Beth El Talmud Torah Calendar 5769 200-09 Regular Class Schedule Kitah Gan/Alef (Kindergarten/1 st Grade): Sunday mornings 9:30AM to 11:30AM Kitah Bet (2 nd Grade): Sunday mornings 9:30AM to 11:30AM and Wednesday afternoons 4:15-5:45PM Kitot Gimmel-Vav (3 rd -6 th grade): Sunday mornings 9:30AM to 11:30AM, Monday afternoons 4:15-5:45PM and Wednesday afternoons 4:15-5:45PM Kitah Zayin (7 th grade): Sunday mornings 9:30AM to 11:30AM, Wednesday afternoons 4:15-5:45PM and Shabbat mornings 9:00AM-9:45AM SEPTEMBER 0 1 2 4 6 9 10 11 13 15 16 17 1 19 22 23 24 25 26 27 2 Sept 3: 1 st Day of Classes for Kitot Bet-Zayin (2 nd -7 th Grade) Sept. 5: Kitah Vav (6 th Grade) Shabbat Dinner and services Sept. 7: 1 st Day of Classes for Gan/Alef (Kindergarten/1 st Grade) Sept. 12: Community Shabbat Dinner Attendance required for 7 th grade, attendance requested for other grades (Advance RSVP required) Sept. 14: 9:30AM Parent Session followed by Welcome Brunch, classes in session Sept. 20: Youth Services Sept. 21: Family Workshop for Kitah Bet/Gimmel (2 nd /3 rd Grade) in Upstairs Freedman Center Sept.2: Pre-Kadima Sept. 29: No Classes, Erev Rosh Hashanah
Sept. 30: Rosh Hashanah, Day 1 Youth Services OCTOBER 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 16 17 19 23 27 2 29 30 Oct 1: No Classes, Rosh Hashanah Day 2 Youth Services Oct : No Classes, Kol Nidre Oct. 9: Yom Kippur Youth Services Oct.13: No Classes, Erev Sukkot Oct. 14: Sukkot, Day 1 Oct. 15: No Classes, Sukkot Day 2 Oct. 1: Youth Services Oct. 19: Pre-Kadima Oct. 20: Classes in Session followed by a Erev Shemini Atzeret Community Dinner in honor of our Chevra Kadisha Attendance required for 7 th grade, attendance requested for other grades (Advance RSVP required) Oct. 21: Shmini Atzeret Oct. 22: No Classes, Simchat Torah Oct. 24-25: B nei Mitzvah of Michael and Rachel Blumenthal Oct. 26: 6 th Grade Parent Pre-B nei Mitzvah meeting, 10am-11:30am
Oct. 31-Nov. 1: Bar Mitzvah of Jake Rohde NOVEMBER 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 17 1 19 20 21 22 24 25 Nov. 1: Youth Services Nov. 2: Pre-Kadima Nov. 14-15: Bat Mitzvah of Rachel Friedman Nov. 15: Youth Services Nov 16: Kitah Vav (6 th Grade) Family Workshop Nov. 23: 6 th Grade Parent Pre-B nei Mitzvah meeting, 10am-11:30am Nov. 26-30: No Classes, Thanksgiving Break INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY Weekend Closings: Please check WRAL TV and WWW.WRAL.COM for Sunday morning or Junior Congregation cancellations. Please check your email as we also cancel via email. You may also call the synagogue at 62-123 and press 5 to hear any cancellation notices. Weekdays: Please listen to local radio stations for public school closings. We will be closed if either Durham or Chapel Hill public schools close during regular school hours or if after school is closed. No weekday announcements or phone calls will be made. We will try to notify room parents only check with them if you are unsure.
DECEMBER 0 1 2 3 4 5 9 10 11 14 15 16 17 =No Classes Dec. 6: Havdalah event Dec. 7: To Be or Not To Be A Maccabee Gan/Alef (Kindergarten-3rd Grade) Family Workshop Dec. 12: Community Shabbat Dinner Attendance required for 7 th grade, attendance requested for other grades (Advance RSVP required) Dec. 13: Youth Services Dec. 14: Pre-Kadima Dec. 1-Jan. 6: Winter Break Dec. 21: Light first Hanukkah Candle at night- Dec. 2: Light th Hanukkah Candle JANUARY 09 7 9 12 13 14 15 16 17 1 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 2 29 31 Jan. 2-3: Bar Mitzvah of Avishai Halev Jan. 7: Spring Semester Begins Jan. 10: Youth Services
Jan. 11: 6 th Grade Parent Pre-B nei Mitzvah meeting, 10am-11:30am Jan 19: No Classes, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Jan. 24: Youth Services Jan. 25: Pre-Kadima Jan. 30: Kitah Dalet/Hey (4 th /5 th Grade) Shabbat Dinner and Siddur Presentation FEBRUARY 09 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 2 Feb. 7: Youth Services Feb. 9: Tu Bishvat program Feb. 21: Youth Services 10:30AM 12:00PM Jr. Congregation (3 rd 6 th grades) in Freedman Center Feb. 22: Pre-Kadima Feb. 27: Community Shabbat Dinner Attendance required for 7 th grade, attendance requested for other grades (Advance RSVP required)
MARCH 09 2 3 4 5 6 7 11 12 13 14 16 17 1 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 2 29 30 31 March 1: 6 th Grade Parent Pre-B nei Mitzvah meeting, 10am-11:30am March : Purim Carnival March 9: Spread the Joy of Purim! program during class time followed by dinner and Megillah Reading March 10: Purim Day March 15: Special Program TBA March 21: Youth Services March 22: Pre-Kadima March 27: Community Shabbat Dinner Attendance required for 7 th grade, attendance requested for other grades APRIL 09 1 2 3 5 6 7 19 21 23 26 27 2 29 30 April 4: Youth Services April : No Classes, 1 st Seder April 9: Pesach Day 1 April 10: Pesach Day 2 April 12, 13: No Classes, Spring Break April 15: No Classes, 7 th Day Pesach April 16: th Day Pesach
April 17: Siyyum Limudim Attendance required for ALL students 6:30pm Services, followed by a Community Shabbat Dinner, Advance RSVP required April 1: Siyyum Limudim Attendance required for ALL students April 20: Trope Ulpan for Kitah Vav (6 th Grade) in Beth El Library, 4:15-5:45pm April 22: Trope Ulpan for Kitah Vav (6 th Grade) in Beth El Library, 4:15-5:45pm April 24-25: Bat Mitzvah of Naomi Lerner April 25: Trope Ulpan for Kitah Vav (6 th Grade) in Beth El Library, 9-9:45am May 1-2: Bat Mitzvah of Ori Hashmonay