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This week, the third grade students of Bnos Malka Academy gathered for a special occasion: the third grade Rashi Breakfast. The students have been honing their Rashi skills this year and have made great strides in being able to read Rashi and understand Rashi’s questions and answers. To celebrate, the students had a yummy breakfast and were thrilled to hear Rabbi Avi Matmon, an amazing storyteller, share stories and talk about how Rashi helps us fill in the missing blanks when we learn Torah.

A return from an extended break is a perfect time for a Shabbaton. It gives a community the chance to reconvene and share enthusiasm for the semester ahead.

As part of their unit about doctors and health, the Pre-1A classes at BYQ were thrilled to have the opportunity to go inside a real Hatzalah ambulance. Nosson Reichman Q142 (Lily’s dad) and Aharon Levy Q311 (Raquel’s uncle) showed the girls their equipment and explained how Hatzalah helps people. They demonstrated the way the wheels on the stretcher come out with the touch of a button and even showed the children a child-sized car seat harness that attaches to the stretcher. It was extremely exciting to climb the big steps in order to go inside the ambulance. The girls were amazed to find out that an ambulance is like a doctor’s office on wheels.

The Fourth Grade Boys of YCQ participated in a beautiful melaveh malkah on Motza’ei Shabbos, February 3, while the Fourth Grade Girls had an inspiring event of their own, the following week, on February 10.

Written by MTA senior and Lionotics Software Captain, Pinchas Rosenfeld

MTA’s Lionotics robotics team continued their dominant winning streak at last week’s First Tech Challenge robotics event. At the last event, their impressive performance granted them a highly competitive slot at the next level of the competition, called “super qualifiers.” These super-qualifiers advance teams to the New York City championship, and therefore are highly competitive among the best teams in New York City. The competition featured many top public and private schools from across the city that had all qualified at their previous events, and despite that, Lionotics stood out for their impressive design and execution.

Shevach High School students, like the rest of us, are deeply affected by the war impacting acheinu kol beis Yisrael. They conclude their davening every morning jointly saying T’hilim for their welfare, and have had initiatives to support the soldiers and their families. However, the girls wanted to do even more, in order to further connect with what our “brothers” and “sisters” are going through in Eretz Yisrael.