2016-2017 WEEKLY RELIGIOUS SCHOOL SCHEDULE Items in blue indicate Rabbi Gila Ruskin. Items in yellow indicate Special Events. = dance; Omanut = art; = song; Sifriah = library The schedule is subject to change. Please refer to the weekly email for any updates to the schedule. 8/28/16: 9:00-12:00 First Day of Religious School; 9:00 - Parent/Student Opening Day Assembly; 10:00 - RS Parent Breakfast and Meeting (SH); 11:00 - Parent Class; Linda Needel sub for grade 5 (RGR) Opening Day Assembly Opening Day Assembly Opening Day Assembly Opening Day Assembly Opening Day Assembly Opening Day Assembly Opening Day Assembly Grades 8/9 Breakfast - Chancey News & Jews - Ancient & Modern Israel 0 family Vogelhut Comparative Judaism 9/4/16: Religious School Closed 9/11/16: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; 9:00 - Parent Class; 11:00 - Parent/Student Confirmation Meeting #1; Class Photo Day (RGR) A Morah Discretion Photos - Avodah Lesson 1 Photos Omanut - Garden Gnome Bee Omanut - Honey Bowl & Apple Plate Photos - Avodah Lesson 1 Jewish Photos Holidays, Jewish Values Photos Exploring Modern Israel Trope - L. Needel Photos Putting Photos G'd on the Guest List Grades 8/9 Breakfast - Way Ancient & Modern Israel Anti-Semitism: The Photos Boy Box 0 family Jews & News - Bober Photos School-wide photo Parent/Student Confirmation Meeting #1 9/14/16: First Day of Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45
9/18/16: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; 9:00 - Congregational Beit Café (); Parent Program; NFTY JELLO (9/16-9/18); Melissa Joslin to sub for grade 1; grade 1 field trip permission slips and head count C Sifriah - High Holidays Sifriah - High Holidays Cooking Lesson - Rosh Hashanah Sifriah - High Holidays Grades 8/9 Breakfast - Bober Ancient & Modern Israel 0 family Jews & News - Brown Comparative Judaism 9/21/16: Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45 9/25/16: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; Special Holiday Snack; Field Trip; 11:00 - High Holidays Assembly; 11:00 - Madrichim Training #2- CANCELED (RGR); Linda to sub Hebrew for Roslyn; Marc Vogelhut and Jill Young to sub for Roslyn; Mark to sub for Cheryl Field Trip to Eden Mill Trope - M. Wolkow Our Place in the Universe, Ch. 2 HH Assembly High Holidays Assembly High Holidays Assembly High Holidays Assembly High Holidays Assembly High Holidays Assembly Grades 8/9 Breakfast - Baker Ancient & Modern Israel 0 family Jews & News - Folus Comparative Judaism 9/28/16: Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45 10/2/16: Religious School Closed (Erev Rosh Hashanah) 10/5/16: Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45
10/9/16: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; 9:00 - Congregational Beit Café (); Parent Program (Art for parents of Consecration students with Deb Temple in the social hall at 10:00); Photo orders due (RGR) A Morah Discretion Omanut - Garden Stepping Stone Omanut - Sukkot Decoration Omanut - Simchat Torah Flags Grades 8/9 Breakfast - Birnbaum Jews & News - Ancient & Modern Israel 0 family Vogelhut Comparative Judaism 10/12/16: Midweek Religious School Closed 10/16/16: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; 9:00 - Congregational Beit Café (); Parent Program; Shop for sukkah snack (RGR) Omanut - Sand Art Sukkah visit Sukkah visit Sukkah visit Youth Service Youth Service Youth Service Sukkah visit w/parents Sukkah visit Omanut - Holiday Signs (P. 1) (pp. 8, 23, 76) - Torah Lesson 3 Trope - L. Needel Omanut - Y'varech'cha Illumination (P.1) Sukkah visit Sukkah visit Grades 8/9 Breakfast in the Sukkah - News & Jews with Cooking Class - Sukkot 0 Westendorf family Rabbi Ruskin Comparative Judaism 10/19/16: Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45
