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Junior Events at Central

Junior year is a challenging, exhilarating time: the prospect of college has never been closer, and tests, AP courses, and extracurriculars are prominent on many schedules. At the same time, upperclassman status at Central brings its own privileges, and the class of 2024 is preparing to step up as next year’s leaders.

The week of March 13 was a significant one for current juniors: on Wednesday, March 15, the entire junior class took a field trip to Stern College for Women in midtown Manhattan. The day included a campus tour, a sample Stern class taught by Dr. Alyssa Schuck, Clinical Assistant Professor of Biology (and mother of junior Meira Schuck), and a Cen- tral alumnae panel.

Another big spring event: the junior spring Shabbaton, which was hosted by our Woodmere community last weekend. Sessions included “Freedom in the Eyes of the Sages” and “Freedom in the Eyes of Society,” a faculty panel, a pizza party, and a chesed project with 4G NCSY. Students gave incredible divrei Torah and enjoyed a meaningful meal and kumzitz with many of their teachers. It was an opportunity for the class to come together as a unit in preparation for the rest of the school year – and, of course, senior year.

“Shabbatons are a time to bond together as a grade,” says junior Debra Burger. “We daven together, eat together, spend time together. They’re very fun, especially when there’s an organized schedule with activities so we do not get bored!”

It was a high-energy weekend. “I am always sad when Shabbaton is over,” said junior Tiferet Tuchman, “but I also have the soundest sleep that Saturday night.”