Hebrew Academy of Morris County Weekly Newsletter

April 2, 2014

SAVE THE DATE

Monday, April 28 - Vendors, Vino, and Volunteers (more info to follow)
Sunday, June 1 - Israel Day Parade

2nd MARKING PERIOD REPORT CARDS...

...for your K-8 children will be sent home with your youngest K-8 child tomorrow, Thursday, April 3. Check those book bags! Report cards will also be accessible on NetClassroom.

IMPORTANT NOTE ON APRIL LUNCH ORDERS

There will be no meat lunch on Thursday, April 10 and no Breakfast for Lunch on Friday, April 11. Anyone who ordered a meat lunch or BFL on those dates has received a credit on their myFoodDays account.

Please note, even though the order still appears on your account, the money has been refunded and those lunches will not be provided. MAKE SURE YOU SEND A LUNCH FOR YOUR CHILD ON THOSE DATES.

MAY & JUNE LUNCH ORDERS

The ordering site is now open. Please note the following:

We have combined May and June for the last ordering of the year.
There are new offerings for Friday's Breakfast for Lunch.
BFL MUST be ordered through myFoodDays. No extras or pay-as-you-go will be available.
Ordering is not available for children who are going on an all-day field trip that day.
Ordering closes promptly at midnight on Wednesday, April 23. Passover's coming, so don't leave it until the last minute!
If you don't get an emailed receipt, your order did not go through! Orders showing up as not paid by the deadline will be canceled without notice.

Questions? Contact Jill Granik

TUITION ASSISTANCE & BASE GRANTS

Please note, the first round of applications have already been reviewed. If you are planning to apply for tuition assistance or a base grant, please complete this as soon as possible.

PLEASE CLAIM YOUR LOST & FOUND ITEMS

Our Lost & Found bin is overflowing with many unclaimed items. Your assistance in helping to clear out these items is greatly appreciated. Please come and claim any lost items at the Lost & Found bin, located in the back of the gym. Any items that remain unclaimed by Thursday, April 10, will be donated to charity.

D'VAR TORAH OF THE WEEK

By Rabbi Cohen

Click here to read the D'var Torah.

AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT

The next session of the After School Enrichment program will begin this month. Information on upcoming courses and enrollment is available on the Parent webpage (under "Optional Programs"), or by clicking on the link below.

Click here for information on After School Enrichment.

MATZAH DONATIONS &

K-8 SEDER VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Passover is just around the corner! If you have extra matzah you'd like to donate, please drop off your matzah by Friday, April 4.

We are also in need of volunteers for the K-8 seder being held on Tuesday, April 8. To volunteer, please contact Ellen Ezra at ellengayler@yahoo.com.

HAMC STUDENTS MAKE US PROUD

HAMC students make us proud, and we want to show them off! When your child completes a mitzvah, does a good deed, or accomplishes something important, please let us know. We want to highlight them.

Email ssmitte@hamc.org with your child's name, grade, and a sentence on what they did to have them featured on our HAMC Pride Bulletin Board.

8TH GRADE ISRAEL TRIP FUNDRAISERS

eBay Fundraiser: Got Junk? Our eighth graders would like to help you get rid of it! They'll take anything, ranging from old cell phones to toys and sell it on eBay. For more information, please contact Sam Russo at srusso224@gmail.com.
Babysitting Services: contact Randi Rosenstein at Rar0529@gmail.com or call 973-560-9830 to reserve now!
Vendor Discount Cards (2013-14): $10 each - in the HAMC main office!

Thank you for supporting the 8th Grade trip to Israel!

MITZVAH PROJECTS

Coby Schneider is having a supply drive for the Mt. Pleasant Animal Shelter. Please drop off supplies in the box located in the lobby. Some of the supplies needed include paper towels, unscented bleach, dog waste bags, non-clumping clay cat litter, cat toys, liquid laundry detergent, hand sanitizer, Brillo pads, 40-gallon garbage bags, tall kitchen garbage bags, liquid Dawn dish washing detergent, kitten food and puppy food.

Daniel Shtirmer is holding an arts and crafts donation drive to benefit the Goryeb Children's Hospital. There are two boxes by the front door for 1st-8th graders to donate arts and crafts supplies. Please note your child's grade with a Sharpie on a sticker for all donated items, because the class that brings in the most items will be treated to an ice cream social by the Shtirmer family.

Ben Pincus is raising money for Friends of The IDF Spirit Program which provides combat soldiers with FIDF recreation facilities in Israel. Purchase an FIDF bracelet for $2.00 or make a donation online at www.fidf.org. Please include a note with your online donation that it's in support of Ben's project. Thank you!

HAMC GREEN TEAM

Help support Green Team programs! Send your old cell phones to the HAMC main office. Contact Joy Sussman at hamcgreen@gmail.com.

ORAL CARE PRODUCTS RECYCLING & FUNDRAISING

HAMC has joined Terracycle and the Colgate Oral Care Brigade to recycle oral care waste products into useful new products. In addition, all recycled products help raise money for the school!

Drop off any used products/waste into our Terracycle collection box found in the lobby. Items that can be recycled include empty toothpaste tubes and caps, floss containers, toothbrushes, and outer packaging from toothbrushes and toothpastes (any brand). Click here for more details.

BOXTOPS FOR EDUCATION

Please continue to send in your Boxtops throughout the school year. Easy fundraiser!

MAZEL TOV

Mazel tov to Isabella Kolodny on her bat mitzvah on Saturday, March 29!

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

HAMC is a member of Common Ground Speaks. Please consider attending the next event in the series on Tuesday, April 8, "A Symposium on Social Media: The A B C's, D's and E's of Our Cyber World." Click here for more information and to RSVP.

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