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JUNE 28, 2018 | The Jewish Home
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YHT Teams up with Cohen Children’s Medical Center
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his past school year, Dr. Roya Samuels, a Yeshiva Har Torah parent and Assistant Professor of pediatrics at Zucker School of Medicine, and Dr. Allison Driansky, director of the Community Pediatrics rotation for pediatric residents at Cohen Children’s Medical Center, partnered the school with a quality improvement project at the hospital. The collaboration eventually developed into a multi-stage project, dubbed the “YHT Scrub Club.”
Pediatric residents visited the school initially to observe common hygiene practice among students and faculty, returned to do a full day educational intervention, and returned to reinforce healthy habits and monitor compliance with recommendations. Both the school and hospital are excited to continue this model with future projects to educate YHT students, including anti-bullying and healthy eating campaigns.
HANC Middle School’s Eighth Grade Graduation PHOTO CREDIT: ROBERT SALZBANK
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ANC Middle School’s eighth grade graduation took place on June 20. It was held in the school’s auditorium. The room looked very festive with balloons and a “2018” arch through which the students walked down the aisle. The graduates looked extremely proud as they walked down the aisle and their parents, grandparents and great-grandparents were certainly shepping a lot of nachat. After the procession and the national anthems, Gabi Ben-Hamo and Aderet Weiss, pras hitztaynut award recipients, delivered the invocation. They spoke about the theme of the graduation which was Tov L’Hodot L’Hashem – it is good to give thanks to Hashem. Following the invocation, Mrs. Morey, the assistant principal, offered words of greeting. She told a fantastic story and reminded the students that each one of them had specific strengths with which to serve those around them. Abigail Mottahedeh, one of the Torah Umada Award recipients, spoke next. Abigail spoke about how each journey in life has rough patches but they mold you into “a stronger more confident individual.” She mentioned that she was thankful for everything that she learned in HANC. The program continued with a performance by the graduates on the theme of the evening. This was followed by a montage of the students’ years in middle school. Adin Moskowitz, Torah Umada award recipient, spoke about the importance about being thankful and having gratitude for
everything one has in his/her life. Rabbi Hecht, principal, spoke about the importance of being thankful for and building on what the previous generations have done for us, that everyone should take note of things and not just let them pass you by and make the extra effort. This year, the eighth grade students wrote their reflections on what HANC Middle
School means to them. Two students, Caity Davis and Naftaly Over, were chosen to read their reflections. Next, the audience was mesmerized by graduate, Tori Aviram, who played “A Million Dreams” from The Greatest Showman, on her flute. The evening concluded with a benediction delivered by Yaira Goldress and Eli Radinsky, who were pras hitz-
taynut award winners. They spoke about the importance of thanking their family, friends and HANC for providing such a warm atmosphere which allowed so much learning and growth to occur. We wish all of the graduates and their families much bracha and hatzlacha!