A crowd of over 1,100 Jewish teenagers gathered on May 23 to present projects that they have been working on all year as part of a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) curriculum.
Hundreds of students representing more than 40 schools competed across three divisions in the recent CIJE Vex Robotics Tournament at the Fort Washington Armory in Washington Heights.
Excitement was pulsing through the air inside the Fort Washington Armory Track in Manhattan, where hundreds of students from Jewish day schools nationwide gathered for a highly anticipated robotics competition on Tuesday, April 5. The event, a culmination of the Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education (CIJE)’s year-round robotics league, was co-hosted by Teach Coalition and welcomed nearly 100 robots from a total of 37 schools to participate in a variety of matches.
Three years ago, a group of local neighbors in the East Laurelton area of Teaneck began gathering on Friday nights on the back deck of Menachem and Malka Neuman’s home.