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Four departments to revise curricula The History, Science, Hebrew and English Departments are planning to change their curricula for the next school year in order to address several
concerns.
'Tolerance Week' established A school-wide Teaching Tolerance Week program is being created in response to Sept. 11 and in order to help students identify and reduce prejudice and stereotyping.
Arts:
‘more than just a refuge’
For many students, school is not just a place of academic achievement.
Rather, what one accomplishes at school may rest on many factors outside
of the academic realm.
Editorial Recycle;
it’s the law
In a recent investigation, The Lion’s Tale discovered that currently
there are no active recycling programs at the Upper School campus. During
the freshman class meeting on Feb. 12, Assistant Principal Laura Jacobs
told the students that managing recycling has never been the
responsibility of the administration but rather that of the students.
Renken
leads girls’
teams by
example
When new Girls Varsity Basketball Coach and physical education
teacher Tracy Renken arrived at JDS this past September, she was relieved
to finally take a break from the college basketball scene after seven
years of playing and coaching.
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Wanted: The
In-Depth section is currently seeking people connected to the JDS community
(students, faculty, alumni, parents, etc.) to write an insightful piece about
the Mid-East conflict.
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Sports
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BJV wins PVAC and goes 13-0
As the boys
junior varsity basketball team took the court at the start of the PVAC
championships against the Barrie Day Mustangs, it knew that the next 32 minutes
of the game would determine if its championship dreams would come true.
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