Beth Yeshurun Day School Express
December 2, 20116 Kislev 5772
News

Parent Education Workshops Teach

Parents About Core Academic Programs

 

BYDS elementary teachers organized curricular workshop sessions for parents in November, and the results have been very successful.  The Parent Education Series classes are designed to give parents the full experience with their child's teachers on core subjects, such as math and reading. The workshops help parents understand the methods used each day in the classrooms for the school's celebrated Singapore Math program and the Columbia University's Readers and Writers Workshop approach. The parents receive curricular handouts and a powerpoint introduction, then it's down to work as the teachers will sit at the tables with their students' parents and go over problems and lessons, simulating the classroom small group setting.

 

In addition to the Parent Education Series, on Thursday, December 8, several BYDS teachers are setting up after school "tutorials" with parents, to go over any questions they have about the curriculum: Julie Rubenstein will help parents of K/1/2 children; Lindsay Tavor will do third grade; Kelli Sydow, fourth grade; and Eve Zehavi, fifth grade. Be watching for these tutorial offerings in your child's teacher newsletters. Alongside the parent education program, among the curricular strengthening measures being implemented this year include a full-scale curricular re-alignment and a full re-articulation of the objectives, skills, content, methodologies, and benchmark standards throughout the K-5 program. We hope you can come in next week and do some learning with one of our BYDS teachers!

 

BYDS Receives Significant Grant from

Herzstein Foundation 

 

 

BYDS is thrilled and honored to announce the news of a grant from the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation in the amount of $25,000 to underwrite the science curriculum and the new science lab classroom.  This grant marks the second significant foundation grant awarded to Beth Yeshurun Day School this year, giving the school important additional support for its Build Our Future campaign. Build Our Future remains a chief priority for the school, with a current aim now to raise an additional $500,000 to cover the full construction and financing costs of the new educational facility.

The Herzstein Foundation continues the work of Albert and Ethel Herzstein by supporting charitable efforts that offer individuals and organizations opportunities for advancement through education, enrichment of the human spirit and quality of life in our society.  All of us--teachers, students, parents, staff, and Board members--thank the Herzstein Foundation for their generous gift and acknowledgment of the educational strength and promise of Beth Yeshurun Day School.  

 

 

Garden Volunteer Opportunity for BYDS Families-Monday, Dec. 5, at 9am in the West End Garden.

Please grab your garden gloves and come join us on Monday, beginning at 9am, for some light garden work-whatever the time you can devote will be much appreciated! Fifteen minutes, a half hour... your hands will be most helpful to us as we continue to improve the soil composition, mark out a design for the upcoming cool weather flowers we'll be planting, and of course churn up the garden beds in advance of next Thursday's Pre-K and K planting day. If you can bring any of the following items,  that would help us out a great deal:

·         A bag or two of top soil, compost, plant mix, or manure. [Typically, these bags run about 2 or 3 dollars a bag, with a little more per bag for plant mix-we'll have a wheel barrow that we can take out to your car and haul it in for you.]

·         Bring a tray (usually 8 to 20 plants in a tray) of cool weather flowers, like geraniums, sweet peas, and snapdragons; the K students will be planting these later in the week. 

·         Garden tools-if you have anything garden related that you can donate to BYDS, this will help us out tremendously!

Thanks so much!  -- Mr. E.

 

 

 

KHOU Investigative Reporter

Speaks to BYDS Students

 

 

KHOU Investigative reporter Mark Greenblatt spoke to our students during Kabbalat Shabbat this afternoon about the importance of doing kind acts and also about confronting those who do the wrong thing-students were able to ask questions and to share their thoughts on what they could do to help others in need.  Mr. Greenblatt's appearance at Beth Yeshurun Day School is part of an on-going series of bring community leaders and professionals to Beth Yeshurun Day School as an outreach component of our weekly Kabbalat Shabbat service on Friday afternoons.

 
 

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Events

 

December:

Wednesday, December 7 & Thursday, December 8: Jump Rope For Heart.

