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Please click here to order and purchase your hot lunches for the year catered by Saba's Restaurant.
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Yearbooks are now on sale! You may purchase your yearbook here and then enter Robert M. Beren Academy and 2015 Yearbook when prompted. Yearbooks are currently on sale for $55. Senior Pages are also purchasable online under the Ad section for $100.
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Calendar of Upcoming Events
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Bnei Akiva Atlanta Shabbaton
7th-8th Grade
Friday, January 9 -
Sunday, January 11, 2015
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Beren's Bingo Bonanza
Saturday, January 10, 2015
8:30 p.m.
Families and friends, please support RMBA at this fun event hosted at RMBA!
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High School Retreat at CYJ
Thursday, January 15 -
Sunday, January 18, 2015
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Martin Luther King Day
Monday, January 19, 2015
School Closed
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Coffee and Croissants with Stacey Laves-Khalifa
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
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Rosh Chodesh Special Dress Day - Elementary School
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Students are encouraged to wear their RMBA spirit shirts
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Name that Book Competition
Thursday, January 22, 2015
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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High School Basketball Tournament in Boston
Thursday, January 22 -Sunday January 25, 2015
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TPG #3
Saturday, January 24, 2015
7:40 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.
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SAT Testing
Sunday January 25, 2015
7:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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First Grade Siddur Party
Sunday, January 25, 2015
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
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Calendar of Weekly Events
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Chess Club 1st- 3rd Grade
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Happy Hands EC3
Tuesdays
12 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.
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Mad Science EC3
Wednesdays
2:00 p.m. - 2:45 pm.
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Mad Science EC4/K
Wednesdays
3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
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If you are interested in sponsoring Torah Cafe for a week, please contact Rabbi Aaron Levitt
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Ballet - EC2
Thursday
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.
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Ballet - EC3
Thursday
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
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Ballet EC4 and K
Thursday
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
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Bricks 4 Kiz K-5
Thursday
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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EC & K Oneg Shabbat
Friday
10:30 a.m. - 11 a.m.
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Sunday, February 15, 2015
Houston's biggest and best conclave of Jewish arts and education: the Jewish Federation's Yom Limmud 2015! Hosted by Congregat ion Beth Yeshurun Register at: www.houstonjewish.org/yomlimmud
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Please help keep our students healthy! If your child has an illness, infection or has something that is potentially contagious, PLEASE let me know! All information told to me will remain strictly confidential. Making me aware of your children's ailments will enable me to help prevent the spread of infection to others.
We are in the midst of cold and flu season. To prevent the spread of infection please remember to always practice excellent hand hygiene!
If you have not already done so, please get your flu shot!
Thank you in advance!
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National College Fair
Thursday, Feb 12
9:30 am-12:30 pm; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
NRG Center (formerly Reliant Center
Free Admission
There will be over 200 colleges and universities represented
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BunkConnect is a user-friendly referrral platform designed to help middle and lower class families access Jewish camp at special introductory rates courtesy of the Foundation for Jewish Camp. Interested families can visit www.bunkconnect.org
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RMBA SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND
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Robert M. Beren Academy has created a Scholarship Endowment Fund in honor of Dr. Alan Hoffman. For more information about how you can support the Endowment Fund contact the Development Director Leigh Levine |
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January 8, 2015 17 Tevet, 5775
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| WEEKLY VIDEO FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL |
Click on the photo above to view Rabbi Carmel's Weekly Video
Sincerely,
Rabbi Aharoni Carmel
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Beren's Bingo Bonanza
8:30 P.M.
Saturday, January 10, 2015
We invite you to break out your bell bottoms and join us for a groovy evening of dinner, drinks, auction, playing blacklight bingo and a chance to win fabulous prizes. To purchase your tickets online, click here.
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Thank you to all our RMBA families who participated so generously in our Staff Gift Campaign. Our teachers and staff felt greatly appreciated and it created a wonderful sentiment as we entered winter break for all to enjoy the remainder of Chanukah and the holiday season.
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Some of our 6th grade students generously volunteered their time during the winter break to support the Star of Hope organization that meets the needs of homeless people throughout Houston. They baked 300 Rice Krispy Treats and created over 130 notes of encouragement. Kol Hakavod!