10/23/16: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; 9:30 - Consecration Service; 12:15 - RSC Meeting (RGR); Cheryl will sub for Jill Young; Naomi to sub for Ran Jewish Holidays, Consecration Service Consecration Service Consecration Service Jewish Values Experience Modern Consecration Service Israel Consecration Service Consecration Service Consecration Service, cont'd. Grades 8/9 Breakfast - Davis Consecration Service The Boy on the Wooden Box 0 family Consecration Service 10/26/16: Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45 10/30/16: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; Field trip; NFTY Fall Kallah (10/28-10/30); 9:00 - Parent Class #2; Elise Woods to to sub for Omanut Field Trip to the Maryland Jewish Museum Omanut - Tzedakah Box - Blessing for Tzedakah Omanut - Blessings Artwork Visit from Conservative and Orthodox Synagogue Students Grades 8/9 Breakfast - Getz Ancient & Modern Israel 0 family Jews & News - Folus Comparative Judaism 11/2/16: Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45
11/6/16: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; 9:00 - Congregational Beit Café (); Parent Program B Cooking Lesson - Shabbat Omanut - Holiday Signs (P. 2) - G'milut Chasadim Lesson 4 Omanut - Tree of Life Omanut - Bird Feeder Grades 8/9 Breakfast - Florio Ancient & Modern Israel 0 family Jews & News - Brown Comparative Judaism 11/9/16: Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45 11/13/16: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; Field Trip; 9:00 - Parent Class #3 A - Avodah Lesson 6 Omanut - Decorated Dreidels Field Trip to Ratner Museum Trope - M. Wolkow Omanut - Y'varech'cha Illumination (P.2) Omanut - Hanukkah Menorah - G'milut Chasadim Lesson 7 Grades 8/9 Breakfast - Goldman Ancient & Modern Israel 0 family Jews & News - Bober Comparative Judaism 11/16/16: Midweek Religious School
11/20/16: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; 9:00 -Congregational Breakfast and Meeting; 11:00 - ; Randi needs a sub (RGR) C Sifriah - General Sifriah - General Omanut - Havdalah Candle Sifriah - General Omanut - Scarves for the Homeless Grades 8/9 Breakfast - Hoffman Jews & News - Folus Ancient & Modern Israel 0 family Lesson on the Ten Commandments with Rabbi Ruskin 11/22/16: Midweek Religious School Closed 11/27/16: Religious School Closed 11/30/16: Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45 12/3/16: 0 Field Trip to Orthodox Synagogue (RGR) 12/4/16: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; 11:00 - Parent/Student Kashrut lesson; No class for 0 (RGR) Youth Service Youth Service Youth Service Parent/Student Kashrut Lesson Trope - L. Needel Grades 8/9 Breakfast - Levers Jews & News - Bober Ancient & Modern Israel 0 No class due to 12/3 field trip 12/7/16: Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45
12/11/16: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; Field Trip (RGR) C Field Trip to Seven Mile Market Sifriah - Hanukkah Cooking Lesson - Hanukkah Sifriah - Hanukkah Grades 8/9 Breakfast - Lewis Maccabi Games Ancient & Modern Israel 0 family Planning Session Comparative Judaism 12/14/16: Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45 12/16/16: Shabbat Dinner and Service - 7:00 p.m. 12/18/16: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; Special Holiday Snack; 9:00 - Hanukkah Gift Shop Sale; 11:00 - Hanukkah Assembly; 11:00 - Madrichim Training #3; First Semester Progress Reports Due (RGR) Hanukkah Assembly Trope - M. Wolkow Hanukkah Assembly Hanukkah Assembly Hanukkah Assembly Hanukkah Assembly Hanukkah Assembly Hanukkah Assembly Grades 8/9 Breakfast - Magee Ancient & Modern Israel 0 family Jews & News - Brown Comparative Judaism 12/21/16: Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45 12/25/16: Religious School Closed 12/28/16: Midweek Religious School Closed; NFTY Winter Kallah (12/27-12/30)
