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One of Each
Making a seating chart is possibly the most difficult part of preparing for class. Organizing tables for my wedding seemed easy compared to the Tetris game of names when deciding who will work best with whom and how to organize the classroom so that learners are in the optimal position for learning. There are entire lists of criteria to keep in mind: who fights, who chats, who needs to be up front to see the board, who needs to be in the back because they prefer to stand. Then comes the partnering. I have to think of each student, their strengths, their challenges, their level of patience and their work ethic. If one of these pieces is off, the entire seating chart can crumble. I love the challenge of getting to know the students well enough to know exactly where they should be in my room and making sure that every single student is included, comfortable and ready for the best learning opportunity. Read more...
You can review all of Rabbi Posen's weekly Parshah teachings by going to the Levine Academy website. Go to News & Events and click Publications or Click Here.
Last week's parshah:
Parshat Tetzaveh:
How many rows of stones were on the Hoshen Mishpat, the breastplate of judgment? 4 rows
Who wore the breastplate of judgment? Aharon, the priest
This week:
Parshat Ki Tissa:
From what age is a person obligated to give a ½ shekel offering?
What did Moshe do with the ground up remains of the calf after it was burned?
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| Scenes from Purim 2012 | |
Today was full of exciting activities at Levine Academy to celebrate Purim!
Below are a few photos, and to see more: CLICK HERE!
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| Exciting News - Middle School Electives | |
Exciting News - Middle School Electives
The Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education has recently partnered with the Israel Center for Excellence in
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Mr. Rocca and members of his 6th
grade science class discuss new
ideas for Middle School electives
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Education to bring the Excellence 2000 (E2K) program to Jewish day schools. Through exciting laboratory experiments, fun research projects, and international competitions, E2K students will have the opportunity and encouragement to take their interest in science to the next level. Examples of program coursework include a microbiology study focusing on bacteria cultures and the effects of antibiotics, as well as a physics lesson that incorporates the study of rockets. Students will have the freedom to take these lessons and experiments and truly make them their own.
We are happy to announce this exciting program will be offered to Levine Academy's 7th and 8th grade students as an exploratory next year, complementing our current electives in robotics, rocketry, and others.
 After traveling to Israel in February for intensive program training, Levine Academy's 5th/6th grade science teacher Jay Rocca will be one of the faculty members teaching this elective. Just this week, Mr. Rocca met with current 6th grade students over lunch to gain feedback and input as this elective takes shape, as well as to share more details regarding the program. Other similar brainstorming sessions will take place with this year's 7th graders later this spring, involving our teacher of rocketry and robotics, Ms. Valerie Cheshier, and other members of our faculty who are involved with electives.
Our sixth grade students were honored to be asked for their opinions, and gave lots of feedback! They are now looking forward to taking part in this and other electives next year, and more information will be forthcoming about these programs later this semester.
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| No Place for Hate |
Ann & Nate Levine Academy Daily Pledge against Bullying
Ann & Nate Levine Academy is "No Place for Hate."
*I believe everyone is created in God's image and I will treat all people fairly.
*I know that my words and actions can hurt others and will do my best to always use kind words.
*I will not stand silently when others are being attacked or bullied.
~I will stand up and get help.
*I will do my part to make our school feel safe.
*I will say: Here I am, and I know I can make a difference.
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| Volunteers Needed! | |
Parents! We need you!!
Six Third and Fourth Grade Parents are needed to help with the Matzah Bakery on April 3 between 10:30-12:15. We need help bringing the matzah from the gym to the kitchen, baking and delivering to classrooms.
Parents and middle school students are needed to help with our Bedouin Tent Pita Making at the JCC Yom HaAtzmaut Celebration between 4:30 and 8:00. Shifts are 4:30-6:00 and 6:00-8:00.
Please contact Wende Weinberg (wweinberg@levineacademy.org) if you are able to help. Be sure to indicate which event you can volunteer for and the time you are available.
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| ECC Newsletter | |
CLICK HERE to download this week's ECC Newsletter!
ECC Purim 2012!!!
