Schools

Mrs. Senft’s sixth graders at Yeshiva Tiferes Moshe have been studying their coursework with intensity. Students have been working to simplify expressions, solve one step equations, and apply the skills obtained to resolve word problems as well. This past week, the students were treated to a park trip and 7-Eleven Slurpees. Special mention goes out to the classes who received touching compliments from several passersby who noticed their excellent behavior and helpfulness; your teachers are so very proud!

The New York State budget for fiscal year 2025 has allocated unprecedented levels of funding for nonpublic schools, including yeshivas and Jewish day schools across the state. The budget, which recently passed in April, has earmarked an incredible $470 million for nonpublic school funding, a total increase of $90 million, far more than previous years.

A defining aspect of the spring semester at the Yeshiva University High School for Girls (Central) is the observance of Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron, and Yom HaAtzmaut, the Israeli holidays of remembrance.

YCQ marked Yom HaShoah and honored the victims of the Holocaust with meaningful ceremonies led by our students, featuring survivor testimony, film, song, and tefilah on Sunday, May 6 and Monday, May 7.

SINAI board member Micah Kaufman, who regularly speaks to students about chesed and the physical challenges he has faced, visited our students at SINAI at YCQ recently to impart his words of wisdom. What an inspiration to learn from his experiences!

For the month of May, the Yeshiva University High School for Girls (Central) will participate in a nationwide Mental Health Awareness Month. That this particular Awareness Month follows a year of schoolwide focus on the 2023-24 theme, “The Power of Positivity,” gives this month’s events additional significance.