1/1/17: Religious School Closed 1/4/17: Midweek Religious School 1/8/17: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; Congregational Beit Café (Grades 8/9); Grades 8/9 Parent Program; 11:00 - Parent/Student Confirmation Class #2 B (pp. 11, 48, 65) Omanut - Mosaic Mirror Omanut - Kotel Project - Torah Lesson 9 Julia's Kitchen Omanut - Star of David Grades 8/9 Breakfast - Morris Jews & News - Bober Holocaust, Human Rights & Healing the World Jewish Heroes, Jewish Values 0 family Confirmation Comparative Religion Parent/Student Confirmation Class #2 1/11/17: Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45 1/15/17: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; MLK Program (RGR) A Omanut - Joseph's Coat - Torah Lesson 7 - Torah Lesson 7 Omanut - Decorated Parsley Pot Omanut - Bird Feeder Current Events Grades 8/9 0 Breakfast - Richardson family Jews & News 1/18/17: Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45 Holocaust, Human Rights & Healing the World Comparative Religion Jewish Heroes, Jewish Values MLK Program led by Rabbi Ruskin
1/22/17: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; 11:00 - Parent/Student Retreat w/rabbi Ruskin; Melissa Brown to sub for gr. 4 Hebrew (RGR) B Omanut - Drawing Depicting G'd's Presence Omanut - Mezuzah Omanut - Shekel Rubbing on Earth Trope - L. Needel - Parent/Student Retreat with Rabbi Ruskin Grades 8/9 0 Breakfast - Scheiner family Jews & News - Vogelhut Confirmation 1/25/17: Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45 Jewish Heroes, Jewish Values Comparative Religion Holocaust, Human Rights & Healing the World 1/29/17: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; NFTY MAJYK (1/27-1/29); Fire Drill; Kelli Rubin - guest speaker from Israel in A Omanut - Gragger - Avodah Lesson 7 Jewish Holidays, Jewish Values Omanut - Passover Plate Avodah Lesson 6 Omanut - Miriam/Elijah's Cup Grades 8/9 Breakfast - Way Jews & News - Folus Holocaust, Human Rights & Healing the World Jewish Heroes, Jewish Values 0 family Confirmation Comparative Religion 2/1/17: Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45
2/5/17: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; Field Trip to Ratner Museum (10:30-12:00); 11:00 - Parent/Student Confirmation Class #3 C Sifriah - Tu B'Shevat Field Trip to Ratner Museum Sifriah - Tu B'Shevat Sifriah - Tu B'Shevat Julia's Kitchen Grades 8/9 Breakfast - Schorr Jews & News - Brown Holocaust, Human Rights & Healing the World Jewish Heroes, Jewish Values 0 family Confirmation Parent/Student Confirmation Class #3 2/8/17: Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45 2/12/17: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; Special Holiday Snack; 11:00 - Tu B'Shevat Assembly; 11:00 - Madrichim Training #4(RGR) Tu B'Shevat Assem. Tu B'Shevat Assembly Tu B'Shevat Assembly Tu B'Shevat Assembly Tu B'Shevat Assembly Tu B'Shevat Assembly Tu B'Shevat Assembly Grades 8/9 Breakfast - Phillips Jews & News - Bober Holocaust, Human Rights & Healing the World Jewish Heroes, Jewish Values 0 family Confirmation Comparative Religion 2/15/17: Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45 2/19/17: Religious School Closed 2/22/17: Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45 2/25/17: Mishkan T'filah Learner's Service - 10:00 a.m.
