26 Shevat 5776
Shabbat Parshat Mishpatim
Candle Lighting 4:59 PM
Havdalah 6:01 PM
Mazal tov to Chen and Ido Gelerman, big sister Ron (2), big brother Ariel (K), big sister Shira (N), and the entire family on the birth of a baby girl, Tamar Rachel!
Mazal tov to Anna Margolin (6), parents Rachel and Jonathan Margolin, and the entire family on Anna's bat mitzvah!
Mitzvah Cards:
If you would like to send a mitzvah card please contact Shani at
x10 or
[email protected]
Tuesday (2/9)
Rosh Chodesh Adar I
(students in grades 1-8 should wear white tops and blue bottoms)
BPY's Day to Call Governor Christie and ask for PARITY in security funding for our children
1-800-640-9089
Wednesday (2/10)
Rosh Chodesh Adar I
Thursday (2/11)
Second Grade Trip to Henry & Mudge
School Spirit Day to Kick Off the 2015-16 Basketball Season (students and staff should come to school dressed in BPY gear or the BPY colors, uniform dress not required but dress code rules apply)
Motzei Shabbat (2/13)
7:15PM: Matan Bat Mitzvah Session #6
Monday (2/15)
Presidents' Day: NO SESSIONS
Sunday (2/21)
3-5PM: BPY Hunger Awareness Chesed Fair
Tuesday (2/23)
8PM: A Parent's Guide to Reader's Workshop with Patty McGee
Thursday (2/25)
Discovery Learning Day
Motzei Shabbat (2/27)
8PM: BPY Women's Book Club
Wednesday (3/2)
Fourth Grade Heritage Fair
Tuesday (3/15)
8PM: Evening of Achdut
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Parshat Hashavua Winner
We can't wait to see who next week's winner will be....
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Dedicated Days of Learning
Friday's learning was dedicated by
Erica and Arnaud Bensoussan
in loving memory of Arnaud's aunt,
Danielle Panzer,
le'ilui nishmat Sarah bat Leah z"l.
If you would like to dedicate a day or week of learning, please contact Rachel Weiss at x35 or [email protected]
Sponsorships begin at $180
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Thank you to everyone who
has already joined our
ACHDUT ANNUAL CAMPAIGN!
Your generosity is essential to BPY's continued ability to provide innovative and enriching educational experiences for our nearly 500 students each day.
MAKE YOUR ONE TIME OR RECURRING GIFT TODAY AT:
**All recurring, automatic monthly donations are now being matched, dollar for dollar! Any new $10,000 gift will be matched at 50 cents to the dollar.**
To discuss a pledge or gift, inquire about sponsorship opportunities, or volunteer to help with the campaign, please contact Rachel Weiss, BPY's Director of Development
(201-845-5007 x35,
[email protected]) or Josh Drazen, Achdut Annual Campaign Chair (
[email protected]).
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Scan to download the NEW BPY APP!
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The NEW BPY App is now available for free download on Google Play and the App Store. Download it today for instant access to pictures/videos, the school calendar, lunch calendar, classroom blogs, daily homework, and more!
Available for iPhone and Android!
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The BPY Store
Stay Warm This Winter With BPY Winter Gear!
- BPY pullover hoodie sweatshirt (navy with BPY on the sleeve in green): $25
- BPY Bling logo zip-up sweatshirt: $35
- BPY Logo zip-up hoodie sweatshirt: $30
- BPY Sweatpants: $20
- BPY Legwarmers: $15
- BPY Pajama Pants: $25
- BPY Winter Hat: $15
Show Your BPY Pride Any Time:
- BPY Polo Shirts: $15
- BPY Glitter Headbands: $8
- BPY Bling Headbands: $10
- BPY Phone Case: $5
Email [email protected] to order your BPY gear today!
$10 each
felt, corduroy, t-shirt, mesh
to order
The 2015-16 / 5776 BPY Discount Card is here!
Only $60 for 2 cards gets you great discounts at many area stores - this card will pay for itself!
Buy yours in the BPY office.
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CAMP KEF/
CAMP MA'ALOT
to register for CAMP KEF
to register for
CAMP MA'ALOT
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BPY Women's Book Club
The next book selection for the BPY Women's Book Club is
The Ambassador's Wife by Jennifer Steil
Meeting and discus
sion at the home of Shelley Fisher
449 Claremont Avenue in Teaneck
Saturday Night,
February 27th at 8PM
New (and old!) members are warmly invited to attend!
