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Thank you!
From Miriam Berkowitz, Board President
Thank you to all the Gesher board members and staff members who joined me on Monday and Tuesday evening at the JCCNV to make calls for the Jewish Federation's Community Connections Week of dial-a-thons.
The calling sessions held Monday evening at the DCJCC and the JCCNV closed a total of 252 gifts and raised $161,370 for the Jewish Federation. Gesher is a partner agency of the Federation and receives funds annually.
Thank you to:
Ann Bennett
Rebekah Dickinson
Vicki Fishman
Rochelle Goldberg
Carol Gordon
Arnie Hiller
Liz Maer
Daphna Oren
Mark Rutzick
Zvi Schoenburg
Jane Shichman
Ed Weiss
And thank you to Morah Melanie for speaking from her heart about teaching our Gan students, and about the opportunity that Federation gives her to do what she loves.
Introducing Andrea LoBalbo, MSW!
Mrs. LoBalbo, MSW, of JSSA will be filling in for Mrs. Strouse as Gesher's interim Guidance Counselor from January through the end of March, 2012, while Mrs. Strouse is away on maternity leave. Mrs. L will be visiting Gesher on Friday, December 9th to meet parents and students! Parents, please join us from 8:30am- 9:00am for coffee and a chance to personally meet Mrs. L! All students will get the opportunity to meet her later in the morning. We are very excited to have Mrs. L join us at Gesher!
New ABC Late Pick-Up Policy
Gesher ABC has a great program this year and we appreciate your support. We also need your assistance in assuring a timely conclusion to the day in Gesher ABC.
Gesher ABC is scheduled to end each day at 6:00 PM. Mrs. Lippold and the building security officer are paid to be on duty until 6:00pm on school days. Therefore, we ask that Gesher ABC parents be out of the building, with their children and belongings in hand, by 6:00pm. When students are picked up late, both our security officer and Mrs. Lippold must also stay late to accommodate the late pick-up and they are paid accordingly.
We have budgeted to absorb a few late extensions of Gesher ABC each year, but we have already exceeded these occasions by a good margin. Therefore, we will now be activating the late pick-up fees described in the Gesher ABC agreement, namely that $25 will be charged for every 15 minutes you are late, or fraction thereof. Please note: Late pick-up is measured from the time you leave the building (and not from the time you arrive). If you are late, Mrs. Lippold will have a late pick-up form for you to fill out.
Thanks in advance for your support and we look forward to a safe and fun year in Gesher ABC!
Student Council Sufganiyot fundraiser!
Just in time for Chanukah the Student Council will be having a doughnut/sufganiyot fundraiser. The doughnuts will be sold on Tuesday December 20th and Thursday December 22nd. The doughnuts will be on sale during lunchtime and will cost $1. Each student is allowed to buy one doughnut per day. Happy Chanukah!
Winter MAP Begins Soon after Winter Break- Jan 17th and 19th
The new session of MAP will be here before you know it. This time we are offering lots of new classes. There's sure to be something for everyone here.
The new classes on Tuesday are:
- WeDo Robotics (K-3) This class will have our youngest students building and programming their own Lego Robots. The class is 90 min long.
- American Sign Language (K-4) Children will learn to "talk" without making a sound, just the way deaf children do.
- Math Club (1-4) Children who love math will enjoy this hour of number games and puzzles led by our PE teacher, Coach Russo.
On Thursday we also have:
- Chess Wizards (K-5) Here is a chance to learn to play, or to improve one's skills in this great strategy game. There's also the possibility of a competition with another school.
- Photography (2-6) Professional photographer and Gesher mom, Elyssa Brecher, will get the children shooting and editing their own pictures.
- Knitting (4-8) Gesher senior Miryam Mendelson is leading this. Participants will learn to knit, then participate in creating blankets for orphans in Africa.
- Quilting (4-8) Mrs. Rosenblatt, our resident expert quilter, will teach this art form. The participants will choose their project during the first class.
Plus, there are lots of favorite classes that are returning. Check it out HERE. Sign up begins now, so your children don't miss out on any of these wonderful classes.
If you know any children in your neighborhood who would like to participate in MAP classes, have them contact Gesher. Classes are NOT limited to Gesher students only.
The Shtetl Comes to Gesher!
See what Gesher students are doing in their classes to learn about the Shtetl:
Gan: Kindergarten students will read Something from Nothing to show how families lived either with or very cose to each other- and compare that to how families are so spread out.
Kitah Alef: First grade students will read more Chelm stories and study the pictures that accompany each story. They will also learn "Oh Chanukah" in Yiddish which the class can perform for the rest of the school.
Kitah Bet and Kitah Gimel: Second and third grade students will dress up for a Shtetel fair, which will have booths representing the life in the shtetel.
Kitah Dalet and Kitah Hay: Fourth and fifth grade students will organize a picture exhibit of the life in a shtetl.
Kitah Vav: Sixth grade students will study Yiddish idioms.
Kitah Zayin and Kitah Chet: Seventh and eight grade students will read stories of the Besh"t relating to tzedek.
School Photos
Photo emails have been sent out from Freed Photographers. Please contact Meredith if you did not receive an email.
Gesher Showcase
Click here to view work from our students on our Gesher Showcase website! Yasher koach to all of our hard working creative students!
Pictures:
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Picture of a Shtetl, by Kitah Hay student Lucy S.
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Picture of life in the Shtetl, by Kitah Hay students Alyssa N. and Rachel S.
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Kitah Dalet students show their excitement over completing a puzzle that Mrs. Halpern says she has never seen solved! Yasher Koach to Kitah Dalet!
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