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Our Student Ambassadors are one of the many ways we connect with prospective families as they explore The Weber School. Our ambassadors are articulate, exude warmth, and serve as excellent role models for visiting students and families. This year's ambassadors are: Josh Blum, Alex Estroff, David Feldman, Allie Fixelle, Allison Fuhrman, Melissa Fuhrman, Danielle Grinzaid, Ben Grinzaid, Josh Kalish, Sara Kalish, Caroline Lee, Sarah Leff, Hannah Paull, Gabriel Popowski, Alex Rubin, Marisa Schiff, Jason Schwarz, Max Shafron, Rebecca Shafron, Noy Spiegelman, Jamee Wasilewsky, Dayna Weinberg, Jacob Weissman, Michelle Winer and Eliot Zerden.

Titled Back to Basics, the collection was inspired by her teaching of design and composition. These contemporary works on paper explore the foundational elements of line and color to create movement, rhythm and pattern.

Peer Leadership at Weber is an orientation and transition program that welcomes new students and makes them feel comfortable throughout their first year at Weber. Built upon the belief that students can help other students succeed, our Peer leaders are motivators, leaders and mentors who guide new students and help them discover what it takes to be successful at Weber.

The first week of school has been amazing! Students are reuniting with old friends, making new friends and becoming acclimated to their classes. Students attended their first Hakhel -- all-school gatherings unique to Weber -- and next week students begin Tefillah (prayer) groups, with a variety of options available, including both liturgical and theme-based services.

The Weber School congratulates Dana Huff, who was selected by the Georgia Council of Teachers of English as Teacher of the Year. In addition to a monetary award, Ms. Huff will be recognized at the GCTE Annual Conference at Calloway Gardens. After an extensive application process, Ms. Huff has been singled out for her innovation, creativity and dedication in the field of English. In a beautifully written and heartfelt letter of recommendation from senior Jake Stein, he writes, “Her interactive teaching style, deep knowledge of the material presented, and ability to challenge her students to think outside of the box have kept me captivated during class.”

The Weber School was awarded First Place in the National Moot Beit Din [Mock Rabbinic Court] Competition, which took place in Washington, DC on April 22-25. Moot Beit Din is a unique program that enables students from Jewish high schools to use an advanced understanding of traditional Jewish texts and sources to solve a contemporary issue. The competition is sponsored by Ravsak, the Jewish Community Day School Network. The Moot Beit Din is a recipient of the prestigious Covenant Signature Grant. This year, The Weber School, competing along with 22 other schools from around the U.S. and Canada, won first place for the second consecutive year! The competing schools worked on a case problem involving torture, and were responsible for researching, organizing, presenting and defending the rabbinic (primarily Talmudic) sources in as cogent and convincing a manner as possible, first in writing and later orally, before a panel of judges. The team consisted of (pictured left to right) sophomores David Nelwan, Eytan Palte, Frank Spiro and Seth Euster. Marc Leventhal, a teacher at The Weber School, accompanied the team to Washington and served as its advisor for the competition.

In the Fall of 2009, Weber students, faculty and staff arrived at the School before 5:00 am to show their true Weber spirit as CBS-Atlanta anchor, Mike Brooks, televised The Weber School LIVE for their "Cool School" segment. The two hour broadcast featured our school philosophy, our personalized curriculum, the variety of courses, and the closeness felt between the students and Sim Pearl, Head of School. With public and private schools across metro-Atlanta nominated weekly, it is an amazing accolade for Weber to be recognized for its "cool" classes, faculty and students. While filming one-on-one interviews, Weber students spoke from the heart about their love for Weber. It was a morning full of fun, laughter and true Weber-ness.

Social Studies Teacher, Mitch White, was awarded a fully-funded fellowship to the 2010 Summer Institute for Early Career Teachers offered by the Klingenstein Center for Independent School Leadership, Teachers College, Columbia University. This distinguished award, granted to 75 beginning teachers annually, provides faculty with a program of intensive study, specifically designed to make early career teachers more effective leaders in the classroom and throughout the school through an exploration of teaching styles, educational philosophies, issues and personal development.

Daniel Feuer Wins "Kids Who Care" Award And Is Featured On CBS-Atlanta! Congratulations to junior Daniel Feuer, who won the “Kids who Cares" award from 11Alive and the Junior League of Atlanta. The award honors local high school students who are dedicated to making their community a better place by going above and beyond what is expected and unselfishly making a difference in the lives of others in their communities. Daniel was awarded a $1,500 scholarship along with a Certificate of Excellence from the Junior League of Atlanta. Smoothie Kidz, the non-profit organization Daniel founded was recently featured on the CBS Atlanta "Positively Georgia " segment. Click here to view the television segment featuring Daniel and other Weber School folks.