With great excitement and a lot of Lion Pride, we gathered yesterday, January 8, for the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony of Scheck Hillel Community School's new state-of-the-art Athletic Complex. To commence the celebration, Head of School, Dr. Ezra Levy officially welcomed families, founders, past chairs, alumni, dignitaries and other friends to the complex and future of our campus. We were fortunate to have join us North Miami Beach Mayor George Vallejo, Golden Beach Mayor Glenn Singer, Aventura Mayor Enid Weisman,Indian Creek Councilman Bob Diener, Miami-Dade Commissioner Sally Heyman, North Miami Beach Councilmembers Phyllis Smith, Anthony DeFillipo and Marlen Martell, Israel's Consul General to Florida and Puerto Rico Chaim Shacham and Deputy Consul General Revital Malca. The City of North Miami Beach even presented Scheck Hillel with a certificate of recognition for this momentous occasion.
For 45 years, Scheck Hillel students were without the home-field advantge and have held practices and games at neighboring fields. And yet, our school’s athletics program has soared with regional and district rankings, universities recruiting athletes, international media coverage and one of the nation’s only Jewish varsity football teams. The first phase of Momentum, our new 110,000-square-foot Athletic Complex, which houses the Diener Athletic Center, Rok Field and Leo's Court will enrich the academic experience and give students the lifetime benefit of sports.
Momentum leadership co-chairs Susy and Larry Abbo, Michelle and Bob Diener, Marty and Hili Scheck, and their children, joined Dr. Levy and all the local dignitaries on stage to help him cut the ribbon with giant 3-foot scissors. The co-chairs' remarkable vision, generous heart and commitment to our children made this first part of the first phase of Momentum, the opening of our Athletic Complex, possible.
Next up: the 70,000-square-foot Eduplex, which will house classrooms for Grades 6-12, a science wing with laboratories, a media center and new Beit Midrash.
