridges of understanding in the community. | Dr. Ruth sticks to life lessons at JCHS graduation
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the famed sex therapist, was keynote speaker the 2006 JCHS graduation. Westheimer told the graduates how lucky they were to have received a Jewish education. She urged students to maintain their ties to their heritage, while recognizing that in college they will meet many people and potentially could fall in love with someone who is not Jewish.
| JCHS boys’ basketball runs away with league title
The JCHS Wolves bounce back from an earlier loss to Arrowsmith Academy to capture the school’s first league title with a decisive victory over that same Arrowsmith squad. JCHS senior smokes the competition — and grills and sautées, too
JCHS Senior Ezra Malmuth was selected as one of 21 finalists in the National High School Culinary Challenge in Providence, R.I. Up for grabs: a four-year, $80,000 scholarship at the prestigious Johnson & Wales University in Providence. |
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