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June 19, 2015
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Volume X, Issue 35
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2 Tammuz, 5775
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PAC HOURS HAVE BEEN UPDATED
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To ensure you have completed your 10 PAC hours for 2014-15, click here.
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Dates to Remember
Light Shabbat candles at 9:03; Shabbat ends 10:29 p.m.
Jewcy Cuisine has concluded for 2014-15. Please send lunches from home this week!
Last Day of School for Preschool
Monday, June 22 Grade 7 Grad Practice
Monday, June 22, 8:30-11:30 Preschool Picnic
Tuesday, June 23, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Grade 7 Grad Practice
Tuesday, June 23, 8:30-11:30 Grade 5 Israeli Shuk
Tuesday, June 23 Grade 7 Grad Practice
Wednesday, June 24, 8:30-12:00 End of Year Assembly
Wednesday, June 24, 8:45 a.m. Report Cards Go Online
Wednesday, June 24, 4:00 p.m. parents.talmudtorah.comGrade 7 Graduation
Wednesday, June 24, 7 p.m. Congregation Beth Israel ballroom
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Community Calendar
The Vancouver Jewish Film Centre present the documentary premiere of "Code Name: Rafiach"Sunday, June 28, 7 p.m., JCC
JCC SHOWTIME has openings for 2 dancers!
This concert group entertains seniors and runs as an outreach program from the Jewish Community Centre. Requirements: Some dancing ability and experience. Commitment for ongoing daytime weekly rehearsals.
If interested, contact Leah at the JCC: 604 638 7283 or leah@jccgv.bc.ca
The Jewish National Fund, Pacific Region, seeks a part time Office Assistant who will report to the Executive Director in the Vancouver office.
Send resume to ilan.pilo@jnf.ca
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KOL HA'KAVOD KUDOS KORNER
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We are grateful to the following parents and grandparents who helped out at our recent Used Uniform sale: Christy Giligson, Iona Monk, Shirly Berelowitz, Susan Tabliga, and Eugene and Florence Weinberg. Special thanks to Laureen Teperson, our coordinator, and Raquel Roizman, who will manage the summer sale.
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Support VTT through purchasing on Amazon.
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STILL WANT A YEARBOOK?
PURCHASE ONE FOR $25
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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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MESSAGE FROM OUR PAC
As the year comes to an end, we want to thank you for supporting the PAC during its first year. We feel inspired by all of the dedicated parents in our community and are proud of all the wonderful things we accomplished together. We are pleased to announce that Jordana Dodek, Gretchen DuMoulin and Nicolle Wade have volunteered to be PAC Coordinators for next year. We are grateful that they have stepped up to continue to lead and strengthen this important parent body. We look forward to working with them and supporting them in the year to come. We have so many gifted parents with different skills and talents at our school and we hope to see even more of you join us at the PAC. Together we can enrich our children's education and build a strong, inclusive and supportive VTT community. A sign up sheet with PAC volunteer opportunities for next year will follow in the next few days. Have a wonderful and relaxing summer! Jessica and Sharon
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LOTS OF GOOD STUFF LEFT IN THE LOST & FOUND
Any and all items left in the Lost & Found after the last day of school will either be donated to thrift shops or to the school's used uniform inventory.
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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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It takes three dedicated Kindergarten teachers, four aides, one Hebrew specialist, one learning specialist and one music specialist to create a Kindergarten Siyyum (conclusion) ceremony that is meaningful, memorable and highly entertaining. Kol Ha'Kavod to all! Click on the thumbnail above to watch a video summary of the celebration
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Our Grade 7 students left for Strathcona Park and Lodge, north of Campbell River, last Sunday morning for a week long adventure of learning, growing, bonding and personal challenge. They returned to Vancouver today with wide grins and full hearts. For the last 35 years, VTT has been sending its graduates to Strathcona to culminate their (ten) years of learning at Talmud Torah. There is no better way for our students to conclude their education at our school. Kudos to Meghan Davey, Sally Piccinato, Lisa Romalis, Marko Milisavljevic, Keri Smith, Fred Cohen and Joe Claudio for taking full responsibility for them for the week.
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Guess these shirts won't make it to the uniform sale . . . It's a VTT tradition for students to sign each other's shirts on the last day of school. Wonder why they look so happy? (Photo credit: Michelle Gilman)
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KavanArt was a small size group workshop for Grade 6 and 7 during minyan on Monday mornings. We broke away from the traditional minyan routine and had the opportunity to explore, reflect and share personal interpretation of prayers in a hevruta (peer) learning. This meaningful experience concluded with an artistic expression session with Dina Sacks, our dedicated art expert, who worked with each group on creating a collaborative art piece for each of the following prayers: Shema, Shmone-Esreh, Birkot Hashachar and Adon Olam.These beautiful panels will be hung in the new campus. Here are some photos from the actual workshop.
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WEEKLY TORAH PORTION/PARASHAT HA'SHAVUAH
We are pleased to be able to share our students'
divrei Torot (Torah commentaries) with our community. Last Sunday, Keren Katz(daughter of Colin and Lihe Katz) celebrated her Bat Mitzvah in Richmond. She commented on the Book of Ruth.
I decided to study the Book of Ruth in honour of my Bat Mitzvah. The reason I decided to study the Book of Ruth is because it took place in a time that is my hebrew birthday: Shavuot. I'm going to give you a quick summary of The story of Ruth, followed by the main message that stood out to me in the book of Ruth, which will remain with me forever. Unfortunately, the Book of Ruth begins with three tragic deaths: Ruth's father in law, brother in law and her husband. Naomi, Ruth's mother in law, decided to move back to the place she previously lived: Beit Lechem. Naomi pleaded with Ruth that she should go and make a life for herself and get remarried. But Ruth who was a princess, refused, leaving all of her riches and honour to be with Naomi. She made a life changing decision deciding to convert. She gave up and sacrificed everything to be close to G-d, because she truly believed in the Jewish religion. This is one of the many reasons she inspires me.
Read more online . . .
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Patience = Potatoes
Grade 3 students relished the act of picking the potatoes they've been growing for the last several months. They will cook them next week.
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Grade 1C Siddur Celebration
Who knew so much Hebrew could be acquired in such a short time? 1C students gave it their best at this year's Siddur Celebration.
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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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