On Sunday morning, October 21, TABC held its annual Open House for prospective ninth grade students and their parents. We were pleased to welcome over 750 guests/attendees from over three dozen communities!

Students and parents learned first-hand about TABC's inspiring and engaging limudei kodesh and general studies curriculum at our Academic Fair and were exposed to our diverse extra-curricular and co-curricular opportunities as well. Parents and students had the opportunity to attend a myriad of sessions panel presentations where the floor was open questions.

The interview can be an important part of any honors application to college. While most state college no longer interview their students, many private schools and especially the more competitive programs provide their students with interview opportunities. To help prepare our students for their Ivy League and honors programs, TABC held a college interview workshop on Wednesday night. Over 20% of the seniors stayed after school to meet with the two presenters, Daniel Altman who does interviews for the University of Pennsylvania and Michal Kaufman who does interviews for MIT. Each presented the students with tips and helpful suggestions for the process. The presentation was followed by mock interviews with those who wanted to participate. A similar workshop will be held later in the year for students preparing for their Yeshiva University interviews. The workshop was organized by our Director of College Guidance Dr. Garry R. Katz.

One integral component to the senior elective Introductory Economics and Financial Literacy class is the time that students spend  learning  from guest speakers- especially when they are TABC alumni. On Wednesday, Oct.17th, students enrolled in the course received an introduction to the basics of investing  from TABC's alumnus, Joshua Cohen '07, who initiated TABC's original investment club. Even while as a student in TABC, Josh was already very interested in the world of finance and investments. Mrs. Reichardt was Josh's teacher at TABC and they have stayed in touch over the years as Josh completed his education and began his career. As hakarat hatov  for his former teacher and TABC, Josh visits Mrs. Reichardt's Economics classes twice each year. Now that Josh has introduced the basics to the classes, the students will go into greater depth and discussions on those principles in their classwork.  During the second semester Josh will return to acquaint students with more sophisticated investment strategies, which he has learned and developed throughout his own experiences studying and working  in the world of finance. When the class ended, students crowded around Josh in the hallways, filled with further questions. Everyone  enjoyed his talk, and several students raised many insightful  observations and questions.  Many thanks to Joshua Cohen for his dedication to TABC. We all look forward to his next visit!