This week, Henrietta the Hen came with Mrs. Liora Rosen for her annual visit to Bais Yaakov  Elementary in preparation for Yom Kippur. This tradition which has become a rite of passage for our students was started by Reb Lipa Friedman z"l over thirty years ago to teach American children how Kapporos was done in the " Alter Heim". This hands-on activity certainly excites the students and makes for a " Leibedike Yiddishkeit".

The Kindergarten and First Grade Moros have been attending multiple training sessions over the past few months to introduce a program that will help all our students improve their accuracy and fluency in Kriah. This is a uniform, kinesthetic approach to develop a gold standard for mastering all aspects of reading, which includes decoding letters, vowels and blending them together. The series of workshops were professionally recorded and given to each teacher for ongoing review. The program was developed by Mrs. Leah Wenger of Lakewood and is currently being used by over 10 schools. We are looking forward to seeing great results.

Misaskim's annual international Tehillim gathering took place on Tuesday, September 26th in the early afternoon. Our middle schoolers joined via hook up with thousands of other children throughout the country and said Tehillim together with those gathered in the Bobov Yeshiva in Boro Park, NY, beseeching Hashem to send a refua shelima, comfort and salvation to those in dire need. Misaskim coordinates this event every year to unite Klal Yisroel during these trying times. Especially now with all the unfortunate tragedies we are witnessing worldwide, we turn to Hashem for His infinite mercy.  

G.O.'s opening activity was a great success. The entire middle school went to Rockin Jump in Towson, on Thursday, September 14th for an action packed afternoon.  Each year our opening activity is not only an opportunity to generate fun and excitement within the framework of school, but also to build a feeling of achdus and sensitivity to one another. Special thanks to our chaperones Mrs. Ciment, Mrs. Cohen, Mrs. Goldberg, Mrs. Gross, Mrs. Gottlieb, Mrs. T. Horowitz, Mrs. Hammelburger, Miss Lipsky, Mrs. Rothman, Mrs. Usdan and Mrs. Zweig.