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May 11, 2012 |
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The Arts on Campus:
BYDS to Hear Houston Symphony Wind Players on
Monday, May 14
 This coming Monday morning at 10am in Freedman-Levit, BYDS Elementary students will experience a few outstanding orchestral musicians from the Houston Symphony in a concert by two of their wind instrument players, featuring the oboe and flute.
The Monday concert is part of a multi-year arrangement with the Houston Symphony and Beth Yeshurun Day School to bring professional musicians to school to present pieces from their repertoire and to discuss their instruments. In the last couple of years, BYDS has been visited by members of the brass section, base string players, plus violinists and violists.
Here are brief bios for the two musicians coming to BYDS on Monday:
Aralee Dorough, principal flute, began studying flute at age 9. She received her undergraduate degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio and then went on to continue her studies at the Yale School of Music. Aralee won the principal oboe position with Houston in 1991. She has appeared as soloist with the symphony on numerous occasions and has played with the Houston Symphony Chamber Players and Da Camera Society of Houston.
 Colin Gatwood, oboe, grew up in Pittsburgh, PA, where his father was principal oboe with the Pittsburgh Symphony and his mother, a violinist, was a free-lance musician and teacher. He began his musical studies on the piano at age 5, but by the time he was 9, he had begun taking oboe lessons from his father. He is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio. His first orchestra job was with the Pittsburgh Symphony, playing second oboe for four years. From there, he went on to join the Guadalajara Symphony Orchestra in Mexico and then, in 1991, he won the position of second oboe in Houston.
We are thrilled that our students will have this extraordinary and rare opportunity to hear from these players with world class talent.
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BYDS Students to Demonstrate Odyssey of the Mind Projects
 We invite the entire school parent community to join us next Wednesday, May 16, at 9:00am in Freedman-Levit to observe our students who have been involved with Odyssey of the Mind for several months this year. This is our first year of running the program, and the students exhibiting their projects on Wednesday are very excited about their accomplishments. Odyssey of the Mind teaches students to learn creative problem-solving methods while having fun collaborating with their student team in the process.
We'll be observing examples of "Hide and Peek" and "You Make the Call" projects-the objectives and details that are required for each project will be explained to the audience during the introduction.
We hope you will join us to watch and support our students who have been involved in these creative problem-solving sessions this year-we're proud that they are taking these steps to showcase their work. |
Express Reminder: "Mondays in May" continues this Monday morning, May 14. Parents please take note: on Monday morning, we invite you to park and walk your children in to school and enjoy a cup of coffee and a muffin in the Front Lobby! We'd love to have some company...please come and join us! |
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Cool Apps For Summer Fun with an Emphasis on Learning
 Many of our BYDS students have been able to explore many educational features on the iPad during their time in the Enrichment Lab this year. Ms. Mesches, our Learning Specialist, has researched lots of cool apps that kids can be using at home this summer to keep their learning skills sharp. This year Ms. Mesches was the lucky recipient of an iPad2, by virtue of her work administering and managing the Title I, Title II, and Title III federal education grants on behalf of our school.
The Title I Grant offers services for students who need extra support (PLATO Tutorials); the Title II Grant is for Teacher Training; and the Title III Grant provides services for students who qualify as an English as a Second Language learner (ESL.) All of our teachers have benefited from in-service training through the Title II Grant this year in the areas of Singapore Math, Readers' and Writers' Workshop, and SmartBoard Training.
At a recent conference that Ms. Mesches attended in New Hampshire, a session  on Apps for the iPad was extremely educational. Below is a list of Apps that Ms. Mesches put together that are good to use during the summer break. You'll need to check a little further with these apps to know the suitable age ranges they are designed for, but do contact Ms. Mesches with your questions. The Apps are suitable for different grade levels--some are free and some are not. Ms. Mesches' all time favorites are "Stack the States" and "Stack the Countries."
Here's the "Great Apps" list-enjoy:
Language Arts:
* Chicktionary
* Puppet Pals
* Bluster
* Strip Designer
* Story Buddy
* Writer's Hat
* Life Cards
* Garfield Fact & Opinion
* Mee Genius
* Comic Life
* Book Creator
* Demi Books Composer
* I Spy
* Highlights Magazine
* Magnetic ABC
* ABC Cursive
* Flat Stanley
* Toontastic
Math
* i Live Math
* Slice It
* Pizza Time Make More Pizzas
* Number Line
* Tangram
* Rocket Math
Science/Social Studies
* Stack the States
* Brain Pop
* Tinker Box
* Ansel and Clair's Adventure in Africa
* Flat Stanley
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Thank you moms for joining us and Happy Mother's Day!
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SPRING BOOK FAIR
MAY 14-18, 2012
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REICHES HALL |
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 2012 BYDS Summer Camp
Sports Camp - SESSION 6 CANCELLED
BYDS Krafty Kid
Art Camp - FIRST SESSION IS FULL
Science Camp
Music Camp Info Coming Soon!!! |
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May
Monday, 14th: Houston Symphony Perfomance for K-5 10:00 AM
Tuesday, 15th: $ Free Dress Day
Wednesday, 16th: Odyssey of the Mind Competition 9:00 AM
Monday, 21st: 2nd Grade Israel Museum is open 8:00-9:30
Friday, 25th: ASA Final Day, EDC in Session
Monday, 28th: Memorial Day, NO BYDS/ASA/EDC
Wednesday, 30th: 5th Grade Class Party
Thursday, 31st: ES 5th Grade Graduation 8:00 PM
Thursday, 31st: EC Last Day of School, NO EDC for EC,
Pre-K promotional Ceremony 10 AM
June
Friday,1st: ES Last Day of School, NO EDC/ASA, Talent Show
2012-2013 School Year Tentative Dates
- Start Date - 8/21
- Winter Break - 12/24 - 1/4; with a noon dismissal on Friday, December 21st. School will resume on January 8th.
- Passover Break - 3/22 noon dismissal thru 4/2
- Last Day - EC 6/5 and ES 6/6
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Tfillot
Yasher Koach to all students who lead the Tfillot this past week:
Chazzanim/Chazzaniot: Zoe Tuchshnieder, Sarah Erani, Carolyn Kessler, Jordan Sheldon, Ryan Peleg, Josh Blum, Elijah Costa, Joshua Romero.
Torah readers: Rebecca Knafo, Hadar Zeevi, Rebekah Grzebinski, Eliana Roisman.
Aliyot: Zoe Tuchshnieder, Sarah Erani, Carolyn Kessler.
Gabbaim : Jack Greenberg, Cassidy Rubenstein.
Kabbalat Shabbat
Dylan Kessler, Bianca Lazarus, Ahnyela Williams, Liliya Webb, Rachel Rosenberg
Mensch of the Week
Many of the students presented high values of kindness and entered to the Mensch Box:
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The winners of this week are:
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Tzedakah
- Thanks for the wonderful participation this past week. 100% Tzedakah was collected by 16 out of 16 classes grades K-5!
- Thanks to Julia Leibman and Jake Totz for coordinating this weeks' project.
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