NSHA News

Going the distance for children with disabilities

Posted on May 8, 2023

Jerusalem’s hills are breathtaking, which eighteen North Shore Hebrew Academy High Cchool students now know better than most after experiencing them during Jerusalem’s annual marathon. This March, NSHAHS sent their eighth group of runners to Israel as part of a fundraiser for Shalva, an Israeli organization for children with special needs. “This is an incredible …

Daf Yomi for teens: NSHA 10th graders create podcast “Daf Punk” 

Posted on May 8, 2023

North Shore Hebrew Academy High School 10th graders Talia and Jordana have a lot to do during their short lunch break: they’ve got to eat, discuss the daily Daf Yomi, and write and record a podcast about their daily learning. “Yo yo yo my yomis!” the 15-year-olds start off each episode of “Daf Punk,” a …

North Shore Hebrew Academy students provide emergency relief in Florida after Hurricane Ian’s destruction

Posted on January 9, 2023

The sheer scope of the devastation was unlike anything they had ever seen. Houses were flattened. Giant trees were toppled, their exposed roots clawing the air. More than 80 people died in the Category 4 hurricane, the fifth-strongest ever in the US, and the 150 mph wind caused billions of dollars in damage. Thousands of …

NSHAHS art classes partner with the Memory Project, where each student paints the portrait of a child, to bring hope in a challenging situation

Posted on January 9, 2023

The faces of 20 children from Cameroon were the first thing visitors saw in November when they walked down the stairs at the Great Neck Public Library on Long Island, New York. The portraits, painted in vivid colors and as realistic as photos, looked straight at their viewers with shy smiles. The super-lifelike paintings on …

Making Learning Come Alive — NSHA Students Participate in Hands On Workshops at the Science Museum of LI

Posted on November 10, 2022

Field Trips are an important part of every child’s education. When students leave the classroom, they see the connections between what is happening at school and in the ‘real-world’. They begin to see that what they learn within the walls of the classroom can help them solve the problems they see in the world around …

NSHA students lend a hand to tornado-devastated Kentucky

Posted on January 11, 2022

  New York Jewish students lend a hand to tornado-devastated Kentucky BY HOWARD BLAS (December 30, 2021 / JNS) Winning the lottery usually conjures images of elated people feeling set for life after receiving a check for hundreds of millions of dollars. Yet for five North Shore Hebrew Academy (NSHA) students in the Long Island region …

NSHA Teams Up with Jerusalem’s Pantry Packers

Posted on December 30, 2021

Jerusalem’s Pantry Packers brings volunteering to the US Following its success in Jerusalem at fusing charity with a fun experience for both locals and tourists, Pantry Packers has recently launched a pilot program in the United States. The food distribution arm of Colel Chabad, Pantry Packers provides a platform for thousands of volunteers to prepare …

NSHA’s 1st Battle of the Books

Posted on June 3, 2021

By Lisa Weinstein, Director of Curriculum and Instruction The energy in the Old Mill tent was palpable  as the sixth graders arrived for North Shore Hebrew Academy’s first Battle of the Books. With team posters, cheers, and hundreds of pages read, students arrived ready to battle against their classmates. It was a true honor to …

Congratulations to LISEF Winners Abigail Mottahedeh & Ella Shusterman

Posted on April 21, 2021

Junior class members Abigail Mottahedeh and Ella Shusterman have been named 2021 Long Island Science & Engineering Fair (LISEF) Special Award Winners. The Society for In Vitro Biology (SIVB) presented Abigail and Ella’s project titled “Synergistic Effect of Rhamnolipids and Antibiotics against Bacteria” with a Certificate of Outstanding Ability and Creativity. The SIVB recognized their experiment specifically because of its unique …

NSHAHS Wins DECA Awards

Posted on March 16, 2021

For the first time in NSHAHS history we have student winners at the DECA NY State competition for emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, business management and administration, finance, hospitality and tourism. DECA High School and Collegiate participants compete at the regional, state and national/international levels. DECA’s flagship evaluation process involves students competing in both a written …

Cross Content Collaboration in Fifth Grade

Posted on February 23, 2021

By Lisa Weinstein, Director of Curriculum and Instruction If you ask a fifth grader about ecosystems and biomes and their importance, they might say, “You mean what we read about in class? Did you know that wolves were reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park?” Or they might respond, “You mean what Mr. I is teaching us …

NSHAHS Earns College Board AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award

Posted on February 2, 2021

NSHAHS has earned the College Board’s AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award for expanding young women’s access to AP Computer Science Principles (CSP). Out of the 20,000 institutions that offer AP courses, 1,119 achieved either 50% or higher female representation in one of the two AP computer science courses or a percentage of the female computer science examinees …