Middle School Boys. Early Childhood News. Middle School Girls. General Studies Update

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3 Middle School Girls What a great week! The relaxing weekend really gave the girls a chance to resst and get their energy back, and they've gotten right back to their learning since Monday! Mazal tov to the Fifth Grade Girls for finishing Perek Vav in Chumash! The girls enjoyed a fun review game of "Sorry" on the smart board to prepare for their test! To review the details of the Chanuka story in preparation for next week, the girls enjoyed a super fun game of "Right Left". The girls started the game right away and played until the only one left was the winner, Baila Gabay.Great Job! Mazal tov to the Sixth Grade Girls for finishing Parshas Sh'lach!! The girls are looking forward to a special Chanuka siyum to celebrate this accomplishment! Another Mazal Tov to the sixth grade girls for finishing the first set of the Lamed Tes Melachos! The girls have learned and mastered the 11 steps of baking bread and their Lamed Tes Melachos scrapbooks beautifully depict each melacha involved! The Seventh Grade Girls finished learning the first bracha that Bilam gave Bnei Yisrael and are curious to see to Balak will react to this unexpected turn of events.the seventh grade girls also enjoyed an engaging and challenging hangman Tefillah game as they reviewed the pesukei d'zimra! Every girl in the class joined in the fun, answering questions and taking a turn guessing letters! In Machshava, the seventh grade girls are enjoying the chance to learn about friendships and hearing their classmates perspectives on the topic. Mazal tov to the Eighth Grade Girls for finishing perek chaf delet in Chumash! The girls were happy to say good riddance to Bilam as he gave his final warning to Balak! In Navi, the eighth graders are enjoying learning about the diffrernt keilim of the Beis HaMikdash, and are working hard on their group projects! With the Chanuka Production just a few days away, the eighth grade girls have also been busily doing the last minute preparations for what is sure to be a great production! With Chanuka just a few days away, we are looking forward to all the excitement that is sure to come next week! Stay tuned for details! General Studies Update We are excited to welcome Mrs. Heather Cole to the Middle School General Studies Department. Mrs. Cole is an experienced science teacher who strikes a wonderful balance between rigor and support as well as traditional instruction and hands-on learning. We have also really appreciated how hard she has worked to help students transition smoothly to having a new science teacher. Welcome to CHDS, Mrs. Cole!!! The Middle School General Studies Department is about to begin our work on skills. We will spend the next several months identifying each skill we current teach in mathematics, science, social studies, and language arts. We will also identify other skills that we should be teaching so we can begin strategizing where, when, and how we ll introduce and teach those skills in our general studies curriculum. To be clear, skills refer to a broad range of abilities such as writing, reading, note-taking, time management, listening skills, etc. We believe that this intentional, focused work will pay significant dividends for general studies program as well, of course, for our students. Lastly, our goal is to produce a one or two page skill sheet for each subject in each grade. We want to produce something that Rabbi Pam can share with potential new families, and we want something that can serve as an easy-to-read reminder of skill goals in each subject area. We will share these documents with parents later this year. Early Childhood News As we gear up for Chanukah the Early Childhood classes are in full-gear! With Winter approaching as well as Chag Chanukah our classes were buzzing with activity. Here is a look at our week: Younger Toddlers Jumping and sizzling like latkes Marching like soldiers Practicing to light the Menorah and sing the Brachos Making 3-D Dreidel projects Older Toddlers Oil sensorial experience Classroom fire station Playing "Find the Oil" game Making Menorahs Nursery The letter "E" "Hadassah Hey" and mini unit on Havdala Making a class Beis HaMikdash to reinforce Chanukah lessons Learning special Chanukah songs Al Pi Darko Letter of the week: "H" Cutting on the fold with Menorahs Kindergarten- 4-digit number composition Exciting Chanukah works Making a Chanukah/Brachos decoration Pre-K "Mother Nature" Native American presentation with APD Mystery reader with Ava Hagler's bubby Alef- Beais patterning and the letter "vav" Making ner/shemen holder Kindergarten Girls Began letterbook "L" and learned concept of consonant substitution Used the tens frame to explore, count, read and write numbers to 20 Practicing lighting the Menorah and learning Hilchos Chanukah Reading real words in Hebrew with nekudos Kindergarten Boys Sanding and painting Menorahs Moving on in kriah with Nekudos Began letterbook "L" and learned concept of consonant substitution Used the tens frame to explore, count, read and write numbers to 20 Middle School Boys The GMS BMS boys are rolling right along, gearing up for Chanukah and our big chanukas habayis! Some of the highlights from the last few weeks: -The new (and old) additions to our faculty: Ms. Cole as the new seventh grade science teacher, our very own Dr. Franks as the new sixth grade science teacher, and Mr. Polasko as the sixth and seventh grade math teacher. -Rabbi Scherer taking the winners from the air force museum scavenger hunt for a special pizza lunch at KINNERET CAFE. -The completion of our SECURITY SYSTEM. -Last but not least, our biggest highlight was the COLONIAL DAY, arranged by the seventh and eighth grade boys. The younger classes enjoyed it immensely, and staff members and parents were impressed at their hard work! The boys are all proud of their job well done!

4 WW Create Your Jewish Legacy CHDS is currently involved in a community wide initiative called CYJL, Create Your Jewish Legacy. The end goal of this effort is to secure endowment commitments for the school to help ensure that CHDS will be here for future generations. These commitments are non-binding in nature and do not require participants to specify the type or magnitude of their gift. All that is required is that one complete a letter of intent (LOI) indicating one s resolve to remember CHDS in their estate planning. If CHDS is successful in securing another 15 of these commitments before the end of the calendar year, the school will automatically be eligible for a $15,000 grant. Please see the flyers at the end of the newsletter which provide more information on this important school project. For more information feel free to contact Rabbi Travis or any member of the CHDS Board of Trustees. Thanks very much. CHDS Winter Campaign Thank you to all of those who have already made or solicited donations to the winter campaign! To make contributing/soliciting easier, donations can now be made online at the CHDS.Shul.net website. Click the donate button right in the center of our homepage. Donations can be solicited in suggested increments of $150. As a sign of appreciation to donors, use the tickets you received to enter participants who donate into our annual drawing. Please remember to bring your tickets with you as CHDS Mishmor Our Mishmor coordinator, Rabbi Chaim Heinemann is working to encourage boys to share the Divre Torah covered each week during Mishmor at the Shabbos table. Please encourage your son to sharethose boys that do will be entered into a special raffle Important Dates December 4 End of first trimester December 11 Erev Shabbos Chanukah December 22 Fast of Asara B Teves 1:30 dismissal December 23 Picture Retake Day December 25 Dismissal 1:30 January 1 No School January Winter break February 1 Return to school February 10 Teacher in-service 1:30 dismissal CHDS Raffle SAVE THE DATE FOR A FUN SUNDAY FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY! December 27 th CHDS will be holding a Winter Family Event. There will be something for the whole family. Starting at four in the afternoon you can buy fabulous food from Milts food truck, and enjoy your dinner in our lunchroom. Entrance fee to the event will be: $5.00 for an individual, $18.00 for a family of five and under or a family max of $25.00 for a family of more than five. The entrance fee allows you to have a drink, dessert and admission to all the events. In the gym there will be numerous inflatables, and family pictures will also be taken and framed for you. At 5:30 there will be a magic show for all ages in the Commons, and at 6:30 we will have our annual raffle drawing. Again save the date: Sunday December 27 th. Mazel Tov Rabbi and Mrs. Katzman on the birth of a baby girl.

5 the Da Monday, December 7 Tuesday, December 8 Wednesday, December 9 Thursday, December 10 Friday, December 11 Grilled cheese Veggie soup Carrots Pears Deli Latkes Pickle Applesauce Lunch at a Glance Baked ziti Plain noodles Peas/celery Blueberries Sloppy joe on bun Rice Salad/chick peas Cherries Donuts Erev Shabos Chanukah No school Monday, December 14 Tuesday, December 15 Wednesday, December 16 Thursday, December 17 Friday, December 18 Bagel/cream cheese Hard-boiled egg Salad Apple slices Hot dog on bun Rice Baked beans Cole slaw Cheesy spaghetti Plain noodles Mixed vegetables Community News Beef patty Hash browns Pickle Veggie nuggets Free Kroger Calendars Are available in the CHDS office. Unfortunately these calendars do not have shabbos times. A calendar with Cincinnati shabbos times was generously created by Ms. Gayle Statman and was posted on Cincinnati shuls in September. Community News Yaacov s Place - Special pre Chanukah Hours Motzei Shabbos - December 5, 8:30 to 10 PM Sunday Morning - December 6, 9:30 to 11:30 AM Take advantage of the Special Art Scroll Chanukah Sale SAVE THE DATE! Sunday, December 6, the 1st night of Chanukah: the Cincinnati Boys Choir! run by Shalom Weinschneider & Ephraim Motzen. 7:15pm in Golf Manor Shul. Adult admission is $5, children under 12 is $2. One free family member admission per Choir boy. Refreshments will be available for purchase. Looking forward to seeing you there! SAVE THE DATE! Monday, December 7, the 2nd night of Chanukah: 1st- 4th grade girls Chanukah performance! 7:20pm at the annex. Run by our very talented 8th grade girls. Stay tuned for more details. For sponsorship opportunities, call Motzen This Shabbos Pirchei this Shabbos, will be Grades 1 & 2 from 3:30-4:30pm at R'Scherer's house. Please don't send your son early and please be prompt in picking him up at 4:30pm. Bnos News: There will be Bnos this week. Chanukah Girls Production Practice Dear Parents of Elementary School Chanukah Production Girls, Your daughters are doing an amazing job with their practices. Please note the dress rehearsals times. Everyone: Dress rehearsals at annex >Motzei shabbos December 5th: 7:00-8:15 p.m. >Sun. December 6th 10:30-11:45 >All girls in show should be there on Monday at 7:00. Doors open at 7:15, show starts- 7:30 ***All girls should come to the dress rehearsals and the play in all black (tops, skirts, and socks) and those in drama should also bring their assigned costumes! Amazon Smiles Attention CHDS/Atara Families -- Sign up for Cincinnati Hebrew Day School to receive a donation from Amazon.com every time you shop on Smile.Amazon.Com. It takes just 1 minute to sign up and you get a volunteer hour after your first purchase. This is an easy way to make money for CHDS/Atara-- at no cost to you. Think school supplies, and Chanukkah gifts for family, friends and teachers, care packages and household items-- it does not matter what you buy--- Amazon makes the donation to CHDS-- all you do is SHOP. Father & Son Learning Father and Son Learning - winter season THIS Motzei Shabbos 7:00pm at CZE.

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