é | Price: XNA. $1.75 Outoide NWN. $82.50 ‘Canada: C$3.00-tm JEWRY TORAH F NEWS PAP ER — H Weather Forooast ‘on back page Town Pe | ana HOD a DAILY VOL. V 1 NO. 1073 WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2008 Bina High School of Norfolk, Virginia, Off to a Great Start “The excitement that accompanied the September opening of Bina High School of Norfolk, Virginia, has continued to {grow with the passing months. The school {hat started out as an idea in the minds of a few devoted parents has since become & flourishing institution for both local and ‘out-of town students, with both high aca demic standards and a strong extracurtic- ular program. ‘As with any great idea, the right peo- ple were needed to bring it to fruition. Rebbetzin Chani Werther brought decades of experience in chinuch habanos to her position as menaheles, providing the faculty with guidance during the school’s formative "period, General Studies Principal Mrs. Linda Peék, whose sterling reputation as an educator pre- ceded her, has also been essential to the school’s success. ‘Bina High School is fortunate to have an outstanding team of educators, includ. ing Rabbi Chaim Silver of Bnai Israel Congregation in Norfolk, who has guided the school from the outset, and Rabbi ‘Dovid Bernstein of Torah Umesorah, who hhas been an invaluable consultant every step of the way. Bina is renting space in a state-of-the: art building, and in general has been the beneficiary of remarkable hashgachah prats in its development. The school has also been fortunate with its most vital resource — its talmidos. Six fine students from Norfolk have been joined by ninth- and tenth-grade students from Baltimore, Chicago, Denver and New ‘York, They have been challenged by Bina’s-curriculum, embraced by its facul- ty, and inspired by its warmth. The com: ‘unity as a whole has seen to it that the ut-oftoven girls feel that Norfolk is their home away from home. ‘Throughout the year, the students tive been involved in countless extracur- ricular activities and events that round Out their high-school experience. Recently, they put on a performance of “City of Refuge” that was well received by an audience of more than 100 women. Chessed projéets have regularly taken the girls to the Beth Sholom Honie for the ‘aged, and they have also enjoyed various ‘Chagigos, a Mishmeres program, color wat, @ day trip to Baltimore, and other out ings. ‘Bina High School's future appears bright indeed, In the short time since its students took their seats for the first time, Bina has already become synony- ‘mous with a love of learning, a well- rounded program, and personal attention, to the students. If you'd like to find out ‘more about Bina, please call us at (757) 627-2462.