Click Here to see ALL of the photos!
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Mazal Tov, Mitzvahs, and Simchas! | |
MAZAL TOV!
Sam Ray and Sammy Silber read the Torah for the first time this week! Congrats!!!
Yishar Koach and Toda Raba to today's Migillah readers:
Evan Allen, Jenna Katz, Aaron Minsky, Jonathan Nurko, Vanessa Tanur,
Heather Kurtzman and Rabbi Posen!
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Starfish Science Stars!
The 6th grade finished their unit study of the ocean with a starfish dissection. After studying ocean water and resources, we focused on the anatomy of different ocean creatures. The starfish revealed extremely interesting digestive and nervous systems that we were able to examine in the lab. We also studied the starfishes' papillae, which are the tiny structures that allow the starfish to breathe. Finally, we talked about the life cycle of the starfish while examining its reproductive parts and discussing sexual and asexual reproduction.
The 10 Literary Elements - The Musical!
The 4th grade has been studying the 10 literary devices that are used in good literature. To really internalize these elements, Miss Taylor's reading class created songs explaining the 10 literary elements. The song could either be an original one or use the tune of a familiar song. No doubt the 4th grade will never forget the 10 literary elements!
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| SCRIP Turn In and Pick Up Schedule | |
Is SCRIP ordering confusing to you? CLICK HERE for some helpful hints!
Below are the upcoming important dates for SCRIP.
CLICK HERE to download the order form.
The Levine Academy ordering code is: 5AB3F39619196.
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| Community | |
Ramah Outdoor Adventure
Ramah Outdoor Adventure, the only Kosher Outdoor Adventure camp in the country with an intensive Jewish program, is currently enrolling children age 8-15 for the 2012 camping season as well as teens age 16 &17 for a leadership training program. Located on a majestic, 360 acre alpine ranch, Ramah Outdoor Adventure is located in the heart of the one million acre Pike National Forest, only 90 miles from Denver. Direct flights from Dallas to Denver allow your camper to experience the great outdoors: mountain biking, whitewater rafting, rock climbing, horseback riding, farming, pioneer crafts, wilderness survival and much more!!!!.
Interested? Intrigued?
Parents and campers are invited to come meet our Program Associate, Dan "JuiceBoxx" Gavens at an upcoming Dallas information session
Info Session: Sunday, March 18th, 2012, 7:00-8:00 p.m., Congregation Anshai Torah; 5501 W. Parker Road, Plano, Texas 75093
Please RSVP to info@ramahoutdoors.org or call 303 261 8214 X104 to reserve a space at the information session
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Synagogue Events |
Congregation Anshai Torah
Tuesday, March 20th- 11:30AM-1:15PM- Congregation Anshai Torah Plano Sr. High School Lunch - Free lunch for Plano area Sr. Jewish high school students in 11th & 12th grades. Both lunches. Contact Helaine Kramsky, 972-473-7718, helaine.kramsky@anshaitorah.org, jenstaci@hotmail.com.
Sunday, March 25- 7:00PM-CAT Sisterhood Passover Event- Come out for a night of shmoozing & new Pesach recipes at the CAT Sisterhood Passover Recipe Exchange. Members bring your favorite Passover dish, must be dairy or Pareve (no meat dishes please), & 20 copies of your recipe to share. RSVP for location to Jen Rappaport.
Sunday March 25th & Sunday April 1st- 11AM- 3PM- Congregation Anshai Torah Shul Flower Outdoor Market- Open to the Public. Contact: 972-473-7718. |
Congregation Shearith Israel
Sunday Discussion Groups continue with Founders of Israel
Sunday, March 25 - 10:15-11:15 am
Congregation Shearith Israel /Sardas Beit Midrash
Join us for breakfast as we discuss Menachem Begin, Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin, Moshe Dayan, and Shimon Peres. The instructor is Robert Epstein. There is no charge to attend, but space is limited. RSVP to Lindsay Gray at lgray@shearith.org or 214.361.6606.
