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The Student News Site of Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy

RampageWired

The Student News Site of Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy

RampageWired

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How Rampagewired Actually Works

How Rampagewired Actually Works

Ayelet Schuster February 25, 2020

Slider photo by Ayelet Schuster. Throughout the school year, numerous articles seem to magically show up on rampagewired.com. These articles are thoughtfully constructed and have graphics to go along...

A decade of drops- how new years eve has evolved in the past 10 years

A decade of drops- how new years eve has evolved in the past 10 years

Ayelet Schuster December 18, 2019

Slider photo from Flickr. Each year on Dec. 31st, thousands of people around the world gather in New York’s Times Square or by their televisions to watch a geodesic sphere that weighs 11,875 pounds...

Top 10 Activities in Kansas City for Winter Break

Top 10 Activities in Kansas City for Winter Break

Ayelet Schuster December 5, 2019

Do you ever get bored at home during winter break and not know what to do? Well, here are 10 activities that you could do to have a fun winter break! 10. Play a Board Game or do a Puzzle Photo by...

Man Made Fires Destroy Amazon Rainforest and the World’s Climate

Man Made Fires Destroy Amazon Rainforest and the World’s Climate

Ayelet Schuster October 24, 2019

Slider image from Flickr. Since January 2019 alone, there have been over 74,000 fires in the Brazillian Amazon. According to Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research’s (INPE) data, fires...

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Seven of Israel’s most Innovative Inventions

Ayelet Schuster May 22, 2019

Slider image from Wikipedia.  Israel is a small country that has changed the world with its advanced technology and innovative inventions. This country has the most startups per capita worldwide, and...

Deadly Fires in California Destroy Jewish Communities

Deadly Fires in California Destroy Jewish Communities

Ayelet Schuster December 12, 2018

Photo courtesy of Flickr. Deadly fires have been spreading throughout California this November. One of the fires, the Camp Fire, in Northern California has burned 150,000 acres of land. In Southern...

HBHA and UA Get out the Vote

HBHA and UA Get out the Vote

Ayelet Schuster November 16, 2018

Slider image by Ayelet Schuster. Every year, Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy (HBHA) and University Academy (UA) join together to do a social justice project for the community. Since 2018 is a midterm election...

No School in September? What Students Did for the High Holidays

No School in September? What Students Did for the High Holidays

Ayelet Schuster October 15, 2018

Every year, the fall is filled with the celebration of multiple Jewish holidays. For students at the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy (HBHA), the holidays mean days off of school. But what were students actually...

Jewish Heritage Trip 2018: Through Our Own Lens

Jewish Heritage Trip 2018: Through Our Own Lens

Ayelet Schuster May 15, 2018

Slider image by Jesse Ernstein. From March 5-21, the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy (HBHA) junior and senior classes went on a once in a lifetime trip to Germany, Poland, and Israel. On their trip they...

Your Favorite Actor Committed Sexual Assault. Now What?

Your Favorite Actor Committed Sexual Assault. Now What?

Ayelet Schuster March 4, 2018

It is any ordinary day, and you open your phone to check the news. Nothing seems unusual as you’re scrolling through the feed, until you see the headline saying that there has been another actor with...

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Staying Connected To Israel: HBHA Students and Alumnus Work with Israel Organizations

Ayelet Schuster December 13, 2017

Students and Alumni of Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy (HBHA) have been creating and working with pro-Israel groups to educate about and be involved with Israel advocacy. The organizations StandWithUs and American...

Graduation on Shabbat? Students Start Petition to Change Graduation Date

Graduation on Shabbat? Students Start Petition to Change Graduation Date

Ayelet Schuster November 26, 2017

Slider photo by Libby Archer St. Louis, Mo.- When the Parkway school district in St. Louis, Mo. announced its 2018 graduation date as Saturday May 19, which, in addition to being on Shabbat, happens...

Jewish Communities Around the World Come Together to Support Hurricane Relief After Harvey

Jewish Communities Around the World Come Together to Support Hurricane Relief After Harvey

Ayelet Schuster October 18, 2017

As Hurricane Harvey flooded Houston between Aug. 25 - Sept. 1 with up to 50 inches of rain and 130 mile per hour winds, synagogues and Jewish communities were destroyed. Jewish communities all over the...

Israeli Science Teacher Dr. Eran Reem joins HBHA

Israeli Science Teacher Dr. Eran Reem joins HBHA

Ayelet Schuster May 25, 2017

Dr. Eran Reem has joined Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy (HBHA) as the new science teacher. Reem emigrated here from Israel a little over a  year ago with his wife and three children. For his first year of...

Creative Model Seder Gives Students a New Passover Experience

Creative Model Seder Gives Students a New Passover Experience

Ayelet Schuster May 24, 2017

Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy (HBHA) middle and upper school students participated in a Passover model seder on April 4th. Instead of covering the whole Haggadah, the seder covered parts teachers found interesting...

The Laramie Project: HBHA Theater Department Starts a New Conversation

The Laramie Project: HBHA Theater Department Starts a New Conversation

Ayelet Schuster May 4, 2017

Upper school students at Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy (HBHA) performed the Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman as this year's play. This play has been banned in high schools all over the world because the...

A Day in the Life of an HBHA Fourth Grader

A Day in the Life of an HBHA Fourth Grader

Ayelet Schuster April 20, 2017

Who says adults get to have all the fun? Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy (HBHA) fourth graders’ daily adventures are jam-packed with creativity and excitement. Each day is a new adventure for the fourth grade,...

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Tuesday Nov. 22: Chiefs, Rams, VIPs, and STUCO Leave HBHA With a Full Schedule

Ayelet Schuster February 9, 2017

Written by Josie Safir and Ayelet Schuster. On Nov. 22, Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy (HBHA) had the pleasure of hosting its annual  VIP Day, an exciting welcome to Mitchell Schwartz (a newly recruited...

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Eighth Grade Camping Trip to the Ozarks

Ayelet Schuster November 29, 2016

Written by Ethan Herman and Ayelet Schuster For the fifth year in a row, the eighth grade class at Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy (HBHA) went on the camping trip of a lifetime. From Sept 25th to sept 29th,...

Dvar Torah Parashat Reeh: Destruction of Religion

D’var Torah Parashat Re’eh: Destruction of Religion

Ayelet Schuster September 15, 2016

  Shabbat Shalom. In this week's torah portion, Re’eh, Moses gives his final speech to the Israelites. This speech tells the Israelites all the commandments God has given them. Moses starts...

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