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Shabbat Candlelighting:
4:31pm
Havadalah:
5:43pm
Parsha:
Va'eira - Exodus 6:2-9:35
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KDHS
Dates to note:
January 26
Collaborative Morning
10am Start
January 26 at 7pm
Helping to Manage Stress in Students (and Parents) - a Forum for Parents
More info
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January 30
Pro-D Day
No classes
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January 31
Start of
Mid-Year Exams
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PAC CORNER
PAC Volunteer opportunities are listed below.
Please contact: or
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Casino Night
Winter 2012
Casino Night is a PAC run event honoring the memory of Sheryl Young. With the support of the PAC committee we need people to work on the following sub-committees and act as chair for the event.
Tasks
Casino Night Chair Silent Auction Food and Beverage Games, Raffle, 50/50
Set up and Décor Ticket
Marketing and PR Sponsorship and donations
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Hora Goel Dance Group Lunch with School
February 29, 2012 Be a part of the Gesher Chai - the living bridge between Canada and Israel. Volunteers are needed to help prepare and serve a lunch for the whole school in honor of a visit from the Hora Goel Dance troupe that will be visiting the school, dancing for our students and making connections with our Grade 8 student who will be traveling to Israel this year. Tasks Purchasing food supplies (anytime on February 28, 2012) Preparing food - (9:00 - 12:00am) Serving food - (11:00 - 1:00) Clean up crew -
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High School Debates March 1, 2012 Be it resolved: We will have a concession at the 2012 high school debates. The Federation sponsored high school debates are hosted at KDHS. We will have a concession on March 1 from 6:00 - 10:00pm.
Tasks Purchasing food supplies (anytime on February 29) Preparing food -
(5:00 - 6:00) Working at the concession -
(6:00 - 10:00)
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Purim Mishloach Manot March 8, 2012 We participate in a multi-school mishloach manot program that enables people to fulfill the mitzvah of giving small gift baskets to friends.
Tasks
Drivers to deliver packages (March 8, 2012) Driver coordinator (March 7 and 8, 2012) Pack - a - thon: supervise students pack up the gift baskets (March 1, 2012)
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Hamantashen Baking Date to be
announced
Only seriously good bakers should volunteer to help with hamantashen baking...it gets hot and serious in the kitchen!
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Library- Ongoing If you like to read then we have a job for you!
Contact Lisa our Librarian and find out how you can create book tests for the books you have read. Once a book has a test it can be part of the school wide reading program.
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Open Door
Homeless Shelter
Join a group of students as they help feed the hungry at a homeless shelter. Tzedakah in action. Sign up for one of the dates below to be a part of this program.
Tuesday, January 24 Monday, February 13 Tuesday, February 14 Monday, March 5 Tuesday, March 13 Monday, March 26 Tuesday, April 17 Monday, April 23 Tuesday, May 1 Monday, May 14 Tuesday, May 22 Tuesday, June 5 Monday, June 11
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Community Events
The JCC invites you to their upcoming
transition fair.
Sunday, February 26
12 - 5pm
This fair is designed to provide information and support for parents and youth with special needs who are transitioning from high school.
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Random Acts of Chesed Week
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"Projects like this teach values, what being Jewish is about"
Brittni Jacobson,
Class of 2011, member of first RAC Week Steering Committee
 The practice of chesed (loving kindness) is an integral part of Jewish tradition. Last February, King David High School students took up the challenge of putting a variety of categories of chesed into action as part of its inaugural Random Acts of Chesed (RAC) Week.
As a religion of action, not simply of faith, Judaism has many opportunities for personal growth through specific acts of chesed, according to RAC participants. As a tribute to selfless giving without direct reward, students decided to hold the week-long chesed festival, each day focusing on a different element of life, with surprises for students and teachers throughout the school day.
Monday Self
Tuesday Family and Friends
Wednesday Community
Thursday Earth
Friday Closing Celebration
King David's second RAC Week takes place February 20 - 24 and the student committee organizing the activities for the week invite you to save these dates (more info to follow in future newsletters):
Thursday, February 16 (noon - 4:00pm)
Surprise activity - don't miss being part of something amazing!
Tuesday February 21st (7:00pm)
Adult Education Evening
Friday, February 24th
1:00pm Closing Celebration
4:30pm Shabbat Dinner for Grade 11, 12 and Alumni
The Isserow family would like to thank the Vancouver community for their support and generous contributions to the Gabrielle Isserow z"l Fund. They are working to keep Gabi's legacy alive and have chosen King David's Random Acts of Chesed Week as a means to utilize the funds so generously donated by the community..
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KDHS Science Lab
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KDHS Science 10 have been studying chemical names and formulas. Soon, they will study chemical equations, which show how elements and compounds combine to form new compounds. In this activity they burned solutions of ionic compounds and observed the colours the flames produced. The colour of the flame was different for each element burned. After, they then identified three mystery ionic solutions by comparing the colour of the flames to the solutions already tested.
 
Grade 9 Science students Noahm R., Mikaela F. and Leora S. observe the colour of each flame
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Spirit Week
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Tacky Tuesday
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This week, the classrooms and halls of King David had an injection of extra colour thanks to Student Council's annual Spirit Week. For a $3 charitable donation for the week, students and staff dressed up each day according to a specific theme. On Monday students and staff dressed in the colours of their favourite country; followed by Tacky Tuesday, Pyjama Wednesday and Crazy T-shirt Thursday. On Friday, each grade was to come up with their own theme for the day. The grade with the most creative theme and most students participating were awarded the opportunity to decide which charity would receive the funds collected throughout the week.
Thanks to all members of Student Council for organizing the week and the fun lunch time activities!
