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On Sunday, December 22, fathers and grandfathers of Yeshiva Tiferes Moshe’s third grade joined together with their sons to celebrate the start of the boys learning Mishnayos. Rabbi Bookson, the Assistant Menahel, started the program, explaining to the boys the importance of learning Torah She’b’al Peh. Rabbi May, the Menahel, spoke to the boys about the importance of mesorah and that the Mishnah is the next step in the chain.

HALB Middle School STEM students recently completed an Hour of Code – a global initiative reaching over 45 million students that demystifies “code” by showing the basic concepts of coding in an engaging, user-friendly format and broadens participation in the field of computer science. The Hour of Code projects at HALB take students through tutorials to create an interactive experience that conveys the story of Chanukah. The Hour of Code culminated with a game-show-style quiz showcasing the concepts and code that students acquired.

A group of HANC High School students decided to take advantage of their lighter afternoon schedule on Wednesday, December 25, and joined students from all over Long Island as they packed hundreds of Shabbos hospital care packages at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset with Rabbi Hillel Fox, Director of Pastoral Services.

This Chanukah was “full of light” for the sixth graders at the Bais Yaakov Academy of Queens, not only with the light of the menorah, but the light that comes from bringing joy to others who are less fortunate. BYQ’s Heart2Heart Shabbos Kit project, a chesed project program now in its fourth year, had sixth graders craft special Chanukah-themed Shabbos kits that were distributed at North Shore University Hospital for those who needed to spend this special time away from home.

SKA’s Career Day program, 2020 Vision of Your Future was an exciting opportunity for the students of the Stella K. Abraham High School to begin thinking about their expanding career choices.

MTA’s 11^th annual Makor Chaim Exchange Program is off to a great start, as 14 MTA Sophomores arrived in Israel at Yeshivat Makor Chaim on Tuesday, December 31. Located in Kibbutz Kfar Etzion, Yeshivat Makor Chaim was founded by noted Jewish educators Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz and Rabbi Dov Singer.