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MSH’s 2019 Valedictorian, Hadassah Krigsman, is a student of both academic and creative strengths, who has a deep sense of responsibility toward others, dedicated to achieving excellence in everything she does. She goes about her academics with a quiet but fiery intensity, aiming for nothing short of absolute mastery. During her tenure at MSH, Hadassah has consistently challenged herself to excel in both academic and extracurricular activities. In her senior year alone, Hadassah completed three AP courses, multiple honors classes, was the co-editor of the yearbook, and captain of the basketball team. Additionally, Haddasah has been on the math team and college bowl team throughout high school, and captained the college bowl team this year. With all that, she also joined the inaugural MSH soccer team this year, and has been the starting third baseman of the softball team the last two years. Despite her many varied endeavors, she excels in all of them.

“There are no words!” A member of the audience shared her reaction to the Names, Not Numbers film documentary created by Yeshiva Tiferes Moshe seventh grade students, which was shown on Tuesday evening, June 11, at the Young Israel of Queens Valley. The evening was the culmination of a year of hard work during which the seventh-grade students researched the Holocaust, interviewed Holocaust survivors, filmed and edited these interviews, and created a film documentary about the survivors they interviewed.

On Tuesday, June 4, the sixth-grade girls of YCQ had their annual Chagigos B’nos Mitzvah program. The girls each researched where their name came from. Michal Katz said, “I was named after David HaMelech’s wife. She was a hero because she saved David’s life.”

On Thursday, June 13, MTA celebrated the Commencement Ceremony of its 101^st graduating class.

The program opened with inspiring words from Head of School Rabbi Joshua Kahn, who also acknowledged the 20 families who were experiencing their last MTA graduation as their youngest or only son graduated. These families have been part of the MTA community ranging between four and 11 years and will be greatly missed.

On Thursday, June 13, HANC Middle School held its Names, Not Numbers© program. Names, Not Numbers is a copyrighted oral history film project and curriculum that Mrs. Tova Fish-Rosenberg created that takes the teaching of the Holocaust and its lessons well beyond many previous efforts. Through the Names, Not Numbers© program, HANC’s eighth grade students had the opportunity to document the teachings of the Holocaust and address questions about an individual’s responsibility to humanity.

In another undefeated season, the seventh and eighth grade HALB Lions girls’ soccer team took on the RYNJ Jaguars. The two teams had played each other twice during the regular season, and the games were both nail-biters.