Worst-Case Scenario Success Handbook - Passover Edition
Co-sponsored by the Jewish Theological Seminary
Join us for 3 evenings at Shearith Israel of engaging learning and spiritual discovery to infuse your Passover with creativity and new life.
March 12
7:00-9:00 pm - Rabbi David Hoffman - Can I Skype the Seder? Challenges to Jewish Notions in an Internet Age
March 19
7:00-9:00 pm - Rabbi David Hoffman - via video chat in the Pidgeon Family Theater - Where am I in the Haggadah: New Ideas on Faith and Jewish Identity
7:00-9:00 pm - Tina Wasserman - "Cooking and Eating" History
Note: There will be a $20 additional charge for this class.
7:00-9:00 pm - Rabbi William Gershon and Rabbi David Glickman - Your Seder's Worst Best Case Scenario
March 26
7:00-9:00 pm - Rabbi David Hoffman - "Pour Out Your Wrath?" Religious Passion vs. Religious Fundamentalism
$7 per class for members /$10 for guests
(There will be a $20 additional charge for the "Cooking and Eating" History Class)
For reservations call 214.361.6606, or click on the "PAY HERE" button at shearith.org to pay online.
The Congregation Shearith Israel Music Committee presents the Small/Waldman/Cohen Signature Series 2011 - 2012 Annual Cantorial Concert with Dallas Area Cantors and their Choirs
Sunday, March 25 at 7:00 pm
Congregation Shearith Israel/Kaplan Auditorium
Featuring Cantors Itzhak Zhrebker, Richard Cohn, Don Croll, and Sheri Allen
Paid in advance - Adults/$12 Seniors and Students/$10
At the door - Adults/$15 Seniors and Students/$12
To purchase tickets, call 214.361.6606 or click on the Cantorial Concert button at shearith.org to pay online.
For additional information contact Cheryl Jackson at cjackson@shearith.org
Shearith Israel's Men's Club Breakfast
The Men's Club breakfast is Sunday, March 25, 9:15-11:00 am in Topletz Auditorium. Bagels, lox, and cream cheese will be provided, and there will be a special guest speaker.
The cost is $10 for Shearith Israel members and $15 for non-members.
Contact Jonathan Bard at jbardmri@yahoo.com or 214.448.5450 for additional information.
"Food Stamped," Documentary
Wednesday, March 28, at 7:00 pm
CSI Douglas/Pidgeon Family Theater
The IMPACT Committee and CitySquare are sponsoring this film, a documentary that follows a Jewish couple as they try to have a healthful diet on a food stamp budget.
Following the movie a speaker will talk about his/her own experiences with hunger.
Admission is free, however donations of canned food items would be appreciated. As seating is limited, RSVP to Evelyn Rosemore at evelyn@rosemore.net or 972.612.2325.
Call for Sponsors
CSI Golf Tournament - Wednesday, May 9
For sponsorship and additional information contact click on the golf tournament button at shearith.org.
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Purim 2012 - Super Shpiel!
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Meet us in Olan Sanctuary at 5:30pm dressed as your favorite superhero! After the Super Shpiel we'll have a congregational dinner followed by games for kids, a mitzvah project for all, and a Wine, Cheese and Dessert reception for Adults. $5 for children 10 and under & $10 for adults
Zoom over to www.tedallas.org/purim to sign up!
Join us for Tot Shabbat on March 8
Tot Shabbat is geared towards families with young children who wish to come and capture that special SHABBAT FEELING! Stories, dance and music will be a part of the spiritual experience. Please join us to celebrate with your child and other young families at Temple. The Tot Shabbat program welcomes all children up to age five and their families.
Tot Shabbat Schedule for the remainder of the school year:
~ Friday, March 9, 6 p.m. ~ Saturday, April 21, 9 a.m. ~ Friday, May 11, 6 p.m.
Increase Your Passover Repertoire: From New Seder Items to Kids' Lunches
Thursday, March 22, 2012 @ 7:30 pm
Enjoy a night in the kitchen with Tina Wasserman, our very own renowned chef, and other interfaith moms! Have a glass of wine and good food as well as learn some cooking tips for Passover for both your Seder and family meals. For details or to RSVP, please contact Diana Einstein at
214.706.0000 or at deinstein@tedallas.org.
