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39° Rockville, MD
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The Lion's Tale
The student news site of Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School

The Lion's Tale
The student news site of Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School

The Lion's Tale
Sara Sporkin

Sara Sporkin, In-Depth Editor

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What I'll miss about JDS

What I’ll miss about JDS

Sara Sporkin, Outgoing In-Depth Editor
January 25, 2019
In-Depth editor Sara Sporkin sits down each night at dinner to eat with her family, a time she has come to value.

Spend quality time at family dinners

Sara Sporkin, In-Depth Editor
December 11, 2018
Writing in her individual journal, sophomore Arava Rose responds to the daily prompt in journaling Zman Kodesh.

Prayer through pencils: Creative options offered for Zman Kodesh

Sara Sporkin, In-Depth Editor
October 26, 2018
Students gathered throughout the day yesterday to watch and listen to the senate hearing.

Presumption of innocence must be upheld in Kavanaugh hearing

Sara Sporkin, In-Depth Editor
September 28, 2018
Junior Natalie Buckwold starts preparing for this year's final exams using a review binder. This year's final exams will count for less than previously.

Finals weight reduced to 10 percent

Sara Sporkin, In-Depth Editor
May 30, 2018
One middle school student works on determining how the phrase “V'Ahavta Le'Rei'akha KamoKha” can translate into everyday school situations. The session explored the implications of loving one’s neighbor as one loves oneself.

Middle school administration launches kindness initiative

Aliza Rabinovitz and Sara Sporkin
October 24, 2017

Upper School to host inaugural Jewish Intercamp Games on Sunday

Sara Sporkin, News Editor
October 20, 2017
Freshmen Oren Minsk and Nate Miller recruit members of the Progressives Club. The crowd around the table was unexpected, but common at the well-attended club fair.

Club fair promotes student involvement

Sara Sporkin, News Editor
September 27, 2017
Pulse of the school: President Trump's immigration executive order

Pulse of the school: President Trump’s immigration executive order

Ilana Kaplan and Sara Sporkin
February 3, 2017
Sophomores Alexis Bell and Shira Finke rest on the wall during swim practice.

Lions make a splash

Sara Sporkin, Reporter
January 19, 2017
Seventh-graders Ari Cribbs and Avigayil Fishman work on knitting projects in the Gender and Sexuality Alliance club during the middle school Huggim period.

Funky Friday

Sara Sporkin, Reporter
November 28, 2016
JDS weighs in: Utilizing Office Hours

JDS weighs in: Utilizing Office Hours

Sara Sporkin, Reporter
November 1, 2016
Reporters Ilan Cohen and Sara Sporkin.

Real-time reactions to the third presidential debate

Ilan Cohen and Sara Sporkin
October 20, 2016
Sophomore Max Rogal reaches for his binder, which contains materials for all nine of his classes.

Organizing the odds and evens

Sara Sporkin, Reporter
September 13, 2016
Senior Elizabeth Warrick and her friends fence together on Jun. 28, 2015.

Lions out of the den

Sara Sporkin, Reporter
June 1, 2016
Freshman Seth Eisenstein plays tennis at the Israeli Tennis Center in Haifa on a trip to Israel with his synagogue.

Q&A with Seth Eisenstein

Sara Sporkin, Reporter
April 11, 2016
New high school principal meets with students

New high school principal meets with students

Sara Sporkin, Reporter
April 8, 2016
Junior Mollie Griminger holds the final draft of her ISearch after completing it in her Rhetoric and Composition class.

ISearch essay moved to senior year

Sara Sporkin, Reporter
March 21, 2016
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