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SKA Seniors began their long anticipated Senior Trip to Lake George on Monday, June 5. The three packed days started off with white water rafting, where the students had the opportunity to enjoy the gorgeous waters while riding huge rapids. It was such an exciting way to start off the trip!

Last Sunday, YSZ held a celebration for the 4th-grade talmidim, who achieved great success in memorizing the Mishnah. Proud parents filled the ballroom to listen to their sons reciting the Mishnah from memory. The boys also sang songs related to the topics they had learned, led by Rabbi Azizi, the chazanut teacher. The event concluded with a joyful dance celebration to honor the boys’ achievements. YSZ is extremely proud of our 4th-grade talmidim!

These are the four pillars of the National Honor Society. This week, Ezra Academy inducted new members into the National Honor Society – Ezra Academy Chapter. As old members ran the ceremony and explained the pillars, new members were called individually to be recognized in front of family and friends. The event is a favorite of Mrthe National Miska, the advisor to National Honor Society chapter. He remarked that the culmination of students’ hard work, service, and leadership deserves national recognition. Leah Abramov, current president of NHS – Ezra Chapter congratulated the new members on a job well done. A small collation was enjoyed by all after the ceremony ended.

Mesivta Yesodei Yeshurun held its graduation ceremony on Monday night, June 12, at Yeshivas Ohr HaChaim, Kew Gardens Hills. After Rabbi Dovid Rockove, General Studies principal, greeted the audience, the Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Doniel Lander, addressed those present with his d’var Torah. Joining at this special occasion were HaRav Mordechai Finkelman, mashgiach, HaRav Shmuel Gordon, Menahel, the rebbeim, the graduates, and their families.

Bnos Malka Academy held its annual graduations for the Preschool and the eighth grade class. Starting with the four-year-olds, bedecked in their caps and gowns, to the Pre-1A students in their cardboard crowns, to the elegant eighth graders, each graduation is a unique milestone. At each level, the sense of pride and accomplishment fills the room and the hearts of girls and their families. The performances and songs the little girls sang were adorable, clearly showing weeks of preparation.

On Wednesday, June 7, Central gave a fond farewell to the Class of 2023 with a graduation ceremony at Lamport Auditorium on the campus of Yeshiva University. While every graduation day is a bittersweet milestone for students, families, and faculty, this year’s graduation was particularly meaningful, as it coincided with Central’s 75th anniversary. The event was both a celebration and reflection on the Yeshiva University High School for Girls sending 75 classes of students into the world as kinder, more thoughtful people for having been a part of its community. Through the changes and challenges of the past four years, this latest group of graduates bonded and thrived, proving themselves to be resourceful, supportive of one another, and most notably of all, joyful.