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On Sunday, September 15, the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach hosted an exciting back-to-school Color Run and carnival to start the school year off with a blast. The event was held at HALB’s Hewlett Bay Park campus, where students in grades 1 through 8 ran laps around the beautiful course with their classmates, while being showered with powdered paint in various colors.

Congratulations to the 2019 SKA Holocaust Journal editors Sara Blass, Rivka Kolodny, Leora Koenig, Avigael Sauber, Yael Shtern, Atara Sicklick, Chana Spirn and Liora Sturm – and art editors Aviva Klahr and Eliana Weiss – on winning a Gold Medal Award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association for “The Seeds, The Roots, The Legacy.” As Ninth Graders, the girls worked exceptionally hard to create this beautiful journal, which is composed of poems, stories, and artwork all created by the Freshman students. The journal, compiled for presentation on Yom HaShoah, has consistently been awarded for excellence.

On Wednesday, MSH students and faculty presented just some of the almost 40 teams, clubs, and various extracurricular opportunities offered at MSH. Though a small school by design, MSH students do not sacrifice any academic or extracurricular opportunities.

What needs do community members have? The Bais Yaakov Academy of Queens fourth grade students began the school year learning about communities, what makes them the same, and what makes them different. To internalize the message of, “What are some of the needs of our community members?” Mrs. Judy Goldberg, BYQ’s CIJE computer teacher, spoke to the girls about a member of her family’s recent experience in the hospital. Before the fourth grade classes kicked off the school-wide Shabbos Kit Chesed Project, now in its fifth year, and decorating materials for Shabbos kits to be distributed at local hospitals before Rosh HaShanah, the girls heard firsthand about what it’s like to spend Shabbos in the hospital, without family, friends, or the comforts of home. How much more difficult it must be to spend Rosh HaShanah at the hospital? The girls were excited to take part in this tremendous mitzvah of chesed by brightening up the Shabbos and Rosh HaShanah experiences for those patients.

On Thursday, September 19, MTA hosted its annual Club Fair, providing talmidim with the opportunity to pursue their passions and enhance the yeshivah with their unique talents. With 30+ clubs and ten publications to choose from, MTA’s extra-curricular programs have something for everyone. The clubs are run exclusively by talmidim, and new clubs are added each year, based on their interests. From intramural sports, 3-D Printing, MTA-TV, App Development, Chess, Graphic Design, and Art, to Chidon HaTanach, College Bowl, Debate, Photography, Rocketry, Sports Management, and Magic, there is a diverse variety of opportunities for talmidim to hone their creative and leadership skills and enjoy doing the things that spark their interests.

SKA’s Freshman Class of 2023 enjoyed an exciting bonding experience in Camp Kaylie on Tuesday, September 12.