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Hadashot
Vancouver Talmud Torah's Weekly Newsletter
Vol. VII, Issue 19
February 24, 2012 1 Adar, 5772
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RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS WEEK 2012
Our grade 7 students did a terrific job organizing and leading RAC Week in partnership with their Grade 12 peers at King David High School. Building on the themes of self, friends and family, community and the environment, students collected toiletries and blankets for people in need, studied in darkness to save on energy, and amassed hundreds of dollars in spare change to donate to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. What an amazing thing to witness, all in the spirit of giving to others! This is an important tenet of our Jewish tradition, and seeing chesed (acts of kindness) implemented by our students is inspiring to behold.
To get a feel for the flavour of this special week, please watch the student-created videos below:
 | | Video credits: Leeor Burton, Sophie Visscher-Lubinizki |
 | | Video credits: Justine Balin, Elena Madorsky, Inbal Pick |
Special thanks to KDHS faculty member Shoshana Burton, Rabbi Matthew Bellas, and Meghan Davey.
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LINKS TO BOOK FOR PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES
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WE'RE AT 66 ORDERS!
WE DOUBLED IN ONE WEEK!
VERY LAST CHANCE TO SEND A GIFT PACKAGE FOR PURIM
 Ordering deadline extended to Fri, Feb 24.
Help VTT shine in this community fundraiser! With 350+ families, we're capable of many more orders to support Jewish education.
Visit www.happypurim.com. If you cannot find your unique ordering code, email Hodie Kahn.
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CRAZY ABOUT MENCHIE'S?
Now you can get your fix AND raise funds for Talmud Torah!
From Monday, Feb 27th to Sunday, March 4th, mention Talmud Torah every time you visit Menchie's and 20% of your purchase will come back to VTT.
The 10% off promo offer has now expired.
Thank you for supporting Talmud Torah through eating frozen yogurt!
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GRANDPARENTS ARE VTT COMMUNITY MEMBERS TOO!
Bubbes & Zaydes, Sabas & Savtas, Grandmas & Grandpas are vital members of the VTT community. We'd like to include them in relevant school communications, including invitations to our annual Hanukkah concert and other events of interest. Kindly forward email address to Jennifer Shecter-Balin, our Director of Communications.
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SCHOOL NEWS
What happens when you put a small block of Ivory Soap in the microwave for a minute? It expands to a huge ball of fluff! Noshniks students thoroughly enjoyed this experiment! Try it for yourselves at home...
 Thomas Watchorn's Art of Lettering students have creating amazing renditions of their names. Look for the display in the school front hall.
Fourth grader Maya B. spent two periods demonstrating musical instruments to Grade 1 students as part of the Tal Am theme on music.
The fun continued at Cypress Mountain this week when Grade 4 students had a blast snow tubing.
 Preschoolers love it when musician Coby visits their classroom with his treasure trove of instruments. Ending his visit with a wild dance to drums is a highlight. Grade 2's annual Tefilah breakfast was a beautiful display of Jewish cultural and religious literacy. Kol Ha'Kavod to the second graders and their dedicated teachers, Morah Judith and Morah Mirit.  Thank you Talmud Torah! Our students collected hundreds and hundreds of dollars in spare change to benefit the Leukemia and Lyphoma Society. They'll be rolling coins for weeks!  Curious to know who works behind the scenes to help Jewcy Cuisine run so smoothly and efficiently? Here are the two-right hand women to Lauren who ensure your children are well-fed and well cared for!  Have you ever dissected owl pellets? Grade 3 students had the opportunity to discover owls' prey at the Canadian Wildlife Service and Reifel Bird Sanctuary thanks to VTT parent, Daniel Wolfish. |
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Dates to Remember
| Light candles at 5:28 p.m.
Shabbat ends at 6:36 p.m. |
Jewcy Cuisine has a new ordering site!
Orders now being accepted for March & April (March 5-April 27) GET YOUR HOT LUNCH NOW!New menu begins Monday, Mar 5Visit www.jewcycuisine.com
Deadline to Order Mishloach Manot through the Greater Vancouver Jewish Day Schools ProjectFriday, Feb 24 www.happypurim.com Community Pro-D Day--No Sessions
Monday, Feb 27
Cinderella Full Cast Rehearsal
Monday, Feb 27, 10-3
Menchie's Fundraiser
Mon, Feb 27 - Sunday, Mar 4
Mention VTT and 20% goes back to our school!
