Middle School
Chanukah Parties:
7th Grade Boys
My classmates and I had the best time last night, Tuesday, December 27. We ate delicious snacks and a great pizza dinner. After dinner, Rabbi Harris gave a fantastic d'var torah. After that great d'var torah we played a great game that everyone enjoyed. That game was called Scattergories.
There were five rounds that we played. After each round, we checked how many points each team got. Whoever got the most points would get three points on a test of their choice. The best part was that everyone got at least three points.
My classmates and I had the best time ever. We all loved it. I would like to thank Rabbi Harris for making this Chanukah party a blast. I would also like to thank Rabbi Hecht for taking time to come to the party to have fun with us. I really hope we can do this again next year.
By: Joshua Aryeh
8th Grade Boys
On Tuesday night, the 8th grade boys went to Rabbi Olshan's house for a fun and entertaining Chanukah party. We ate delicious pizza and fries while waiting for everyone to arrive, and for the entertainment to get underway. For the entertainment, mentalist David Jason amazed us with some awesome tricks. He was able to "mind-read" what words people were thinking and draw pictures that were drawn without anyone knowing what the drawing was. The coolest trick of the night was when he asked for a volunteer and made him forget how to read. Another really cool trick was was when he was able to guess which cup had a very sharp spear in it. Everyone really enjoyed the party and had a great night together!
By: Moshe Wieder
7th Grade Girls
The chanukah party Wednesday night was awesome. We had fun playing Chanukah Taboo, Chanukah headbands eating pizza, sushi and lots of other things. Similar to our chopped competition in school we creatively competed to see who could decorate the best Chanukah cookie. Congratulations to the top 3: Goldie, Hannah and Grace. Following an instruction sheet we drew what we looked like according to our personalities, and then guessed who they were. It was a fun way to get to know each other even better. Caity Davis said a fantastic Dvar torah all about the Chanukah candles. We had so much fun there, that we didn't want it to end. Thank you to the Goldress family for hosting and to Morah Klein for coordinating the activities.
By: Abby Gross
8th Grade Girls
In honor of Rosh Chodesh and Chanukah the 8th grade girls had an incredible paint night festivity at the Levine home Thursday night. Each girl got an 11x14 canvas with an easel, brushes and paint. They were taught how to paint a beautiful picture using different techniques such as blending and swirls. The Chanukah fun continued with an over the top 'make your own ice cream' table filled with different toppings of your choice. Leah Frankel and Emily Karen shared beautiful divrei torah on Chanukah and everyone enjoyed! Thank you so much to Rabbi Hecht and Morah Hakimian for organizing the best activity and delicious dessert table! We will never forget this night!
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BOWLING TRIP
The seventh and eighth grade boys had a great time on their bowling trip this week. Of course, some kids bowled better than others but everyone tried their best. Even Rabbi Olshan and Rabbi Harris got into the act.
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Chopped Chanukah Style
This past Wednesday morning m, the student council girls planned a special "chopped" event for all the 7th and 8th grade girls. Chopped is a cooking show on the Food Network where contestants compete to have the best dish. Each group gets a basket of secret mystery ingredients which they must incorporate into the dish. The mystery ingredients may seem weird or incompatible but still must be used somehow. In the HANC edition for LATKES making, the mystery ingredients were avocados, zucchini, pomegranate seeds, gelt, and seaweed.
The girls had to put together a dish of latkes that looked good as well as tasted good. They had forty five minutes to make the latkes. Many girls had never made latkes before, and didn't know how to make them. They had to improvise. Each group had between three to five girls. They all worked together so nicely to make their latkes, and create a presentable plate for the five judges. There
was a lot of pressure and excitement as each team ran back and forth from the pantry to the fruit station to their team table.
The judges were Leah Frankel, Nava Lippman, Abigail Mottahedeh, Nili Kushner, and Morah Hakimian. They judged all the dishes based on taste and presentation. Many dishes actually tasted really good and the judges were super impressed. The judges also walked around during the cooking time and gave pointers. Emily Keehn and Yaira Goldress interviewed the contestants asking about their dishes, while Atara Klein and Miriam Reitano videoed. Even the girls that did not win had fun and enjoyed the chanukah event.
Congratulations to Aderet Weiss, Aviva Ciment, Kayla Block and Hannah Rubensohn on winning the HANC "chopped" completion! You each will get a $10 Amazon gift card as your reward!
By: Leah Frankel and Emily Keehn
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MORE CHANUKAH FUN....
David Levitan, noted mentalist and magician, amazed our students with a fantastic show on Thursday, in honor of Chanukah.
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MENORAH LIGHTING
Rabbi Gottesman, dean emeritus of our Yeshiva came with his Rebbetzin to light the menorah on the sixth night of Chanukah. The menorah was donated in honor of Rabbi and Mrs. Gottesman by Dr. Eugene and Rita Schwalb and family in 2003. Rabbi Gottesman also shared words of chizuk with the middle school.
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Inventions That Must Be Mentioned
Mrs. Seeno's 8th grade social studies class had a very fun and interesting assignment. After learning about capitalism and entrepreneurship, they were told to research three inventions from 1870-1920 and write about them on an oak tag, and boy, did they deliver! Among these inventions were Coca-Cola, airplanes, and [basket]ball. One student wrote about the traffic light, and even purchased a working traffic light and taped it to his project! You might say it's "lit!" (Get it?)
By: Sam Berkowitz, Gabe Lovy,Yoni Schneider, & Shoshana Levine
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On Wednesday December 28, 2016 Dr. Levey went "old school" for this week's Wireless Wednesday program.
This Tech Talk program focused on how quickly technology changes and advances. Dr. Levey brought a few "show and tell" items to help illustrate the different changes in technology.
We started out talking about how in 1860 The Pony Express was formed as a way to deliver mail to people around the country. The students got a laugh out of the "Wanted... Young, Skinny, Wiry Fellows not over eighteen. Must be expert riders, willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred. Wages, $25 per week", want add.
Next, we spoke about the invention of the Telephone in 1876. Dr. Levey brought to class an old rotary phone. He demonstrated dialing numbers as well as how the only way to be on the phone and to get some privacy at the same time was to hope the phone chord could stretch far enough so you could go in the closet and close the door (as best as possible because of the chord).
After demonstrating how an "old" phone worked, Dr. Levey showed the class a relic from the past, a typewriter, invented in 1867. He explained that before computers, you had to use a typewriter and if you made a mistake, how to correct it, as well as how to get the letters unstuck if you were a quick typist.
Next, Dr. Levey brought out an old, large flip cell phone to illustrate how far we have come with regard to mobile phones since they were first introduced in 1973.
Flashing forward to 1979, Dr. Levey showed the students a Walkman, with a cassette and headphones that had to be attached to the device. He then asked the group if they knew what the connection was between a cassette tape and a pencil? Dr. Levey showed them how to "fix" the cassette if the ribbon got tangled.
From there we spoke about the introduction of the World Wide Web (1989), when the first text message was sent (1992), Google (1997), Facebook (2004), the IPhone (2007) to Google glasses (2012) and 3d printing (2014).
We ended the class with,
"What's next?"
Stay tuned for further Tech Talk programs!
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