After many weeks of extensive preparation, the girls of TAL Academy put on a stellar choir performance at the school’s first mother-grandmother melaveh malkah. The recent melaveh malkah was hosted by the Ghoori family in their home in Lawrence. To kick off the evening, the girls, along with their mothers and grandmothers, were treated to an abundant, catered, dairy buffet. Prior to the musical performance, two students led the girls in reciting Perek 121 of T’hilim for the safety of our IDF soldiers and the safe return of our hostages. As TAL Academy is a school for children with Language-Based learning challenges such as dyslexia, this reading of the T’hilim was especially meaningful.

The students then all performed a Shabbos-themed musical medley, complete with solos, duets, and intricate harmonies. The hours of hard and diligent work to get the performance just right paid off! The audience was mesmerized! Then, Mrs. Sara Taib, the school principal, presented a surprise gift to the two girls who recently celebrated becoming bas mitzvah (a first for TAL). These students each received a beautiful leather-bound T’hilim, personalized with their name.

The evening was jam-packed. The girls also enjoyed a slideshow with this year’s photos from school. Keeping with the theme of Shabbos, the girls also decorated their very own customized “match cloche bottle” for their mothers to use during hadlakas neiros. The project functions as both a beautiful and practical item that will be used at home. As the event came to a close, each student received a goody bag filled with treats and games to be enjoyed on Shabbos. The evening was an inspiring and unifying event for the girls of TAL Academy, their mothers, and grandmothers, along with the TAL Academy faculty.