BYDS Express 12.9.2011

Beth Yeshurun Day School Express

December 9, 2011

13 Kislev 5772

News

Fifth Grade mitzvah a meaningful day of kindness

Our tradition teaches us much about honoring the elders: "You shall rise before the white-haired, and honor the face of the old man" (Leviticus 19:32). There is an interesting story aboutRabbi Yochanan, who used to rise before the heathen aged. When people asked Rabbi Yochanan why he would stand when he saw an elder, he answered:"How many experiences have passed over these!" (Talmud, Kiddushin 32b-33a (

At Beth Yeshurun, our mission is to integrate Tikkun Olam (Healing the World) into our educational mission . This week the 5th grade class had a meaningful day of showing their kindness as they sang to the Medallion residents and engaged the residents in a Chanukah-related art activity. The students sang the blessings of the Holiday with traditional and new Holiday songs and cheered up the elders in the room. They were led by our music teacher, Dora Lee Grinberg and pianist Bette Gorme. Our Art teacher, Jodi Gold, instructed the residents and the students to decorate a tile with Holiday artifacts and special art crafts materials, and they enjoyed working together on this project. We feel it is important for us, as a school, to grow our students and to help them understand the importance of maintaining inter-generational relations. The students had conversations with their peer residents, learned about their life experiences, and exchanged blessings for the holidays.

We are proud of our 5th graders, who exemplified the mission of our school.

Happy Chanukah!

Renewing the Promise to return on

December 18-19 at CBY

Here's an important reminder to our day school community: Rabbi Druin will return to the Beth Yeshurun community on Sunday, December 18 and Monday, December 19 for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fulfill one of the 613 commandments--writing the Torah. Rabbi Druin has already made a few visits to Beth Yeshurun this fall, and he spoke to our elementary student body in October this year. So many families have already taken part in this year-long project--both Mrs. Rosenthal and Mr. E and their families have taken part--and by all ac

counts people are saying the experience instills a strong connection to one's Judaism.

The Sunday, December 18 hours begin at 8:30am and run to 5:00pm; the Monday, December 19 hours go from 8:30am all the way up to 8:00pm. For an appointment, please contact Lisa Yambra at 713.666.1881 x304. We hope you will seize the opportunity for this meaningful experience for the entire family.

Dress Code Message

Dear Parents,

I want to clarify the correct dress code for the school. In the school building, students must only wear a BYDS sweatshirt or fleece jacket. They may wear other jackets or sweatshirts outside at recess. On Fridays, both the girls and boys must wear the dress uniform sweater.

All the dress code information is located in the parent handbook. We have attached it for your convenience; as well are sending a copy home with your child.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Click Here to see BYDS Dress Code

Snap City Play Station

The Early Childhood student's would like to sincerely thank the PTO for their generous donation that purchased our new Snap City play equipment along with the safety flooring. The students have thoroughly enjoyed climbing and sliding up and down the new structure. We are all so grateful to our PTO for making our Snap City area complete. Thank you!

Hot Lunch Info

Dear Parents:

Thank you again for completing the hot lunch survey. We took your suggestions seriously and below are the changes we implemented:

Hot Lunch will now be offered Monday-Thursday to Pre-K! Pre-K parents, you may ONLY order from the main entree menu. There will be no pasta or baked potatoes served to Pre-K.

*Please note the cut-off date is December 18. No orders can be accepted after this date.*

We would like to introduce some exciting new items to our menu!

We have also modified some of our existing items:
- We will be serving enriched white tortillas with our quesadillas. All other bread products (rolls, bread and bagels) will remain whole grain/whole wheat.
- Quesadillas will be plain (no beans)
- We will be adding grapes and fruit salad to the fruit rotation
- We will no longer serve pudding for dessert
- Caesar salad will accompany Grilled Cheese weekly

A few reminders:
- Please remind your children that unlimited amounts of salad, cut veggies and cut fruit are available daily
- Please read the menu descriptions carefully with your child so they know which sides they can expect with each meal
- Please remember that extra portions are available for purchase. We cannot give extra portions of entrees otherwise.

Thank you,
Your Lunch Chairs

- Vegetarian Matzo Ball Soup served with a side Caesar

- Tuna Fish Sandwiches on rolls served with a side of Vegetable Soup

- Chicken Caesar Salad served with a side of pasta

Sleep Away Camp Open House

BYDS Winter Camp

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Coming Soon...

Events

December:

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 18^th to Tuesday, April 17^th.
Maccabi has been rescheduled from Friday, May 11^th to Friday, May 4^th

Friday, May 4^th, Maccabi, EC 11:30 dismissal, ES 12:00 dismissal, No EDC/ASA
Friday, May 11^th, will be a regular school day.

Directory Change

Todd Frankfort (Claire's father)

3833 Cummins, Apt. 1266

Houston, Texas 77027

Pics of the Week

Yasher Koach

Tfillot

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

Chazzanim/Chazzaniot: Abby Cowan, Janey Daniels, Anna Greenberg, Hayden Deutsch, Leor Hadar, Mikayla Kugler, Noa Strauss, Sophie Sorkin, Serena Schwartz

Torah readers: Joshua Strauss,

Aliyot: Joshua Cororve, Julia Danziger, Spencer Gibbs

Gabbaim : Rachel Melman, Daniel Leibman

Kabbalat Shabbat

Yasher Koach to our Kabbalat Shabbat leaders this Friday:

Elijah Costa, Joshua Blum, Daniel Malev, Lauryn Kapiloff, Mia Kalinsky

Tzedakah

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

· Thanks to Danielle Haas and Sydney Selzer 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. Marvin Blum

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

Ms. 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. Marc Feldman

Dr. and Mrs. Clive Fields

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Fradkin

Mrs. Andria Frankfort

Mr. and Mrs. Milton 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. Joshua Jacobs

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. and Mrs. Jonathan Lepow

Mrs. Sherry Leva

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

Ms. Chalise Pamplin

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

Mr. and Mrs. Alan Rosen

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

Mr. 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

Mrs. Cindy Taylor

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. Etan Weinstock

Mrs. Melanee Weiser

Dr. and Mrs. Gary Whitman

Ms. Monica Woolf

Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Yambra

Dr. and Mrs. Edward Yosowitz

Ms. Alexandra Yudelevich

Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Zach

Mr. and Mrs. Segev Zadok

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In This Issue

5th Grade Mitzvah

Renewing the Promise

BYDS Dress Code

EC-Thank You PTO

Lunch Survey

Winter Sports Camp

Events

Directory Change

Pics of the Week

Yasher Koach

Annual Giving Progress

Quick Links

Community Clicks

Jump Rope for Heart/Hoops for Heart

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