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It is not uncommon for individuals to execute a will and other estate planning documents for themselves and to make sure that aging parents also have these documents in place. But unfortunately, we seldom see parents reminding their adult children to engage in this type of planning, including those children who have only just recently reached majority age.

As a culmination of the school year, IVDU LI went on a full school trip to the Central Park Zoo. The students had done bus drills to prepare for going on a school bus and were able to showcase all the skills that they learned.

Photo credit: Maxine Lipshitz

 The Yeshiva of Central Queens gratefully acknowledges the Names, Not Numbers© Program that has taught our students about the Holocaust through the accounts of eyewitnesses, provided them with interviewing, filming, and editing skills and, most importantly, enabled meaningful relationships to be forged between the survivors and our students. YCQ has benefited tremendously from its participation in this Legacy Heritage project.

It has been some year for the world, for the Jewish People, and for our staff and students at the Yeshiva of Central Queens, but we made it. Through quarantines, isolation, illness, fear, innovative teaching, Zoom classes and programs, and masks…staff and students got through this past year and a half and are hoping for both an end to the COVID pandemic and a fresh start and return to a little less challenging time.

On Sunday night, the parents of Yeshiva Sha’arei Zion came together for, what many are saying, was the most uplifting and best annual dinner in the Yeshiva’s history. For the first time in over a year, the entire YSZ family was able to come together in person to celebrate the accomplishments of our Yeshiva. Unlike many dinners, which typically honor specific people, this dinner was focused on honoring every member of the YSZ family. The Hanhalah, rebbeim, morot, teachers, parents, and the students were all honored for not just getting through the COVID crisis, but growing to unprecedented heights.

HANC Middle School’s Eighth Grade Graduation took place on Tuesday, June 15, at THE SPACE in Westbury. The room was adorned with balloons and “2021,” under which the graduates could take pictures. The graduates looked extremely proud as they walked down the aisle, and their parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents were certainly shepping a lot of nachas.