Sharyn Blaustein Volume 24 Principal Issue 2 September 15, 2017 24 Elul, 5777 Rabbi Yamin Levy LIHA Rabbi THE VOICE OF OUR CHILDREN A WEEKLY PUBLICATION Please visit our website www.lihagn.org for the FULL newsletter in color! Shalom My Dear Parents and Students, Message from Rabbi Yamin Levy LIHA, Rabbi The excitement is in the air. The children are ready for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. The sounds in the halls of LIHA are the sounds of learning and joy. A special thank you to our entire staff for the amazing work they are doing and for getting the school-year off to a great start. A special thank you to Mrs. Shabatian for all the work she put in before school started she did it voluntarily. The school looks great. I am especially proud of our double Toddler program. According to our calendar this is the time for introspection, self-evaluation and self-examination. This is the time to take a moral inventory of our lives. The big question is who am I? or who do I want to be? If this sounds too difficult don t be frightened the goal is actually much more modest. If we can see the gulf between who we could be and what we are now between our potential and our achievements then I believe we have begun the process that Rosh Hashanah calls upon us to perform. If we awaken within us the desire to achieve more we are assured divine help. Our Chachamim teach If you open your heart even slightly as a needle s eye Hashem will open it as wide as the gateways of the Temple. This season summons us, my dear friends, not only to return to Hashem but also to return to one another. Together we journey into a new year filled with possibilities and promise. Shanah Tova U Metuka A Happy and Sweet New Year. Rabbi Yamin Levy Parashat Nitzavim-Vayelech Shabbat Candle Lighting time is at 6:49 p.m. Havdalah time is at 7:52 p.m.
September 20 th 22 nd School Closed For Rosh Hashanah September 29 th School Closed For Yom Kippur Attention all Parents, If you have not done so yet please send your checks in to the business office as soon as possible. Thank You
Toddler- Morah Galit Take A Look At LIHA Welcome to our toddler class! We had an amazing first week. The kids had a good transition! Shabbat shalom and Shana Tova! Looking forward to a great school year. Toddler- Morah Karen The toddlers had a wonderful time this week. Not only did they get to meet their new friends and their new Morahs, but they also got acquainted with their room and their routine. This week our toddlers made Shofars, learned about Rosh Hashanah, and played so nicely with their toys. They are looking forward to next week! Nursery Welcome! We are off to a wonderful start! The children are adjusting nicely, learning our routine and making new friends. The children dip-dotted Shofars and make beautiful Rosh Hashanah cards. Our irst Ima & Abba were Emily & Ariel A. Pre K We had a very exciting first week of school. We learned our Morahs' names and our friends' names and all the areas of the classroom. We learned all about the holiday of Rosh Hashanah. We learned about dipping apples in honey and painted honey dishes for you to use. Honey is made by bees. We looked at a bee book and learned about the hexagon honeycomb and the body of a bee. We made bees with patterns of black and yellow. We also mailed home a Shana Tova card. Finally, we learned about the shofar and being very quiet when we hear it! We hope you enjoy all the projects and have a wonderful sweet new year.
Kindergarten English Welcome! We have a wonderful class of 19 consisting of 10 boys and 9 girls. We are already in the swing of our routine! We read our first book from our reading program titled "The Little School Bus." This is an animal fantasy using rhyming words to teach about 6 characters riding the school bus to and from school. We learned, first is number one all the way to 6 being sixth. We are working on numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4. We discussed apples and the order in which they grow, when they are ripe and ready to be eaten. We know that apple juice, dried apples, apple pie/cake are made with apples. Shabbat Shalom and have a good weekend! Kindergarten Hebrew BERUCHIM HABAYIM!! Welcome to Kindergarten!! B"H (Thank G-d) we have a great class and the children are bonding well, we hope it will continue throughout the year. We started learning the letter (א) Alef and the words we are learning are: Abba ( dad אבא ), Imma ( mom אמא ) and Ani ( me אני ). We have been practicing writing Alef too. ROSH Hashana is the top subject!! We have also been learning about customs and Brachot of this very important YOM TOV. Last week's Shabbat Imma and Abba were Abby & Benjamin and this week's are שבת שלום ושנה טובה Elan. Eliana & 1 st Grade English The first grade is getting familiar with basic routines, teachers and classmates. In Language Arts- Fundations the children are having a review of letter formation, letter sounds (short a), abc order, and vowel- consonant concepts. The children are working on their 'First Week in First Grade' mini books. Review sight words and spelling- quiz 9/15. In GoMath- They are Exploring Addition *Unit 1- addition concepts, vocabulary, and number sentence formationadding 'more' 5 + 3 = 8. In Science - STEM Challenge 'Create Something' from tinfoil and pipe-cleaners. In Social Studies- We are exploring where we live, the state we live in and our state Capitol. 1st Grade Hebrew I was happy to welcome my new students to א.כיתה I enjoyed getting to know each one of them. We started the year reviewing all the letters and sounds the kids learned last year. We are learning how to use the Jewish calendar and all about the upcoming holiday of השנה.ראש Wishing you a happy and sweet New Year.
2 nd Grade English We had a wonderful week in 2 nd grade. We started learning even and odd numbers in math. We also learned how important it is to follow the rules in social studies. The students love to participate and read stories. I m looking forward to a great year! 2 nd Grade Hebrew Welcome back LIHA students! We would like to also welcome 2 lovely new students, Ilan and Yonathan to our LIHA family. We are getting the children ready for the high holidays that are approaching. After a long summer vacation the students are enjoying their classroom routine. 3 rd Grade English Our 3rd graders are working on becoming critical thinkers in Reading and Writing. We continued to develop routines with a specific focus on how to respond about Reading. In Math we are working on rounding numbers and addition and subtraction within one thousand. 3 rd Grade Hebrew We had a wonderful first week of school! The children are ready and eager to learn. This week we learned about all the things that we do in the month of Elul in order to be ready for Rosh Hashana (the Jewish New Year). We also learned about the the prayers and the symptoms of Rosh hashsna and so much more. The children are learning the first 10 vocabulary words from the Chumash(the Torah), and our first spelling test. It was great meeting you at the curriculum night, and I know that this year will be a successful year working together as partners. Wishing you all a happy and healthy new year!
4 th Grade English The fourth grade has had an excellent first full week of school. They seem rested after summer break and ready for a new school year. I'm looking forward to an amazing year and getting to know this great class. 4 th Grade Hebrew This week the 4 th grade learned about the upcoming holidays and all the denim prayers and minhagim. The class also learned all the food brachot for Rosh Hashana 5 th Grade English This week in 5th grade we are continuing to work on developing our classroom routines. In reading, we are focusing on how to take notes and respond about our reading. In Math, we are focusing on working with exponents. If your child still struggles with their multiplication facts please have them practice at home as it will be beneficial to them throughout all of Math this year to be fluent. 5 th Grade Hebrew 5th grade is off to an exciting year. We have been learning about and getting ready for Rosh Hashana. Additionally, we have started Sefer Shemot, have been learning Parashat Hashavua and Hamikraa Sheli. Shabbat shalom