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June 12, 2015
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Volume X, Issue 34
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25 Sivan, 5775
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Dates to Remember
Light Shabbat candles at 9:00; Shabbat ends 10:25 p.m.
Grade 7s leave for week long Strathcona outdoor education trip
Sunday, June 14 Grade 2C Torah Celebration
Tuesday, June 16, 9 a.m. Grade 1A & B Siddur Celebration
Wednesday, June 17, 9 a.m. Grade 1C Siddur Celebration
Thursday, June 18, 9 a.m. Kindergarten Siyyum Ceremony
Friday, June 19, 9 a.m. Congregation Beth Israel
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SHONOT / ODDS 'N ENDS
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Video of the Week: Last week we shared the article with you; this week we share the video with you: Disabled Teen Celebrates His Bar Mitzvah at Sick Kids in Toronto Wish to keep your kids reading over the summer? Join the Vancouver Public Library's summer reading program. Click here for more details.
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KOL HA'KAVOD KUDOS KORNER
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Thank you to all the VTT students who helped mind the younger dancers at last week's JCC Dance show. Kol Ha'Kavod to Keren Katz, Moselle Levy, Jasmine Layton, Jayden Miller, Hannah Lando, Indiana Layton, Kyla Charach, and Ilana Welch.
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TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO ORDER THE VTT YEARBOOK FOR $21
Price increases to $25 for orders after today
Every year, Vancouver Talmud Torah publishes a yearbook chock full of photos and snapshots of all the major school events. EVERY STUDENT school portrait is included in the yearbook and a special section is devoted to our graduating Grade 7 students. To include all the major school events, yearbooks are published over the summer and distributed in September. Order yours today! Click on PayPal link below or drop off your payment to the front office 
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DON'T FORGET TO RETURN YOUR BOOKS!
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USED UNIFORM SALE DATE SET!
Our next used uniform sale will be held on Wednesday, September 2nd, 6:30 - 8pm More details to follow soon. YOUR DONATIONS ARE NEEDED:We need your shirts, sweaters, vests, cardigans, tunics and gym strip for our used uniform sale. Please hand in your donations to the school office over the summer. The school is open Monday to Friday from 9am-3pm. No rips, stains or bleached out logos please. Please don't throw out unwearable clothing. It can be recycled! The Salvation Army Thrift Stores will accept these donations and divert them from local landfills by selling them to cloth graders. Please donate these types of items to the Thrift Stores in bags labelled "Recycling".
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NEED NEW SCHOOL UNIFORM ITEMS FOR 2015-16?
Please note that the summer is an extremely busy time for our uniform supplier, Cambridge Uniforms. Please place your order by July 15th if you wish for the items to arrive in time for school in September.
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Support VTT through purchasing on Amazon.
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Our Phys Ed specialists did a wonderful job organizing last week's Maccabiyah Day. The fact that the weather cooperated was an added bonus. Team Moshe took the lead with 18,500, followed by Team Devorah with 17,800. In third and fourth places were Team David (13,500) and Team Esther (13,300). Special mention to Art Zhang for the stunning photos!
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Our Grade 7 students concluded their teen philanthropy ( MVP) program on Wednesday with the remarkable Ceremony of Giving (in the Beth Israel sanctuary) where 25 non-profit received allocations worth a total of $21,000, all raised by these students and their families. Special thanks to VTT parent, Michelle Gilman, for motivating and inspiring the grade to contribute funds, and to Todd Monge and Tirzah Abraham in our development office for supporting the program from behind the scenes.
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As per our tradition, 2A and 2B students delighted families and friends at their Torah celebration earlier this week. The highlight? Three quarters of the presentation was conducted " rak b'ivrit" (only in Hebrew). Special thanks to Carol Nest and Natasha Greensite for their support with the Torah cover surprise.
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If you were to count the hours of actual practice time, you'd discover that our Junior and Senior Bands actually have very few hours of monthly rehearsal time. Nevertheless, under the capable leadership of Band Director, Jim Hopson, both bands made substantial progress this year. Kudos to the parents and students for supporting the arts!
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May I have your order, please?
This preschool student takes his responsibilities as "waiter" in the classroom "restaurant" very seriously.
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Grade 3 Poetry Cafe
Be it in English or in Hebrew, our Grade 3 students showed off their talents at their poetry cafe.
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Check out our Preschool 4 Art Exhibit
Everyone is invited to our Preschool 4 viewing gallerywhere interpretations of Van Gogh, Picasso, Rodin, Kahlo and others are on display. You'll be amazed by the talent of our four year olds!
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VTT ALUM MAKES TALMUD TORAH PROUD!
We are proud to announce that Photography and Birding award winner and VTT class of 2013 Alumni, Liron Gertsman, will be exhibiting his bird photography at the Pendulum gallery in the HSBC building in downtown Vancouver (885 West Georgia) from August 10 to August 22. His exhibit sales will be benefiting his MVP agency of choice, the Stanley Park Ecology Society. All of VTT's community (past and present) is welcome and invited to view the exhibit, free of charge, on any of the exhibit days. If you are interested in attending a reception night at which Liron will be speaking about his passion for birding and photography, please email Keren Gertsman at kgertsman@shaw.ca. The reception is at the gallery on August 13 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. RSVP is required. Check out Liron's website and blog at http://lironsnaturephotography.com/ to preview his work.
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Vancouver Talmud Torah is a traditional Jewish community day school dedicated to excellence in an engaging and respectful learning environment in which Jewish children can become proud, caring, responsible, and dedicated members of the Jewish people and Canadian society.
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Vancouver Talmud Torah gratefully acknowledges the ongoing support of the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver.
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ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH YACHAD, VTT's social responsibility initiative?
This month's theme is environmental stewardship. You can read more here.
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