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Community Events and Announcements
Community event listings are included in this newsletter as a service to the community and to our BPY families. Inclusion of community events in this newsletter does not constitute an endorsement by Ben Porat Yosef.
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Shabbat Shalom
From Rav Tomer Ronen
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This week's
parsha, Mishpatim, opens with
ואלא המשפטים אשר תשים לפניהם״" ("and these are the ordinances you should set before them").
Rashi explains "
אשר תשים לפניהם" to mean like a table, set and ready for a person to dine. So too, Hashem commanded Moshe to teach Bnei Yisrael, not only the words of the Torah, but also its full meaning and explanation. Just as we carefully
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prepare and place food on a table to offer it to guests, so too with Moshe's preparation and presentation of the Torah to Bnei Yisrael.
At the end of the
parsha, Moshe Rabbeinu reads the Torah aloud to the people,
Sefer HaBrit as written by his hand. In addition, we learn that Moshe wrote twelve more
sifrei Torah, one for each tribe. Even though he gave the Torah to the whole nation and explained it to all, he recognized the importance of each tribe having its own
sefer to relate to individually and to teach each one in its own way according to its own needs.
From both of these episodes, we derive important lessons related to education. First is the importance of constantly reviewing and sharpening our knowledge and teaching of Torah, in order to ensure that our students internalize it. In addition, the mode of education needs to be like a personalized
Sefer Torah, a set table, carefully prepared for each individual student in order to challenge, excite, and engage.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rav Tomer Ronen
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Exploring the Meaning of Tefillah
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BPY's bnot sherut, Lilach and Shira, have been helping our elementary school students explore and internalize the meaning of their tefillot through interactive games, creative activities, and meaningful discussions - all in Hebrew of course! Click the video link below to enjoy a photo slideshow they prepared highlighting some of the special tefillah activities they have been doing with the children.
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Third Graders Celebrate יום פיג'מות!
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It was cold and snowy outside but third graders and their teachers got to stay warm and cozy inside....in their pajamas! The students were celebrating half a year of speaking exclusively in Hebrew during Hebrew class. They enjoyed a festive classroom breakfast - including all Hebrew table conversation - and even watched a Hebrew episode of "The Magic Schoolbus." A great way to spend a wintry day....
kol hakavod kitah gimmel!
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| "Punxsutawney Phyllis" Visits BPY Early Childhood |
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In honor of Groundhog Day, BPY's own "Punxsutawney Phyllis" visited our youngest students to teach them about predictions and graphing. Each student predicted whether spring would come early this year and our special visitor helped them graph and compare the results. More children think spring is coming soon - we hope they are right!
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| Focus On...Afternoon Adventures! |
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French crepes....in Hebrew! Morah Avital's baking chug made these delicious treats in Afternoon Adventures this week, while practicing their Hebrew language skills. Bon appetit and בתיאבון!
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| Around BPY Early Childhood |
Gan Parparim (T) began their winter unit by playing with snow! They had so much fun filling cups with snow and watching it melt in their classroom.
Gan Kochavim (NA) stayed warm and cozy inside by playing a fun winter word game!
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| Around BPY Elementary School |
First graders explored the great outdoors this week, playing in the snow during recess and searching for animal tracks in the woods next to our school, guided by helpful tips from Morah Jean!
It's Tangram-mania in second grade! Students used Tangrams, an ancient Chinese puzzle, as part of their study of geometry. To print out your own Tangram set to use at home, click on this link: http://math.about.com/library/tangram.pdf
Third graders went on a treasure hunt to see how many simple machines they could find in and around their classroom. Then they tagged the machines they found with descriptions of how they work.
Fifth graders got to show their team spirit AND apply their study of fractions, statistics, units of measure, and more during a special Super Bowl tailgate math party led by Morah Stephanie!
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Sixth graders selected topics of interest from their units on Mesopotamia or A Long Walk to Water and planned creative ways to present them to the classmates. The finished products included a game about the tribes in Sudan, a digital presentation about water scarcity, a well made from brownies and graham crackers, and ziggurats built with Lego, Minecraft, and cardboard boxes. What an incredible opportunity to showcase their creativity, apply their learning, and have fun!
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Resilience Revisited Part I
by Stanley Fischman |
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Boston College psychology professor Peter Gray*, having been invited to join a faculty meeting to discuss the decline in resilience among students, recently reported some amazing revelations. It seems that students are seeking counseling for issues that not long ago would have simply been considered a nuisance.
