Hebrew Academy of Morris County Weekly Newsletter

 

April 24, 2013 

SAVE THE DATE

Thursday, May 2 - Fiddler on the Roof, 6:30pm 

Sunday, May 5 - Fiddler on the Roof, 3:30pm

Thursday, May 9 - PA Ladies Night Out Spring Marketplace, 7-9pm   

Sunday, May 19 - HAMC Annual Gala Dinner Dance, 5pm 

Sunday, June 2 - Israel Day Parade

Wednesday, June 5 - Mosberg Holocaust Sefer Torah Dedication, 6:30pm

HAMC CALENDAR UPDATES

 

  • HAMC will be CLOSED on May 24th, the Friday before Memorial Day break.The additional vacation day was granted because many of the days lost to inclement weather have been made up.
  • The HAMC celebration of Lag B'Omer has been re-scheduled from Friday, April 26 to Monday, April 29.  Please send your children to school with lunch on Friday.  No food will be provided or available for purchase.  School lunch service is canceled for Monday, April 29.  If you ordered lunch for that day you will receive credits on your account to be used before the end of the school year. When making payment on your lunch order, you MUST indicate that you wish to use your credits toward payment of your bill. Unused lunch credits will be lost at the end of the year. 
       
  • The HAMC Calendar for the academic year 2013-14 is now available on the website.  Please remember that this information is preliminary and still subject to change.  Click here to see the Preliminary Calendar 2013-14. 

D'VAR TORAH  OF THE WEEK 

 

Emor

by Rabbi Yitzchok Cohen  

 

Click here to read the weekly D'var Torah.

GALA DINNER DANCE - RSVP TODAY! 

 

Send in your RSVP for the HAMC Annual Gala Dinner Dance on Sunday, May 19th at 5pm at Adath Shalom Synagogue in Morris Plains.
Log onto www.hamcgala2013.org to purchase an ad. 

FAMILY SHABBAT   

  

RSVP to DeeDee at dkatchen@hamc.org.  Please send registration forms and checks to the HAMC main office.

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF

 

See our HAMC 5th-7th grade students in the Broadway classic  "Fiddler on the Roof" Tickets on sale - Click here for more information. 

 

MOTHER'S DAY PLANT SALE 

 

Orders are due by Tuesday, May 7th. Click here to print the order sheet. 

 

GREEN TEAM POSTER CONTEST  

2013 school-wide poster contest: "Respect & Protect Our World." All entries due by Friday, May 3, 2013. Click here to see attached flier for details, or contact Joy Sussman at hamcgreen@gmail.com with any questions.

SPRING AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS 

 

HAMC GOES TO BROADWAY

 

HAMC students in grades 5-8 are invited to attend this trip to see Roald Dahl's "Matilda - The Musical" on Broadway at 7pm on Tuesday, May 21st.  

 Click here for more information.

ISRAEL DAY PARADE

 

 Click here for more information.

HOLOCAUST SEFER TORAH DEDICATION

 

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

 

 Click here for more information.

SUMMER ENRICHMENT  WEEK 

 

June 24th - 28th:  This camp is designed for children entering kindergarten to bridge the gap between the end of school and the start of the local day camps. Click here for registration form.

8th GRADE ISRAEL TRIP FUND RAISERS

 

  • NO Breakfast for lunch this Friday.  Breakfast for Lunch will be served next Friday, May 3rd.
     
  • Need a night out without the kids? Need a babysitter for the Gala? The current 7th grade class is offering babysitting services to raise funds for their trip to Israel next year. Both boys and girls are available. If you are interested please contact Randi Rosenstein at 973-460-9830.
  • Purchase Vendor Discount Cards for 2012-2013 - $10 each in the main office - $3 off your $30 purchase at Burrini's, 10% off at Randolph Diner, Dairy Queen, Yogurt Land, Jerusalem Restaurant, Bensi, Rocky Mountain Chocolate, Woxx, and MORE! 
Thank you for supporting our 8th Grade trip to Israel! 

BOX TOP FUNDRAISER 

 

Please continue to collect box tops and submit them throughout the year.  This is a continuous program which helps raise money for the school.

MITZVAH PROJECT  

 

Upwards of 10% of NJ residents are hungry, and half of those are children.  The Hungervan's goal is to bring food to where the need is.  I have committed to making 100 meals at White Meadow Temple on May 5th from 10:30am-1:00pm, then 6 volunteers (including myself) will go in the Hungervan to distribute the food.  Please send a donation of $4 per meal to Daniel Acocella at HAMC or email bacocella@jkha.org to volunteer on May 5th at WMT.   Thank you.  For more information visit http://hungervan.org .  

BOX TOP FUNDRAISER 

 

Please continue to collect box tops and submit them throughout the year.  This is a continuous program which helps raise money for the school.

PARENT ASSOCIATION FUND RAISERS  

 

  • Kosher by Design - Cookbooks by Susie Fishbein are available for purchase.  Please contact Alison or Sheryl or email pa.hamc@yahoo.com
         
  • Ladies Night Out Spring Marketplace:  Thursday May 9th, 7-9pm at HAMC - Vendors, Vino and Volunteer Appreciation! Space for vendors is still available - email pa.hamc@yahoo.com. Open to the public.  
  • If you have not done so already, please either return any unsold KidStuff books or send in your payment of $25.00 per book. 
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Calendar
Thursday, 4/25
**Fiddler Practice, 3:45-5:30pm

Friday, 4/26
**Buddy Program, 2B & 8
**Buddy Program, K & 6
**Family Shabbat Dinner

Sunday, 4/28
**Fiddler Practice, 12-2pm

Monday, 4/29
**TERRA NOVA TESTING
**Fiddler Practice, 3:45-6pm

Tuesday, 4/30
**TERRA NOVA TESTING
**Fiddler Practice, 3:45-6pm

Wednesday, 5/1
**TERRA NOVA TESTING
**Fiddler Practice, 3:45-6pm

Thursday, 5/2
**TERRA NOVA TESTING
**Fiddler Practice, 3:45-5:30
**Fiddler Performance, 6:30pm 
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