Lauren Mermelstein A few days ago, I was walking down the third-floor hallway, and I couldn’t help but notice how dark it was. Well, it’s usually so dark that you would think the lights never work, but that day, it was really dark. Like middle-of-the-night-walking-into-an-abyss kind of dark. It was, in fact, a Monday, but
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Ruby Benjamin As the Class of 2019 moves out of Barrack and into their oh-so-bright futures, the administration begins to turn their attention to the Class of 2020: also known as “The Special Grade.” Mrs. Levin insists that this charming title is as a result of 2020 being a class that has mostly been together
Rebecca Shaid I was sitting in class one day when all of a sudden a loud burst of noise erupts from the doorway and a multitude of seniors pile into the confined room. I was confused and flustered with no idea what was about to happen. It wasn’t until the big group of kids starting
Lauren Mermelstein and Sophie Warsetsky You are a prospective parent visiting Barrack. You see, lining every wall, the new, professionally-curated photographs of students. “Boy, do these students love where they learn,” you think to yourself as you stare at a photograph of a young child perfecting the hand raise. While these pictures seem like the
Rebecca Shaid If you’re a new student or have a teacher you’ve never had before, forget that class syllabus and Derech Eretz pledge! This guide to talking in class is the only thing you’ll need. Anderson: Talk about feminism or Bernie Sanders, and you’re good-to-go. Rabbi Yondorf: Just smile when he looks your way. Mrs.
Devora Solomon I have often wondered, as I’m sure many of you have, what exactly goes on in Rav Will’s office at break when the swarms of middle schoolers spill out into the hallway. Are they there to doodle on the whiteboard? Have the Dum Dum flavors improved? Or are they simply there for the
Ruthie Davis So you all know The Bachelor. Many of you think it’s trash, stupid and not worth your time, I’m sure. But I’m here to tell you that not only is The Bachelor great TV, it is also very educational. In fact, it is relevant and worth being studied in each and every one
Rebecca Shaid I turn into the back entrance of Barrack Hebrew Academy. A bead of sweat drips down my face as I see the space in front of me that is supposed to fit one large yellow school bus (or a white Barrack half schoolbus) and 1 normal car. I don’t think I can make
Hillel Weitzman As most schools do, Barrack strives to have a clean, plain smell throughout its main building. While this fragrance, or lack thereof, can provide comfort and aromatic ease for the Barrack community, I like cheese more. Obviously, asking the administration to make the whole place smell like cheese is a radical and impossible
By Hillel Weitzman and Yasi Stein One of the few new policies added to the handbook this past summer was a rule disallowing students from wearing pajamas to school. Some students, who have been wearing PJs to school for years, took particular offense to this rule change, and felt like it was an infringement on