2/26/17: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; 0 Field Trip to Mosque?(RGR) C Sifriah - Purim Sifriah - Purim Trope - M. Wolkow Sifriah - Purim Visit to Orthodox and Conservative Synagogues Grades 8/9 Breakfast - Davis Jews & News - Vogelhut Holocaust, Human Rights & Healing the World Jewish Heroes, Jewish Values 0 family Confirmation Comparative Religion 3/1/17: Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45 3/3/17: Shabbat Dinner and Service - 7:30 p.m. 3/5/17: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; Grades 8/9 Field Trip; Hagbah & Gellilah Lesson - 0 (split class; one class will be with Fred for the first hour and the others will chanting their parshas with vowels to Rabbi Ruskin, then switch) B Youth Service Youth Service Youth Service Omanut - Afikoman Bag - Avodah Lesson 8 Omanut - Passover Pillowcase in the chapel Omanut - Jewish Life Cycle Box (P. 1) in the chapel in the chapel Trope - L. Needel Our Place in the Universe Ch. 4 Grades 8/9 Field Trip to Holocaust Museum 0 Breakfast - Westendorfs Confirmation Hagbah V'Gellilah Lesson w/fred Edeson Hagbah V'Gellilah Lesson w/fred Edeson 3/8/17: Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45
3/12/17: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; 10:30 - Megilla Reading and Purim Spiel; 11:30 - Purim Carnival (RGR) Julia's Kitchen Megilla Reading and Spiel Megillah Reading and Spiel Megillah Reading and Spiel Megillah Reading and Spiel Megillah Reading and Spiel Megillah Reading and Spiel Megillah Reading and Spiel Purim Carnival - games with prizes, food, raffles, costume Grades 8/9 Breakfast - Goldman Megillah Reading and Spiel contest from 11:30-0 family News & Jews Megillah Reading and Spiel 1:00 3/15/17: Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45 3/19/17: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; 9:00 - Meet and Greet with Grades 8-10; 11:00 - Parent/Student Confirmation Meeting; 12:15 - RSC Meeting (RGR) A Omanut - TBD Trope - M. Wolkow Meet and Greet for Grades 7-10; Breakfast Our Place in the Universe Ch. 4, Cont'd. Omanut - Life Cycle Box (P. 2) Grades 8/9 in the social hall provided by Scheiner and Holocaust, Human Rights & Healing the World Jewish Heroes, Jewish Values 0 Richardson families. Torah Reading With Rabbi - without vowels Parent/Student Confirmation Meeting 3/22/17: Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45 3/25/17: Kalina Abrams Bat Mitzvah
3/26/17: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; Registration Day; NFTY The Vent (3/24-3/26)(RGR) B Omanut - Reusable Grocery Bags Class 1 - G'milut Chasadim Lesson 7 Omanut - Passover Project Class 2 Omanut - Passover Seder Plate Grades 8/9 Breakfast - Chancey News & Jews - Folus Holocaust, Human Rights & Healing the World Jewish Heroes, Jewish Values 0 family Confirmation Comparative Religion 3/29/17: Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45 3/31/17: Shabbat Dinner and Service 7:30 p.m. 4/1/17: Mishkan T'filah Learner's Service Snow Make-Up Date - 10:00 a.m. 4/2/17: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; Congregational Beit Café (0); 0 Parent Program; Field Trip; Lesson on Death and Dying with Rabbi Ruskin (RGR) Field Trip to the JCC Lesson on Death and Dying with Rabbi Gila Grades 8/9 Breakfast - Baker News & Jews - Brown Holocaust, Human Rights & Healing the World Jewish Heroes, Jewish Values 0 family Confirmation Comparative Religion 4/5/17: Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45 4/7/17: Shabbat Dinner and Service - 7:30 p.m.
