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

RMBA is a proud partner of

SAVE THE DATE 
RMBA HIGH SCHOOL PLAY 
Saturday, April 2 at 9:15p.m. and Sunday, April 3 at 3p.m. 
Congregation Beth Yeshurun
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
Elementary and Middle School Science Fair 
Thursday, March 31
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
CPT4 Testing Grades 1-5 
Monday, April 4 - Friday April 8, 2016
ACT Testing 
Sunday, April 10
7:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 
RMBA
CPT4 Testing Middle School
Monday, April 11 - Thursday April 14, 2016
5th Grade Austin Trip
Tuesday April 12 - Wednesday April 13
RMBA High School Athletic Banquet 
Thursday, April 14, 2016
6:30 p.m.
RMBA Middle School Athletic Breakfast
Friday, April 15, 2016
8:30 a.m.
4th Grade Pesach Play  
Friday, April 15, 2016
3:30 p.m.
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 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
MAZAL TOV
Mazal Tov to Ohad Tessler (Grade 7) on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, March 26, 2016. 
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 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.
March 24, 2016                                                           14 Adar II 5776
VIDEO HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK 
Enjoy a sort video of our First Grade Purim play performed entirely in Hebrew.  
PAST RMBA HIGHLIGHTS 

ALCOHOL AWARENESS 
Our Upper School students and parents were privileged to hear Sean Carter and his mother Jenny Carter share Sean's challenging life story connected to raising alcohol awareness. 


FROZEN 
Mrs. Schneider's 1st grade students participated in a fun experiment where they froze orange juice to determine what would happen to the liquid once frozen. Luckily, they froze into delicious popsicles as most predicted. 



WHAT A STORY
EC3 worked on creating their very own Megillah as part of their studies about Purim. 


PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
Ms. Berger's students are working on sources of inspiration for their science fair topics for the upcoming fair and together created a project about the effects of what we drink on our teeth as an example. (l-r) Joshua Long, Ofir Tessler, Chana Jacobson, Sarah Kira. 


PURIM PUNIMS
EC 4 students have worked on multiple Purim craft projects.
(l-r) Anaelle Levenstein, Yarin Jarufi, Ryan Gonik, Eliah Ratchcovski.


SOUNDS LIKE 
Ms. Fowler's class is learning about sound and following a presentation from our Nurse Aliza about the ear, students participated in a number of experiments and activities connected to sound. Ariana Ackerman is at one of the sound station with Roni Bardugo looking on. 


CRAZY CHARACTERS
Students have been getting into the spirit of Purim thanks to creative dress-up themed days throughout the week including favorite TV characters or Dress like a Teacher or Principal and your favorite person from the Torah.   

RUN FOR THE ROSE
Several students from RMBA participated in the Run for the Rose t-shirt design contest this year and Noa Geralnik's drawing (below) was one of the finalists! Kol Hakavod.


AIPAC INSPIRED 
Rabbi Levitt led a group of eight RMBA students to AIPAC and joined almost 19,000 Pro-Israel supporters to lobby Congressmen, learn about the latest issues affecting the America-Israel alliance, and show solidarity with Israel.

ATHLETICS UPDATES 
Tennis intermurals are coming
We will be having Beren Academy tennis intermurals coming soon. Details will be sent out Friday, April 25th. 


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

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 chriscole@berenacademy.org.


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