Dassi Wolovitz

Graduation Date: June 19

High School: Beatrice Stone Yavne High School

Hometown: Cleveland Heights

Synagogue: Shomre Shabbos

Jewish Activities: Bigs and Littles (Hebrew Academy of Cleveland Mentoring Program), Saltzman Youth Panel (Jewish Federation of Cleveland)

Parents: Dr. Brian and Jill Wolovitz

With her graduation on June 19, Dassi Wolovitz re ected on how COVID-19 impacted her experience at Beatrice Stone Yavne High School.

“I think the hardest part was not being with other people, but I mean it was de nitely an adjustment, but I feel like the good memories outweigh the negative in that aspect,” Wolovitz

SOBLE | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 38 changing. said.

“I’ve always wanted to be in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) eld and I want to help people, and so going to med school is de nitely something that I could see myself doing,” Soble said.

Wolovitz said that her favorite activity in high school was the Chesed Volunteer Service she led.

“It really gave me a really good outlook at the community,” she said. “And we were able to do programming that could show how important it is to volunteer and to, you know, spread the kindness that we can, wherever we can.” is year, Wolovitz said the Chesed Volunteer Service’s theme is “making waves.”

“ e more volunteering, the more that you do, the more waves you make,” Wolovitz said.

“Like you never know your impact.”

She said she is fond of her experience in high school because of the peers around her.

“So I come from a class of a grade of forty girls who really are all di erent backgrounds, very diverse, but even though we’re not all one and the same, we still are able to create such close bonds as a grade and it no longer feels like a grade, it feels like a family,” Wolovitz said.

After she graduates, she is taking a gap year in Israel at Machone Raaya in Jerusalem, a Bais Yaakov seminary. Wolovitz explained that a gap year is a norm at her high school and within her family.

“I think it’s just a pathway for growth and I wanted to have that experience before I can, you know, really take steps towards my career and my goals,” she said.

After her gap year, Wolovitz is planning to attend the Lander College for Women, a branch of Touro University in New York City, where she will be a part of the honors program. She is hoping to specialize in biology and eventually attend PA (physician assistant) school.

Touro University is a Jewish college, and Wolovitz plans to continue her involvement in the Jewish community while attending.

“I was thinking of probably when I go there, hopefully to be able to teach at like a Sunday school,” she said. “I know they do like to have programs through the college for that to, you know, kind of spread Jewish beliefs and be able to teach young children about that.”

FreshFest, a program for freshmen that includes a day of activities with the university’s Hillel.

“And Miami does have a big Jewish population, which is also one of the reasons that the school attracted me just because it’s nice being able to be around other kids that are similar to me and have similar backgrounds,” Soble said.

STEWART | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 38 of Cincinnati for a doctorate of medicine and of philosophy as she hopes to one day work in a research lab as well as see patients.

She said she will be involved in Jewish life in college and plans to start early to participate in the Hillel’s

“I was always interested in genetics and in research,” Stewart said. “And then throughout college, I realized

MazalTovtoourClassof2023

that I still love those, but that I also wanted to have the more personal interaction that you get by seeing patients, which is why I wanted to do both.”

Our Graduates will be attending:

Beachwood High School

Cleveland Heights High School

Hawken School

Laurel School

Mayfield High School

Notre Dame Cathedral Latin

Orange High School

Shaker Heights High School

Solon High School

University School

Our Class of 2019 will be attending:

Boston College

Emory University

George Washington University

Midreshet Amudim

University of Buffalo

University of California Irvine

University of Cincinnati

University of Rochester

Yeshiva University