We will host our first Parent/Teacher Meet and Greet on Shabbat morning, November 8th, 12:00 - 12:30 for Kitot Aleph - Vav in classrooms. Our goal is for you to get to know your child's teacher/s. This initial meeting will encourage you to continue the conversation during the oneg, by phone, or email.

Gan students will have their regular class until 12:30 taught by Rachel Cohen and their madrichot so parents with older children can attend Meet and Greet

Gan Minyan will be from 9:45 AM - 10:20 AM

Tot Shabbat will be from 10:30 AM - 11:10 AM

Students will be supervised by Alan Brody, Jenny Schwartz and our fantastic madrichot

If your family has two children and one parent, we encourage you to invite a special family friend to meet with one of your child's teachers

I will meet with Kitah Gimel for their Meet and Greet, 10:40 - 11:15 in the library. It will be a great opportunity to chat with each other, learn about the curriculum and special programs planned for the year

Friday night, Nov 7th - Kitot Gan - Gimel Shabbat B'bayit (Shabbat dinner at classmate's homes): Please sign up to host two or three other families by 10/29. If you aren't able to host other families, please attend Shabbat dinner at one of our child's classmate's homes.    

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The minyanim will meet in the double classroom as part of our desire to make the services accessible to family and friends who aren't able to use the stairs. Afterwards, we encourage you to share your thoughts as we can evaluate the experiment.

Marilyn Price, noted storyteller and puppeteer will be our artist in residence. Students will learn and discuss Parshat Toldot, the complex story of Jacob and Esau, and sibling rivalry. They will make twin puppets and establish opposing personalities for them as they discover the balancing of good and not so good in all of us. 

Sunday night, November 9th, 6:00 - 7:30 pm: Kitah Hey Shabbat service study and rehearsal

Friday night, November 14th - Kitah Hey Family Shabbat service and overnight. Pick-up is at 9:30 am so the children can go home to sleep.

There isn't formal Torah School for Kitah Hey students in the morning. There will be supervised activities if you want your child to stay until 12:30.

RSVP and sign up for dinner 

Permission slip 

In our community, sixth grade is an important year for strengthening students' knowledge and familiarity with Jewish tradition and with each other as they begin to take steps towards becoming bar or bat mitzvah. We want to highlight some very special and important gatherings for students and families in Kitah Vav. 

• Chumash Presentation Please plan to attend the very special Kitah Vav Family Chumash Presentation on Shabbat afternoon, November 15th, 4:30 - 6:30 PM. Your student will receive his/her own Chumash, the Sefer Torah will be unrolled on their laps and your family will begin studying in small groups in anticipation for the beginning of the upcoming Family Chevrutah study program. Family groups will decide when to gather over the week-ends of November 22nd, December 6th, and 20th. Pam Sommers will send you more details about the Family Chevrutah study program.  It is a very joyous celebration and we look forward to a meaningful and fun gathering with the whole grade. Look for a message from Melissa Seldin, mother of Agnes, who will be in touch about a Kitah Vav potluck dinner after the ceremony. Please let Melissa Seldin know if you are interested in participating in the pot-luck dinner.

• No classes on 11/22, 12/6, 12/13. 12/20 - Family Chevrutah (friendship) study sessions

• Sunday, December 7th: 6:00 - 7:30 PM study and rehearsal with Hazzan Rachel for their 12/12 service

• Shabbat service and overnight: December 12th, 6:15 PM

• RSVP

• Permission slip

• Kitah Vav Family Chumash Study siyum (celebratory conclusion): Shabbat morning, January 10th, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM in the double classroom   

• Shabbat Morning T'filah (prayer): January 24th, at 9:30 - 10:15, your child will be leading sections of Shaharit in the sanctuary

• Shabbat Morning Torah theater: February 21st, Kitah Vav Parsha play, featuring the sixth graders in performance, in the sanctuary 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM  

Adat Shalom Teen Scene: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rAMmOJL_jrbRMWALAJqF6EEeQ6Y13ZQMS1NS-HyvJcU/edit 

• A Wider Circle - Sunday, November 2nd, 2-4 - meet there

• Interfaith Social Action Day - Sunday, November 16th, 1-4 - meet there

• Prepare dinner for Stepping Stone Shelter at Adat Shalom - Sunday, November 23rd, 5:30 - 7:30 pm

Questions? Email Alan Brody and Rayza Goldsmith at youthdirector@adatshalom.net