Feb 03 2017 by Rochelle Zell Jewish High School

7 Shvat, 5777

This Week at Rochelle Zell

February 3, 2017

Seniors Return Israel Experience Concludes

Curriculum Night Senior Israel Experience This Week in Basketball APUSH Debate Choir Concert Science and Math Adventures Sponsor Ad Book Alumni News Save the Date

Community News Alumni Trivia

Class Schedule Monday, February 6 BB Tuesday, February 7

Thirty‐three red seniors and four exhausted staﬀ marched oﬀ the plane this Monday morning, bringing the senior Israel experience to its rousing conclusion. The class's last Shabbat was spent in Jerusalem at the Italian Synagogue and the Shirah Chadashah minyan, where our students were welcomed with open arms. The extra day in the south was spent learning about rural agriculture, plus a visit with homing pigeons, who, un l 1956, maintained their own corps in the Israeli army's communica on systems. Many, many thanks to the indefa gable Coach David Mar nez for logis cs management above and beyond the call of duty, to Ms. Becky Charous for late‐night supervision past all belief, to Dr. Rebecca Schorsch for maintaining I‐

Thou rela onships even during an all‐night layover, and to Rabbi Zach Silver, Hamilton YouTube sensa on extraordinaire, the devoted 2017 chaperones. Welcome back also to our senior interns, who did their learning stateside! Meira Levine shadowed at Northwestern University Hospital, in preventa ve medicine, onco‐fer lity, and cardiology. "It was an incredible experience," Meira glows. "I learned so much about different fields of medicine. For one thing, I learned from my onco‐fer lity mentor that females are not generally included in research studies‐‐medical studies are almost always performed on male volunteers. It's not fair and it's not sensible; our bodies work differently, our medicines have different effects, and we're trying to promote more studies that will appropriately diagnose and treat women's bodies ." Good for you, Meira!

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Curriculum Night

February 7 Academic Planning Mee ng for Sophomores

February 12 ACT

February 20 No School

February 22‐26 Miami Basketball Shabbaton

March 2‐3 All‐School Shabbaton

March 13 Shushan Purim

March 15‐19 Model U.N.

March 20 No School

The 2017 Curriculum Night was a success! We greeted 43 families from local and Chicago neighborhoods including students from Solomon Schechter, Akiba Schechter, Chicago Jewish Day School, Hillel Torah and several public middle schools. Our Head of School, Tony Frank, welcomed our guests and showed them a videographic preview of school life. Families reviewed op ons for athle cs, then followed a modiﬁed schedule where teachers prepared mini lessons providing a glimpse into what ninth graders could expect next year. A HUGE thank you to all the staﬀ, student, and parent volunteers who supported this incredible event. Our guests got

a true sense of why Rochelle Zell is their ﬁrst choice for high school!

This Week in Basketball Despite a long winter hiatus, the boys' basketball team came out strong this week! The Tigers defeated Elgin Academy 60‐49 with a great start to the second semester season. Sammy Vayngart led the team in scoring with 17 points and Eli Nasa r chipped in 13 points. In their second game of the week, the Tigers traveled to Chicago to take on St. Benedict's Prep. They were in top form as they started the game with 13‐0 run. The Tigers were led by Eli Nasa r with 17 points and Felix Rosen contributed with 12. The freshman/sophomore boys did very well against Elgin Academy as well! The Tigers look to con nue their success at home against Fasman Yeshiva this Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

The girls' basketball team concluded its conference season with a loss to Ellison 49‐ 36. On a brighter note, junior Jenna Miller has been chosen as a member of the Chicagoland Prep Conference All‐Conference ﬁrst team! Freshman Elitsa Sklar has been awarded a place on the All‐Conference second team! Congratula ons to both girls for this outstanding honor!

PostIndustrial Tensions Debate Rages in A.P. U.S. History Class

Mrs. June Kramer's Advanced Placement U.S. History students assumed the roles of late 19th century immigrants, labor leaders and captains of industry. They passionately portrayed the conﬂic ng points of view emerging at the cusp of the modern age. Is unbridled capitalism compa ble with democracy? Is economic inequality the law of nature? What is necessary to build a strong na on? Mrs. Kramer reports, "We heard historical tes mony from labor, management, and the immigrants caught in the middle. To mi gate the tension, we enjoyed kosher snacks developed at the turn of the century: Cracker Jack and Oreos."

Science and Math Adventures

Anatomy Class Gets Their Blood Moving

This week in anatomy, students measured their peripheral blood flow with color‐changing liquid crystal thermometer sheets. They observed the effects of gravity, vasoconstric on, and vasodila on on the blood flow to their hands. Why so blue? Can you explain?

Math team par cipated in its fourth meet of the season against Deerﬁeld, Lake Forest, Warren, and Carmel. Our senior team earned second place, which is phenomenal, considering that ﬁve out of the seven contestants were not seniors at all, but rising stars of the underclassmen levels! The seniors worked on the topic of vector analy c graphing, and our junior team earned third place on the topic of sequences and series. Congratula ons to our "seniors" in compe on: freshman Alex Bernat, junior Hadar Halivni, sophomores Jake Korol, David Levin, Josh Weisskopf, and seniors David Weisskopf and Akiva Stein.

Alumni News Kol Hakavod to to Daniel Warshawsky (CJHS '11) for being inducted into the IDF last night at a ceremony at the Kotel for the tzanhanim paratrooper brigade. Mazal Tov to his faily, including brother Josh Warshawsky (CJHS '08) and parents, Rochelle Zell board members Tami and Reuben Warshawsky. Mrs. Warshawsky sends Josh's report from Israel, "It was incredibly emo onal to stand at the Kotel and watch as 600 new paratroopers saluted the ﬂag and thousands of people sang Ha kvah. The Rabbi of the paratroopers gave a beau ful charge to the new soldiers, telling them to be strong and brave, ‫ואמצו‬ ‫חזקו‬, the same thing we've been telling our soldiers since the ancient me of Joshua. At the same me, he proudly shared that this task of bearing arms is not forever, but only un l we reach the me Isaiah spoke about, when all people will beat their swords into plowshares, and na on will no longer threaten na on with war. I cried tears of pride, tears of fear, tears of hope for a future of peace. I love you, Daniel, ‫ואמץ‬ ‫"!חזק‬

Brookdale Concert

Choir Performs in Vernon Hills The Vocal Ensemble performed in Vernon Hills yesterday as part of the a ernoon music series at Brookdale Assisted Living. Yasher koach to singers Arielle Bledsoe, Adam Budin, Emma Canter, Hannah Cohen, Shoshana Frank, Jonah Hammel, Marc Luban, Aitan Maeir, Jonah Magill, Sam Shoshani, Emma Siegel, Sarah Tenner, and Claire Weingarten.

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Adver se your business in the Rochelle Zell Jewish High School ad book supplement to the yearbook. Recall memories, give a bit of advice, or simply extend good wishes to students, the community or to the faculty and staff. Click here for an order form, or pick up a form in the school office. Complete and submit to the front office at Rochelle Zell Jewish High School in an envelope marked 'yearbook'. All ad book submissions are due April 7. For ques ons or more informa on, contact Ms. Averbach at 847.423.5977.

Alumni Trivia It's posi vely felicitous! Which of our sweet young alumni is in the juiciest business there is?

Save the Date Performing Arts Night, P.O. Book Club, and Wagner Ins tute