Profile: Assistant Library Media Specialist Mirele Kessous
Irit Skulnik, Assistant Style Editor
October 16, 2018
Filed under Features, Showcase
Mirele Kessous left her job at CESJDS as the Upper School Librarian in 2016. Flash forward two years, and she is back as the Assistant Library Media Specialist. In that time, Kessous had two children and worked a part-time job as a first grade teacher at Leo Bernstein Jewish Academy. LBJA was as a f...
Peaceful puppies: Therapy dogs aim to comfort students
Jessica Gallo, Guest Writer
October 12, 2018
Filed under Features, Showcase
Six therapy dogs and their owners stood on the front lawn of CESJDS on Oct. 8 waiting for the lunch bell to ring. They weren’t just here to play: as certified therapy dogs, they were here to work. Once the bell rang, students came outside and played with the dogs to destress as part of a wellnes...
Community reacts to dress code policy change
Matthew Rabinowitz, Assistant Opinion Editor
October 3, 2018
Filed under Features, Showcase
This school year, the CESJDS administration updated the required length for dresses, skirts and shorts. Moving away from previous years' below-the-knee rule, the school initially decided to base an appropriate length on "if you're comfortable and respectful of the environment," Dean of Students Roslyn...
Keep stress in check
Shira Godin, Style Editor
August 28, 2018
Filed under Features, Showcase
With stress levels high at CESJDS, starting this school year, two new policies are being implemented to decrease student stress. Phones will be put in the back of classrooms to limit distraction and the anxiety resulting from it, and students will not be allowed to ask questions during tests. “Our...
New faces introduced to community: Spotlight on four of the twelve new faculty members this school year
Sabrina Bramson and Becca Weiss
August 28, 2018
Filed under Features, Showcase
Paying for pencils: Supplies funded by department budgets
Oren Minsk, Assistant In-Depth Editor
August 28, 2018
Filed under Features, Showcase, Uncategorized
Towards the end of the summer, CESJDS students head to the store for pencils, highlighters and notebooks, but they’re not the only ones. JDS departments are also stocking up on materials for the year, but with what money? Each year, all JDS departments are allotted a certain amount of money fro...
Out-of-school sports climbs in popularity
June 5, 2018
Filed under Features, Showcase
When not in school, eighth-grader Shevi Lerner could be 30 feet in the air clinging to rocks and ascending walls and mountains. Lerner attended a Bat Mitzvah party at Earth Treks in Rockville when she was eight years old. She realized that she enjoyed climbing and decided to attend a summer camp at Earth...
Fostering opportunities for advocacy
Alex Landy, Reporter
May 30, 2018
Filed under Features
Junior Macie Gelb walked the streets of D.C. in the 2016 Women's March, hoping to empower women across America. For many CESJDS students, being engaged and involved in political events is commonplace. Students attend rallies, conventions, forms of protests and other politically-associated events during...
Students turned teachers: New program to the area encourages expansion of Jewish learning
Amelia Davidson, News Editor
May 30, 2018
Filed under Features
As summer approaches and most students wind down their Judaic learning for the year, sophomores Josh Diewald and Josh Siegel have embarked on an entirely new form of Jewish study. This time, however, they are the teachers. The two are participants in the Student to Student project, an initiative new...
Families in uniform: community supports relatives of soldiers
Daphne Kaplan, Reporter
May 30, 2018
Filed under Features
While junior Abby Elson watched her father’s Naval retirement ceremony, tears came to her eyes as she recognized the magnitude of her father’s commitment. Many faculty members and relatives of students serve or have served in various positions of the military. Some served in the Israeli Defen...
Where the grade funds go
Daphne Kaplan, Reporter
April 25, 2018
Filed under Features, Showcase
Classes raise funds by having various types of social events and fundraisers each school year. But some students do not know where these funds end up. According to Dean of Students Roslyn Landy, every class has its own bank account. As each grade earns money, it is put in that account, where it can be ...
Spanish teacher publishes new book
October 15, 2018
After world Languages Department Chair and Spanish teacher Dr. Silvia Kurlat Ares heads home from a long school day, she works late into the night researching, writing and revising academic books and articles....
Broadway star Ethan Slater and JDS alum speaks to students
October 10, 2018
The atmosphere is hectic on opening night of the new musical, Spongebob Squarepants: The Broadway Musical, as the main character Ethan Slater tries to find some calm to get in the right mindset for his...
CESJDS students react to Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation
October 8, 2018
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