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August 31, 2012 |
13 Elul 5772
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Chadashot: What's New at BYDS? |
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New Mimio/Skype Technology Brings Brooklyn Author to Classroom
 In Julie Rubenstein's Fifth Grade Language Arts, students followed up with their summer reading assignment, the 220 page novel "The Thing About Georgie" by Lisa Graff, with a plethora of classroom writing assignments and response activities. The big one happened today, when the Brooklyn-based author was beamed into the classroom via the school's new Mimio classroom technology, transforming the Fifth Grade class into a live audience Q & A session with Ms. Graff.
The novel is about a 4th grade dwarf named Georgie who has many distinctive qualities and challenges, but the book emphasizes that everyone has unique aspects.
In addition to the homework task of producing three questions for Ms. Graff, students have had discussions, performed reader response exercises, and produced a constellation of twelve individual traits, likes, dislikes... by responding to the main sentence completion exercise in the novel, "The thing about me is..." Single responses to this sentence prompt were then ripped into twelve pieces of paper, each containing yet another individual feature. Here is a sampling of student responses:
The thing about me is..."I'm a vegetarian." "I want to be a teacher when I grow up." "I want to go to Columbia for college." "I can do gymnastics." "I've never been to Italy."
During this morning's live video feed, students asked such questions as "What inspired you to write 'The Thing About Georgie'?" "Have you ever met a dwarf?" "How did you come up with the plot of the story?"
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With this literature assignment, students learned the themes of diversity, respect for differences, and inclusion. The Fifth Grade students are experiencing a very exciting start to the new school year in all their subjects!
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BYDS Three-Year Art Project Completed
 Beth Yeshurun Day School Art Instructor Jodi Gold, who has been at the school for twenty-seven years, has finally reached a first in her career. The school can now proudly display its first permanent student art installation, to go along with its three main art galleries that are designed to display student art work on a rotating basis.
The permanent art installation was three years in the making, involving thousands of colored broken glass mosaic pieces, and over a hundred students. The work is entitled מעגל חודשי השנה העברית , or Cycle of the Hebrew Months,andwas conceived three years ago when the school celebrated Yom Ha'Atzmaut.
Cycle of the Hebrew Month combines each month on the Hebrew calendar with the imagery associated with the Jewish celebrations that are scheduled in that month. The center, or hub, of the art work contains the images and the message of Shabbat. Jodi Gold took the idea from some depictions of the zodiac containing Hebrew themes discovered by the school's Hebrew Learning Specialist during the 2009/2010 school year,
The mosaic took several days to install. It hangs outside the school's new Reiches Hall, at the west end of the Heritage Wall and Art Gallery, which is a gift from the Horwitz, Selzer, and Sondock families.
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Fall 2012 (September-December)
"MARILYN ALBERT" PARENT-TODDLER PROGRAM
Come join our wonderful new Parent-Toddler teacher, Natascha Gotesky, for a fun-filled morning with your toddler (age 12 months and older).
Enjoy music and movement activities, gross motor play, snack, art and circle time complete with stories and finger plays in a nurturing Jewish early childhood environment.
Classes will be held on Thursdays, starting September 6, 2012 from
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Fee is $15/session. You will be billed monthly.
For more information, please contact Riana Sherman, Early Childhood Principal, at 713-666-1884 or rsherman@bethyeshurun.org
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The science lab is in need of some items (mostly recyclables).
 Items needed are:
- Used aluminum cans
- Plastic bottles
- Empty cereal boxes
- Newspapers
- Old magazines
Thanks!
Lauren Kase, Science Teacher |
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Support Renewing the Promise |
BYDS students can support the Torah Project by wearing their t-shirts on Mondays (Spirit Day). We would love to have 100% participation from the BYDS students, and we hope that this inspires other families to go and scribe.
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SEPTEMBER
Monday, September 3 - Labor Day- No BYDS/EDC/ASA
Tuesday, September 4 - Spirit Day; 1st Grade Shofar Factory, Blood Drive
Friday, September 7 - ES 5th Grade Shabbaton 5:45 pm (overnight); Reiches Hall
September 10 thru 14 - BYDS Book Fair
Monday, September 10 - Plaque Celebration in Library 8:30 am
Tuesday, September 11 - Hot Dog Dinner 5:30 pm; EC/ES Open House 6:30 pm
Wednesday, September 12 - Tashlich Grade's 3rd-5th
Thursday, September 13 - Rosh Hashanah Seder
Sunday, September 16 - Erev Rosh Hashanah
Monday, September 17 - No BYDS/EDC/ASA; Rosh Hashanah 5773
Tuesday, September 18 - No BYDS/EDC/ASA; Rosh Hashanah 5773
Tuesday, September 25 - Early Dismissal, No EDC/ASA
Wednesday, September 26 - Yom Kippur, No BYDS/EDC/ASA
Thursday, September 27 - ES Late Start 10:00 am
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OPEN HOUSE HOT DOG PARTY!!!
Come Eat & Shop at the
BYDS Book Fair
September 11 @ 5:30 pm
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| Beth Yeshurun Sisterhood New Member Event |
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2012 Sisterhood New Member Event
Join us at:
French Cuff Boutique
4048 Bellaire Boulevard Houston, TX 77025
Enjoy a 15% discount!
Thursday, September 6th at 7:00 p.m.
We'll have schmoozing, shopping, wine and nosh!
Bring a friend and your name will be put in a special drawing!
To reserve your haute seat, please contact event chairs
Dionne Miller at DIONNEMILLER@ME.COM or
Sarah Gibbs at SARAH@MEDCENTERTHERAPY.COM
Mail payment to Beth Yeshurun Sisterhood
4525 Beechnut Houston, TX 77096
Attention: Sisterhood New Member Event
Couvert: $10
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BYDS Community extends a big Mazel Tov to Sharon Knafo for obtaining his full
American Citizenship!
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Tfillot
Yasher Koach to all students who led the Tfillot this past two week:
Chazzanim/Chazzaniot: Sam Rosen, Peter Berry, Harvey Gibbs, Maya Zehavi, Avery Rubenstein, Taylor Kalina, Abbie Kleban, Makayla Wigder, Joelle Sokoloff, Gabe Sondock, Eliana Roisman, Rebekah Grzebinski
Torah readers: Avery Rubenstein, Rebecca Knafo, Debbie Lederman
Aliyot: Sam Rosen, Peter Berry, Harvey Gibbs
Gabbaim : Jacob Roubein, Gabe Sondock
Kabbalat Shabbat
Yasher Koach to our Kabbalat Shabbat leaders this Friday:
Rachel Melman, Max Melamed, Alex Plotkin, Stevie Nates, Alex Moore
Mensch of the Week
Number of the students presented high values of kindness and entered the Mensch Box (which is located in the teachers' workroom):
Dylan Kessler- opening the door outside for someone who couldn't get in
Adam Hakimi- behaving quietly and reading before morning services
Lillie Kleban- stopping to tie a friends so that they would be safe when walking in the hallway
All of them are winners this year!
Tzedakah
Thanks for the wonderful participation this past week. 100% Tzedakah was collected by all classes grades K-5!
Thanks to Leah Fields and Morgan Brandt for coordinating this weeks' project. We continue to collect coins every week and we are very excited to see such an overwhelming participation. The students will decide be the end of the semester where these monies should go to.
*We started this week with our Kufsat Shabbat (Shabbat box). Please summarize your Shabbat experience with your child and return it with the Shabbat box.
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