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Bnos Malka Academy is participating in the “Chayal of the Day” Program. Partnering with the yishuv of Neriyah, students are introduced to a different soldier each day. A picture, his name for t’filah, and a short bio, is provided so that students can connect to the person that they are davening for and, im yirtzeh Hashem, help create z’chuyos for his safety and protection. Pictures of students davening and the soldier posted in school are then sent back to Neriyah to bring chizuk to the family, letting them know that the girls of Bnos Malka are davening. May all of our soldiers be safe and home, im yirtzeh Hashem.

The spring semester is officially in full swing at the Yeshiva University High School for Girls (Central). And while Central’s robust extracurricular life often takes center stage, there is always a story unfolding in any YUHSG classroom. In Ms. Chevi Friedman’s freshman English class, that story is, quite literally, a recent unit on storytelling and how humans learn from narrative. Students put the unit into practice by telling stories about themselves, crafting their own identity poems after reading the long-time classroom favorite “Where I’m From” by poet George Ella Lyon.

While on the HALB Mission to Israel, some HALB parents had the opportunity to visit and bring letters to Mordechai, an IDF soldier who was seriously injured in Gaza. During their visit, Mordechai played his violin, which once belonged to his great uncle, who lost his life defending Israel years ago.

Over 750 guests attended YCQ’s annual dinner. It was a night of achdus, of “k’ish echad b’lev echad,” YCQ at its finest. The 83^rd Anniversary Scholarship Dinner took place on Sunday, February 25, at Old Westbury Hebrew Congregation. Zishy and Esther Rachel Barth were the esteemed Guests of Honor, Efrahem and Vered Basalel were honored as Parents of the Year, and Rabbi Ophie Nat received the Distinguished Educator Award.

Students in the Bais Yaakov Academy of Queens experienced an incredible two-week chesed program entitled CAMP iCARE. The program combined daily lessons on chesed together with fun and meaningful activities and contests. The school building was transformed into a sleepaway camp, and it really felt like summer, birds chirping and all! The entranceway featured a camp bunkhouse surrounded by sky, trees, flowers, butterflies, and a virtual campfire, roasting marshmallows. Bunkhouse, canteen, and swimming pool banners with meaningful messages and p’sukim were just some of the other decorations throughout the school.

On Tuesday, February 7, the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach held its seventh annual HALB History Day as part of the larger National History Day Competition. The National History Day competition is an event in which more than a half a million students participate each year. The projects examine an event in history and how it relates to a national theme. For the past five months, under the guidance of their social studies teacher, Ms. Kristen Waterman, the eighth grade students researched various events in history related to this year’s theme, Turning Points in History.