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The term “Color War” usually brings to mind kids dressed in team colors and participating in activities like sports, banner making, and more. It certainly doesn’t connote a meeting about the school building’s plumbing – but at HANC High School on Wednesday, March 26, that’s exactly how Color War began. Late that morning, an announcement was made calling all students down to the gym for an update on an issue with the plumbing. That update turned out to be a Color War breakout – or so it seemed. Complete with colors, team themes, and scheduled activities, it was nothing more than a fakeout! Students had to wait until that afternoon for the real breakout and were thrilled to find out their real teams: Team Blue, representing T’filah, and Team Silver, symbolizing Torah.

A group of close to 40 MTA talmidim, accompanied by four faculty chaperones, headed to Capitol Hill recently on the annual MTAPAC Lobbying Mission to Washington, DC. Similar to the much larger NORPAC mission that takes place in May, the goal of this trip was to lobby members of Congress to support legislation that will further enhance the close relationship between Israel and the United States.

After months of advanced study in the field of nanotechnology, 11^th and 12^th grade Jewish high school students traveled to Walder Science in Chicago to present their research at the Jerusalem Science Contest ceremony in March. These presentations on nanotechnology through a Torah lens were the culmination of stimulating lectures, engaging research, and comprehensive exams.

Morah Anita brought in a real fish to teach her students about what makes a fish kosher!

SINAI Schools will hold its annual Unique Inspirations Student Art Show on Wednesday, May 7, 5-6:30 p.m., at a private home in Queens. To receive the venue address, RSVP to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

On Wednesday evening, the HALB fifth-grade choir sang beautiful and meaningful songs at the community Yom HaShoah program at Congregation Beth Sholom. They then had the opportunity to stay and listen to Mr. Paul Gross tell his story about surviving the Holocaust.