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Parashat Chol HaMo'ed Sukkot     
 Shabbat Candle Lighting 6:47 p.m.       Havdalah 7:54 p.m.

REMINDER: MONDAY, OCTOBER 5 AND TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6 
 - SCHOOL CLOSED FOR SHMINI ATZERET AND SIMCHAT TORAH


THE MIDDAH (JEWISH VALUE) FOR THE MONTH OF 
TISHREI IS ZERIZUT (ENTHUSIAM OR PASSION)

RMBA is a proud partner of

PTO ANNOUNCEMENTS
Support PTO Fundraisers!
Click here to sign up your child/ren for Thursday Pizza lunch.
To sign up as a PTO member for $36 click here 
EC parents, for $36 ensure your child receives challah and grape juice during weekly Shabbat celebrations click here.
SABAS SCHOOL LUNCH
Please click here to order and purchase your hot lunches for the year catered by Saba's Restaurant.  
SUNDAY MORNING BAGEL DELIVERY FUNDRAISER 
To support the annual Senior  Trip to Israel, don't miss out on buying fresh bagels delivered to your home on Sunday October 11 or 18.  For more details click here.
8TH GRADE FUNDRAISER 
To support the annual 8th Grade Trip to Washington DC, please consider signing up for challah or pita for your child to bring home on Friday by clicking here.
Calendar of Upcoming Events
Flag Football Away Game vs. Brazosport Christian 
Thursday,  October 1
5:30 p.m. 
High School Volleyball Away Game vs. Brazosport Christian
Thursday,  October 1
5:30 p.m. 
5th Grade Sukkot Play 
Friday,  October 2
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Shmini Atzeret
Monday, October 5
SCHOOL CLOSED
Simchat Torah 
Tuesday, October 6
SCHOOL CLOSED
Middle School Volleyball Away Game vs. Wesley Academy
Thursday,  October 8
4:30 p.m. 
Flag Football Away Game vs. CentralChristian 
Thursday,  October 8
4:30 p.m. 
High School Volleyball Home Game vs. Community Christian
Thursday,  October 8
6:00 p.m. 
SAT Testing
Sunday,  October 11
7:30 a.m. 
High School Volleyball Away Game vs. Chinquapin
Monday,  October 12
5:00 p.m. 
Elementary School Special Dress Day 
Tuesday,  October 13
Middle School Volleyball Away Game vs. Cornerstone
Tuesday,  October 13
4:30 p.m. 
High School JV Volleyball Away Game vs. First Baptist Christian Academy
Tuesday,  October 13
5:00 p.m. 
High School Varsity Volleyball Away Game vs. First Baptist Christian Academy
Tuesday,  October 13
6:00 p.m. 
Middle School Retreat
Wednesday,  October 14-Thursday October 15
Middle School Volleyball Home Game vs. The Honor Roll School
Wednesday,  October 14
4:30 p.m. 
Coffee, Croisants and Conversation with Ms. Stacey
Wednesday,  October 14
8:15 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Topic: How to have healthy relationships with your kids
Middle School Volleyball Away Game vs. Holy Spirit
Thursday,  October 15
4:30 p.m. 
High School Volleyball Home Game vs. Chinquapin
Thursday,  October 15
6:00 p.m. 
Calendar of Weekly Events
EC2-K After School 
Activities 

Soccer Shots - Monday

Happy Hands - Tuesday

Mad Science - Wednesday

Ballet - Thursday 

For more details and to sign up for activities click here

Questions? Contact [email protected]
EC & K Oneg Shabbat 
Parents will be notified when our Oneg Shabbat services will begin for families to attend.
BNEI AKIVA EVENTS 
Bnei Akiva Middle and Elementary School Sukkah Hop
October 3, 2015
5:30 p.m. - 6:40 p.m.
COMMUNITY EVENTS 
Simchat Bet Hashoeva
Monday October 1, 2015
7:00 p.m.
Beth Rambam 
Click here for more details.

Matan mother-daughter bat mitzvah program 
UOS 
starting  on October 11th 2015
Cost $180 
Click here for more details.

David Banai in Concert 
Monday October 19th 2015
7:30 p.m.
ERJCC
Click here for more details.

Torah Umesorah is pleased to invite the staff and parent body of RMBA to a Holocaust Seminar 
Monday October 19th 2015
8:00 p.m.
I"YH
Click here for more details.

15/16 YEAR AT A GLANCE 
Click here to view the RMBA 2015/16 Academic Year at a Glance Calendar. 
COLLEGE CORNER
IMPORTANT COLLEGE CORNER ANNOUNCEMENTS

ACT Tests Dates
October 25 (registeration has passed)
December 13 (register by Nov 6)
February 7 (register by Jan 8)
April 10 (register by Mar 4)
June 19 (register by May 6)

SAT Test Dates 
October 11 (registration passed)
November 8 (register by Oct 9)
December 6 (register by Nov 5)
January 24 (register by Dec 28)
March 6 (register by Feb 5)
May 8 (register by Apr 8)
June 5 (register by May 5)

If it is your first time to take the SAT,  you must use the paper registration available in Mr. Stabell's office.


Yeshiva University is pleased to announce the fall Open House date for next year.

Women's Open House and Israel Fair:  Sunday, November 15, 2015

Men's Open House and Israel Fair:  Sunday, November 22, 2015

See Mr. Stabell for details or look for the announcement on the College Bulletin Board.

