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Hadar Bet Yaakov girls performed to a sold-out theatre last Wednesday evening with their first major production of The Hidden Miracle, an original musical play written and directed by Mrs. Shaindel Antelis. Students participated in all aspects of the production from choosing the music, costumes, backstage crew work, and even creating the play’s giant mural backdrop.

The Bnos Malka preschool spent an engaging afternoon learning how a stalk of wheat becomes flour and then into matzah. Each student took her turn hand-grinding wheat kernels into a fine dust of flour. The children turned the crank of the heavy stone mill and saw the flour fall to the base of the mill. Taking flour, they added water, formed the dough, and enjoyed rolling out their own personal matzos. They certainly enjoyed eating their custom, not-kosher-for-Pesach creations.

On Wednesday, April 6, MTA’s Hatzioni Israel Advocacy Club and Honors College hosted an informative Q&A session with former Israeli United Nations Ambassador Danny Danon. Talmidim had the opportunity to ask Ambassador Danon their questions in a session moderated by Hatzioni Faculty Advisor Rabbi Eli Cohn.

Shevach’s “Reconnect” technology committee has been working hard throughout the year on raising the awareness of the importance of safe technology usage. Spearheaded by Shevach Menaheles Mrs. Shulamith Insel, and headed by Mrs. Chaya Swerdloff, the students have made great strides in this area.

With the assistance of Yaffa Lamm, CIJE STEM coach, Mrs. Leah Karr has begun a unit of gardening with the oldest students of IVDU LI. The students assisted Mr. Dovid Moshayev, physical therapist, in constructing the garden bed, physically building the structure, and adding in the soil. Students used shovels, hoes, and rakes to prepare the ground and lay out the new soil in preparation to plant vegetables.

The HALB Middle School Robotics Team participated in the CIJE Robotics Competition for the first time, led by STEM teacher Mrs. Aliza Feder. HALB is looking forward to being a part of this incredible event every year from now on!