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THE MIDDAH (JEWISH VALUE) FOR THE NEXT MONTH OF 
KISLEV IS SHEM TOV - A GOOD NAME

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STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHS 
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Thank you to Eric Kleiman Photography. 
SABAS SCHOOL LUNCH
Please click here to order and purchase your hot lunches for the year catered by Saba's Restaurant.  
SAVE THE DATE 
GRANDPARENTS AND SPECIAL FRIENDS DAY 
Wednesday, November 25 
8:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
RMBA GALA 
Sunday, April 10, 2016 
Royal Sonesta Hotel Houston
Honoring Rick Guttman and Robert Levy 
Click here for more details 
Calendar of Upcoming Events
Art Museum Field Trip 
Tuesday, November 17 
Grades 9-11
9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
K-12 Parent Teacher Conferences 
Wednesday,  November 18
8 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Click here to sign up
EC classes are still in session 
11th Grade Run K-5 Grade Mini Camp will be in session. For more info click here 
Israel Senior Trip Returns  
Wednesday, November 18
Moms and Muffins 
Monday,  November 23
7:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
PTO invites elementary school to daven with your children, enjoy a light breakfast and visit the PTO RMBA Book Fair.  
Dads and Donuts 
Tuesday,  November 24
7:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
PTO invites elementary school dads to daven with your children, enjoy a light breakfast and visit the PTO RMBA Book Fair.  
Grandparents and Special Friends Day 
Wednesday,  November 25
8:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. 
Early Dismissal 
Wednesday,  November 25
11:30 a.m.
SCHOOL CLOSED FOR THANKGIVING
Thursday,  November 26 and Friday, November 27. 
5th Grade International Festival and Upper School Art and Photography Exhibit 
Wednesday,  December 2
5:30 p.m - 7:30 p.m.
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SAR VARSITY BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT 
Thursday,  December 3. - Sunday December 6. 
New York, NY
SAT Testing 
Sunday,  December 6
7:45 a.m - 1:00 p.m.
First Night of Chanukah
Sunday,  December 6
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 groisman@berenacademy.org
Middle School Torah Cafe
Wednesdays 
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
If you are interested in sponsoring Torah Cafe for a week please contact Rabbi Levitt
BNEI AKIVA ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Supporting Israel Project - RMBA in cooperation with "Connections Israel" presents a unique opportunity - if you would like to purchase donuts for Israeli soldiers in honor of Chanukah please click here for more information. 
 
Zach Shabbaton in Dallas
December 6-7, 2015 
Interested 7th and 8th Graders
can sign up here.
Click here for flyer. 

MAZAL TOV
Mazal Tov to Jake Teller on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah this Shabbat. 
 
COMMUNITY EVENTS 
A Four-Part Parenting Series for Young Parents 
ERJCC
Tuesday December 1 , 2015 
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. 
NURSE'S NOOK
Please remember to email or call the nurse if your child is out of school for any health issue. This is especially important as we enter cold and flu season. Thank you in advance.

If your child needs to take medication on campus for any reason, please make sure you fill out the medication form and bring the medication to clinic. Under no circumstances may a student have any medication in their possession while on campus.

HEALTH SCREENINGS
Through November 20 
Nurse Aliza Stern will be conducting Health Screenings for all new students over the age of four and any students in the following grades: 
EC 4 

Grade 1 
Grade 3 
Grade 5 
Grade 7
COLLEGE CORNER
IMPORTANT COLLEGE CORNER ANNOUNCEMENTS

ACT Tests Dates
December 13 (registration passed)
February 7 (register by Jan 8)
April 10 (register by Mar 4)
June 19 (register by May 6)

SAT Test Dates 
December 6 (registration passed)
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!
To purchase RMBA Spirit Wear Shirts  for the whole family click 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 office@berenacademy.org
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
CREATE A LEGACY CAMPAIGN
"Every individual is a pillar on which the future of Judaism rests." - Abraham Joshua Heschel 
Legacy giving will ensure the success and vitality of Robert M. Beren Academy for generations to come. For more information about the Create a Legacy Program click here or please contact 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.
November 12, 2015                                                  30 Cheshvan, 5776
VIDEO HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK 

Feel the Ruach and enjoy this video from a weekly elementary Oneg Shabbat celebration below. 
Elementary School Oneg Shabbat
Elementary School Oneg Shabbat

PAST RMBA HIGHLIGHTS 
FUN AT TPG#1
RMBA kicked off the first TPG-Torah Pizza Gym evening of the season. Following Shabbat, students in grades 2-6 and their parents gathered at the school for a fun evening of learning, free time in the gym and of course, delicious pizza! 


