Hebrew Academy of Morris County Weekly Newsletter

 April 23, 2014
SAVE THE DATE
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Friday, April 25 - Yom Hashoah Program, 9:00am
Monday, April 28 - Vendors, Vino, and Volunteers, 7:00-10:00pm
Sunday, May 4 - Fitness Fun Day for prospective families with 3- to 7-year-olds. Invite your friends who are thinking about HAMC for their children.
Sunday, May 4 - Baseball Clinic with former Yankee Ron Blomberg 
Monday, May 5 - Yom Hazikaron, program at 9:00am
Sunday, May 18 - Lag B'Omer BBQ at Shongum Lake
Friday, May 30 - Family Shabbat Dinner   
Sunday, June 1 - Israel Day Parade (sign up sheet)

MAY & JUNE LUNCH ORDERS

 

The ordering site will close tonight, Wednesday, April 23, at midnight, no exceptions!!

 

  • 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 has been blocked for children who are going on an all-day field trip that day. 
  • 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

D'VAR TORAH OF THE WEEK 

By Rabbi Cohen

 

BREAKFAST FOR LUNCH

 

There WILL be BFL offered this Friday. Please note that it was NOT pre-ordered through myFoodDays, so students who want to have BFL must bring money on Friday.

Offered will be 3 spinach or 3 pizza pinwheels, fruit, and drink for $5.

Again, BFL was NOT pre-ordered and students will need to bring money to buy lunch this Friday, April 23.

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR OUR 

SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS

  • The Academy at HAMC, the first week of summer, beginning June 23rd.  
  • Summer Theatre Workshop, August 18-29. Space is limited and going fast! 
  • Information coming soon for our summer-end sports clinic. Stay tuned.
     

YOM  HASHOAH

 

Yom Hashoah ceremony will take place on Friday, April 25 at 9:00 AM, and will be led by the 7th grade. Parents and friends are invited to join us, we hope to see you there! 

HAMC IN THE NEWS
 

Big things are happening at HAMC! Our Future Together has been getting a lot of local press, please see the links below for recent local press coverage:

 

The Star-Ledger

Daily Record

Jewish Community Foundation of Greater MetroWest  

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

 

Our current 8th graders leave for Israel tomorrow, so the 7th grade class is beginning fundraising efforts for their trip next year. See the notice above for this Friday's Breakfast for Lunch, their first fundraiser. 


Thank you for supporting the new 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! 
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Calendar
Wednesday, April 23
**LUNCH ORDERING FOR MAY AND JUNE CLOSES AT MIDNIGHT.
**Into the Woods Rehearsal
**Baseball Game @ Peck, 4:30 pm 

Thursday, April 24
**
8th grade leaves for Israel
**
Board Meeting, 7:45 pm

Friday, April 25
**
Yom Hashoa Pgm, 9 am
**BFL - Bring money!
 
**Into the Woods Rehearsal

Monday, April 28
**Baseball game @ Golda Och, 4:30 pm 
**Pa Vendor Night

Tuesday, April 29
**7th grade leaves for Washington
**6th grade trip to JCC

Wednesday, April 30
**Rosh Chodesh - Friday Dress
**Into the Woods Rehearsal

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