Lion's Share - October/November 2017

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LION'S SHARE

Juda and Maria Diener Lower School | Samuel and Henrietta Scheck Middle School | Ben Lipson Upper School Welcome to Lion’s Share: Scheck Hillel Community School’s Grade 6-12 bulletin covering news about curriculum, college counseling and our community.

Connect with the names, faces and initiatives that make Scheck Hillel a college preparatory school that develops global citizens with enduring Jewish identity and values. For more school information, please visit eHillel.org.

cultivating the values of Health & fitness

Who's who in the physical education department Early Childhood Education (PKT-PK4) Silvina Druguer, Faculty Lower School (Kindergarten- Grade 5) Manuel Gonzalez, Faculty Dewayne Rogers, Athletic Coordinator Upper School (Grades 6-12) Tyler Conrad, Faculty Cindy Lyon, Athletic Director Elizabeth Morgan, Department Chair Mike Norman, Assistant Athletic Director Schoolwide Athletic Trainer Samuel Espinosa

fitness resources @ Scheck Hillel

Building on the health and wellness foundation established in Lower School, a key goal of the Scheck Hillel Physical Education (PE) program in Upper School is to promote active engagement in physical activity - ready for the gym, field or fitness center.

Students in Grades 6-8 learn sportspecific skills, strategies and rules.

Emphasis is also placed on the social and emotional aspects of healthy living.

In Grades 9-12, courses include Health, Personal Fitness and Beginning Weight Training. The Grade 9 Health class is oriented toward responsible decisionmaking and planning for a healthy lifestyle.

Students enrolled in PE participate in four classes each week. The FitnessGram, an annual assessment tool, helps students understand the Diener Athletic Center elements of fitness and to set personal State-of-the-art facility including a gym with regulation basketball and volleyball courts; fitness goals. Just as students develop competency in different academic center with weight room and girls' & boys' locker areas, PE allows them to pursue rooms excellence in the health, fitness and Regulation Football/Soccer/Lacrosse Field athletic arenas, as well.

student voices: phys ed @ Scheck Hillel

"I like that school cares not only about academics, but also about our physical health and well-being."

-Stephanie Weisinger, Grade 10

(above, L) with Coach Elizbeth Morgan

"I enjoy working out in class with my friends and coaches. We motivate each other."

-David Rayek, Grade 10 (above, R) Physical education is part of a multifaceted student experience that also includes social-emotional learning led by school counselors and a daily lunch menu that offers healthy, organic items, underlining how Scheck Hillel cares for the health and well-being of the whole child.

college visits spark insights, connections

...VANDERBILT...BRANDEIS...SYRACUSE...TULANE...NORTHEASTERN...UMASS AMHERST...

Scheck Hillel is honored to welcome representatives from more than 30 colleges and universities to campus every year. These representatives come from across the country to recruit our students, who in turn gain insight about academic programs, campus environment, Jewish life, extracurricular opportunities and admission requirements. These visits are an exceptional opportunity for Scheck Hillel students to learn about the abundance of college options available to them and to start determining the characteristics that make a college an ideal fit for them.

Frequently, representatives who visit our campus also sit on the admission committee for their school, empowering our students to make a strong first impression.

Next up: College Counseling & Gap Year Planning Kickoff

Grade 9-10 Students & Parents - Wednesday, November 8, 2017 @ 7 PM - Rose and Lew Goodman Beit MidrashÂ

Q&A With salomon sterental, '09, music startup co-founder Where do you live at the moment?

Miami, FL What is your current profession and where do you work?

I run my own startup, SoStereo.com. We build tech tools to help put music in advertising and commercials. After college, I was working with independent artists and saw that streaming/sales weren't making musicians any money anymore. I saw an opportunity for artists to work with brands as a way of making ancillary revenue, but no one was bridging the gap between brands and artists - less so in a scalable way. We now have over 3,000 artists on our platform.

What educational path did you follow?

I got a bachelor's degree in music production and engineering at Berklee College of Music.

Producing a song takes good project management - from dealing with songwriters and artists with a vision, the musicians who perform it, to the engineers who record the music and mix everything. That prepared me well for building a company.

Photo courtesy of Salo Sterental

READ SALOMON'S FULL BIO AT EHILLEL.ORG/ALUMNI.

We'd love to hear from you! Share what you've been up to since your days at Scheck Hillel. Contact Jessica Wiznitzer, Development and Alumni Engagement Associate at 305.305.931.2831 x833, or wiznitzer@eHillel.org.

What is most rewarding about the work you do? What are the challenges?

Rewarding: I love building things. Whether it's a song, our service platform or something even bigger, like the company - I love the idea of taking something from nothing.

Challenging: A lot of learning on the job. Sometimes I need to be a financial analyst, or a product development manager - a lot of different hats.

What is one essential academic or life skill you honed at Scheck Hillel?

I learned the importance of being resourceful. I was in student government and other leadership positions, so I knew that I couldn't let my classmates down. That meant getting results one way or the other and figuring things out - resourcefulness. That's something that is super important in today's professional environment.

What is your advice for future Scheck Hillel students who might consider a career in your field?

Be resourceful. That might be redundant - but if you're passionate about something and want something enough, the world today is wide open for you to go out and do it. Learn as much as you can, read articles, research, find your way to get a foot in the door, and then be prepared and resourceful enough to kick the door wide open once you have a chance.