Parent-Teacher Conferences Booking System Close
Tuesday, Feb 28, 12 noon
Pink Shirt Day in Support of Anti-Bullying & Student-Led Assembly (1st period)
Wednesday, Feb 29
Pink T-Shirts Available at London Drugs (proceeds support Boys & Girls Clubs)
Strathcona Draw
Wednesday, Feb 29 at noon
Parent-Teacher Conferences
Thursday, March 1, 4-7 p.m. Friday, March 2--8:30-noon; No sessions for students
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 Thank you to the following parents for helping Morah Judith & Morah Mirit plan another successful Tefilah breakfast for Grade 2 families: Belinda Gutman, Miranda Burgess, Keren Litvak, Tracy Klass, Eva Kaplan, Tracy Cohen, Jill Diamond, Gretchen DuMoulin and the Welch family.
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Community Announcements
JCC Camp Shalom
Registration in now open
VTT band teacher Jim Hopson will be performing on Feb 25th, 2012 at the Vogue Theatre as a member of the Plastic Acid Orchestra. Plastic Acid is an energetic fusion of orchestral music, rock, and world music that appeals to all ages. This concert will be the world premiere of two pieces arranged for symphony orchestra by Mr. Hopson, and will feature Maria in the Shower - a local band which has built a HUGE following over the past few years. Tickets sell out quick, book yours ASAP. See poster for details.
Great dance show for families!
Check out this show, featuring many students from VTT. Sunday at 11 a.m. Tix are $16.
Transition Fair 2012: Showcasing programs, resources and supports to facilitate the transition of youth with special needs from high school
Sunday, Feb 26, 12-5, FREE!
Temple Sholom Presents a Women's Clothing Swap
Thursday, March 1, 7-10 p.m.
BC Cancer Agency Presents
"Gynecologic Cancer Education Forum" (might be of special interest to women of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage)
Saturday, March 2, 9:30-2:00 p.m.
Beth Israel Invites You to a Pre-Purim Puppet Workshop
Sunday, March 4, 2-4 p.m.
Beth Israel Invites You to its Purim Extravanganza
Wednesday, March 7, 6-8:30 p.m. (for families)
Adult-themed programming begins at 9 p.m.
Canadian Hadassah WIZO proudly presents the 3rd annual Hearts are Wild
Thursday, March 15, 7:30 p.m.
Heritage Hall
Interfaith Clergy Discuss Israel
Thursday, March 15, 7:30 p.m.
Temple Sholom
RSVP required
Here's Something Neat to Do Over Pesach Break:
Spend your Pesach holidays with VTT Alumni Jenna Rudolph of Eagle Awareness School and discover spring. Spring is one of the most amazing times to explore the forest. Trees and plants are budding and opening up their leaves, fresh green sprouts are shooting up from the earth, birds are returning from the southerly migrations. The forest is alive with activity! Join us for a spring adventure and learn what it would be like to live outdoors like our ancestors did in Egypt. For ages 6-12.
Click here for more info.
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SHONOT | ODDS 'N ENDZ
IT'S A BOY! Mazal tov to Preschool faculty member Sharon Kaikov on the birth of Jesse Robert Ingram on Wednesday, Feb 22 at 6:30 a.m., 5 lbs. 9 oz.
SPRING UNIFORM FITTINGS will be held on Wednesday, May 16th in the library from 10:00am- 6:00pm. Please call Cambridge & Co. at 604-924-9009 to book appointments.
MUST WATCH VIDEO OF THE WEEK Watch an Iraqi orphan, adopted by an Australian Mom, audition for the X-Factor. Tears guaranteed!
Click here to see the video
MUST READ ARTICLE OF THE WEEK Read about an American Jewish hockey player, the grandson of Holocaust survivors, who's playing for the German national team. |
GIVING TO VANCOUVER TALMUD TORAH
Did you know that giving to VTT is easier than ever?
Click this link to access our secure online giving page
or feel free to email Tirzah Abraham in our development office. Please consider a minimum donation of $18 for tribute cards so that more funds can go towards our students.
Your contribution can be allocated to the following funds:
Library
Gita Kron
Atid Endowment
Building
Capital
Operations
Cristall Tikkun Olam Chair
Strathcona
Alumni
Performing Arts
MVP Fund
VTT Family Fund
To read more details about these funds, download our "Generosity" flyer. Beautiful tribute cards, designed by Jasmine Sasky, are sent by the school development office to mark any number of occasions, milestones and/or life cycle events.
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Vancouver Talmud Torah is a traditional Jewish community day school dedicated to excellence in an engaging and respectful learning environment in which Jewish children can become proud, caring, responsible, and dedicated members of the Jewish people and Canadian society.
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We are a community of faculty, staff, students, parents, grandparents, alumni, family and friends! Feel free to join us.
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