B nai Shalom religious school Newsletter To the parents ל הו ר ים LAHORIM ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The weekly newsletter about our school, upcoming events and the calendar 1/14/2016 Shvat 4, 5776 CALENDAR Sun, 1/16 Minyan Katan Minyan Beyachad Sun, 1/17 No School MLK Sun, 1/24-25 Upper School in NYC Sun, 1/24 7 th Grade Holocaust Museum Sun, 1/31 4 th Grade Tu Bishvat Seder Fri-Sat, 2/5-6 5 th -6 th Grade Shabbaton Sat, 2/6 5 th -6 th Grade Shabbat service Sun, 2/7 World Wide Wrap, Grades 5 th -6 th -7 th Shabbat, 2/13 Minyan Katan Minyan Beyachad Sun, 2/14 No school, Presidents Day Sun, 2/21 6 th Grade Talit program Sun, 2/28 1 st Grade Shabbat program 1. 7 th GRADE Sunday, 1/24 Holocaust Museum Our 7 th grade history curriculum covers the Holocaust and we thought it would be academically beneficial for our students to visit the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC. The museum does not provide a guide. We strongly recommend that parents accompany their children through this experience. 9:30 Meet at Glenmont Metro 10:30 Meet at the information Desk 10:45 Museum Orientation Please RSVP and indicate number of people and where you will meet us. Please note that the metro does not run as regularly on Sundays and there might be repairs which will cause delays. There will also be security check lines at the museum which will cause more delay. So we ask that you will be prompt. Metro fare is about $15. 1:00 Leave museum 1:45 Pick-up @ Glenmont Metro Please RSVP If you will not accompany your child, please send a permission form. 2. 4 th GRADE Tu Bishvat Seder, Sunday, 1/31, 10:00-12:00 Dalet curriculum focuses on Tu Bishvat and Preserving the Environment.
We would like to invite the Dalet parents to join us as we celebrate our family Tu Bishvat Seder. All students should wear a white shirt and navy blue or black pants or skirt. Students will arrive at 9:00 with their assigned fruit. Please volunteer for the following: Set-up @ 9:00 am Clean up 11:30 3. 5 TH -6 TH GRADE SHABBATON AND SHABBAT SERVICE Friday-Saturday, 2/5-6 Our 5 th and 6 th grade students are invited to a fun filled and educational overnight Shabbaton at BSO. The program is FREE and will be led by Maryana, Lior and some of our best teenagers. We will eat together, pray and play together, build community, create friendships and make wonderful memories of our Hebrew school years. On Shabbat morning, students will lead the service at the main sanctuary. What can you do? Reserve the date. Fill the forms when you get them. Volunteer to shop, cook, feed, serve, clean, set-up, chaperone, etc. Encourage your child to attend. It is a lot of fun and they will make friends for life. 4. 5 th, 6 th & 7 th GRADE Sunday, 2/7 World Wide Wrap How wonderful to see all Jews around the world put tefillin on the same day! Parents are invited to join us. Please come and help your child put on his tefillin for the first time. Perhaps you could bring your own tefillin as well? 9:00 We will teach all student how to put on the tefillin. 10:00 Brunch and study for the parents Parents, please join us. 1. 6 TH GRADE TALIT PROGRAM 1/19-20 Paper talitot will be sent home 2/7 All paper talitot should be in the office with the name of the student. Please send $18 for the talit. 2/21 Parents are invited. Each family will copy their design on their talit. We will paint, iron, etc. We will do it in 2 shifts. TBD. 3/6 We will tie the tzitzit. January 2016 Blue = School day Pink = No School Sun Mon Tue Wed Th u Fri 1 2 Happy New Year! Sat 3 Winter Break 4 5 6 7 8 9 Sarecky BM
10 6 th Grade Talit Program 11 12 13 14 15 16 Minyan Beyahad Minyan Katan 17 18 MLK 19 20 21 22 23 24 Upper School in NYC 25 TU BISHVAT 26 27 28 29 30 7 th grade in Holocaust Museum 31 4 th Grade Tu Bishvat Seder February 2016 Blue = School day Pink = No School Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 5 th -6 th grade Service 5 th -6th grade Shabbaton 7 5 th -6 th -7 th grade World Wide Wrap 8 9 10 11 12 13 Minyan Beyahad Minyan Katan 14 Presidents Day 15 16 17 18 19 20 Presidents Day Zemel BM 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 6 th Grade Talit Program 28 1 st Grade Shabbat Program 29