 

Wednesday, December 7th: 5th Grade to Sing at The Medallion

   

Friday, December 9: Second Grade Shabbat Service and Dinner at 6:00pm in Greenfield Chapel.    

 

Wednesday, December 14: Choir performs at the Hampton.   

 

Thursday, December 15: Class Hanukkah Parties.     

 

Friday, December 16: Early Dismissal.

EC 11:30am; ES 12 Noon.

No EDC/ASA. 

Dismiss for Winter Break.   


January:  

 

Monday, January 2nd:  No School--National Holiday.  

 

Tuesday, January 3rd: No School--Staff Development

 

Wednesday, January 4th: School Resumes 

 

BYDS Calendar Updates:

  • 'Young Authors' Day' has been rescheduled from Wednesday, April 18th to Tuesday, April 17th. 
  •  Maccabi has been rescheduled from Friday, May 11th to Friday, May 4th
      •  Friday, May 4th  ,  Maccabi,  EC 11:30 dismissal, ES 12:00 dismissal, No EDC/ASA
      • Friday, May 11th , will be a regular school day.
Pics of the Week


 

 

 

 

Yasher Koach

  Tfillot

Yasher Koach to all students who lead the Tfillot this past week:

Chazzanim/Chazzaniot: Eli Cowan, Josh Romero, Jordan Sheldon, Elijah Costa, Alex Plotkin, Alex Moore, Rebecca Knafo, Sydney Daniels, Katy Faour, Eliana Haas, Joshua Kaminsky , Makayla Wigder, Olivia Meyers, Taylor Kalina

Torah readers:  Max Hoffman, Blake Myers, Avery Rubenstein, Cantor Dorf

Aliyot: Aaron Berry, Brett Bazarsky, Ryan Peleg, Lauryn Kapiloff, Hayley Selzer, Lizzie Sondock,  

Gabbaim :  Leor Belleli, Zoe Tuchschneider, Jack Greenberg, Steven Wolf

Kabbalat Shabbat

Yasher Koach to our Kabbalat Shabbat leaders this Friday:

Rachel Melman, Max Melamed, Alex Plotkin, Stevie Nates, Alex Moore

 

Tzedakah

·         Thanks for the wonderful participation this past week. 100% Tzedakah was collected by 16 out of 16 classes grades K-5!

·         Thanks to Max Hoffman and Julia Minkowitz for coordinating this weeks' project. 

 

 

Annual Giving Progress

 

 

We thank the following families for their participation in the Annual Fund--please join us and add your name to our Annual Giving Fund listing:  

