9th Grade Teachers
This teacher’s name is the same as the capital of the state where they were born.
Who is Austin?
“All are ______.”
What is “responsible”?
Check out the Heschel Harmonizers at the Clubs Fair next Tuesday! This ominous song title earned Billie Eilish a 2020 Grammy for Song of the Year.
What is "Bad Guy"?
These two 9th grade advisors are Heschel alumni.
Who are Aliza and Samantha?
All of your schedules contain a class called LQ, which is an abbreviation for this two-word Hebrew phrase.
What is Limudei Qodesh?
This teacher would have become an actor if they weren’t a teacher.
Who is Mari?
“Don’t be old. ________.”
What is “Don’t be stale”?
Check out the Book Club at the Clubs Fair next Tuesday! This Greek epic by Homer tells the story of Odysseus’s journey home from the Trojan War.
What is the Odyssey?
This advisor leads the music minyan.
Who is Rabbi Mikey?
Heschel High School athletics shares a team name with this NBA franchise.
What is the Miami Heat?
This teacher has a black belt in Tae Kwon Doe.
Who is Penny?
“Every deed counts, ________.”
What is “every word is power”?
Check out the Environmental Club at the Clubs Fair next Tuesday! Many meteorologists and climatologists associate climate change with the damaging effects of this L-named hurricane that devastated parts of Louisiana last month.
What is Laura?
This advisor’s favorite joke is: What do you call an acid with an attitude? A-mean-o Acid.
Who is Kathleen?
The Class of 2024 is the largest grade in Heschel history. It has this many students.
What is 92?
This teacher ran track in college.
Who is Rabbi Natan?
“Be _________.”
What is “enamored of learning”?
Check out Model UN at the Clubs Fair next Tuesday! This world power is the country on the United Nations Security Council with the largest population.
What is China?
These 3 departments are NOT represented amongst your advisors.
What are English, Physical Education, and the Arts?
Rabbi Heschel taught for many years at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, which is in this major city with the largest Jewish population in the United States.
What is New York City?
This teacher was born on an army base.
Who is Becky?
“We are ____________.” (This is a long one!)
What is “closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers”?
Check out Mock Trial at the Clubs Fair next Tuesday! The Scopes Monkey Trial in 1925 centered on whether or not it was legal to teach what controversial topic in schools?
What is evolution?
This advisor worked for 20 years with Marshall Brickman (the co-writer of Annie Hall, Manhattan, and Sleeper) in addition to working on stories and doing research for films.
Who is Jessica?
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. Recently, there has been a petition to rename the bridge after this civil right activist and congressman, who died this past summer.
Who is John Lewis?