The Humanities Department at the Yeshiva University High School for Girls (Central) aims to convey the crucial importance of clear, strong writing, deep reading, and making connections across disciplines – but with an eye toward creativity and fun. (In fact, you may just spot the English Department standing in as the three witches from Macbeth during classes.)

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 sixth-grade boys of Mrs. Senft’s class at Yeshiva Tiferes Moshe have taken their unit on the number system to new heights with their ingenious review games. Their creations were not only creative and fun, but also provided an excellent platform for revisiting key topics. The students were fully engaged, enjoying a variety of games such as hockey, Monopoly, baseball, a scavenger hunt, Go-Fish, and CandyLand-style challenges. Spectators were impressed by the dedication and ingenuity displayed, celebrating the thoughtful and hardworking efforts of each group. Outstanding job by all!

The Middle School girls were treated to a special visitor: Rabbi Gavriel Friedman (aka Rav Gav), who is already familiar to the girls from the recorded Rosh Chodesh Project videos, spoke to the girls live and in person! Rav Gav spoke about the importance of brachos, and how they help us keep our focus on our true mission in the world, by reminding us that everything is from Hashem.