Adar fun at HANC

HANC High School is known as a yeshiva that emphasizes achdut and community. Chodesh Adar has been full of celebration. The high school held several events that highlighted the spirited month. Students prepared a Purim carnival for our friends from YACHAD, held the annual Purim auction and matanot l’evyonim drive to raise over $5000 for Od Yosef Chai, and had its first ever Chulent Cook-Off. Students were hosted at the homes of their Rabbeim and Morot for the Purim seudah and celebrated in school with a fantastic chagigat Shushan Purim.

HANC’s partnership with Yachad is stronger than ever. After raising more than $24,000 for Yachad in their annual Miami marathon, students continued their friendships by hosting Yachad at their campus for a Purim carnival extravaganza. Friends enjoyed cupcake decorating, face painting, Purim card making, lively dancing and a pizza lunch.

The school’s first ever Great Chulent Cook-Off featured a spirited battle between the principal of the high school, Rabbi Shlomo Adelman and a group of students led by Junior, Ezra Kushner who claimed he can make a superior chulent. The entire school had the opportunity to taste each chulent and cast a vote for their favorite. Team Kushner was declared the victor at the school’s chagiga. The event was documented in a video by HANC’s film crew. The video included shopping, toveling, cooking, and taste testing which was transformed into a hilarious Purim video shown at the chagiga. However, it didn’t matter who won the challenge, since the event united the entire school.

At the school’s Purim Chagiga on Shushan Purim, students enjoyed a gala breakfast, a musical performance by the high school band, a Purim video and ruach-filled dancing led by HANC’s own DJ, junior, Daniel Dilamani.