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YCQ
STUDENTS EXCEL IN PRESIDENTIAL FITNESS CHALLENGE
Since its introduction to our school five years ago, the
Presidential Fitness test has strongly upgraded the health and
well being of the entire YCQ community. In addition to sports
skills, students in grades one through eight work on improving
in four fitness categories throughout the school year.
They are:
endurance: long distance running
muscular strength: pushups and pull-ups
flexibility: sit ups and curl ups
agility: short distance running
After practicing the above, the students are test
individually by our gym teacher, Mr. Schwartzman. Their scores
are measured against national standards that are set by the
President’s Council on Health and Fitness. With each year, our
numbers of students who achieve a "National" or "Presidential"
level increases.
| TORAH BOWL: A YCQ
Winning Tradition |
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For the past eight years, our school has participated in
elementary school
Torah Bowl competition with local yeshivot. We are
proud to say that YCQ has consistently finished among
the top three competing yeshivot each year. This past
year was no different. Finishing second overall, our
students demonstrated their
Torah knowledge.
Answering hundreds of questions on
Sefer D’varim in
numerous competitions, our students once again shined.
We look forward to working hard to build on our past
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| MISHMAR MADNESS
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If you combine sports, good food and Torah learning you
have the ingredients for a successful
Mishmar program managed
by Rabbi Hamel.
Every Tuesday, the JHS girls stay after school for
extra learning. The boys do the same, splitting grades
5-8 between Wednesdays and Thursdays. The students’
devotion is a true
Kiddush Hashem and is a source of pride to their
parents and teachers.
Several innovations make
mishmar a great success.
First, our delicious menu starts the evening on the
right note. Then, the
rebbeim give exciting and challenging
shiurim on select topics
of interest to young people. Stories,
divrei Torah and
interesting ideas fill the rooms as the students learn
Torah from different
rebbeim in the JHS.
All this is followed by the exciting M.B.A.! Each
team (in honor of their
Rebbi/coach) receives T-shirts and a league
schedule. Teams play short 3-on-3s |
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for 15 minutes. Students find that "the Mishmar
Basketball Association is awesome."
Despite the students’ busy schedules and homework,
the Mishmar sessions
are well attended every week. As a reward for a good
attendance record, the students will go in the spring to
the all new Yankee Stadium for a game!
Join us - it always gets better!! |
FIFTH GRADE LITERARY CLUB
The Fifth Grade Literary Club is an after school program that
meets weekly with Mr. Kahn. It is comprised of excellent fifth
grade readers who as a group have been reading above grade
level. Some of our exciting selections have been The Phantom
Tollbooth by Norton Juster and Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech.
Our club members enjoy reading challenging books in a relaxed
atmosphere. They also participate in stimulating discussions
that test their intellect and analytical skills. Throughout the
year they have made great progress in comprehending more
advanced literature which helps them in all spheres of their
studies. Mr. Kahn finds great pleasure working with these
dedicated readers and enjoys reading interesting books alongside
them. Most of all they have discovered that reading is great
fun!
YCQ CHOIR
The YCQ Choir is an after school program for third and fourth
graders who enjoy singing and performing for others. Our
dedicated music director, Rabbi Eli Lipsker, guides his talented
students through wonderful and uplifting performances for
various synagogues and community organizations. Each year the
YCQ Choir takes part in a community wide commemoration of Yom
Hashoa and Yom Ha’atzmaut. They touch the hearts of their
audiences with their beautiful voices and powerful Jewish
spirit.
In addition to learning scales and lyrics, the YCQ Choir
members learn that music not only enhances every aspect of our
religious lives but performing for others brings great
nachas to those who listen.
DEBATE TEAM
Yeshiva of Central Queens is a proud member of the Middle
School Yeshiva League which is made up of six yeshivot. Other
member schools include the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County (HANC),
Yavneh Academy and the Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy both of New
Jersey, the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway (HAFTR)
and the North Shore Hebrew Academy. The League, led by Mrs. Ben-Habib,
meets three to four times per year to debate
various topics that are chosen by the host school. Hosting is
scheduled on a rotating basis and each school provides two
judges for each meet. The League teams are judged in three
categories: individual speaker, team and best school.
The League teams are comprised of very dedicated seventh and
eighth graders who work very hard throughout the year preparing
for the debates.
We look forward to our upcoming debates throughout the
2009-2010 school year.
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