Weizmann Day School Hadashot

May 6 / 28 Nisan, 5776; Candle Lighting at 7:23 pm
In This Issue
Yom H x 3, and a Y
Oh, The Places We ARE Going!
Board Corner
Poetry Slam Brings Out Best in Middle School
PTO Makes it Happen!
Save the Dates
Todah Rabbah
Writing for Yom HaShoah
Important REMINDERS:
Monthly Mitzvah Project
Middle School Students Dissect Clams
School and Community News
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Mazel Tov Weizmann alum, Adam Goldfaden, on receiving your BA degree from Occidental College!

Attention Alum!
We would love to hear from all of you who are graduating or moving on to the next level in your education. Please email 
Mrs. Snyder at (lsnyder@weizmann.net)
with your news!!
Weizmann 4th graders showing off their Megillah reading skills!
 

What do you like to do in your spare time at school?
     
 
Ms. Freedenthal represented Weizmann at this year's 
Mayor's Prayer Breakfast in Pasadena. Joining her was 
Jason Moss, Executive Director of the Jewish Federation.  
Weizmann celebrates...
 
Havdalah Under the Stars!
It's ALWAYS fun and 
excitement in ASA!



Middle School students are currently working on multi media art projects!


1st grade students and parents making Siddur covers.  
Kindergartners make
frozen discoveries, and

design structures to keep their
ice cubes safe from the sun!
 
Look closely at a portion of the JFed Players recent cast photo and see if you can spot the three Weizmann connections...
  
Did you find all three?
K & 1 with special visitors!
 
K & 1 enjoy reading...

with a mystery reader, and

at the library!
 Having fun on the yard!


PTO's Petty Fundraising

It's another update from Paul Asimow, your petty fundraising czar!

Let's all try to take advantage of near-instant free-shipping electronic-delivery gift cards at shopwithscrip.com!  

For example, going to IHOP tonight? Buy a gift card and the school gets 8%, just like that! Same deal at Applebee's, Chili's, P.F. Chang's, Outback, Domino's, TGI Friday's, Buca, CPK, Dave & Buster's (13%!), Yard House, etc. 

For your first order of you'll need to sign up at shopwithscrip.com (enrollment code 597D88AL268LL). E-mail (asimow@gps.caltech.edu) or text (626-354-1712) me whenever you place an order for instant fulfillment!

Thanks for your support,  PAUL
Middle School Wednesday WEEL 

Students visit the 
Broad Theater to see
Living with Wolves, and

they learn about 
environmental law.
Setting up for the County 
Science Fair,   and listening to guest speakers.
  
Students hear from 
Weizmann alum!
They study about communities and societies while tackling DBL projects,
and they learn new research skills on the library WEEL trip.
 
Students & staff also learn from
local professionals.
 

 
Yom H x 3, and a Y...
Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day
Yom HaZikaron - Israel Memorial Day
Yom HaAtzmaut - Israel Independence Day
Yom Yerushalayim - Jerusalem Day
It is no coincidence that these very significant observances fall one behind the other. Each of these is a day of observance for the Jewish community, and all are national holidays in the State of Israel. While the first two are somber reminders of the many heroic lives lost in efforts to protect Israel and the Jews, the latter two are joyous celebrations of the liberation of our land and our people. At Weizmann, our students are actively involved in learning about the significance of each of these important days.
       
           
       
        
                        
Oh, The Places We ARE Going!
Thanks to two amazing partnerships, our middle school students 
will soon be sea-bound and sky-bound!  

The 6th graders will be joining their Astro Camp buddies 
from Temple Beth Hillel Day School, May 16-18,  
to participate in a CIMI (Catalina Island Marine Institute) program!

The 7th & 8th graders will be partnering with New Horizon School,
our Daniel Pearl concert colleagues, May 22-25,
for an exciting trip to our nation's capital, Washington, DC!
Board Corner
 Learn more about next school year and what it holds 
for our students and families at the annual
State of the School gathering, May 25, 6:30-7:30 pm.
(Child care during the SoS gathering will be available 
with pre-registration, watch for details.)

Prior to the meeting, from 6:00-6:30 pm, check out
what's going on in our classrooms this year
as the teachers and students host an Open House.