UNIFORM ANNOUNCEMENT
We are thrilled to announce that Lands End is an RMBA uniform provider!  Click here to easily order!
HAVE YOU GOT THE SPIRIT?
Show your school spirit and purchase RMBA Spirit Wear Shirts for the whole family here
SCHOOL DIRECTORY
A reminder that the school directory is available to parents on RenWeb. 
ATTENDANCE PROCEDURES
ATTENDANCE 
If your child is going to be late or not attending school on any given day please email [email protected]
RMBA SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND 
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
SAFETY FIRST
As a reminder, Cliffwood and Greenwillow are neighborhood streets. Please obey all speed limits and courtesies in respect to our neighbors.
October 1, 2015                                                    18 Tishrei, 5776
PAST RMBA HIGHLIGHTS 
FRUITY SURPRISE 
Elementary students witnessed an exciting outdoor experiment where an apple and a watermelon were dropped simultaneously by Ms. Bigham from the roof  of the school.  Students eagerly watched to see what fruit hit the ground first but apparently it was a tie.

UNIVERSITY BOUND 
Ashley Johnson, Admission Counselor at University of Maryland introduced our juniors and seniors to the school.  She discussed admission requirements, the curriculum, Jewish life, how to defer entrance for a year and activities which our students could join.  Ashley stressed the importance of applying by November because most of the first year spaces would be filled from the first group of applicants.   


HAPPY TIMES
Birthday buddies Liel Karo (l) and Ben Ackerman (r) share a special day in common and to mark turning 3, they treated their EC 2 classmates to some delicious snacks and celebrations. 


SUKKOT SMILES
Morah Rosa's 3rd grade Hebrew students eagerly display their festive contributions to the Sukkah decorations. 


NEVER ENOUGH CHUMASH 
(l-r) Rabbi Asher Bloch, Eliana Roisman and Jacklyn Kleiman working on 8th Grade Chumash in the school library that currently focuses on civil and accidental damages and their respective payments.


SETTING THE STAGE
Renana Spiegelman helps 5th grade students Alina Goldfine (l) and Gali Hampel (r) create and decorate the set for the 5th Grade Sukkot play taking place on Friday. 


SWEET SOUND OF MUSIC
We are excited to share that this year; we have a high school girls choir proctored by Morah Elisheva Levitt. 10th graders (l-r) Maya Wadler, Gabriella Abramson and Senior Sharon Ben-Hamo are already working on some tunes and concepts for the group to tackle.  


IT ALL ADDS UP 
Morah Elisheva's 2nd graders are memorizing all the number facts that add up to 10.  As a cross curricular activity they made paper chains (with Sukkot in mind) with 2 different colors to show all the possible numbers that add up to 10.  Their classroom is now very festive looking in honor of Sukkot!


TEAM BUILDING 
9th Graders (l-r) Jeffrey Collins, Akiva Garner, Noah Meimoun and Simcha Korn (11th grade) participated in some manual labor along with their peers to eagerly build our school sukkah.


DECADENT DECOR 
3rd grader Shira Babajanov holds her clay mobile she made for Sukkot. Her classmates have been working hard on this project since the first week of school. Each student made 5-6 clay shapes of symbols for Sukkot, painted them after they were fired in the kiln, and then attached them to sticks to create a special mobile for their home or sukkah.


SNACKING IN THE SUKKAH
This week students continue to enjoy meal times in the Sukkah with Upper School treated to a breakfast on Wednesday while the slightly cooler temperatures delight the other students while they lunch in the Sukkah. 


SUSHI NIGHT
High schoolers enjoyed a Simchat  Beit Hashovea at Rabbi and Elisheva Levitt's sukkah on Wednesday night.  Make your own sushi in the sukkah was great fun as was trying to find similarities and symbolism between sushi and sukkah!  Enjoying their creations is Leora Geralnik(l) and Mikayla Shkedy(r). 


WHO'S WHO IN THE ZOO 
In honor of Sukkot our Middle and High School students each enjoyed this lovely weather with a fun-filled visit to the Houston Zoo. Pictured below is our Middle School. 


SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE 
EC 3 students gather together to make a bracha on the lulav and etrog and are getting ready to shake the lulav all around to show that Hashem is everywhere!
ATHLETICS UPDATES 
Check out RMBA Sports Program featured in this week's Jewish Herald Voice Newspaper here

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Middle School Volleyball
The middle school volleyball team has this week off and looks to get back into the swing of things next week.
  • 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.
  • Transportation to and from away games are the parents responsibility. The middle school girls away games are on September 10, September 21, October 8, October 13 and October 15th.
  • 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.
  • Updated practice schedules are on the school calendar and game schedules can be found on the school website calendar.
  • The gate code is 233# for anyone picking up their child from basketball practice or games. Please use the Greenwillow gate.
  • I am always looking for adults to call lines, do the book and do the clock.
High School Volleyball
The girls have been competeing very hard in their TAPPS district.  They have some tough games coming up and are looking forward to the challenge. 
  • Some schools will charge admission at their schools to watch the game (most High School's will charge).
  • Updated practice schedules are on the school calendar and game schedules can be found on the school website calendar.
  • The gate code is 233# for anyone picking up their child from basketball practice or games. Please use the Greenwillow gate.
  • Please make sure the girls wear knee length shorts for practices.
Flag Football
  • The flag football team is now 4-2 on the season  and will play at Cristo Rey on Thursday, October 1st, at 5:30 p.m.

If you have any questions about sports, please contact Coach Cole at [email protected].



      For questions related to the Beren Buzz please contact Leigh Levine at [email protected] 
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