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PAC CORNER
Next meeting
Monday, December 12, 2011 7pm
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KDHS
Dates to Note
December 13
Collaborative morning
10 am start
______________ Friday,
December 16
Washington Trip
documentation
due
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| Community Events Community Events
NCSY Latte & Learning Jewish teens welcome!
Starbucks
#130 - 8100 No. 2 Road
Richmond
Thursdays 7pm - 8pm
Starbucks
Oak & 22nd Ave
Vancouver
Tuesdays 6:45pm - 7:30pm
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JCC
Marketplace A great opportunity to buy unique local and international JUDAIC & HOLIDAY GIFTWARE! More info ____________________ Teens - Feed the Homeless Help distribute sandwiches to homeless people
in Oppenheimer Park on the East side. Meet at Congregation Schara Tzedeck - 3476 Oak Street
(Oak & 19th)
at 11:00 am If you have any blankets, socks, sweatshirts or jackets
please bring them with you so that we can distribute those as well. More info/RSVP |
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oCasino Royale Evening - A Great Success!
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What an evening! Thank you to the community for coming out and supporting King David. The event was a unique opportunity to enjoy an evening of fun games, delicious food, great silent auction items and good friends. Thank you to all the wonderful parents and volunteers who helped in the kitchen, solicited and wrapped Silent Auction items, and created the exceptional ambiance.
Opening the evening with her beautiful voice was Shasha K. (Class of 2010) followed by Jacqueline N. (Grade 12) on the piano. The food and drinks were prepared by King David alumni and students with Kristy Watson, our Foods teacher, and the dealers were King David staff, family and community members.
Thank you to our Honourary Chairs, Marie Doduck, Cathy Golden and Bernice Carmeli for sponsoring the evening in memory of their daughter and sister, Sheryl Michelson Young nee Doduck z"l, who was instrumental in organizing the first King David Casino Royale in 2006.
Finally. thank you to Laurie Zlotnik and Reisa Schwartzman, the event co-chairs, for their leadership in creating such a wonderful event!
| Igal R. ( Class of 2009) works alongside Jed S. ( Grade 10) and David K. (Class of 2006) to prepare the delicious food!
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Miss Lane, Math teacher extraordinaire, deals at a Blackjack Table
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 | Silent Auction before the bidding began.
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Group One Funding Comes Through!
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King David High School, along with Richmond Jewish Day School, Pacific Torah Institute and Shalhevet Girls' High School was recently approved for Group One provincial funding.
Together with previously qualified Vancouver Hebrew Academy and Vancouver Talmud Torah, this completes the roster of all local Jewish schools now eligible for enhanced government funding. After tuition fees, the provincial government is the biggest funder of Jewish education in the city, followed by school fundraising and then federation grants.
It is no small thanks to the efforts of Ari Shiff and David Sacks, working together with administrators and groups from the Jewish day schools, that this collaborative initiative has been successful. The achievement of Group One funding across the city is yet another example of how all the schools have been working together to support each other.
The total amount of Group One funding secured was $280,000, or approximately $1100 per student for the 2011-2012 school year. A similar amount per student will be available in every future year for each school, depending on enrolment. An added benefit of the additional government funding is a proportionately increased tuition tax receipt to parents.
This added funding helps to support the financial viability of King David and all our community day schools and allows each school to continue to invest in improving its quality and breadth of education. Improving quality drives increased enrolment, which in turn increases the government grant, which circles back to create a healthy cycle of continuous improvement, growth and funding for our schools.
As wonderful as this funding is, it is important to recognize that this enhanced government assistance, together with Federation grants and tuition fees still does not equal the actual cost of Jewish day school education. Fundraising is still critical to ensuring our community schools can continue to operate and grow.
Yasher koach to Ari and David for spearheading this important initiative, and to Russ Klein and Sandy Jorgensen; Cathy Lowenstein and Mark Maibauer (VTT); Shay Keil, MJ Brown and Shuli Ben Moshe (RJDS); Rabbi Dovid Davidowitz and Louise Beaton (PTI and Shalhevet), and Meyer Mattuck (VHA) for their assistance with this effort.
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Breathe and Relax!!
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Life creates stresses for us all! To assist our students deal with the challenges they face as they decide where their journey will take them post high school, the Psychology 12 students invited Elana Epstein to talk to them about managing stress through breathing.
Abby J., Grade 11, shared her response to the technique ..
"The one word Elana wanted us to really get out of her presentation was PAUSE. When we're stressed we need to pause, take a step back, re-evaluate the situation and take deep breaths. She taught us that knowing how to breathe properley does calm you down and will relieve stress! Elana had us breathe calmly for five minutes to see how we felt afterwards. We all felt that Elana's presentation was extremely effective annd we will all take something away that will help us cope with stressful situations throughout our lives."
