Beth Yeshurun Day School Express
February 10, 2012

17 Shevat 5772
 
News

BYDS Experiences Tu B'Shevat in a New Way

 

Beth Yeshurun Day School's celebration of the Holiday of Tu B'Shevat this year took a school-wide, educational turn, emphasizing the environment, creativity, science, language arts, and traditions, as well as a great field trip experience for many of our Elementary School students to the Bellaire Nature Center.

 

BYDS, in cooperation with the Bellaire Nature Center, integrated

religious studies with science, art, math and geography during the field trip with our First and Second Grade classes on Wednesday. There, the students were accompanied by master gardeners and environmental counselors led by Mrs. Anne Eisner, who is the activity director at the BNC. Students were exposed to maps, learned about agriculture, and also about animals that rely on trees.

 

In addition to the field trip, our Pre-K students learned environmentally-friendly language, like "reuse," "recycle," and "replace." Second Grade students completed their tree posters and constructions, a project that connected the celebration of trees with the extended members of their families. The front lobby this week and next is serving as the exhibit space for these wonderful family projects.

 
BYDS Authors and Editors 

BYDS Resumes Lit Mag Project

All BYDS students will be claiming the title of "author" this year as a new student committee has formed to work on this year Literary Magazine, which will showcase a piece of student writing from every student. The bulk of the editing and publishing project rests with the all-important BYDS Editing Committee, under the supervision of Curriculum Specialist Cathryn Mellon. Students stay after school one day each week to review the submissions-each student in the school submits two pieces from which the committee will select the one that will be published.

There have been BYDS literary magazines before in the school's history, and they were outstanding publications-copies of them are still be consulted by students today, especially those on the Editing Committee, for the purpose of understanding layout, pagination, and design. So the students are very excited about returning to this large educational project. At this juncture, the Editing Committee members are reading and reviewing student submissions, and they are also involved in selecting a name for this year's publication. For more information on getting involved, contact Cathryn Mellon at school. 
BYDS Teacher Workshop 

  BYDS Teachers Learn about Reaching Students with Attention Deficit Disorders

On Tuesday, February 7, BYDS Elementary General and Judaic Studies teachers attended a workshop conducted by three professionals in the field of addressing and managing attention deficit disorders (ADD/ADHD) in the classroom. The focus was on identifying characteristics of students exhibiting a range of attention issues along with how best to modify classroom strategies to reach these students. Topics included common difficulties students experience, classroom organization, organizing work tasks, organizing materials and supplies, and organizing time, in addition to the kinds of academic modifications that would help deliver more effective instruction to children who show ADD-like traits.

The Tuesday afternoon teacher learning program is part of the BYDS Faculty weekly training that goes on throughout the year; the programs begin after carpool and run from 3:30pm-5:00pm. This year there is variety of programs-for example, on some Tuesdays

outside professionals are called in to present; other Tuesdays may be led by an administrator, like ES Principal Mindy Rosenthal or ES Curriculum Specialist Cathryn Mellon. Some Tuesdays are devoted teacher team meetings. Next week Head of School Tom Elieff will be addressing the faculty on communication topics-pertaining to both using technology-based reporting and creating a positive classroom culture.

The presentation this past Tuesday on ADD/ADHD strategies included Yael Avivi, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist with Weinberger, Black & Associates; Pam Esser, Executive Director of Attention Deficit Disorders Association Southern Region; and Kymn Harrison, MA, Consultant and Coach with Weinberger, Black & Associates.

 

Summer Camp- Updated Registration Forms

 

 

Art Camp

Preschool Camp  

Sports Camp

 

Science Camp

 


 

 

PRESCHOOL CAMP 

LOOK NO FURTHER!!

THE BEST SUMMER CAMP

EXPERIENCE IS HERE!

