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| April 23, 2010
Volume 2, Issue 58
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In this issue ...
- Important Notes.
- Yom Ha'Atzmaut.
- Hillel Goes Green.
- PTA goes green.
- Recycled Art.
- Creepy Crawlies.
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Coming Up ...
- Grade 6 field trip to Rideau Bakery.
- Cupcake fundraiser, Thursday, April 29th.
- Lag Ba'Omer, Monday, May 3.
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From the Administration
Everybody celebrated Yom Ha'Aztmaut this week, both here and in Israel. While the students at Hillel took the opportunity to learn more about Israel, 19 of our grade 8 students and their teachers were learning about Israel first hand. They were lucky enough to experience Yom Ha'Zikaron and Yom Ha'Atzmaut with their host families in northern Israel while the rest of Hillel celebrated here. Our weary travelers have since returned home, in a trip that was made somewhat longer by the volcano in Iceland, but at least not delayed. They have been full of stories of their experiences in Israel, and the new friends they made in the north.
We also celebrated Earth Day on Thursday, wrapping up a month of activities learning about the environment and sustainability, and what differences we can make. From reading 100 books, to decorating each classroom door with an environmental theme, to working to reduce the litter produced in our school, the students have been very busily raising awareness of environmental causes this month and we are sure they will continue to carry much of that awareness on past this month.
It's hard to believe we are already looking towards all the events May will bring. Please get your forms in for our Lag Ba'Omer BBQ, and take a moment to think of those in need and contribute to our Kosher Food drive. There is a box in the front hall for donations.
Shabbat Shalom,
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Lots of Important Notes
Please take note of the following:- Hot Dog day on Thursday, May 27th has been moved to Tuesday, May 25th. The Hot Lunch forms are due Thursday, April 29.
- Uniform Fittings will be Monday, May 3rd, 4:00pm - 7:00pm for family names that
begin with the letters A - M. Tuesday, May
4th, 4:00pm - 7:00pm for family names
that begin with the letters N - Z.
- We are starting our food drive for the Kosher Food Bank, collecting kosher dry or canned goods from now until Shavuot. Our collection bins are in the front hall. Please send a contribution in with your children.
- Grade 6 will be going on a field trip to the Rideau Bakery next week to decorate cupcakes. They will then be holding a cupcake sale on Thursday, April 29th during the recesses. Cupcakes will cost $2 each. There will also be a raffle for a cupcake cake at $1 a ticket (ticket sales start on Monday). All proceeds will go towards grade 6's Tikkun Olam project.
- The Grade 8s are
holding a BBQ fundraising lunch on Lag Ba'Omer, Monday, May 3rd, in memory of a classmate's mother z"l
who recently passed away. All meals must be pre-ordered. Please go to our website and fill out one form per student with your
orders, which are due into the office by Tuesday, April 27. That Monday will be a meat day.
- The French Festival is coming up soon, from May 5th-7th. Grades 1-5 (core) will be presenting their AIM plays in the afternoons of Wednesday, May 5th and Thursday, May 6th. Open House for those grades will be on Friday. The Open House for grade 6-8 (core and extended) will be on Friday, as will an ADK French singalong and bingo.
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Yom Ha'Atzmaut Celebrations
Tuesday was filled with Yom Ha'Atzmaut activities.
In the morning, grade 4 students were the MCs as each grade contributed to an assembly in celebration of Israel's birthday, as well as hearing greetings from Amit Bayaz, Deputy Head of Mission (and Hillel Mom) and Lt.Col. Avi Eliyahyu, Assistant to the Defense Attache in Washington D.C. (right)
They then moved over to the SJCC for a flag-raising ceremony. The weather cooperated perfectly and after the flag-raising, the students all enjoyed a picnic in front of the school, with falafel and soup for all, provided by the PTA.
Some time ago, each grade was given a section of a large puzzle of Israel, and have spent the intervening time learning all about their section. In the afternoon, each grade presented what they had learned using music, powerpoint, and videos, and filled in their piece of the puzzle.
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Hillel is Green! 
Thursday was Earth Day. The students all had fun decorating their classroom doors for the event and getting to dress in green and blue.
The upper grade students (4-8) learned about how the environment is a Jewish cause from lawyer and rabbinical student, Dara Lithwick. Ms. Lithwick pointed out to the students that while Earth Day on April 22 is 40 years old, Jewish Earth Day (otherwise known as Tu Bishvat) has been around for thousands of years.
The 5th grade students also heard from Sasha Kebo, from Pollution Probe, who taught them what a watershed is and about conservation and other environmental issues surrounding watersheds.
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 The PTA is Going Green!
Next week is the last one to participate in the PTA's reusable lunch containers fundraiser. They are selling reusable
lunch containers, bottles and cutlery. Not only does it save you
money in the long run, but they are stylish and fun to use! Please
go to our websiteto see everything being offered and download
an order form. Deadline to order is April 30th. The PTA will given 25% of everything sold. If you need a
closer look, we have samples of everything in the office,
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 Recycled Art
The grade 3 and 4 classes had fun on Wednesday working on their Tikkun Olam project, creating art from recycled objects. The grade 3 classroom was a scene of organized chaos as the students broke up into smaller groups and created their Recycled Family: Mom, Dad, Sister, Brother, the Baby and the Dog. The students collected the materials themselves.
Left, the big brother stands among the leftover junk used in his creation. Below, Morah Ricky works with Jessica and Jamie on the sister. You can see the family for yourself on display in the front hall.
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The students in ADK reached 100 books read last week. Their timing was perfect. For every classroom that read 100 books by Earth Day, Scholastic Canada promised to make a donation towards protecting Canada's boreal forest. Not only did the students get to read lots of books, but they got to learn what a boreal forest is.
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Little Ray's Reptile Zoo came to Hillel today in the first of its club meetings. The students got to learn about and hold a variety of creepy crawlies, such as a scorpion, cockroach, cave spider, mealworm and a tarantula. The Little Ray's representative pointed out that mealworms are edible and offered to let any child who was interested eat one. Fortunately, they all declined because mealworms aren't kosher! Above, Rom holds Chilli the Chilean tarantula.
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The first grade students celebrated Yom Ha'Atzmaut with the residents at Hillel Lodge.
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Returning Library Books
Mrs. Mackintosh is looking for all those overdue library books to be returned, especially from the Silver Birch Club. Remember, it is never too late to return your books! Mrs. Mackintosh would like to thank Stuart Ages, who just returned the copy of Owls in the Family that he borrowed in 1982.
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Jillian, Brandon, Sasha and Rom were our Principal's Award winners this week for demonstrating respect and fabulous friendship.
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