Schools

Senior year at SKA is an experience you wait for, well, for four years! The Class of 2024 is starting off strong. From welcoming the girls on the first day of school with decorations and posters, to leading Friday morning ruach and kugel and exhibiting an amazing upper-classman positive vibe. Lisa Fogel,12th grade social worker, is a strong believer in empowering each and every student to reach new heights. Ms. Fogel, the 12th grade GLAs, and the programming team, have been working on a senior class grade-wide leadership trip, to allow each girl to learn more about themselves, their friends, and the grade as a whole. The seniors started their Leadership Trip with team building activities led by Rabbi Tani Prero. The program was designed to strengthen, galvanize, and prepare our 12th graders for their role as school leaders.

The Yeshiva of Central Queens welcomed all of their new and returning students with a wonderful first week of school! Special thanks to YCQ’s Parent-Teacher Organization for arranging an amazing Pre-School Bash!

This year, HANC’s seventh grade orientation was divided into four components. Rabbi Hecht spoke about the daily schedule and what the students can expect on the first day. He also spoke to the students about the expectations of a HANC Middle School student in general.

On Monday September 11, approximately 30 seniors at MTA gave up their lunch time to attend the opening session of Names Not Numbers, the Oral History Documentary Film Project. Names, Not Number is in its 18th year at MTA, and it has always been one of the most popular electives. Students gain valuable skills in interviewing, videography, and film editing, learn about the events of the Holocaust, and ultimately meet a Survivor face to face to conduct a full-length filmed interview about the Survivor’s life experiences.

Some teenagers spend their summer vacations swimming or playing sports. One of the things that North Shore Hebrew Academy High School incoming junior Ilana Greenberg did on her summer vacation is calculate the probability that a near-earth asteroid could smash into planet Earth and create massive destruction.