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 NEMJDS SchoolNews
May 22, 2014     22 iyar 5774  
In This Issue
- Going out with a bang!
- Volunteer appreciation concert.
- AIA awards.
- BBQ Grand Champions!
Upcoming at the Day School...
 

May 22, 1:30pm

Volunteer Appreciation Concert (grades 2 - 6)

  

May 23 

Grade 6/7 field trip to Federal Courtroom of Judge Sharon Blackburn (10 - 12)

 

Second Grade meet the author (10:45am)

 

May 26

Closed for Memorial Day

E-Day

 

May 27, 2:00pm

Upper School Youth Philanthropy Presentations 

 

May 30

Rosh Chodesh Ruach Sivan

(wear your purple shirts)

Early dismissal 12:45pm

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GOING OUT WITH A BANG!
We are literally 'going out with a bang' as we head into the final days of our 2013-2014 school year.  Much is happening behind the temporary wall that was constructed over night - demolition has begun during the early morning hours in the library, Culpeper room and board room.  Stay tuned over the summer for updates and some 'sneak peaks' into what's changing at the school.
Robin Berger's offce and the Culpeper Room.
Robin Berger's office and the Culpeper Room
 
Temporary wall in the Commons.

   

A PSALTERY APPRECIATION?!

 
 
We are so grateful to all the volunteers who share their time and resources with the Day School throughout the year.
 
 
 
 
 
Please join us for a special

 

Volunteer Appreciation Concert 
 Thursday, May 22nd at 1:30pm  
(Grades 2 - 6 will be performing)
 
Emma Peller practices on the Psaltery.

Psalteries are pre-tuned string instruments that were used in the Middle Ages to accompany psalms.  Our "modern" psalteries have twenty two strings and a triangular shape so that we can use a bow.  We can also use a plectrum or our fingers to pluck the strings and therefore have a completely different sound.

 

At NEMJDS, Ms. Rottembourg introduced the psaltery and got an immediate enthusiastic response from all students.  They realized they could play it with a little practice, reading the music notes on the board, or just compose a simple melody. 

 

During a dinner party with musicians and composers in Paris last July, Ms. Rottembourg said that she was using the psaltery in the classroom and was very pleased with the results.  Jokingly, she added that she was probably the only music teacher in North America to use psalteries in the classroom.  One of the guests corrected her: "You mean the only music teacher in the world!!"   According to Ms. Rottembourg, "The psaltery is one of the better pedagogic tools I've ever used.  Just looking at the faces of the students focusing on playing the right note and their smile when they show me the results is my best reward as a music teacher."

 

Thanks to the Abroms Fund for the Arts, NEMJDS was able to purchase four new psalteries for the school, and Mrs. Krell let us use one she had at home.

 

   

CHEMISTRY POEM CONTEST WINNER
For years, chemists have been promoting a better world through recyclable plastics, cleaner-burning fuels, phosphate-free detergents, environmental monitoring, and green chemistry initiatives. The American Chemical Society joined the Earth Day celebration (April 22nd) and holds an annual Chemists Celebrate Earth Day (CCED) event, highlighting one of four general topics (water, air, plants/soil or recycling).  
 
For 2014, Alabama students from grades K-12 were invited to share their interpretation of this year's theme, "The Wonders of Water", in the form of illustrated poems.

We are incredibly proud to announce that Lillian McClure, 5th grader, won the CCED 2014 award for all of Alabama!  She was awarded a monetary prize and a certificate.  Mazel Tov Lillian!!
Lillian McClure - CCED Alabama winner!

   

DREAM ARCHITECTURE WINNERS

The N.E. Miles Jewish Day School participated in the city wide Art In Architecture (AIA) 2014 'Design Your Dream House' competition.  Students in Kindergarten through 5th grade were invited to draw and describe their 'Dream House' using mixed media.  AIA received over 750 entries from Birmingham schools. We are proud to announce the following FOUR winners from the Day School:

  

Edith Kaplan - Overall second place

Arthur Lyublinskyi - Kindergarten, honorable mention

Hannah Thornton - First Grade, third place

Madison Peller - Third Grade, honorable mention

Hannah Thornton, Arthur Lyublinskyi and Edith Kaplan celebrate their AIA art awards. 
(not pictured is Madison Peller)

   

KOSHER BBQ GRAND CHAMPIONS!

N.E. Miles Jewish Day School 'Jew Eat Yet' BBQ team joined 20 other teams at the Temple Beth-El When Pigs Fly Kosher BBQ Cook-Off.  Team members Hilton Berger, Jeremy Eddy, Gerry Nemet, Mason Berger and Josh Nemet worked around the clock to perfect their brisket, chicken and beans.  BBQ visitors praised our creative 'Bubbe living room' and 'authentic costumes'! We are so excited to announce that 'Jew Eat Yet' took home FOUR trophies:

 

- First place in Brisket

- First place in Beans

- Second place in Team Name

- Second place in Decor

- First Place Grand Champions! 
Jew Eat Yet 2014 BBQ Team: Jeremy Eddy, Josh Nemet, Mason Berger, Hilton Berger and Gerry Nemet
Four trophies at the 2014 BBQ Cook-Off
Jacob Halpern (event co-ordinator), Hilton Berger, Debra Abolafia and Robin Berger

   

KABBALAT SHABBAT
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Please join us for our next 
Kabbalat Shabbat
on Friday, May 23rd at 11:25am.
Presentation of the 
Karen Entman Nomberg Award

 

Avot:     James Henry Brook

Imahot:  Leia Berger

 

Kabbalat Shabbat is sponsored by Larry and Ginger Brook in appreciation of the First Grade teachers for an awesome year and in honor of Julien & Adrienne Brook's 50th Wedding Anniversary.  Kabbalat Shabbat is also sponsored in honor of Mr. & Mrs. Aaron and Mr. Blitz, friends of the Day School.


If you would like to sponsor a future Kabbalat Shabbat in honor of your child or a special event, click here for the 

on-line form.

  

SHABBAT TABLE TALK - Bemidbar

Learn about this week's Parsha ..... Click here.

 

 COMMUNITY EVENTS

Audition for Peter Pan Jr. at the JCC will be held on May 21st and 22nd.

JCC camp registration is still open. Camps will be going on from May 27th- August 15th.

Camp Gan Israel at Chabad is open for registration.  Camp will be going on from June 23rd - July 18th.
 

 

A gift for our children today, tomorrow and forever; 

create a legacy through the
N.E. Miles Jewish Day School Endowment
 
Call Lynn Raviv, Development Director at 879-1068 or
Sally Friedman, Birmingham Jewish Foundation at 803-1519