Category: Students

Brainy Bundles

Ella Sherman - Monday, May 6, 2013

Ella Sherman Staff Writer The Brainy Bundles Book Collection, a book drive benefitting the organizations Haven Hills and Beyond Shelter, began April 24 and will continue until May 31. The drive is accepting new or gently used books for children up to the age of 10, which will be donated to recovering victims of domestic [...]

AP Tiyulim at Milken? Don’t count on it…

stu61891 - Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Joel Seligman Staff Writer With the Advanced Placement (AP) season coming a month after Tiyulim Week, the week of April 8th this year, many students in AP classes are raising complaints about their inability to use Tiyulim week to study for their AP tests. Classes like the AP United States History (APUSH) class have [...]

Milken in Philadelphia for ILMUNC

stu61891 - Friday, February 1, 2013

Joel Seligman Staff Writer The Milken delegation to the Ivy League Model United Nations Conference (ILMUNC) brought back a few positive experiences from their excursion to the University of Pennsylvania. The 17 delegates and one staff, Samantha Robbins, Director of Campus Events, brought back exhaustion, fond memories, a profound appreciation for Los Angeles weather, and [...]

The 10th-Grade Shabbaton

Jordana Gotlieb - Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Jordana Gotlieb Staff Writer Last Friday morning, there was a different schedual in store for the sophomores: the annual 10th Grade Shabbaton, a break from regular classes and the monotony of the school rigor. It was a time of bonding, learning and fun. With almost the entire grade participating, students set out on buses to [...]

Fifth annual Fashion with Compassion

cmcadamis - Monday, November 19, 2012

Jordana Gotlieb Staff Writer The tradition continued on November 4, 2012 with Milken’s fifth annual Fashion with Compassion. Starting on a fall Sunday morning and leading into the early hours of the afternoon, the event took place at the Stephen S. Wise Temple’s main sanctuary. With an attendance of approximately 600 people, this year’s show [...]

The artistic side of Milken

Leah Kuperman - Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Leah Kuperman Staff Writer On Friday, October 26, the Milken art department held an art fair in the amphitheater. The fair’s purpose was to showcase the various art electives offered while enabling students to discover their artistic interests. “Seeing examples of the work inspires the students who to consider taking an art class,” Ms. Mary [...]

Yozma group receives JWW award

Gabi Kamran - Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Gabi Kamran Staff Writer For three days in February of 2012, Milken’s Beit Midrash was transformed into an interactive museum about the atrocities in Darfur and the Congo. The exhibit was called “From Darkness to Light: Genocide to Activism” and was built from the ground up by Yozma’s Jewish World Watch group. The museum [...]

Milken government students’ site explains the election issues

cmcadamis - Friday, October 19, 2012

Alexandra Peris Contributing Writer This website was produced under the guidance of Mr. Lawrence, Mrs. Whiting and Mr. Sackett. Mr. Lawrence’s government classes researched the material contained in the website. Our ultimate goal is to provide students with an educational bipartisan tool that allows both students and adults to compare the views of Barack Obama [...]

New Oneg program energizes campus

Natallie Mashian - Monday, October 15, 2012

Natallie Mashian Staff Writer Say goodbye to the Oneg you knew. With a vision and goal similar to the old Oneg, a group of faculty and administrators wanted to create a valued and driven experience that is largely about community building. Now students will show up together, say hamotzi and create a culture of honoring [...]

2011-2012 Milken Top 10: Number 7 – Color Wars

Gabriel Freeman - Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Jake Davidson and Gabe Freeman Editors-in-Chief The Countdown: Number 10: Food Wars Number 9: The Voice Number 8: Occupation on the Gridiron Topic: Color Wars For Number 7, we recount the ups and downs of Color Wars. Color Wars was a surprise this year. Literally, it surprised us. This year color wars created a buzz [...]