JIQ Boys Opens the School Year With an Adventure Park Trip, Weekly Mishmar and Father-Son Learning

Students at the Jewish Institute of Queens (JIQ) Boys’ Middle and High School spent Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Adventure Park Long Island on a schoolwide welcome-back trip, one of several early-year programs described in a report by Moshe Tuvia Ailyarov in The Bukharian Times’ Oct. 29 edition. The park is known for outdoor ropes courses, climbing and ziplining; the report said the trip was meant to build friendships across the middle and high school grades. The Jewish Institute of Queens was founded in 2002 to provide Jewish education to the children of Bukharian Jewish immigrants from Central Asia, according to a 2008 New York Press profile. Its boys’ middle and high school, serving grades 7 through 12, has operated since 2016 under Rabbi Chagai Niazoff and Leah Sassoon and is located at 64-41 Utopia Parkway in Fresh Meadows, according to the school’s website. The rest of JIQ is based on Woodhaven Boulevard in Elmhurst. Learning outside class hours Thursday Mishmar. A weekly after-school Gemara program led by Mr. Ailyarov, in which students study a different sugya each week. The report said the program includes hot food and a weekly $20 Amazon raffle, with trips to be announced. Father-Son Learning. A monthly Sunday program, most recently led by Rabbi Niazoff on the 613 mitzvot, with breakfast for fathers and sons. Student Divrei Torah. Different students give a short Torah talk to their peers after Friday morning Shacharit. Meet the Teacher Night. Held virtually on Zoom, with teachers outlining classroom policies and expectations for parents. Clubs and basketball Students are signing up for new woodworking and chess clubs, with more to be announced, the report said. The school’s nine-player basketball team practices Mondays and Wednesdays under a coach identified as Coach Chris, with Ailyarov as team manager. The school’s website says the high school team competes in a division of the Yeshiva League. JIQ is seeking local businesses to sponsor team jerseys; the school lists 718-480-0900 and office@jiqboys.org for inquiries. Sources: The Bukharian Times, “A New Year of Growth, Learning, and Opportunity at JIQ Boys,” by Moshe Tuvia Ailyarov, Oct. 29, 2026; Jewish Institute of Queens, Middle and High School Boys page; New York Press, “Balancing Tradition and Achievement,” 2008.