RMBA High School students enjoyed a special program called
Yom Iyun (Day of Study) where interesting connections were made between their general studies and Torah studies. Students enjoyed challenging classes such as Bible Codes, Science Music and Chanukah, Supreme Court, Magic and Miracles in Literature and Business Ethics. We also welcomed three community members to discuss how they use their Jewish values in their everyday careers including an attorney and a NASA engineer. Click here to view the event program.
READY TO LEARN
While students were enjoying their final day of winter break, our teachers were present at school for an enlightening professional development day. Impressive technological ideas and creative teaching methodologies were shared and a fulfilling day was enjoyed by all with the goal to create a more prepared and skilled team of teachers for your children.
Stacey Laves-Khalifa has once again implemented the successful "Lunch Bunch" program for our 3rd grade girls to meet and catch up once a week. The goal is to help them develop healthy friendships, build empathy and support an inclusive and respectful environment.
Gabi Gelman's Hebrew and Judaic instruction for her Kindergarten students is currently involving the review of the Hebrew Calendar dates which is part of the daily Tefila (prayers). Students discussed how the moon relates to the Hebrew calendar as it is lunar based.
SPELLING BEE BOUND
RMBA students in Grades 2 through 8 took part in a grueling Spelling Bee competition. What seemed like easier words quickly progressed into challenging and twisting words. Round after round left many students still standing until finally, a winner was crowned. Congratulations to our winner Ezra Miller (Grade 3) and 1st runner up Natanya Ruben (Grade 6) and 2nd runner up Sarah Loiselle (Grade 2) who will now compete in the next round of the competition. Well done to all our competitors who did an outstanding job!
FIT FOR A KING AND QUEEN
Over the winter vacation, the staff break room was magical transformed into a chic and relaxing spot for our teachers that will hopefully be more conducive to break time and collaboration. Thank you to the PTO for underwriting a portion of this revamp and to the volunteers who made it happen!
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BEREN ACADEMY STARS
Accessing Practice and Game Schedule
Reminder: The spreadsheets that were sent out at the beginning of the year should not be used anymore. The school calendar will be your only source of updated practices and games.
To review the upcoming athletics schedule on our website calendar cick here.
Basketball Updates
I have updated the schedule for all of January except for MLK weekend which will be updated by the end of this week. Please re sync your calendars if it is something that you do.
The MS JV boys game that was tentatively scheduled for January 11th with the Gann has been postponed. We are looking at another Sunday in January and currently, January 25th is the early favorite. More details will come as soon as I get them.
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Middle School Basketball Reminders
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All girls MUST wear an undershirt under their jersey. This shirt must be the same color as the primary color of the uniform (Home games - white; Away games - Royal blue). Boys don't need to wear an undershirt, but if they choose to do so, the same rules apply.
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All players (boys and girls) need to purchase a royal blue pair of shorts if they do not already have. The shorts need to be completely royal blue with no stripes down the side. They can be purchased at Academy for about $6.00.
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Some schools will charge admission at their schools to watch the game (most will not charge). We do not charge admission at Beren for middle school games.
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Transportation to and from away games are the parents responsibility. The middle school girls do not have any away games until January.
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There will be games in which the middle school players will need to leave their last class early to make it to the games on time.
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A list of Away game locations is posted on the website.
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Updated practice schedules are on the school calendar and game schedules can be found on the school website and calendar.
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Please use the Greenwillow gate for picking up students after games or practices.
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If you have any questions, please e-mail me at chriscole@berenacademy.org.
High School Basketball Reminders
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All girls MUST wear an undershirt under their jersey. This shirt must be the same color as the primary color of the uniform (Home games - white; Away games - Royal blue). Boys don't need to wear an undershirt, but if they choose to do so, the same rules apply.
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Some schools will charge admission at their schools to watch the game (most High School's will charge). We charge admission at Beren for some high school games. Each family should have received tickets to games that anyone in your family or friends can use. They are reusable at any home Beren game. They are NOT able to be used at any away games. If you have not received these tickets, please let Coach Cole know.
To review the upcoming athletics schedule on our website calendar cick here.
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CLICK HERE FOR CARPOOL PROCEDURES
Always drive slowly and cautiously along Greenwillow and Cliffwood Drive.
If there will be a change to your child's pick up situation during carpool please email this information by 3 p.m. that day to carpool@berenacademy.org
ATTENDANCE
If your child is going to be late or not attending school on any given day please email attendance@berenacademy.org
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Parents are reminded that the student handbooks are available online on our website. To review our these guidelines and rules, please click here.
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