Student Life
Student life at Kehillah is found in athletics, publications, clubs, and committees. Many student activities are organized by the Director of Student Life. The sports program has expanded to include Boys' and Girls Basketball, Girls' Volleyball, Soccer, Coed Tennis, and Coed Dance. As of the 2008–2009 school year, the basketball, soccer, and volleyball teams play in the Private School Athletic League (PSAL).
Annual trips give students in each grade opportunities to socialize, learn outside the classroom, and participate in service projects. During the 2007–2008 school year the 9th graders travelled to the Brandeis-Bardin Institute in Simi Valley, California, the 10th graders went to San Diego, California to help with relief from the October 2007 California wildfires, the 11th graders went to Waveland, Mississippi to assist in rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina, and the 12th graders spent 3 weeks in Israel.
The school produces five theatrical productions annually. During the 2007–2008 school year, the theatrical season included "The Zoo Story" by Edward Albee, "Proof" by David Auburn, the musical "Pippin", William Shakespeare's "The Tempest", George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion", and "The Laramie Project" by Moisés Kaufman. The plays are sometimes directed or co-directed by students.
Other extracurricular activities include Yearbook, Chess Club, Speech & Debate, Kehillah News Magazine Club, Chamber Musicians Club, Student Government, Israel Club, "Mish Mosh" (the school's improvisational comedy troupe), and Students Taking Action Now: Darfur. Kehillah's Jewish High School Jam Band won the 2007 KFOX "School of Rock" radio competition. "Joe", a band that included two students from Kehillah, also won a KFOX award; they won the award for best under 18 band. As of 2009, Kehillah has a Dance Team that meets twice a week at the JCC across the street as well as a environmental club named SOAP which set up composting and recycling throughout the school in 2010. SOAP is currently working on establishing a garden for the school.
In 2007, the school's first-ever homecoming event, dance, and spirit week took place in Mid-December.
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