#Stemiscool seemed to be the mantra of the day as the Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education held its first robotics tournaments for middle and high school students on December 13. Twenty-six schools came together to participate in a fun-filled arena at the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, where innovation and ingenuity were on full display as students tinkered, modified and tested their carefully constructed robots.
Yeshiva day schools promoting their elementary school programs have observed in recent years that open house events are generally not the most widely attended or best-received recruitment tools.