Schools

It’s a new school year at Central! Preparations for opening week began with a new faculty orientation on Tuesday, August 30. New Wildcat faculty members bonded over icebreakers, a tour of the Central facility, and training sessions on technology and school culture. The evening of the 30^th brought all faculty members together for a reunion with Central’s first annual Faculty Family Fun night, offering dinner, lawn games, and a popular bouncy castle for our faculty members’ children. The following day, faculty members used morning and afternoon development sessions to reflect on the past year and anticipate the year to come.

Senior year at SKA is an experience you wait for, well, for four years! The Class of 2024 is starting off strong. From welcoming the girls on the first day of school with decorations and posters, to leading Friday morning ruach and kugel and exhibiting an amazing upper-classman positive vibe. Lisa Fogel,12th grade social worker, is a strong believer in empowering each and every student to reach new heights. Ms. Fogel, the 12th grade GLAs, and the programming team, have been working on a senior class grade-wide leadership trip, to allow each girl to learn more about themselves, their friends, and the grade as a whole. The seniors started their Leadership Trip with team building activities led by Rabbi Tani Prero. The program was designed to strengthen, galvanize, and prepare our 12th graders for their role as school leaders.

While the beginning of a school year always brings new excitement, for Yeshiva Har Torah – a Centrist Orthodox Jewish day school serving students from around Nassau County and Queens – this year’s first day of school also meant opening a new, state-of-the-art Early Learning Center.

This year, HANC’s seventh grade orientation was divided into four components. Rabbi Hecht spoke about the daily schedule and what the students can expect on the first day. He also spoke to the students about the expectations of a HANC Middle School student in general.

 Students at SINAI at YCQ enjoyed their first day back at school!

On Monday September 11, approximately 30 seniors at MTA gave up their lunch time to attend the opening session of Names Not Numbers, the Oral History Documentary Film Project. Names, Not Number is in its 18th year at MTA, and it has always been one of the most popular electives. Students gain valuable skills in interviewing, videography, and film editing, learn about the events of the Holocaust, and ultimately meet a Survivor face to face to conduct a full-length filmed interview about the Survivor’s life experiences.