ROSH CHODESH ADAR BREAKFAST
Last Wednesday, in honor of Rosh Chodesh Adar, the HANC Student Council together with the great help of Morah Hakimian planned an extravagant and delicious breakfast for the entire Middle School after davening. Following the breakfast we had words of Torah from our very own students and a really unique, special school-wide auction. All the auction prizes were "donated" by the teachers in the form of fun, cool, special privileges; for example, 10 points extra credit on Morah Hakimian's test, a game of basketball with Rabbi Olshan, out to lunch with Rabbi Hecht, yummy candy treats from Mrs. Seeno and much more. All the money collected from selling auction tickets went to tzedakah. Students bought tickets for 50 cents each and in the end, we raised over $500 in just ONE morning!! The entire event was a complete success! It was so much fun and a great Mitzvah at the same time. Everyone enjoyed the program and stay tuned because the Student Council will be making many more fun events like this one in the future. Thank you to Morah Hakimian for the beautiful set-up and guidance.
BY: Nava Lippman and Leah Frankel
Student Council Co-Presidents
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GURWIN TRIP
Last week some 7th and 8th graders went to Gurwin nursing home. It was so much fun. We played bowling, pool, darts, and even basketball with the men and women there. We got to meet many great people. They were so nice. They told us jokes and stories of when they were young. I met this one woman who had a great sense of humor. I was taking her to play a game and saw someone who looked familiar. She just saw a friend that she hasn't seen in years. I was very surprised. We had a great time. I really hope that I get another chance to go back.
By: Joshua Aryeh
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HOLOCAUST MUSEUM TRIP
On Thursday, February 23, the 8th graders when on a trip to the The Museum of Jewish Heritage in Lower Manhattan. We first discussed two pictures with Rabbi Paul Radensky. After, we got into 3 groups, and went on our way to explore the rest of the museum. We saw some propaganda pictures about how the Jews were ruining Germany. We watched videos about how hard it was for people to live in Concentration Camps and Ghettos. At the end of the tour we saw a Non-jewish artist drilled a hole hole in the middle of a few rocks and planted trees in them. The meaning of this was it might be seem hard (the rock), but it will always turn out good (the trees). At the end we looked at some pictures and interpreted them. This trip was truly inspiring to the whole 8th grade.
By: Shoshana Levine
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GRANDFATHER/FATHER/SON PROGRAM
On March 5, we had a fantastic bar mitzvah program at HANC Middle School. The day began with a beautiful davening. Netanel Stern was chazzan for pesukei d'zimra and Joshua Aryeh was chazzan for shacharit. Next, a delicious breakfasr was served. There was cereal/milk, bagels and cream cheese, juice, coffee, pancakes and Benci's famous chocolate chip cookies. Rabbi Hecht spoke to the boys about proper behavior at a bar/bat mitzvah. Following breakfast, there were two presentations. The first presentation was by Scott Feltman, executive director, One Israel Fund. Mr. Feltman spoke about the wonderful things that One Israel Fund does and he highlighted a program called sagna. Sagna is a program where students in Israel go to help them work through different issues. The seventh grade boys as a group gave money (instead of a bar mitzvah gift) and voted this as a most worthy cause. Next, Rabbi Heshy Pincus, a famous sofer, spoke to everyone about tefillin and how they are made. Everyone was mesmerized. The program concluded with spirited dancing. Yitzy Haber and Donny Weinraub (aka the Schnitzel Guys) came and taught the boys how to dance. The guys role-played with the bar mitzvah boy in the middle and dancing with all kinds of "family members." The program was fantastic!!
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BOYS TISCH
The 7th grade boys enjoyed an awesome tisch at the home of Rabbi Harris on parshat Terumah. The food was amazing, as there cholent, hot poppers, deli roll, chips, candy, etc.. Rabbi Harris told the boys some amazing stories and how they related to the week's parsha. The 7th grade boys can't wait until the next tisch.
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8th Grade-Maddam Tussauds
On Tuesday the eighth graders went on a social studies trip to visit Madame Tussaud's wax museum in NYC. The students each had a scavenger sheet that Mrs. Seeno provided. The main focus was the Gallery Room that had famous historical figures that included, but not limited to John F. Kennedy, Donald Trump, Abraham Lincoln, Richard Nixon, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Martin Luther K. Jr, and many others. Additionally, students explored various pop culture celebrities and athletes. Students were able to view the Marvel 4D interactive short film as well. It was a great time had by all. Following the museum, students had lunch at Shnitzel Express. Thanks to our chaperones Mrs. Schneider, Mrs. Wasser, and Mrs. Seeno.
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The girls had a great time enthusiastically dancing at our Purim Chagiga. They enjoyed seeing the creativity of their friends costumes and of course delicious hamentaschen too! We can't wait for Purim!
The boys enjoyed a fantastic chagigah on March 8. Some of the highlights included: spirited dancing, the costumes, tug of war, coke and pepsi, musical chairs and delicious hamantaschen. The excitement in the room was palpable. Kudos to Rabbi Harris and Rabbi Olshan for helping with the dancing and to Jeff Neckonoff, aka Azamra DJ for providing the entertainment.
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MoMa
Rena Hackel, a 7th grade student at HANC Middle School, was recently published by The Museum Of Modern Art (
MOMA). While engaging with a poetry unit in Mrs. Wasser's English class, Rena displayed extremely strong and creative poetic abilities.
Rena wrote a poem as a response to Vincent van Gogh's famous painting, "Starry Night." After reading Rena's outstanding work,
MOMA decided that it belonged on their website. Rena's poem has been published at
http://teens.moma.org/ and can be seen accompanying van Gogh's painting.
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Support HANC through your Amazon shopping. A portion of your AMAZON purchase will be donated to HANC. All you need to do is access Amazon through
www.smile.amazon.com and select Hebrew Academy of Nassau County!
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UPCOMING EVENTS
MARCH
10 - Lessons in videography in preparation for the Names, Not Numbers© interviews
13-16 - Interviews with the survivors for the Names, Not Numbers program © (during school hours)
15 & 21- Parent Teacher Conferences
16 - Debate @ Kushner
17-19 - Middle School Shabbaton @ Camp Nageela
20- Torah Bowl meet @ HAFTR
23 - LISEF-selected students
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