Schools

A technology microgrant from the Jewish Education Project has enabled Mercaz Academy to create their first Media Lab in the form of a video recording studio, complete with a new iPad for recording and editing, a green screen, a teleprompter, and a drone for aerial recording.

Recently, the New York City Championship for the FIRST Tech Challenge robotics competition was held. After a long season of dedication and hard work, MTA Lionotics showed up with their best robot yet. It boasted custom 3D-printed parts, laser cut parts, and a precisely designed aluminum body, as well as an array of different types of motors, servos, and sensors. Critical screws were tightened one last time, wiring was strapped into place, software was finalized, and we were ready for an intense day of completion.

Yeshiva Tiferes Moshe recently celebrated the completion of the V’Shinantam L’Vanecha chazarah program organized for the seventh and eighth grades. Sixty Junior High talmidim reviewed and memorized the shakla v’tarya of several blatt Gemara learned throughout the year. The boys have been earning tickets for each half an amud completed, that are redeemable at “The Store” for delicious treats. The project concluded this past week with an exhilarating trip to the Poconos for a day of snowtubing at Camelback Resort.

Students at SINAI at YCQ got into the spirit of Pi Day last Thursday by making scrumptious dessert and homemade pizza pies!

At the conclusion of a Junior High assembly on Thursday afternoon, students were genuinely shocked as Rabbi Landsman suddenly proclaimed breakout for CW (Color War) 5784. The students loudly cheered as the teams Tzafon/Bitachon (Green) vs. Darom/Emunah (Orange) and their respective leaders were announced.

Annual Competition at Touro’s Lander College for Men Builds STEM Skills and Prepares Students for Careers in Science

More than 160 students from 11 yeshiva high schools across New York and New Jersey competed this week in the Jewish Education Program Science Olympiad competition, hosted by Lander College for Men (LCM), Touro University. They spent hours vying for the top spot and at the end of the day, SAR High School finished first, with North Shore Hebrew Academy coming in second, followed by The Frisch School and DRS Yeshiva High School, respectively.