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The students of IVDU LI enjoyed baking challah in honor of Parshas Chayei Sarah. Mrs. Tehilla Freud spearheaded the initiative, teaching our students not only about challah, but about healthful eating, as well. She took the time to show the students how we could incorporate healthful ingredients in the foods that we enjoy eating. Mrs. Freud explained how whole wheat and honey are healthier options over white flour and sugar.

This week, Rabbi Alon’s second grade class at Yeshiva Sha’arei Zion learned about self-regulation. Self-regulation is the ability to identify, respond, and effectively manage emotional experiences. It’s important to teach children that “bad” emotions don’t exist. Instead, we want to give them the ability to judge whether their emotional response is appropriate to the given situation.

Last Monday evening, Ezra Academy unveiled a new parent engagement program. The goal of the program is to invite the parent body multiple times throughout the year to come to enjoy the same exciting blend of Torah classes and extra-curricular activities that their children receive on a daily basis. The program debuted as a mother-daughter event in commemoration with Rachel Imeinu’s yahrzeit (yashvo).

The past few weeks have been simply Falltastic at HAFTR Early Childhood! We had so much fun on our leaf hunt and saw how the leaves change from green to lively shades of red, orange, yellow, and brown. We also felt the bumpy brown trunk of the tree and saw the roots poking out of the ground, which we know the tree uses to drink the rainwater like a straw. Lastly, we opened our mouths and stretched our hands up like a tree to see if we could fill our bellies with sunshine like the trees!

Central celebrated “Positively Pink Week” last week for Breast Cancer Awareness Month! The week was kicked off on Monday by Junior Gabi Lefkowitz of West Hempstead and Senior Talia Hazan of Flushing, where they spoke about Sharsheret and showed a video of how the organization supports women with breast cancer and their families.

Prospective students and their families poured into YSZ High School on Sunday, October 31, to learn about the new high school. There was an excitement and energy in the air.