Schools

The Yeshiva University High School for Girls is starting the spring semester by making the world its classroom. On Tuesday, January 30, Central’s senior-level Modern Jewish Thinkers course, led by History Department faculty member Mr. Richard Isaacs, ventured outside Queens for a day in Crown Heights, where the group was treated to a guided tour through the home neighborhood of the Chabad Lubavitch.

The boys in Mrs. Adress’ fourth-grade class at Yeshiva Tiferes Moshe were invited to a Chocolate Party to celebrate finishing The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling. While making brownies, the class practiced cracking eggs and doubling a recipe. Each boy then got to choose his own toppings of mini-chocolate chips, mini-marshmallows, or lotus crumbs, and of course some boys chose to add all three!

HALB Middle School students had the incredible opportunity to hear from an IDF soldier and to thank him for protecting Eretz Yisrael and am Yisrael. It was an informative, moving, and inspiring experience for the students and teachers alike. Thank you to Moshe Bodner of the Israel Chesed Center for arranging this.

Yeshiva Tiferes Moshe recently celebrated the conclusion of the wonderful V’Taher Libeinu T’filah Program enhancing the t’filos of the talmidim in sixth to eighth grades. The boys successfully refrained from any talking during Shacharis, Minchah, and Maariv (just Shacharis for sixth grade) for a full month.

The YCQ team secured a remarkable seven medals and proudly clinched the coveted trophy for Best School at the recent league debate tournament hosted by Ben Porat Yosef in Paramus, New Jersey.

MTA has a thriving dorm, which services many out-of-town, as well as several in-town, talmidim. Many MTA talmidim arrange to spend some nights in the dorm to allow them to take full advantage of the campus, and its varied resources. There is a weekly dorm dinner, where everyone gathers together to enjoy time as a dorm community. In addition, there are a few dorm Shabbatons throughout the year that further bond the dorm talmidim.