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Hadar Bet Yaakov is enmeshed in play rehearsals! Mrs. Shaindel Antelis, famous singer-songwriter in the Jewish music world, joined hands with Hadar Bet Yaakov as both writer and director for their springtime production of The Hidden Miracle.

HALB students and staff celebrated Purim together, both in and out of school! Students visited their teachers on Purim Day and then spent Shushan Purim enjoying the school carnival together.

This past week, Central’s Model UN Team participated in Yeshiva University’s 32^nd annual National Model UN Conference. Model UN provides a forum in which students can actively learn about international diplomacy by serving as “delegates” to real UN member nations.

On Friday, the seventh-grade girls had the exciting opportunity of going to the WH ECC to run the Purim Carnival. The seventh-grade girls were randomly selected to run carnival booths. The booths consisted of face-painting, building blocks, sand surprise, matching games, and pin the crown on Queen Esther.

Bnos Malka Middle School broke out Color War this week! The teams were Melech vs. Malka (blue vs. purple), and the excitement and achdus were palpable. Teams worked together to create a skit, banner, theme song, stomp performance, badge, cheer, and costume.

Students at SINAI@YCQ got into the Purim spirit this year, joining Yeshiva of Central Queens students at their annual carnival. Junior high boys did their own holiday event planning: holding a carnival for their fellow SINAI elementary school students!