            The board will meet following the State of the School, at 7:30 pm.
*Please note the time changes for the evening*
Poetry Slam Brings Out the Best in Middle School
The middle school WEEL event on April 20, was a Poetry Slam -- a competition between two teams of middle school writers who celebrated National Poetry Month as they fulfilled language arts requirements. Some astounding poetry filled the air for an audience of second grade and fourth through eighth grade students, all of whom listened intently as they sat outside amidst the hum of bees and cries of the peacocks. Topics for the poems ranged from fantasy and philosophy to Batman and advice from animals.
The team who scored the most points was comprised of Alec W., Yitzchak B., Elliott N., Katie T., Allan L., and Maxx P. Top individual honors go to these poets whose poems reflected serious grappling with language and form: Yitzchak B., 8th grade; Elliott N. and Katie T., seventh grade; Shmuel B., sixth grade; and the combined writing of Adam L. and Quinn S., sixth grade.
PTO Makes it Happen!
The end of the school year is quickly approaching and we need your ideas and help for the year-end festivities. Please contact Heather R. if you are willing and able to lend a hand.
Important Dates to Note!
Coming Soon:
Heritage Week - May 9-13
Featuring our first 
Heritage Week Potluck 
on Thursday evening, May 12, 5:30-6:30 pm!
You should have received a Special Announcement information notice 
with many details and a link to sign-up for the potluck.

Endowment Fund Success Brunch - May 22 - 10 am-12 pm
Parents are invited to help us celebrate Weizmann's Endowment success.
Evites went out and we hope you can make it!
Please RSVP so we know you are coming.
Todah Rabbah
Doris S. (Tzedek's grandma), from the staff, for the beverages.

Sarah L., and her family, from the staff, for the sweet cake.
PTO and all of the Weizmann families, from the staff, for the delicious lunch, the flowers and notes, and the gifts.

Stephen R., and his family, from the staff, for the decadent bundt cakes.

Laura S. (Quinn's mom), Dani B. (Izzy's mom), and Dorine (Alec's mom) for driving middle school to the library.
Writing for Yom HaShoah
This semester, Weizmann's 7th and 8th grade students have been learning about the Holocaust. As part of these studies, the Remember Us Project -- a project of the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust -- provided each 7th/8th grader with the name of a child who was killed during the Holocaust before the age of Bar or Bat Mitzvah. Students received not only the assigned child's name, but also parents' names, town of origin, and age at death. 

For Yom HaShoah, the 7th/8th grade students each wrote about his or her assigned child. They included the child's background information as well as what they would like to say to their assigned child and why they think it is important to remember people killed during the Holocaust. The students read their writings this morning in a moving ceremony that was attended by grades 5-8. A sample of the readings are attached; you may read all of them by visiting our website.

Today I'm remembering Yitzkhak Polak. His mother's name was Rivkah and his father's name was Avraham. He was born in the Transylvania region of Romania. 
In 1944, Yitzkhak died in the Holocaust at the age of 7.
If I could say one thing to Yitzkhak I would say thank you, thank you for having thousands of people remember stories just like yours.
It's important to remember these people because put yourself in their shoes. The Nazis wanted to make the Jews extinct and no one would remember their story. We won and now we can remember their stories and remember what it was like in the camps.
By Yitzhak B., 8th grade

Today I am remembering Edith Mihaly. Edith was born on March 11, 1938. She lived in Bereguardo in Czechoslovakia with her mother, Serena and her father Abraham. Edith died in the Shoah at Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944. She was only 5 years old. She never got to grow up, go to school, or have a family of her own. 
Her life was short and unfulfilled.
I'm sure Edith was a sweet child and if I had the opportunity, I would like to chat with her about her favorite games or activities and thank her for letting me remember her. It is important that we remember her and give respect to her. Sometimes I don't think that we appreciate how lucky and privileged we are to have the opportunity 
to grow up and enjoy life.
By Katie T., 7th grade
Important REMINDERS:
May 9-13 - Heritage Week

May 11 - Yom HaZikaron

May 12 - Yom HaAtzmaut (wear blue and white)
May 12 - Heritage Week Potluck - 5:30-6:30 pm

May 16-18 - 6th grade to Catalina Island

May 16-20 - ERB testing, grades 3-5 and 7-8

May 22-25 - 7th & 8th grade to Washington, DC

May 22 - Parent Endowment Success Brunch - 10:00 am-12:00 pm

May 23-26 - ERB testing, grade 6

May 25 - Open House - 6:00-6:30 pm; State of School - 6:30-7:30 pm
May 25 - Board Meeting - 7:30 pm

May 26 - Lag BaOmer

May 30 - Memorial Day - School CLOSED 
Monthly Mitzvah Project - - New Month, New Project!
Non-perishable and Canned Food Drive
With the holidays (and holiday giving) well passed us, 
local pantries begin experiencing a shortage of food.
Unfortunately, people are still hungry, and many are in need.
Please drop in our  collection box non-perishable and canned food items,
all of which will be donated to Friends In Deed and Foothill Unity.
Middle School Students Dissect Clams ~
             
                    
School and Community News
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Lisa Feldman, Head of School
Lori Snyder, School Administrator
Carrie Allen, Office Manager
Email: office@weizmann.net
Phone: 626-797-0204
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