Competitive SPIRIT

Star-Spangled Students

Early Childhood celebrated American Day during Presidents’ Week. Kindergarten students competed in a round of presidential Jeopardy where they had to know the name of the first president and the type of house in which President Lincoln lived. Students wore red, white and blue, learned about the presidents, country symbols and famous landmarks, and sang popular folk songs.

The Great Escape

Lower School students transformed into robots as part of a Math Escape the Room competition. Each grade was given interactive puzzles and problems designed to help students practice grade-specific math skills and fluency. First graders solved addition problems with sums up to 20, 2nd graders practiced addition and subtraction of two- and three-digit numbers, 3rd graders worked on basic multiplication facts, 4th graders tackled long division with remainders, and 5th graders practiced multiplication and long division algorithms with numbers up to the ten-thousands.

Chidon Hotshots

Kol Hakavod to the more than 60 Middle and High School students who participated in the Chidon HaTanach National Competition. For the 6th grade Middle School Division, Joseph Namer came in 7th place; for 7th and 8th grades, Sylvia Mizrahi came in 6th place, Ralph Beyda came in 13th place, Jed Glaser came in 15th place and Bnaya Ben Hamou came in 17th place. Faculty members Mrs. Naomi Suberi-Busany and Rabbi Avraham Benhamu prepared the students well for this challenging competition.

Yale Tales

This spring, the JBHS Math Team traveled to Yale University to participate in the annual MMATHS competition as one of eight yeshivot in attendance. The students competed in individual and team rounds, and senior Elisha Kahan competed in a lightning final round. The Flatbush team placed second in the team round, and Elisha placed fourth in the individual contest.