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He cited an example of two students who sought counseling because they saw a mouse in their apartment, and who then called police to set a mousetrap for them.
More ominous are the many reports of students who are so emotionally fragile that they view a low grade as "the end of the world." It is becoming common for university faculty members to give higher grades to avoid dealing with these emotionally charged situations. He says that students have "... an increased tendency to see a poor grade as reason to complain rather than as reason to study more, or more effectively."
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| 2015-16 Junior High Basketball Season |
BPY's boys and girls junior high basketball teams kick off their 2015-16 season next week!
To help them start their season strong, we will be holding School Spirit Day on Tuesday, February 11! Students and staff in grades 1-8 are encouraged to come to school dressed in their BPY gear or in the BPY colors (blue and green).
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Creative flair is welcome! Please note that there will be no uniforms required that day but dress code guidelines still apply.
BPY students, parents, and staff members are always invited to attend any of our BPY basketball games and cheer on our teams. The game schedule can be found on the BPY calendar on the BPY website and on the BPY app or by clicking here.
Let's go BPY!!!
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| BPY Hunger Awareness Chesed Fair |
A Parent's Guide to Reader's Workshop
With Patty McGee |
Evening of Achdut
Parent and Staff Appreciation Event |
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Along with hundreds of schools worldwide, BPY is proud to be participating in #
Trees4Ezra, a collaborative effort to plant fruit trees in Israel in memory of
Ezra Schwartz, z"l. Together, we are hoping to plant 100 or more trees in our own BPY grove in the "Ezra Schwartz Vineyard."
We are already almost halfway there....
Click here to plant your tree today:
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TeachNJS Action Alert:
Secure Schools for ALL New Jersey Children |
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EMAIL GOVERNOR CHRISTIE TODAY
If you have not done so already,
please email New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and ask him
to give all students equal state funding for security, nursing aid, technology and textbooks in his fiscal 2016-17 budget, regardless of what kind of school they attend.
Currently, each non-public school student receives only $198 from the State of New Jersey for educational programs and services, which is far below the $20,000 average cost to New Jersey taxpayers for each public school student. The funding that the state has budgeted for fiscal year 2015-2016 doesn't provide children who don't go to public schools the basic services necessary for our children to succeed, including adequate security during these very dangerous times.
Our children's safety and basic learning tools are no less important than those who attend public school. There should be no difference in the security and services funding they receive.
CALL GOVERNOR CHRISTIE ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9
To reinforce our message, our action alert emails (above) need to be followed up with phone calls to the governor's office. Please join Teach NJS in phase II as we make c
alls to Governor Chris Christie, asking him
to provide funding parity for non-public school students in the line items of security, nursing aid, technology and textbooks in his 2016-2017 budget.
On Tuesday, February 9th please use the following number to reach the Governor
1-800-640-9089.
Please use the following as a suggested script when calling the governor's office:
Hi, my name is____. I am from____, NJ calling to urge Governor Chris Christie to provide the same amount of security funding of $138, as well as parity in technology, nursing, and textbook funding, for my child(ren) and for all non-public school students as is provided for public school students in the FY 2017 budget. I appreciate you taking the time to speak with me and thank the governor for all his support. Have a good day.
Teach NJS applauds your efforts in securing more funding for our children!
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BPY's theater program is seeking a few
volunteers with carpentry or building experience to help build the
set for our upcoming production of Willy Wonka.
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Our
auction committee could use a few more volunteers to help solicit prizes and plan for the auction. Time commitment is whatever you want it to be - if you can help, please contact our auction chairs, Cori Robinson
(
[email protected]
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[email protected]
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You can make this year's auction awesome by helping us offer the most incredible prizes!
- Do you have connections for concert tickets, hotel stays, or special experiences? Please use them to benefit our school - these prizes are in high demand!
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- Do you have your own business with prizes or services you can offer? Please offer them!
- Do you have a special talent or product you can contribute? Please let us know!
- Are there businesses or service providers that you frequent (stores, salons, closet companies, tailors, etc.) - ask them to donate!
Please let us know what prizes you can donate by clicking here. All prizes can be dropped off in the school office.
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Advertise and Support Our School!
Contact Shoshi at [email protected]
for more details.
Inclusion of any ads in this newsletter does not constitute an endorsement by Ben Porat Yosef. Ben Porat Yosef accepts no liability in connection with the use of any product, service, or technique advertised.
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