 

 

Dear BYDS Families,  

 

Summer camp will be held at Beth Yeshurun for children entering 2's, 3's, and Pre-K in the fall of 2012. The camp is supervised by Beth Yeshurun staff and we offer two 4 week sessions:

 

Session One - June 11 - July 6 (Closed July 4)

Session Two - July 9 - August 3 

 

Our counselors are well trained and extremely loving and are handpicked in order to provide the most fun for your children. We have been blessed with so many of our returning staff members year after year who come to us with enthusiasm and passion for working with children. Hilary Most and I will be joining forces, once again, as the directors of the summer camp, and we will provide the BEST SUMMER EVER!

--Shabbat Shalom,  

Riana Sherman, EC Principal and Summer Camp Co-Director

 

Here's the link to all our Summer Camp Brochures:   

 

Click here to see all BYDS Summer Camp Brochures 

 
CALL TO PARENTS

 5th Grade Mishloach Manot Project 

 
Mishloach manot are gifts of food or drink that are sent to friends, relatives, neighbors, teachers, and any other acquaintances on Purim day, which falls on
March 8th this year. The mitzvah of giving mishloach manot derives from the Book of Esther, which instructs the Jewish people to observe the days of Purim "as days of feasting and gladness, and sending portions of food to one another, and gifts to the poor." It is meant to ensure that everyone has enough food for the Purim feast held later in the day, and to increase love and friendship among Jews.

This year, the 5th grade will offer mishloach manot gift bags for sale for only $2 and allow you to fulfill this important mitzvah. You can purchase mishloach manot bags for your child, his/her classmates, teachers, rabbis, or any BYDS staff.
Details on how to purchase them will be coming in the next few weeks, and sales will officially begin in mid-February. We look forward to your participation in this wonderful mitzvah project. If you have any questions, please contact Eleonora Leibman(
eleibman@gmail.com), Melissa Selzer (mcselz@sbcglobal.net), or Rina Camhi (rina@eldams.com.)
The Start of Something Big

 

 

Events

  

February:

Monday, 13th: Volunteers Needed for Garden Digging with Mr. E. 9:00am.--10:0am.   

Tuesday, 14th: 5th Grade Field Trip-Dress Uniform Required

Thursday, 16th: Pre-K to Kindergarten Day

Friday, 17th: Kabbalat Shabbat 1:00; Annual Concert of Love-Special Guest Klezmatics (after services)

Monday, 20th: Presidents' Day NO BYDS/EDC/ASA

Tuesday, 21st: Spirit Dress Day

Wednesday, 22nd: Report Card Day-Free Dress Day

Thursday, 23rd: Celebrate Texas Day- Texas Wear

Friday, 24th: 3rd Grade Rosh Codesh, 8:00 in Freedman-Levit, Break in Stein Hall

Monday, February 27th: Grand Friends Day- ES 8:30am in Freedman Levit, EC 10:30 (CLICK FOR SCHEDULE),
Dress Uniform Required

Tuesday, 28th: Spirit Dress Day

 

BYDS Calendar Updates:

  • 1st Grade Siddur Celebration has been rescheduled from Tuesday, March 13th to Thursday, March 15th.
  • '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.

 



 

 
 

 

Grand Friends invitations are going out this week.  Look for more detailed information next week in your child's backpack.   If your child's grandparent or special friend does not receive an invitation, please contact one of the Grand Friends Day Chairs:

Jennifer Deutsch    jennifer.deutsch@aol.com

Tracy Kapiloff         tracy@kapiloff.net

Andrea Pogach      pogachs@comcast.net

Laurie Rosenberg  laurie.rosenberg@gmail.com


 

 

 

Click Here to Download Form  

Friendship Walk of Houston will be held
Sunday, March 11, 2012 at 2:00PM
Check-In Time 1:00PM.
For more info, visit: info@friendshiphouston.com.


 

 

  

Pics of the Week



 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Yasher Koach

 

 Tfillot

 

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

 

Chazzanim/Chazzaniot: Hadar Zeevi, Abbie Kleban, Avery Rubenstein, Eliana Roisman, Sydney Daniels, Leah Fields, Lila Deutsch, Stephanie Gold

 

Torah readers:   Julia Strug, Blake Myers, Max Hoffman, Abbie Kleban, Julia Minkowitz, Daniel Johary

 

Aliyot: Sam Rosen, Maya Pazgal, Rebecca Knafo

 

Gabbaim : Eliana Roisman, Avery Rubenstein

 

Kabbalat Shabbat

 

Yasher Koach to our Kabbalat Shabbat leaders this Friday:

 

Grace Gotesky, Rachel Gittleman, Sam Toubin, Ofir Kadosh, Kate Greenberg

 

 

Tzedakah

 

·         Thanks for the wonderful participation this past week. 100% Tzedakah was collected by 14 out of 16 classes grades K-5!