4/8/17: Grades 1 and 7 Havdalah Service - 7:30 p.m. 4/9/17: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; Special Holiday Snack (except, 7); 9:30 - Field Trip; Madrichim Training #5(RGR off-site); ok to go to cemetery at Passover? C Sifriah - Pesach Sifriah - Pesach Cooking Lesson - Pesach Sifriah - Pesach Trope - L. Needel Pesach Assembly Pesach Assembly Pesach Assembly Pesach Assembly Pesach Assembly Pesach Assembly Field Trip to Hebrew Friendship Cemetery Grades 8/9 Breakfast - Birnbaum News & Jews - Bober Holocaust, Human Rights & Healing the World Jewish Heroes, Jewish Values 0 family Confirmation Comparative Religion 4/12/17: Midweek Religious School Closed 4/16/17: Religious School Closed 4/19/17: Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45 4/23/17: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; Field Trip; NFTY Spring Kallah (4/20-4/23)(RGR off-site) C Sifriah - Yom Ha'Atzmaut Omanut - Interpretive Israeli Flag with Mike Mullis Field Trip to Pearlstone Sifriah - Yom Ha'Atzmaut Ch. 4 Omanut - Tie Dye Kippot Sifriah - Yom Ha'Atzmaut Omanut - Yom Ha'Atzmaut Project - Torah Lesson 5 Grades 8/9 Breakfast - Bober Jews & News - Vogelhut Holocaust, Human Rights & Healing the World Jewish Heroes, Jewish Values 0 family Confirmation
4/26/17: Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45 4/28/17: Grade Level Dinner and Shabbat Service - Inclement Weather Make-Up 4/30/17: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; 9:00 - Congregational Beit Café (); Parent Program; Special Holiday Snack (except Grade 5); Madrichim Training #6; 12:15 - RSC Meeting Yom Ha'Atzmaut Assembly Yom Ha'Atzmaut Assembly Cooking Lesson - Yom Ha'Atzmaut Yom Ha'Atzmaut Assembly Yom Ha'Atzmaut Assembly with Mike Mullis Yom Ha'Atzmaut Assembly Yom Ha'Atzmaut Assembly Yom Ha'Atzmaut Assembly Grades 8/9 Breakfast - Florio News & Jews - Folus Holocaust, Human Rights & Healing the World Jewish Heroes, Jewish Values 0 family Confirmation service prep 5/3/17: Midweek Religious School 4:30-5;45 5/6/17: Morning Shabbat Service and Luncheon- 10:00 a.m. 5/7/16: 9:00-12:00 Religious School; Field Trip; Second Semester Progress Reports Due (RGR off-site) B Field Trip to Tydings Park Morah Discretion Moreh Discretion Moreh Discretion Current Events Garret Baker's Nature Lesson Cooking Lesson - Shavuot Trope - M. Wolkow Grades 8/9 Breakfast - Getz News & Jews - Brown Holocaust, Human Rights & Healing the World Jewish Heroes, Jewish Values 0 family Confirmation Field Trip to Catholic Church 5/10/17: Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45
5/14/17: Religious School Closed 5/17/17: Last Day of Midweek Religious School 4:30-5:45 5/19/17: Austin Woods Bar Mitzvah - 7:30 p.m. 5/20/17: and Havdalah - 7:30 5/21/17: 9:00-12:00 RS Final Assembly and Maccabi; 9:00 - Congregational Meeting; 11:30 Congregational Picnic (RGR) Final clean-up of classrooms; pack up all student supplies, papers, and consumable workbooks to be taken home. Get Final awards (Yvette Kravitz, Eileen Moss) and Grades 8/9 wristbands for Maccabi 0 Maccabi teams. Final assembly Maccabi Games winners. Congregational Picnic 5/26/17: 0 Confirmation Dinner and Service - 7:30 p.m. 6/10/17: Jacob Folus Bar Mitzvah - 10:00 a.m. 6/17/17: Aidan Feulner Bar Mitzvah - 10:00 a.m. 8/4/17: Clare Cummings Bat Mitzvah - 10:00 a.m. 8/19/17: Matthew Young Bar Mitzvah - 10:00 a.m. 8/26/17: Connor Kravitz-Yoffee Bar Mitzvah - 10:00 a.m.