Mrs. Ruth Adler

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Axler

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bazarsky

Mrs. Janice Bekker

Drs. Edward and Elizabeth Berzin

Mr. and Mrs. Vel Berzin

Mr. and Mrs. Martin Block

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Blumenthal

Mrs. Harriet Bormaster

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Brams

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brandt

Ms. Helen Brounes

Mr. and Mrs. Ron Brounes

Mr. and Mrs. Adam Burck

Mrs. Mireille Chait

Mrs. Rimma Cherches

Ms. Bobbie Cohen

Mr. Fil Cohen

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Cororve

Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Costa

Mr. and Mrs. Ben Cowan

Dr. and Mrs. Dale Cowan

Mr. and Mrs. Eddy Daniels

Mr. Paul Danziger and Dr. Susan Danziger

Dr. and Mrs. Allen Deutsch

Mr. Sandy Diamond

Drs. Douglas and Tracy Dow

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Elieff

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Epstein

Mr. Martin Fein and Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein

Dr. and Mrs. Clive Fields

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Fradkin

Mrs. Andria Frankfort

Mr. and Mrs. Reid Friedman

Mrs. Cecilia Garfinkel

Mr. and Mrs. Chris Getz

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Gibbs

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Gilbert

Drs. Neal and Cathie Gittleman

Mr. and Mrs. Danny Gold

Mr. and Mrs. David Gold

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Goldberg

Ms. Lynley Golden

Ms. Jackelyn Goodman

Mr. and Mrs. Dylan Gotesky

Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Gottschalk

Mrs. Dora Lee Grinberg

Mr. and Mrs. George Haas

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hadar

Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Hakimi

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hirsch

Mr. and Mrs. Dave Jochnau

Dr. and Mrs. Jeff Kalina

Mr. and Mrs. Murray Kalmin

Mr. and Mrs. Neal Kaminsky

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Kapiloff

Mr. and Mrs. Gene Kaplan

Dr. and Mrs. Michael Kaplan

Dr. and Mrs. Ben Kase

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Katz

Mr. and Mrs. Micah Kessler

Ms. Carol Kleban

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kleban

Mr. and Mrs. Sharon Knafo

Mr. and Mrs. Yair Kol

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kramer

Ms. Amy Krost

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Krost

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Lack

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Lavine

Ms. Michelle Lefkowitz

Dr. and Mrs. Bryan Leibman

Mr. Richard Leibman

Mr. Michael Levy and Dr. Naomi Levy

Mr. and Mrs. David Loev

Mr. and Mrs. David Malev

Ms. Sandra McKee

Dr. and Mrs. Evan Melamed

Mr. and Mrs. Leon Melamed

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Mellon

Ms. Susan Mesches

Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Miller

Dr. and Mrs. Harold Minkowitz

Mrs. Hilary Most

Mr. and Mrs. Gage Mueller

Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Musher

Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Myers

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Nates

Mr. and Mrs. Marc Nathan

Ms. Denise Olitzki

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Paine

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Phillips

Ms. Susan Piller

Ms. Carolyn Plessner

Mr. and Mrs. Adam Pogach

Hazzan and Mrs. David Propis

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Raizner

Mrs. Marina Reifler

Mr. and Mrs. Dani Roisman

Dr. Giancarlo Romero and Dr. Debora Levine

Mrs. Mindy Rosenthal

Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Rosenthal

Mr and Mrs Allen Rosenzweig

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Rosenzweig

Dr. and Mrs. Dan Roubein

Mr. and Mrs. Jason Rubenstein

Ms. Julie Rubenstein

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Rubenstein

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Rudin

Mr. and Mrs. Joel Saber

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Sack

Mrs. Nancy Sadick

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Samardzija

Ms. Alexis Saperstein

Mr. and Mrs. Jason Schlanger

Mr. Peter and Dr. Julie Schneider

Cantor and Mrs. Bill L. Schwartz

Rabbi and Mrs. Jack Segal

Mrs. Angie Segall

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Selzer

Mrs. Rene Shapiro

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shaw

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Sheldon

Mr. and Mrs. Greg Sherman

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Silver

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Silverman

Mrs. Paula Singer

Dr. and Mrs. Josh Skorupski

Dr. and Mrs. Kevin Slawin

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Sokoloff

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Sondock

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Sondock

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Sondock

Ms. Eve Sonik

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sorkin

Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Sorkin

Mrs. Arlene Staller

Mr. and Mrs. Brad Staller

Mr. and Mrs. Dan Stein

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stein

Ms. Cindi Steinberg

Mr. and Mrs. Roger Stern

Rabbi and Mrs. Brian Strauss

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Strug

Ms. Bonnie Suchart

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Swartz

Ms. Kelli Sydow

Mrs. Lindsay Tavor

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Trachtenberg

Ms. Faina Tsibulskaya

Ms. Monique Turner

Ms. Jessica Weber

Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Katz

Mrs. Karen Weinberg

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Weininger

Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Weinstein

Dr. and Mrs. Gary Whitman

Ms. Monica Woolf

Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Yambra

Ms. Alexandra Yudelevich

Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Zach

Mr. and Mrs. Segev Zadok

Mr. and Mrs. Elan Zehavi

 

 

 

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In This Issue
Parent Education Workshops
BYDS Receives Significant Grant
Garden Volunteer Opportunity
Camp
KHOU Investigative Reporter Speaks to BYDS Students
Winter Sports Camp
Events
Pics of the Week
Yasher Koach
Annual Giving Progress
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