DRS’s largest freshman class has Shabbaton

DRS Seniors selected as Semi-finalists for National Merit Scholarship Award

This year, two DRS Senior students, Alex Selensy and Benny Aivazi, have both qualified as semi-finalists for the National Merit Scholarship. Additionally, Senior Eitan Lipsky was chosen as a “commendee” for the scholarship, which means he scored within the top 96th percentile of PSAT scorers in the country. These are extremely prestigious honors, and they reflect the high level of education that DRS strives to deliver to their students, as well as the level of commitment and work they expect from them. The National Merit Scholarship Program is a United States academic scholarship competition for recognition and college scholarships administered by National Merit Scholarship Corporation, a privately funded, not-for-profit organization. Each year approximately 10,500 scholarships are awarded through NMSC programs, which represents less than 1% of the initial pool of entrants. Students who qualify as a Semifinalist have an outstanding academic record, are endorsed and recommended by school officials, and earn extremely high PSAT scores.

DRS’s largest grade together for Shabbos

DRS prides itself on the “Achdus” it tries to foster between its students. That’s why, in just the second week of school, DRS took its new Freshman Grade to OHEL’s beautiful Camp Kaylie campus to spend Shabbos together. The new Freshman class, DRS’s largest in its 16 year history, includes 93 students from 15 different elementary schools, and 8 different communities. New friendships were fostered immediately over the weekend, as students had the opportunity to play ball, learn, and experience a DRS Shabbaton together with new classmates, and Rabbeim. The students all got a chance to taste the amazing Ruach and spirit of DRS that the school is so famous for.