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ACADEMIC HONORS
In the prestigious National Merit
competition, Ramaz students had the
following results:
2 National Merit Winners
3 National Merit Finalists
23 Letters of Commendation
One of our students, Jonathan (Yoni) Gol,
not a native Spanish speaker, scored fifth in
the country, and first in New York State, on the
highest level of the National Spanish Exam.
In addition, students in the Upper and
Middle Schools were responsible for the
following achievements:
A national Silver Medal winner in the
Scholastic Writing Competition.
First Place in the Board of Jewish
Education Yeshiva Math League Competition.
HONORS FOR THE SENIOR CLASS (Continued from Page 1)
A winner of the National Bible Contest,
the Chidon HaTanach, competing against
winners from all over the world.
Three winners of the Garden State
Distinguished Scholars Award.
Five winners of the Regents Scholarship.
Four winning poems in the New York
Society Library’s “The Spirit of NY” interschool
literary contest.
Winning 2nd Place and Honorable
Mention at the Hebrew Academy of Long
Beach’s Inter-Yeshivah Science Congress.
The yearbook earned a Silver Medal and
all-Columbian honors in theme and design.
Parallax, the literary and art magazine,
earned a Gold Medal with all-Columbian
honors in theme and design, as well as the
prestigious Silver Crown.
“HASKEL THE HURLER”
STRUTS HIS STUFF
As reported in the June 2, 2006 issue of
The Jewish Week:
"The Stylish
Right Hander"
by Jonathan Mark
Some might remember the May
24 Mets-Phillies game for the debut
of Cuban hurler, Alay Soler, or the
Mets' 5-4 victory, but others drove
home across the Triborough Bridge
talking about the right arm of Rabbi
Haskel Lookstein, who in the spirit of
Gene Conley and Dave
DeBusschere might be better known
for his basketball Jones.
Rabbi Lookstein, of Congregation
Kehilath Jeshurun and the Ramaz
School, threw out the first ball - a
high strike - to catcher Ramon Castro
in front of 32,000 fans, a goodly 500
of whom came from KJ and Ramaz
to check out the crafty veteran.
“Good pitch," said Willie Randolph,
the Mets skipper. "If you need me
later in the game I'll be available,"
said KJ's skipper.
To see riveting footage of
this historic event, please visit
http://www.Ramaz.tv
AND OUTSIDE OF THE ACADEMIC AREA...
Ramaz won three Yeshiva League
championships this year. The following teams
were champions:
The girls varsity basketball team
The boys varsity tennis team
The chess team
And the boys varsity basketball team,
boys hockey team, girls JV basketball team,
girls and boys soccer teams, and girls varsity
volleyball team, all went to their respective
Final Four semi-final games.
Congratulations to all the students, to the
faculty, to the parents and to the community
on the wonderful record established by the
senior class of 2006 and many other students
in the school. May they continue to bring
honor and credit to themselves and their
families.