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NOVEMBER 2014

The Ateres Yaakov Star

Bein Hazmanim Learning Program A Success
Over Sukkos Break, the students
were offered the opportunity to
participate in a Learning Program,
called 24.

Each participating student was rewarded with a gift certificate to Sushi Tokyo or to Prime Bistro de-

We wanted to reward them for

The program was developed by
Rabbi Tsvi Greenfield, the new
Student Activities Coordinator at
Ateres Yaakov.
There were different tiers of learning to which student could commit,
with different incentives for each
level. Dozens of students participated in the program and they
combined to cumulatively learn
over 400 hours over Sukkos break.

pending on their committed tier.
According to Rabbi Greenfield, “It
is great to see the boys take initiative and dedicate themselves to
learning over their breaks.

their dedication to learning, but
what they gained was far greater
than the prizes they received. We
aim to create more exciting programming throughout the year for
the boys that enables them to grow
and learn.”

Life as a Freshman

Before I walked through the doors
of high school, I was accustomed to
being part of the oldest class and
feeling like I owned the school and
knew everybody. But in what felt
like a split second, everything
changed, and suddenly I was the
youngest in school and I knew virtually nobody.
Being a freshman is almost like
moving from one city to another
and having to start your life all over
again with the skill ́ѡ