Student Orientations
Both schools held orientation sessions for all grades. Students caught up with each other, met new faculty members and learned about new initiatives for the school year. Grade 12s at both schools had additional leadership sessions, geared at preparing them for their roles this year. Thank you to teachers and administrators who ran these sessions. […]
YOC Grad Dinner 2015
On Monday evening, Or Chaim’s grade 12s gathered together at DANI for their grad dinner. Student Council President Roni Perez opened the evening, acknowledging each of his classmates and thanking the teachers for all they’ve done for the grade over the past four years. Mr. Lazar opened the evening, celebrating the growth and maturity of […]
YOC Grad Trip
YOC’s grade 12 class had an amazing grad trip experience! They got to see many exciting sites of Chicago: starting by ascending to the top of the John Hancock tower and doing “tilt” – leaving forward over the city. The views were spectacular! They visited Millennium Park and biked around downtown Chicago, stopping in at […]
UO Grad Dinner 2015
Grad dinner was the perfect way to finish off the year. Not only did it give us the opportunity to spend more time with our teachers and friends but it allowed us to hear thoughts from our teachers about us individually. Each student received a tribute from the teacher of their choice, and some teachers […]
YOC Tisch
Last Friday, with grade 12s writing their first exam, the new student council organized a tisch for grades 9 – 11 students. Grade 10s made cholents on Thursday afternoon and helped with set-up on Friday morning. At the Tisch, new Student Council President Coby Lyons delivered a dvar torah about new beginnings, connected to beginning […]
UO Banquet
This past Thursday Ulpana had our annual Closing Banquet. We started off by watching a video Presentation summing up our year made by Mrs. Weinberg. All the grades, as well as current student council prepared closing songs. This was followed by Student Council 2016 presenting a song that they made. After the songs, several students […]
Bnei Akiva Organizations Walk with Israel at UJA Walk
With sun shining brightly on Monday morning, many of our students, parents, siblings and staff met at Coronation Park to walk with Bnei Akiva at UJA’s Annual Walk with Israel. The walk had a record-setting 17 000 participants this year, raising an impressive amount in support of Israel. We are proud to have supported this […]
YOC Staff / Student Basketball
The third annual YOC Staff Student Basketball game was a tightly matched affair. A nail-biter from the tip-off, students were on the edge of their seat cheering on their classmates and teachers. In the end, the students prevailed by a slight margin. Thank you to Rabbi Grauer, Rabbi Spitz, Rabbi Mazer, Mr. Balkissoon, Mr. Teversham, […]
Art Show
On Wednesday night, Ulpana’s lunchroom was filled with students, parents siblings, staff and community members. Our students’ artwork was the focus of the evening. Walls were filled with beautiful sculptures, breathtaking paintings and the projector displayed an amusing video. This was the 7th Annual Bnei Akiva Schools Art Show, organized by Mr. Pascal and Mrs. […]
