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REMINDER: FRIDAY 4PM DISMISSALS COMMENCE FRIDAY MARCH 18



THE MIDDAH (JEWISH VALUE) FOR THE MONTH OF 
ADAR BET IS ACHDUT - UNITY 

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RMBA 15/16 YEARBOOK
To order your 2015/16 RMBA Yearbook click here
SAVE THE DATE 
RMBA HIGH SCHOOL PLAY 
Sunday, April 3, 2016 
Congregation Beth Yeshurun
3:00 p.m.
Click here to purchase your tickets

RMBA GALA 
Sunday, April 10, 2016 
Royal Sonesta Hotel Houston
Beren Carnaval honoring Rick Guttman, Robert Levy, Laura Mitzner Paletz and Chris Cole.  
Click here for more details 
Calendar of Upcoming Events
1st Grade Purim Play 
Friday, March 18
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Friday 4 p.m. Dismissal Begins 
Friday, March 18
4:00 p.m.
Themed Costumes Days for Purim
Monday, March 21-23
Visit the school calendar  for details...
Fast of Esther 
Wednesday, March 23
Upper School Early Dismissal at 
2:45 p.m. and no Lunch Service for US
Purim Early Dismissal 
Thursday, March 24
11:30 a.m. 
Costumes encouraged!
Elementary and Middle School Science Fair 
Thursday, March 31
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
RMBA SCHOOL PLAY 
Sunday, April 3
3:00 p.m. 
Congregation Beth Yeshurun 
Calendar of Weekly Events
EC2-K Spring After School 
Activities 

Soccer Shots - Monday

Kids Robotic Academy - Tuesday

Mad Science - Wednesday

Ballet - Thursday 

Happy Hands - Friday 

For more details and to sign up for activities click here

Questions? Contact [email protected]
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
CAMP MOSHAVA HOUSTON
Summer Camp at RMBA 
June 6 - July 29
15 months - 6th Grade
For more details click here 
BNEI AKIVA EVENTS 
ZA"CH Shabbaton Take 2 
Moved to May 6/7 2016 
Dallas is coming to Houston...

SABAS SCHOOL LUNCH
Please click here to order and purchase your hot lunches for the rest of the school year catered by Saba's Restaurant.  
PHOTOS TO ORDER
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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 are in the 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.
COLLEGE CORNER
IMPORTANT COLLEGE CORNER ANNOUNCEMENTS

Emory University and Georgia Tech 
invite you attend an information session
Thursday, April 7, 7:00 PM 
Strake Jesuit College Preparatory

Good program for juniors, sophomores and freshmen and parents.

University of Chicago 
Yavneh and Hillel invite students to Shabbaton 
April 8 and 9.

Cornell University students
invite Beren students to Shabbaton 
April 15 and 16.

See Mr. Stabell for details.

ACT Tests Dates
April 10 (registration passed)
June 19 (register by May 6)

SAT Test Dates 
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.

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 [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
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.
March 17, 2016                                                           7 Adar II 5776
VIDEO HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK 
The Kindergarten students received personalized Siddurs that they will use to daven. Enjoy this video of them singing Torah, Torah Torah!

PAST RMBA HIGHLIGHTS 
KOL HAKAVOD 
Our 2015/16 Upper School student councils have done a stellar job this year and we wanted to acknowledge their achievements including assistance in planning the High School Retreat and creating awareness months for important charitable causes. This year was especially unique with the Gross brothers (pictured below) serving as presidents of their respective councils. 
US Student Council members: 
President:  Jonathan Gross
Vice President:  Atara Braun
Treasurer:  Shayna Guttman
Secretary:  Ben Ghelman
Representatives:  Dan Melnik, Coral Vaknin, Nathan Plumb, Maya Wadler, Sigal Melnik, Gilad Hampel, Sharon Ben-Hamo
MS Student Council members: 
President:  Daniel Gross
Vice President:  Molly Goldstein
Treasurer:  Coral Yeudai
Secretary:  Eitan Geralnik
Representatives:  Elie Gelman, Orly Lashak


MIDDLE SCHOOL SHABBATON 
Middle Schoolers gathered last Shabbat for an in-school Shabbaton.  The theme was Achdut - Teamwork, and spent the entire time on campus experiencing a truly engaging and bonding Shabbat.


THE BEAUTY OF ISRAEL 
Morah Roza's third grade class has been learning about different areas in Israel throughout this year. The Bnot Sherut created a large wooden map in the shape of Israel and the students are filling it in with different colored tiles and plan to have it completed by Yom Haatzmaut .


CHINA MAVENS 
Ms. Fowler's elementary school class studied China and four students, (l-r) Gaby Brown, Nathan Hafkin, Moshe Dunivan and Daniel Kirshner expee to learn more about China, its location and population and other details.  They visited Chinatown and explored the decorations, Chinese pottery, tea, food and architecture and then presented their research to their classmates. 


STICKY SOLUTION
Ms. Massey's 5th grade students completed a sticky experiment. Their hypothesis was to see if polymer balls the made out of borax, glue, cornstarch, food coloring, and water would bounce. And the result was yes, they did and they had a lot of fun making them.


SOARING STUDENTS 
9th graders celebretated the completion of the Quadrilaterals unit by flying the kites they built while learning the properties of a Geometric kite. 

LEARN FROM THE BEST
In continuation of Morah Rinat's students asuming the role of teacher, Maya Wadler taught her classmates how to make hamentashen entirely in Hebrew. 

While Daniel BarYadin instructed his classmates with how to create their own Purim masks. 


STRUCTURALLY SOUND 
Start of the 3rd grade architecture and design unit in art- students were challenged to design a structure made of toothpicks and marshmallows. Students quickly realized that there were many structural, weight, and balance issues in constructing their designs to meet their artistic visions, and had to work together in small groups in order to make their sculptures structurally sound.


ATHLETICS UPDATES 
High School Boys win Tier IV
The boys basketball team went to the annual Red Sarachek Tournament last week which was held at Yeshiva University.  The boys dropped their first game before winning their next two games to take the Tier IV Championship.  Congratulations to all of the boys who participated including Ben Yoshor who was named to the All-Star team and Zach Katz who was named the Tier IV MVP.

Kupferman earns All-State Honors
Congratulations to Asaph Kupferman who was recently named to the TAPPS 2A Honorable Mention Basketball team.  

Sports Awards Ceremonies
The High School Sports Banquet will take place on April 14th at 6:30PM.  The Middle School Sports Athletic Breakfast will take place on April 15th at 8:30AM.  More details will be available soon.

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


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