Please join us March 23rd at 6:15 for ShabbaTogether and Girl Scout Shabbat!
Enjoyable service for children and adults.
Delicious, affordable dinner.
Arts & crafts, ga ga, and music.
A great way to spend ShabbaTogether!
Dinner cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children 10 and under.
The menu for the evening is: Make Your Own Pasta! Toppings include: Chicken, Meatballs, Marinara and Alfredo Sauces and Assorted Veggies
Sides: Steamed Broccoli and Caesar Salad. Assorted Cookies for dessert
Parents: don't forget to BYOB!
Children's activities will include making your own Seder plate and plague masks for Passover, and of course Ga Ga and coloring sheets.
To RSVP for dinner, please contact Carolyne Ojwang at cojwang@tedallas.org or 214-706-0000. You can also click on https://participate.tedallas.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=392to register.
The Rabbi Levi A. Olan Lecture
'How the Sabbath Works': Sabbath as a day of meaning and hope
Tuesday, March 27, Pollman Hall
7 p.m. Dessert and coffee
7:30 p.m. Lecture
On the seventh day, as everyone knows, we are supposed to rest. So what does it mean to ask how the Sabbath works? Judith Shulevitz takes an ancient religious institution and unpacks it to show what it can do for us and what thoughts it is meant to help us think, whether we're observant or not. The social and political lessons of the Sabbath are for everyone who feels that daily life in the modern world has become painfully hectic and disjointed. Judith Shulevitz is a cultural critic and award-winning magazine editor whose book The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time has been widely acclaimed. She helped to start both Slate and Lingua Franca, and has been a writer for The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine and The New Republic. The author's book, The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time will be available for purchase ($15.00). RSVP is appreciated. If you have questions, please contact Nancy Rivin at nrivin@tedallas.org or 214.706.0000, ext. 155 |
Adult Hebrew Classes
Adult Hebrew classes--learn the letters and vowels of the alefbet and beginning Hebrew reading skills.
Sundays, March 25, April 1, 15, 22, 29 from 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM, Cost: $20/person to cover book cost.
RSVP to Karen at 972-661-1362 and indicate which class you will be attending.
Temple Shalom Sisterhood Annual Spring Event
Life is a Dance celebrating our 2012 Woman of Valor Jill Weinberg
Saturday, March 24, 7:00 PM Temple Shalom Radnitz Social Hall
Cocktails-Appetizers-Raffle followed by Dinner & Dancing. Live music by Pardi Gras.
Benefiting Temple Shalom Sisterhood's Wounded Warrior Project.
Everyone is welcome! Invite your friends, put on your dancing shoes and join us for a memorable evening!
Tickets: $60/adults ages 40-69 $50/adults under 30 or over 70.
Tickets may be purchased online by visiting the Sisterhood page on the Temple Shalom website
Onsite babysitting available with advance registration Call Johannah Luza at 214-783-5748.For more information, please contact Keo Strull at 972-677-7697.
Annual Cantorial Concert
with Congregation Shearith Israel and Dallas area cantors and their choirs
Sunday, March 25
7:00 PM, Congregation Shearith Israel
Tickets: Advance--$12/Adults, $10/Students and Seniors 65+
At the door--$15/Adults, $12/Students and Seniors 65+. For info, contact
Cheryl Jackson at cjackson@shearith.org or 214-939-7315.
2nd Night Community Passover Seder
Saturday, April 7
Sponsored by Temple Shalom Brotherhood
6:00 PM Radnitz Social Hall
RSVP flyer with details and cost may be found by at http://www.templeshalomdallas.org/p-177.aspx.
RSVPs due by April 2.
Questions? Contact Perry Zidow at perryz@verizon.net or 972-491-1492. |
| Head of School's Suggestion Box | |
Levine Academy is your school. So, we want to your great ideas and suggestions. Please send them straight to our Head of School, Mark Stolovitsky, by emailing to suggestions@levineacademy.org.
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