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Coming up: Random Acts of Chessed Week (RAC)
| This week, Grade 12 students started organizing the second annual Random Acts of Chesed week. With animated discussion and great excitement, the planning for this week of kindness, which will take place February 20th to 24th, has begun. Each day of the week will be dedicated to spreading chesed to oneself, friends and family, the community, and the earth. On Tuesday, four Grade 12 students visited Vancouver Talmud Torah to introduce Random Acts of Chesed week to the Grade 7 classes, and to help them find ways in which they can promote acts of chesed in their own school.
Get ready, because this February, RAC Week will be a blast! And don't forget, KINDNESS IS CONTAGIOUS, LET'S SPREAD IT ALL AROUND.
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Grade 8 Fine Arts Showcase - Drama
| This week Grade 8 and 9 Drama students showcased their final performances for the term to an audience of fellow Arts students. Students have been learning about the origins of Theater with a special focus on Greek Tragedies.
In small groups the students were able to choose a Greek myth or tragedy to transform into their own modern-day version. An added challenge was to perform their plays in an arena-like stage setting, similar to the performance spaces used in ancient Greek times.
Students also had to include some dialogue as a Chorus, as in traditional Greek Theater, where the actors spoke and moved in unison. Rising to the challenge, the Drama cohort showed off so me excellent talent! 
Grade 9 Drama student Mia K. and Grade 8 student Gil A. during their performances.
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Meet Our Hebrew Teacher: Ryvka Feigelstock
| "Seeing students form their own opinions about worldly issues and knowing that I have had some part in them becoming responsible adults is fantastic!"
Ryvka Feigelstock teaches Hebrew for the advanced level in Grade 8 at King David. She was born and grew up in Paris, France. Ryvka studied in a Jewish Day School obtaining her baccalaureate (High School diploma). She then studied for for 2 years in Kfar Chabad, Israel, where she trained to be a teacher. Meanwhile, she also obtained a BA in Hebrew, at a French university .
After completing her two years in Israel, Ryvka decided to combine business and pleasure and went on to teach in different places while exploring various parts of the world: Orenburg, Russia, San Antonio, TX, Postville, IA, Paris, France and New York, NY. Three years ago, she settled in Vancouver with her husband. They now have two wonderful children.
"I love teaching because children come from very different backgrounds and especially in my class, have had very different childhood experiences," she explains. Ryvka has a passion for teaching and loves to see the interest from youth in topics and causes that matter to them.
 | | Ryvka Feigelstock at the caves of Rosh Hanikra, Israel. |
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Congratulations go out to the Senior Girls Basketball team for defeating the Carver Phoenix on Monday at the JCC by a score of 54-27. Izzy K. led all scorers with 32 points, Samantha L. added 8 points and both Shelly S. and Gaby R. recorded 4 points each. Way to go girls! On Tuesday the girls traveled to Bodwell for a road league game. The Lions battled hard and ended up falling by a score of 40-28. The players demonstrated good teamwork, and illustrated that they are working extremely hard for one another! Best of luck to the girls in their next game this Monday at the JCC against TLA beginning at 3PM.
The Senior Boys took their 2-0 record on the road on Tuesday playing against Alpha Secondary School in North Burnaby. While the score was 43-21 the team demonstrated great hustle, teamwork and determination. Guy H. ran the Lions offense, and Shayne H. was named Lion's MVP. Next, The Senior Boys travel to Cambie Secondary School in Richmond.
Congratulations go out to the Junior Boys Basketball team for a great game against Bodwell on Tuesday, winning by a score of 59-46. The Lions traveled to North Vancouver with their 6-0 record where Max C. led all scorers with 27 points, Tal Tanne ran a great offense, and Shane R. was selected as the Lion's MVP in the game, playing tough defense, including creating many turnovers whlle showing good chemistry on the offense. Well done, boys!
Well done to all three teams!!
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|  The National STEM Video Game Challenge is now accepting entries for its annual competition, hosted by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop and E-Line Media. Submissions of original video game concepts and designs from students and educators are currently being accepted through March 12.
The challenge aims to motivate students who have an interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) by tapping into their natural passion for playing and making video games. The STEM competition is divided into four categories for individuals and teams: middle school, high school, collegiate, and educator. Entries can be created by using any game-making platform, including, but not limited to, written concepts, Gamestar Mechanic, Microsoft's Kodu Game Lab, GameMaker, and Scratch. For more information click here. |
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Kol Halev Performance Ensemble presents their holiday show, "Hanukkah in Chelm", this December - and King David teachers, parents and students are involved!
In "Chelm", the villagers think it would be wonderful if Hanukkah lasted all year long, but soon discover that you can perhaps get too much of a good thing. There are original songs, and lots of dance numbers - it's fun for the whole family!
Featured in the cast are King David teacher Anna-Mae Wiesenthal and student Claire R., plus parent Gary Lazar. Our Digital Assistant Jeremy F. assisted Kol Halev behind the scenes, and five of King David's art students contributed an impressive papier-mache fish!
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