Northwest Yeshiva High School - NYHS

Join us at SBH this Shabbat to hear from our own Reb Justin Eichel!
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Our Fabulous NYHS Class of 2026 Graduates!
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Winning NYHS Stem Team news from the MI Reporter.

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Northwest Yeshiva High School students win best engineering awards at national summit - Mercer Island Reporter It’s been an inspirational experience this year for STEM coach Ariela DeFunis, who watched some of her Northwest Yeshiva High School (NYHS) students win best engineering awards at the recent Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education (CIJE) Innovation Summit in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Today, Mr. Legel’s AP Environmental Science students built and tested solar ovens. ☀️ Lab groups competed with one another to reach the highest temperature. The competition was "heating up" this afternoon as students harnessed the power of the sun and made revisions to their designs.

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Our NYHS Stem Team recently attended the CIJE Innovation Summit in East Rutherford, NJ along with representatives from other Jewish day schools across the U.S. and beyond.
Our team submitted four entries, and brought home two hard earned awards including two prizes for best engineering! One of the winning projects, Aleph Learn, is a device to help older Hebrew language learners identify Hebrew letters. And the other, Grid64, is an interactive chess board that recreates the joy and excitement of playing a computer on a real physical chess board!
The most impressive work happened in the run up to the competition. Teams worked late into the night finalizing the functionality of their prototypes, polishing pitches and rising to the next inevitable challenge in the pursuit of creating new things.
Special shout out to our amazing STEM coach Ariela DeFunis and trusty team chaperone Jay Schreiber! Go Lions!

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A group of our NYHS students had a terrific time at Benaroya Hall yesterday evening listening to Gershwin music at the Seattle Symphony! Go Lions! And a special thank you to Mr. Andy Kaplan for coordinating this musical excursion!

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Shots from our recent NYHS Torah Showdown!

Mazal tov to NYHS alumni Alexander Benoliel ‘19 and Rebecca Benezra ‘24 on recently being selected to the Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood of America’s Scholars Program!

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Sephardic Scholarship Program Alexander is a graduate student at Yeshiva University in the Rabbi Issac Elchanan Theological Seminary and Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies where he is pursuing Rabbinic Semicha and a Masters in Jewish History. Alexander’s studies focus on Sephardic Rabbinic texts and commentaries. ...

Elon, an NYHS student who participates in the StandWithUs Teen Leadership Program, presented to our NYHS students and staff about Israel advocacy. His presentation touched on the psychology of hate, how to interact with people who hold different opinions, and how to model Jewish values in the process.