BH. Adar
I 24, 5776 / March 4, 2016
Candle-Lighting: Community Newsletter of the Maimonides Hebrew Day School of the Capital District 5:31 404 Partridge Street Albany NY 12208 (518) 453-9363/3434 www.maimonidesschool.org Shabbos Ends:
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This newsletter is dedicated in honor of the birth of
Elroi Tzur Solomon אלרואי צור by his great-grandparents Michael & Sylvia Solomon ADAR EMOJI PILLOWS These 8th grade students finished all of Samuel I with their Navi teacher Morah Tzivie. For a siyum they made these emoji pillows, first of all because their Siyum celebration happened in Adar, the happy month, and also because of the range of emotions you find in this book of Prophets. It’s interesting that they finished Shmuel I in Adar I!
NOTE DISMISSAL CHANGES The teaching staff had to make changes to the daily dismissal procedures for improved safety & behavior. Parents & students, please note: All Nursery, Kindergarten, first and second grade students will stay in the downstairs lunchroom until their family name is called. Grades 3-5 remain in their classrooms and wait for their family name to be called. 6/7 graders remain with Mrs. Crawford. 8th graders remain with Mrs. Ramsay. HS Boys remain with Mrs. Roland. No dismissal will be allowed prior to 3:30pm. Any earlier pickups need to be arranged at the school office. Parents should not enter the building to pick up their children. If they do need to come inside, it should only be to the office. We find parents entering at dismissal can be disturbing and disruptive to other children. Parents and students: Thank you for noting these changes and for following these new procedures. This will allow for a much smoother and more relaxed dismissal each day.
SHLOCK ROCK Lenny Solomon and Shlock Rock came back to town this week at the JCC sponsored by Israel’s Nefesh b’Nefesh and 16 local Jewish organizations, including Maimonides. After 30 years of music, live shows in all 50 states, and 36 CDs released with more than 400 creative songs Lenny is still so vibrant, lively and very invested! He’s pictured here with Moishy K. our HS student who cherishes communal events, especially music and Simcha!
AS THE PALACE (INTRIGUE) UNFOLDS Morah Devorah’s first graders made these Armon palaces which unfold to tell of the Purim story and its famous characters.
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SUNLIGHT & MARK ON WALL 7th grade Chumash was waiting for a sunny day. They learned about Moshe’s mark on the wall, telling Pharaoh, this time (when the sun hits here) tomorrow… so they made a mark on the wall and waited to see it hit the same point on the next day at that time. Alas, the next day or two was cloudy, but finally the sun came out again. You might not be able to see the mark in this picture, it was slightly off from where the light shown a few nights earlier, that’s because the sun moves a little bit each day as well. It was a nice opportunity for a hands-on learning of both Chumash & science!
RABBI SPEAKS ON ELECTIONS CBAJ hosts Rabbi Marc Angel to speak on Election Ethics this Sunday. There’s a Chinese Dinner, too! See page 4 for more details.