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Rina P., Aria S., Josha R., Rachel P. and Noga G. enjoy lunchtime games
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Join us for Special Guest Speaker - Dr Rick Hodes
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This Monday, January 23rd, we will have the honour of hosting the incredible Dr. Rick Hodes. Dr. Hodes is an American doctor who has lived and worked in Ethiopia for over 20 years. He is the Medical Director of Ethiopia for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and he works tirelessly in Africa to help those with heart disease, spine disease and cancer.
We are privileged to invite all students, parents, staff and community members to come hear Dr. Hodes share his incredible story.
Dr. Hodes will be accompanied by Gary Segal who is championing the Bring Back Hope event in April to honour the work of Dr. Hodes. Gary and Nanci Segal went through their own rewarding experience helping one of Dr. Hodes' patients undergo life-changing spine surgery at the world-class VGH Spine Unit.
Event Details:
Monday, January 23, 2012
8:30am-9:30am
Refreshments to follow
RSVP Preferred
For additional information regarding the Bring Back Hope event, please visit
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Rabbi Berger Begins Alumni Program at UBC
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"Even after graduating from the school KDHS alumni continue to ask great questions and to search for meaningful reasons and answers to understand life. I want to help them to continue unlocking the secrets, insights and deep meanings of Torah."
Rabbi Berger
Our new alumni program will meet weekly to struggle with real life issues and the insights the Torah has to offer. This week was the first meeting and was very well received.
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Stephanie M., Diana L., Yolanna Z. and Danielle S.
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"It was such a good feeling discussing weekly parsha and how it connected to my everyday life at UBC, especially now that it is not something I get to discuss in my present studies." Yolanna Z., Class of 2010
"I believe that a Jewish education is important. Continuing a Jewish education outside of King David has not been easy considering university is time consuming. Our weekly learning sessions with Rabbi Berger allows us to expand our Jewish identity and faith through Torah and discussion. I am happy to be part of this learning experience." Stephanie M., Class of 2010
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Burn Rubber. Earn PPP Hours!
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Purim is coming and with it, a great opportunity to earn your PPP volunteer hours by delivering mishloach manot for the Greater Vancouver Jewish Day Schools Purim Project. This project is a collaborative involving our school and all the other day schools to build community and raise funds for Jewish education.
To sign up to deliver packages, please contact:
Pam Wolfman or Deborah Youngson.by February 19.
Drivers to deliver packages (March 8, 2012)
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KDHS Sports News
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Congratulations to the Junior Boys Basketball team for their win against the PTI Panthers. The Lions improve their impressive season record to 11-1. Noahm R. was named the game's MVP doing a great job of running the offense and also adding 3 points. Center Shmuel H. led all game scorers with 12 points, while Shane R. added 10 points and Max C. added 9 points in the win.
Also this week, the Junior Boys edged out the St. John's Eagles by a score of 56-53. Max C. was named the game's MVP scoring 18 points, Tal T. and Sam K. also made great contributions in this solid team effort. Way to go boys!
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Sam K., Noahm R. and Bram S. keep up the tough defense.
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The Senior Girls took their 3 and 2 record on the road at Deer Lake and were in for a very challenging game. The Lions battled hard and eventually fell to Deer Lake by a score of 40-30. Izzy K. led KDHS scorers with 18 points and Samantha L. added 12 points to the score. The Lions take their 3-3 record to their next home game against Meadowridge on Monday, January 23rd at 3:45PM. Good luck, girls!
The Senior Boys took their 5 and 3 record on the road to Deer Lake. The Lions were leading at the half and ended up losing by a score of 53-45. Ezequiel B. was named the team's MVP scoring 15 points and playing tough defense.
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Meet our Physical Education Teacher: Carla Yaxley!
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Carla was born and raised on the Sunshine Coast, before moving to Vancouver for high school where she met her future husband (yes, cheesy, but true!). In 2006, she completed her undergraduate degree at UBC, majoring in History and minoring in Spanish. She knew she wanted to be a teacher, so she went to Japan for a year and taught fun English lessons to elementary children. This experience reaffirmed her passion for teaching, as well as her love for travel and languages. She returned to complete her Education degree at UBC in 2008 before going back to teach English in Japan for one more year. Back in Vancouver, Carla has worked as a Teacher On Call in both Vancouver and Delta, teaching everything from Band to Woodwork and learning many lessons, such as how to be flexible and creative in the classroom!
Exercise and the outdoors have always been important aspects of Carla's life. She has many amazing memories of family trips that included kayaking, camping, cross-country skiing or just strolling by the river to watch the salmon return every year. Carla is so thankful that her parents enabled this love of nature and fitness and knows that she wouldn't have had some amazing experiences, such as climbing Mt Fuji or running half-marathons, without their inspiring passion. Carla started playing soccer at the age of 5 and has played, coached and been an avid fan of "the beautiful game" ever since. This year alone, Carla has had many amazing experiences with soccer including playing on a fun Division 1 Women's team in Vancouver; coaching the King David Senior Boys' Team (and looking forward to the spring season with the Girls!); volunteering with the Portland Homeless Street Soccer teams that represented Canada in the Homeless World Cup in Paris this past summer; and watching Barcelona play at home in their stadium, the Camp Nou! Besides soccer, running, swimming, hiking and volleyball, Carla is also keen to try new activities and had a great time paddle-boarding in the summer and snowshoeing in the winter in our beautiful city last year.
She loves teaching PE and being active and having fun each and every day! Carla truly believes that everyone can find some aspect of Physical Education that will challenge and inspire them and she is hoping that all of the Grade 8, 9 and 10 girls at King David will have some great memories and develop lasting connections through daily physical activities and fieldtrips during the 2011-2012 school year.
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Carla Yaxley enjoying the snow!
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