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18 Tevet 5775
January 9, 2015
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Message from Rabbi Greenwald
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Welcome to all our students, staff and families. We hope everyone had a restful and enjoyable break.
The school was buzzing over vacation with the installation of new screens and ABN equipment in three classrooms. Thank you to Alberta Government, the Shapiro Family and The Vivian Katz memorial Foundation for donating the funds to purchase and install the new equipment.
The hallways and classrooms are fresh and clean. Thank you to Sami and PHB cleaning for the extra touch and care in keeping the school clean.
It is wonderful to see the students back, refreshed and energized to learn. We began the week with an exciting Jump Rope for Hearts demonstration by the Grade 5 Girls.
We are sorry to let you know that Mrs. Abrams/ Morah Chanie, has taken a leave of absence to be able to take care of her son in Baltimore who is still recovering from the car accident on Sukkot. We hope to see her back after Pesach and that Avi has a refuah sheleima- a complete recovery. We will also miss Aliza, Shua, and Blumie at school and wish them well. Thank you to Mrs. Groner for coming back to teach Kindergarten. The students were very excited to see her back in the classroom.
Our Condolences to Rabbi Dovid Sass, the Principal of Menorah Academy in Edmonton upon the passing of his father this week. Thank you to the Sass family for sponsoring a day of learning at Akiva in memory of Pinchas Eliezer Ben Dovid.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Chaim Greenwald
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PD Day - No Classes
Fri, Jan. 23
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Science Fair
Mon, Feb. 2
6:00 pm
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Open House Week
February 2-6
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PD Day / Organizational Day - No Classes
February 12-13
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Family Day - School Closed
Mon, Feb. 16
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Second Report Cards Go Home
Fri, Feb. 27
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Winter 2015 After School Clubs
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After School Club registrations have been sent home. Please send back the forms with payment to register your child(ren) for the clubs. Thank you to Mrs. Lourie and Mrs. Ortega for working on the after school clubs.
We have added another club- Martial Arts, which will take place on select Wednesdays from 3:35-4:20 PM taught by Rabbi Mordechai Rose with the schedule being given out at the beginning of each month.For this month, the club will meet for the next three weeks. If you would like to register your child for martial arts please email Morah Dianne. There will be a minimum of 8 classes and the cost will be $75.
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Recruitment is in full swing for next year. Our open house week will be Feb. 2-6. If you know of any families who might be interested in visiting, please let them know they are welcome to come any time between 9-3 that week.
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Thank you to all the volunteers who have already signed up.
We need your help in volunteering for the upcoming casino. This fundraiser brings the school $60,000-80,000 and only requires one shift of work per family! If each family sent one volunteer, we would have virtually all of the required spots filled.
There are 6 different shifts available to choose from:
Monday February 16th starting at 11:00 AM
Monday February 16th starting at 7:00 PM
Monday February 16th starting at 10:30 PM
Tuesday February 17th starting at 11:00 AM
Tuesday February 17th starting at 7:00 PM
Tuesday February 17th starting at 10:30 PM
This year's casino will be held at Cowboy's Casino (on the Stampede Grounds).
Please complete this volunteer form including your preferred shift and submit it to the office or e-mail to [email protected]. Our list of volunteers needs to be returned to AGLC by January 5th - Please Help! For more information, please call Michael at 403-797-3544.
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Our Weekly Parenting from the Parsha class has resumed on Thursday mornings at 8:35-9:05 AM. Everyone is welcome to join us.
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Our Mincha Minyan has resumed as well on Monday and Wednesday at 1:40 PM and on Tuesday and Thursday at 2:45 PM.
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Tahel Raiko
Shany Mashiah
Shira Safren
Alita Ortega
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Please remember that there will be a PD day on Friday, January 23. The daycare will be open from 8:20 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. If you are interested, please register your child in the coming week The cost is 45 dollars for students who are not registered full time in the daycare. For full time daycare students, the cost is $25.
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As an annual check-up on the education system, the Accountability Pillar provides an opportunity for Alberta Education and school authorities to ensure that we are equipping students for success. The Accountability Pillar uses a set of 16 indicators consisting of surveys of students, parents and teachers on various aspects of quality; student outcomes such as dropout and high school completion rates; and provincial assessments of student learning. From January to the end of February, Alberta Education will be conducting the annual Accountability Pillar Survey. In January, parents of students in grades 4-8 will receive a survey from Alberta Education. In February, students in grades 4-8 and all teachers will be completing their surveys online at school. All surveys are anonymous and ask questions about experiences with the school. Your participation in the survey helps provide important information on the quality of education your child is receiving, so we encourage you to return your survey promptly. Survey results will be available to school authorities in May 2015, and will be reported publicly as part of their 3-Year Education Plans and Annual Education Results Reports.
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Grade 1 Judaics Morah Miller
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Grade 1 is currently learning a Mitzva Unit based on the list of 10 Mitzvot in the morning prayer Elu Dvorin. The staff were delighted to have so many helpers for the Chesed scavenger hunt.
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Preschool Judaics Morah Miller
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In our study of Sefer Bereishit, our model well of water shows how hard Rifka worked to give water to Eliezer and his 10 camels.
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Jewish Family Service will be facilitating the "Who Do You Tell" program at Akiva this year beginning in February. JFSC invites parents to an information session to discuss the content of the program and have the opportunity to learn more about sexual abuse in the Jewish community. The parent information session will take place on January 21st from 7-9 PM at JFSC - #420 5920 - 1A St SW. In you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. You can reach Cirel Rutstein at JFSC at 403-692-6387. More information about the program to follow.
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