 

·         Thanks to Jennifer Blum and Lila Deutsch for coordinating this weeks' project.

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual Giving Fund Message
 

 

 

To make your contribution today, please click on the Donate Now button at the bottom of this column of participants.
We thank our many families, teachers, staff, and Board members who have participated in this year's Annual Giving Fund--we look forward to completing our contacts in the coming weeks via telephone in order to provide everyone in the community a convenient opportunity in which to join our participant list.  Because of your support, our BYDS mission can remain strong, and we can move further along our continuum of excellence!

Mrs. Ruth Adler

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Axler

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bazarsky

Mrs. Janice Bekker

Ms. Katherine Berban

Dr. and Mrs. Howard Berman

Ms. Della Berry

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. Eric Cohen and Dr. Lisa 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. and Mrs. Russell Diamond

Ms. Sandy Diamond

Drs. Douglas and Tracy Dow

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Elieff

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Epstein

Dr. and Mrs. Steven 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

Mrs. Barbara Goldfield

Ms. Jackelyn Goodman

Mr. and Mrs. Dylan Gotesky

Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Gottschalk

Mr. and Mrs. Adam Greenberg

Mrs. Dora Lee Grinberg

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Guttman

Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Guy

Dr. Eric Haas

Mr. and Mrs. George Haas

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hadar

Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Hakimi

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Harris

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hirsch

Mr. Lonny Hoffman

Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Jacobs

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jacobson

Mr. and Mrs. Dave Jochnau

Mr. and Mrs. Sami Kadosh

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. and Mrs. Doron Levin

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

Mr. and Mrs. Gil Melman

Mrs. Chris Meltzer

Mr. Ian Meltzer

Ms. Susan Mesches

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Michelman

Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Miller

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Miller

Dr. and Mrs. Harold Minkowitz

Rabbi and Cantor Steve Morgen

Mrs. Hilary Most

Mr. and Mrs. Gage Mueller

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Musher

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. Cary Radoff

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

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Rosenberg

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. Ira Rozen

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

Dr. David Schwartz and Ms. Rachel Kosoy

Rabbi and Mrs. Jack Segal

Mrs. Angie Segall

Dr. and Mrs. David Selchen

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Selzer

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Selzer

Mrs. Rene Shapiro

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shaw

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Sheldon

Mr. and Mrs. Greg Sherman

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Shidler

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

Dr. and Mrs. Erik Sulman

Mr. and Mrs. Gary Swartz

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Swartz

Ms. Kelli Sydow

Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Talisman

Mrs. Lindsay Tavor

Mrs. Cindy Taylor

Mr. and Mrs. Mitch Testa

Mr. and Mrs. James Thomson

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Totz

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Trachtenberg

Ms. Faina Tsibulskaya

Ms. Monique Turner

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Wadler

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

Dr. and Mrs. Matt Wigder

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

Mr. and Mrs. Zvi Zeevi

Mr. and Mrs. Elan Zehavi

 
In This Issue
Tu B'Shevat
BYDS Lit Mag
Attention Deficit Disorders
Summer Camp
Call to Parents
Annual Gala
Events
Grand Friends Day
BYDS Annual Gala Tribute Ad
Pics of the Week
Annual Giving Message
Kinder Shabbat

Strauss Family Israel Trip
February Shabbat Jam

Tot Shabbat
Quick Links
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Grandparents' Day

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 CALL TO PARENTS

We need a copy of the Thanksgiving Broadway Program that the Elementary Kids did. Please contact, Robyn Burck at rburck@bethyeshurun.org if you have one that you can share.

 

Thank you in advance.