PARENT CHILD NIGHT 
Parents and children gathered for  a K-3 and 4-5 Grade Parent Child Night for two separate evenings this week to learn about the wonderful general studies work that continues to engage and inspire our students. 
Top left: (l-r) Avigayil, Debra and Sarah Kira
Top right: (l-r) Maayan and Moshe Harel 
Bottom left: (l-r) Yocheved, Marc and Yehuda Stock 
Bottom right: (l-r) Reuben and Daniel BarYadin 
  


ULPAN MAASI 
Our Bnot Sheirut hosted a wonderful Ulpan Massi session for the Elementary School students where they learned a bunch of new winter related Hebrew vocabulary, drank delicious "Aroma" style hot chocolate and wrote letters of encouragement to soldiers in the IDF.  


STEP ASIDE 
Jonah Schneider gets to stepping when solving math problems in Mrs. Schneider's 1st grade class. 


MASTERPIECE 
Avishua Silverstone and his EC3 classmates each painted a tree with different colored leaves as they learn about the season of Fall. 


VILLAGE FOLK
Ms. Massey's 5th grade students (l-r) Nava Teller, Noa Geralnik, Gali Hampel, Shelly Binjamin and their peers were inspired by the book the read in class called "Afternoon of the Elves" by Janet Taylor Lisle and eagerly recreated their own Elf Village in the classroom. 


KINDNESS IS CATCHY
The school has been filled with random acts of kindness all week with students adding leaves to our kindness tree in the lobby illustrating the wonderful mitzvot we have completed. Students (l-r) Mae Vezgrozki and Jordi Yoshor hang up signs with Ms. Stacey to encourage our acts of kindness project. 


LIVING IT UP IN ISRAEL 
The seniors have had an amazing first week visiting meaningful and beauitful sites up north and have now made their way south. In the photo below, they climbed Masada for sunrise followed by the Dead Sea and Ein Gedi.  The seniors are currently in Jerusalem for Yeshiva/Seminary visits and to celebrate this coming Shabbat in the holy city. To read a feature article about our Senior Trip Send-Off in the Jewish Herald Voice click here


MATH MADNESS 
Ms. Bigham works with 3rd grade student Yael Meckley on challenging math skills. 


PARSHA PALS
5th Grade students prepared parsha performances that they then presented to the 2nd Grade students. Everyone enjoyed the humor and entertainment while learning about important parsha facts. Nissim Ruben (l) and Avidan Abramson (r) are in mid performance as their peer watch on.


ATHLETICS UPDATES 
Accessing the current schedule
Please re sync your calendars weekly if it is something that you do.
If you are interested in printing the latest Game Schedules click here and scroll to the bottom and download the latest schedules.

Basketball

High School Boys
The high school boys notched their first win of the season Tuesday night against C.H.S.A.  The boys will try to continue that trend Thursday against Lighthouse Baptist. 
High School Girls
The girls moved to 2-0 with an impressive win against C.H.S.A.  They will try and move to 3-0 with a win Thursday night vs. Lighthouse Baptist.
Middle School Boys
The boys varsity beat Cornerstone Christian to get their first win of the year.
Middle School Girls
The girls lost a close game vs. Honor Roll School on Tuesday.  They will look to rebound next week.

If you have any questions about sports, please contact Coach Cole at chriscole@berenacademy.org.

Check out our RMBA Basketball Program featured in a recent Jewish Herald Voice Newspaper edition here

      For questions related to the Beren Buzz please contact Leigh Levine at llevine@berenacademy.org 
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