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Pass by the Central cafe at 5:00 p.m. on a weekday, and there’s a pretty good chance you’ll see a dance scene in full swing, or the Central choir clustered around the piano, practicing scales. It’s spring musical season, and this year’s feature was the classic musical Annie. The show, staged on Thursday, March 30, was a change of pace from last year’s successful production of Shrek, and a welcome challenge for Central’s vibrant arts community. The titular role of Annie was played by senior Shayna Sprung, with senior Perri Sterman as Daddy Warbucks and senior Abby Harris as Miss Hannigan.

Last Sunday, ahead of Pesach, parents of the talmidim in Rabbi Lapp and Rabbi Pollack’s classes at Yeshiva Tiferes Moshe viewed the children’s makos projects. The boys have spent the last number of months studying the intricacies of ten plagues as part of the Chumash curriculum. In the culmination of their learning, the fourth grade students created a depiction of one makah learned. It was great seeing how each boy displayed the same makah from a different perspective.

The Hebrew Academy of Nassau County opened in 1953. Over the last 70 years, the school has undergone tremendous growth and many awesome occasions.

With model Seders, creating Haggados, finger puppets, and other hands-on activities, SINAI at YCQ students can’t wait to celebrate and retell the story of the Exodus from Egypt!

Junior high school girls joined their Yeshiva of Central Queens peers on a pre-Pesach chesed trip to the Masbia Soup Kitchen. One of them was interviewed by News12!

 Last Thursday, the seventh and eighth graders at Yeshiva Tiferes Moshe had a special Rosh Chodesh breakfast to usher in the month of Nisan, Rosh Chodashim. "It is not the freedom to do 'what you want,' rather the freedom to make the correct decision," explained guest lecturer Rabbi Moshe Winter, rav of Cong. Shaarei Zedek of East Meadow, to the talmidim on the meaning of cheirus, freedom. The rav's divrei chizuk hit home for the junior high school boys. Rabbi Winter offered positive feedback on the boy's engagement in his presentation. Afterward, Rabbi Becker concluded the Ki Heim Chayeinu program with a raffle for exciting prizes.