Shulamith School for Girls honors its top grads

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Shoshana Rockoff resides with her family in West Hempstead and attends Shulamith School for Girls. She is focused on achieving goals and has a deep appreciation for her schoolwork. A highlight for Shoshana was becoming a finalist in the Yediot Klalliot competition, as well as in the Brachot Bee. Another achievement was winning first place in the Inter-Yeshiva HALB Science Fair in 2013 and again in 2014. Shoshana was also awarded the Keter Shem Tov Award for two consecutive years.

Shoshana embraces chesed opportunities and is always looking for ways to grow.in areas of Torah and Ahavat Yisroel. Shulamith has given Shoshana a deep appreciation for doing chesed. both inside the classroom and outside. Shulamith has been an integral force in her development. Shoshana is involved with the special needs population through her work with Friendship Circle and enjoys participating in programs with Yachad.

This year, Shoshana played for the Mustangs, the Shulamith Basketball Team, and was a Business Manager for the yearbook. Shoshana feels privileged to have been named Valedictorian of the Shulamith Class of 2014. She looks forward to attending SKA, IY”H in the fall.

Racheli Brunner resides in Woodmere, where she was born and raised, and has attended Shulamith School for Girls since kindergarten. It’s not only Racheli’s red hair and freckles that make her shine; her accomplishments are many and varied.

Racheli was on Math Olympiad and Torah Bowl in 7th grade. As captain of this year’s Torah Bowl team, Racheli studied the entire Chumash Bereishis with every Rashi.

As editor-in-chief, Racheli also led her classmates in producing a magnificent yearbook. Racheli has headed many choirs, has led younger grades in Shulamith in Tefila, and has taught in Shulamith on several occasions. As far as Chessed is concerned, it begins in the home. Racheli is a Bnos leader and takes her younger siblings to Bnos and Pirchei in the afternoons so that they can have fun while her parents rest. She uses the gifts Hashem has given her to tutor others free of charge.

Shulamith has helped mold Racheli into the educated, mature, nurturing young lady she has become. Shulamith has helped instill in her a love for Klal Yisrael, Eretz Yisrael, and Torat Yisrael. Racheli aspires to become a Chumash teacher because she loves studying Chumash and applying the lessons she’s learned for her personal growth. She is also considering becoming a professor in Math. Racheli is looking forward to attending Manhattan High School for Girls next year, IY”H, where they will continue to help her achieve these goals and more.

Racheli is thrilled to have been selected Salutatorian of this year’s graduating class and has tremendous hakoras hatov to her family, to Shulamith, and to everyone involved in helping her arrive where she is today.

Yael Torczyner is a West Hempstead resident and attends Shulamith School for Girls. She is deeply devoted to her community and serves as a group leader at the Young Israel of West Hempstead’s ECC minyan, as well as an umpire in the West Hempstead shuls’ little league.

Yael enjoys spending time working on art and was the Layout Editor for the yearbook. Yael has also been accepted to the Art Academy at SKA, which she will be attending in the fall.

During her time in Shulamith School for Girls, Yael has acquired many accolades including winning third place in the Inter-Yeshiva HALB Science Fair in 2014. Yael has also had the highest individual score in Math Olympiad for three years in a row. In addition, she was also on the Shulamith Torah Bowl team this year. Yael feels honored to have been named Salutatorian for the Shulamith School for Girls Class of 2014.

Daniella Cohen is a proud Shulamith graduate who enjoys striving for excellence in all areas of her life. Daniella, a Lawrence resident, participated in Harmony in Ensemble where she used her graceful dancing skills and where she met girls from all over the Five Towns. She looks forward to making new friends next year in Manhattan High School. Daniella worked as Layout Editor of her yearbook, using her creativity and organizational skills to produce a beautiful product. Daniella spent last summer, and looks forward to spending this summer, in Camp Kaylie. She developed a close relationship with special needs girls that she maintained throughout the year.

Daniella volunteered her time at a Gown Gamach and would like to continue doing this Chessed next year, too. While Daniella has many wonderful attributes that have earned her the Mordechai Gimpel Wolk Memorial Award for Midot Tovot and Academic Excellence, her most outstanding quality is her sensitivity to her family and friends. She anticipates other persons’ needs and feelings and goes out of her way to include others in her activities.

All who know her are impressed with her loyalty, sincerity, and intelligence. Daniella would like to give a big Hakarat Hatov to Shulamith School for Girls for helping her develop into the person she has become.

Rachel Ash resides with her family in Cedarhurst, New York and has been a student at Shulamith School for girls since kindergarten. She has always loved to learn and has excelled in her Judaic and secular studies. Rachel received a trophy two years in a row at the Inter-yeshiva Science Congress.

For her eighth-grade yearbook, Rachel was a business manager and worked very hard with the two other managers to raise money for their yearbook along with many other 8th grade functions. Rachel also loves to perform. She was a drama head for the school Shabbaton in her eighth-grade year, and performed on many other occasions throughout her years in Shulamith.

Rachel is a strong supporter of Israel and the IDF; she participated in a chesed called Standing Together where she and her family visited soldiers on an army base.

A kind, sensitive girl who puts the feelings of others before her own, Rachel is a deserving recipient of the Mordechai Gimpel Wolk Memorial Award for Midot Tovot and Academic Excellence.

Next year, Rachel will IY”H be attending Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls.