2/21/14-21 Adar I 5774 Parshat Vayakhel Candle Lighting: 5:21pm Find us on Facebook The Living Legacy Havdalah Workshop Follow us on Twitter Our first and second graders participated in a special Living Legacy Havdalah workshop. The Living Legacy is a program that links Jewish learning to family celebrations and Jewish practice through a series of stimulating and creative hands-on experiences and events. Each grade participates in a Living Legacy workshop at some point during the year. This week's workshop gave the students the opportunity to explore the meaning of the Havdalah ceremony and assemble their own Havdalah kits. The students touched, examined and discussed the ritual objects used for Havdalah. Then, the students created beautiful Havdalah candles by dipping wicks in beeswax. Once the wicks were coated with red and orange wax, the students twisted the warm wax together to make a multi-wick candle. The students also made besamim by pushing cloves into small foam balls. The balls were wrapped in netting and tied with bows. Included in the kit is a laminated Havdalah card. The students are very excited to use their very own kits this Motzei Shabbat. Shabbat Shalom! Look What's Happening In...
Pre-K This week Pre-K learned all about the letter B. Ms. Betty came in and helped us make our own bubbles. What a blast we had blowing them. Kindergarten As part of our study of the letter lamed, the students attempted lasim regel al harosh - to put their foot on their head. The students then recorded whether they were able to complete the task by writing kain (yes) or lo (no). This helped make a connection between spoken Hebrew and the written language.
First Grade First graders are learning about a glossary and an index. They discovered that a glossary is like a mini dictionary of important words in the book and the index is a snapshot into what things the reader will learn about and where to find them in a book. Students have also been working on taking notes while they read. Second Grade Kitah bet is getting into the Purim spirit! Students wrote about the month of Adar while listening to Purim songs!
Third Grade This week, there were many exciting "guest" speakers in third grade. To honor our presidents - each third grader read a biography about a president, wrote a book report and then presented the information to the class in a most exciting way. The students dressed up in costume, including props that represented their president. The oral presentations provided the students with new and interesting facts about the presidents. Throughout the assignment, they explored the genre of biographies, learned about the presidents and practiced their public speaking skills. Fourth Grade This week we began our fun filled unit on Purim. The students were asked to brainstorm what they remember about Chag Purim. The students were then asked to pair up and fill in an Alef-Bet acrostic of words describing Megillat Esther, mitzvot, minhagim, and fond memories of Chag Purim. This activity gave students the opportunity to share ideas, practice communication skills and utilize their Hebrew vocabularies.
Survey for the MetroWest Day School Initiative Dear Parents, For the past several years our school has participated in and benefited from The Greater MetroWest Day School Initiative, a unique collaboration among day schools in our area. We are looking forward to continued participation in this program. In the spirit of looking forward, we believe we should take stock of where we are, and are therefore participating in a survey of key stakeholders to evaluate our progress and to chart our future participation in the Initiative which has been so important to our students, teachers and parents. We invite and encourage you to participate in on online survey regarding our school and the Greater MetroWest Day School Initiative. Completing the survey should take about 15 minutes, and the link to get started is right here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/gmw_primary If you have any questions about the survey, you may contact Robert Lichtman at The Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life at RLichtman@ThePartnershipNJ.org, or 973-929-2950. Mishloach Manot Reminder Dear JKHA/RKYHS family and friends, By now you all should have received your log in information for happypurim.com to send Mishloach Manot to our wonderful faculty members of JKHA and RKYHS. Please check any spam and quarantined folders to make sure it did not end up in there. If you did not receive your code for ordering Mishloach Manot, please click here: http://happypurim.com/emailcode.aspx and enter the email address we have on file for you, and your code will be emailed to you right away. All orders must be in by March 3 rd at 11:59 p.m. Thanks so much! JKHA Middle School Student Council
Deciphering Hieroglyphics Occasionally we receive anecdotes from members of the JKHA/RKYHS community about the tangible impact our education and our teachers have on the students. This one just came in from a visit to the museum over winter break: "Our son took it upon himself to be the tour guide for his sisters through the Egyptology wing. I and his sisters marveled at his ability to actually decipher many of the hieroglyphics and his apparent encyclopedic knowledge of Egyptian history, culture, and religion. This did not escape the attention of several adult museum goers as he also became the de facto tour guide for them as well. These adults had no idea how he could know all that he apparently knew. Of course, in my mind, the answer was obvious he is in Ms. Levenson's class and they are studying Egypt. It is difficult to say what was more amazing to behold, our son s knowledge, or his joy in imparting it to others. Simply put, the joy of learning and knowledge you have imparted is extraordinary." Parsha Q&A 1. Who was the helper to Betzalel? 2. Which Melacha (creative act forbidden on Shabbat) is the only one mentioned in the Torah? 3. Which Hebrew letter is mentioned when describing how the curtains were hung in the Mishkan? 4. Which is the only vessel in the Mishkan which was just for show and was never used? 5. What am I? I have cups, knobs, flowers and branches. Answers to Parsha Q&A 1. Ahaliyav 2. Eish or fire 3. Vav (letter looks like a hook) 4. Aron 5. Menorah Q&A by Rabbi Nachum Wachtel I N S P I R I N G E X C E L L E N C E Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School 110 South Orange Avenue, Livingston, NJ 07039 Phone: 862-437-8000 Email: info@jkha.org Privacy Policy (Privacy Page) Email Settings (Email Preferences Page) 2012 Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School