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Over 150 eighth graders from many metropolitan elementary schools got a taste of what their high school experience at the Stella K. Abraham High School would be like. On Tuesday, December 10, SKA student ambassadors welcomed aspiring high schoolers who got a glimpse of many of the highlights SKA has to offer, along with the energy and warmth it projects.

What do you get when you add up 2,441 quarters, 3,535 dimes, 2,491 nickels, 12,739 pennies, and some dollar bills thrown in for good measure?

On a recent Sunday morning, students, families, teachers, and administrators of Yeshiva Har Torah in Queens gathered for the school’s first Yom Chesed. All told, more than 200 people worked on projects to benefit One Family Fund, Bikur Cholim of North Shore University Hospital, The Interfaith Nutrition Network, Kids Need to Read, and Billy’s Baseballs. Collectively, the participants helped victims of terror in Israel, patients in a local hospital, residents of a local homeless shelter, students at underfunded schools, and members of the US Armed Forces.

After a very successful In-Service Day held for the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls’ faculty and administration in August, Dr. Deborah Gilboa, a noted physician and youth development expert, returned to speak to the entire parent community of HALB – Lev Chana, HALB Elementary, SKA, and DRS – on Wednesday, December 11. Dr. Gilboa’s talk focused on “Rigor and Resilience: Strategies for Strengthening our Children Toward Success,” and the enthusiastic audience found her stories relatable and her suggestions thought-provoking.