Author Visit

 

     On Thursday, April 14th, an author named Bonnie Grubman came to visit the 7th grade. She told us about her journey of becoming an author. It was very interesting to get to learn about the writing process and the creation of a book. From Mrs. Grubman, we learned to never give up and to keep trying even if we do not succeed right away. 

     Mrs. Grubman also let us ask her lots of questions. She made sure that we all had fun and she even gave away a free book! It was really special to meet an author and to learn all about her. It is always interesting to meet someone who writes for a living, and it is really nice that she travels to different schools to share her story.

By:  Rachel Scheer & Tiferet Weissman

 

The Middle School students have been busy preparing for Pesach in many ways.  Each grade has been learning the halachot of Pesach.  Each grade made their own haggada filled with Divrei Torah and art for them to share at their seder table.  Of course, the students also spent time cleaning out their lockers from chometz.

  Chag Kasher V'Sameach to one and all!  

Seventh Grade Amish trip

 

The seventh graders went on a fantastic trip on April 13.  The day started with a beautiful davening (albeit, at the very early time of  6:00AM).  After davening and breakfast, students boarded a luxurious coach bus to make their way to Lancaster.  The first stop was the Herr's chip factory.  We began with a movie which spoke about the history of the factory.  It was a very inspiring story how Mr. Herr lost everything in a fire and then restarted the company which has grown tremendously.  After the movie, we got a tour of the factory where we saw and smelled how they make the delicious chips, popcorn, and pretzels with and without flavoring.  At the end of the tour, we get hot, fresh (very fresh) chips which were absolutely fantastic.  Before we left the factory we got a chance to go through the gift shop and get plenty of nosh.  The second stop was the Amish farm House.  There we heard about different aspects of Amish history and how they live.  The students asked many great questions.  Next we got a chance to go around the farm connected to the house.  There were so many wonderful animals including goats less than a week old.  The third stop was buggy rides.  We got a tour of the back country and had a great time.  The day concluded with a game of bowling and dinner.  The whole day was a great day of bonding and everyone had a blast.  A special thank you to Rabbi Hecht, Rabbi Harris, Mrs. Seeno and Coach Jo who accompanied us on the trip!