8 Adar II 5776
Shabbat Parshat Vayikra
Shabbat Zachor
Candle Lighting 6:48 PM
Havdalah 7:50 PM
Mazal tov to Sarah Rabitz (6), parents Yael and Steven Rabitz, and the entire family on Sarah's bat mitzvah!
Mazal tov to Gabriella Sebbag (6), parents Yael and Allan Sebbag, and the entire family on Gabriella's bat mitzvah!
Mitzvah Cards:
If you would like to send a mitzvah card please contact Shani at
x10 or
[email protected]
**Food Drive and Shoe Drive Continue All Month**
Absolutely Incredible Kid Day
10AM-4PM: Packing with Project Ezrah in the BPY Cafeteria (parents and students in grades 4-8)
4PM: Boys Basketball HOME Game vs. Hillel
5:30PM: Girls Basketball HOME Game vs. Hillel
Monday (3/21)
Tuesday (3/22)
1PM: BPY Mishloach Manot Packing
6:15PM: Girls Soccer AWAY Game at SAR
Wednesday (2/23)
2PM Dismissal: Taanit Esther
No Clubs
Regular Aftercare
Thursday (3/24)
Purim: No Sessions
9:30AM BPY Family Megillah Reading and Costume Parade (Tefillah at 8:30AM)
Friday (3/25)
Shushan Purim
Costume and Carnival Day
Junior High Beit Sefer L'Musica
No First Student Van Service
Upcoming Events:
Tuesday (3/29)
Hazamir Israel Concert
Wednesday (3/30)
Grammy's Torah Garden Launch!
Shabbat (4/2-3)
BPY Englewood Shabbaton
Sunday (4/3)
11AM and 3PM: BPY Drama Club Willy Wonka Performances
Monday (4/4)
Tuition Agreements Due
Afternoon Adventures Trimester III Begins
Sunday (4/10)
5-7PM: Circus Grand Night Out
Monday (4/11)
10:30AM Schools in Session with Assemblywoman Huttle (if you can join, please email [email protected])
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Parshat Hashavua Winner
Congratulations to our winning class for sending in the most signed
parsha sheets!
This week's winner is....3B!!!!
We can't wait to see who next week's winner will be....
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Dedicated Days of Learning
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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2015-16 Junior High
Sports Seasons
BPY students, parents, and staff members are always invited to attend any of our BPY basketball and soccer games and cheer on our teams.
The BASKETBALL game schedules can be found on the BPY Google calendar, on the BPY website, on the BPY app, or by
The SOCCER game schedules can be found on the BPY Google calendar, on the BPY website, on the BPY app, or by
CLICKING HERE.
Let's go BPY!!!
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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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Don't miss out!
Facebook friends...
- get all of our videos first
- see daily photos and updates about exciting school activities
- connect with other BPY families
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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
And the Mountains Echoed
by Khaled Hosseini
Meeting and discus
sion at the home of
Elisabeth Kooijmans
574 Ogden Avenue in Teaneck
Saturday Night,
April 9 at 9:15PM
New (and old!) members are warmly invited to attend!
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BPY Birthday Book Club!
With your donation of $18, $36, or $54, the BPY library will add a new
book to its collection in honor of your child's (or grandchild's)
birthday. Each
book will include a customized dedication bookplate in honor of the child's
birthday with a special message of your choice.
Each
book helps to build our library - what a wonderful way to celebrate a
birthday!
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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 Shabbat, in addition to reading Parshat Vayikra, we also read Parshat Zachor to remember what Amalek did to us when we left Egypt. Why do we read this now? Because on Purim we celebrate the downfall of |
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Haman, who descended from Amalek.
Why does the Torah command us to remember "what Amalek did to you on your way out of Egypt, when they encountered you ("karcha") on the way...."? (Devarim 25:17-18). Rav Amital explains that the word "
karcha" evokes the true nature of Amalek, who represent the ideology that we are commanded to eradicate. Amalek's attack on Bnei Yisrael was really a clash of doctrine and belief. Amalek represents the ideology of "
mikreh," of happenstance, which rejects the concept of Hashem's active involvement in the world. Rather, it promotes the idea that everything is left to chance. It is this belief that we reject, for it cancels out our eagerness to serve Hashem and our joy in doing so. After all, if Hashem exercises no control in the world, what reason is there to serve Him?
We must always remember that Hashem is active in the world. Of course, there are many times when we might not understand why something happens, but we must always remember that Hashem sees a much larger picture and never abandons us or leaves things to chance. By r
eading Parshat Zachor on the Shabbat before Purim, we reaffirm our love for, return to, and connection with Hashem - the antithesis of the ideology of Amalek.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rav Tomer Ronen
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| Thank You For An Incredible Evening of Achdut! |
Thank you to all the parents and BPY staff members who joined us to celebrate BPY, and one another, at Tuesday night's
Evening of
Achdut parent and staff appreciation event!
Enjoy the videos that premiered at the Evening of Achdut by clicking below:
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Discovery Learning Day: Bridges
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Todah rabbah to all of our event sponsors for their generous support of the event:
Thank you and kol hakavod to PTO chairs Jodi Cohen and Jamie Toporovsky, and to their the entire committee, for re-envisioning this event and planning such a special evening. A very special thank you to Deena Greenstein for going above and beyond to ensure a seamless and delicious event!
Mazal tov to Debby and Mark Weinberger on receiving BPY's Nedivut Lev Award in recognition of their years of dedicated volunteer service to BPY and to Morah Oshrat and Rav Eliyahu Danziger on receiving teacher recognition awards as they approach the completion of the BPY shlichut.
To view and download pictures from the event: click here for our Shutterfly Share Site and click here for the photo booth.
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BPY's online
auction
ended this week
, raising over $20,000 for our school!
Thank you to all of our
auction
donors for the amazing prizes and to all of our bidders for their participation!
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And of course, a very special and heartfelt thank you and
kol hakavod
to our
auction
co-chairs, Cori Robinson and Deborah Blaiberg, and to our development office staff, Rachel Weiss and Tova Small for all of their work on the auction.
The BPY development office is in the process of reaching out to all prize winners regarding prize redemption. If you have any questions about your prize, please email [email protected].
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| Halachot and Minhagim of Purim |
Thank you to Rabbi David Bassous for preparing a helpful BPY guide to Sephardic and Ashkenazic halachot and minhagim of Purim!
Click here for the English version
Click here for the Hebrew version
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Congratulations to Joey Yudelson '14 and the entire SARHS Science Olympiad Team on winning the championship at the BJE Science Olympiad!
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Grammy's Torah Garden Sprouts on March 30
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As Rav Ronen announced at the Evening of Achdut, we are thrilled to be starting our own organic school garden at the end of this month!
The garden, called "Grammy's Torah Garden," has been dedicated in memory of Dr. Ruth S. Jacobs by her children and grandchildren: Laurie, Steven, Devorah, Akiva, Ariel, Rafi, and Naomi Ruthie Eagle.
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Yosef Gillers, Director of Education at Amir and founder of GrowTorah, will be working with BPY teachers, students, and parents to create and manage the garden. It will serve as an outdoor experiential classroom for students and faculty across all the grades. Students will eat some of the fresh produce grown in the garden and we hope to donate some to a local food pantry as well.
Watch Divrei Yosef and BPY's Facebook page for more garden news in the coming weeks! |
| #bpynachat From Our Inbox |
From a BPY parent...
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Thank you so much for checking in! It is so like BPY for someone high up in the administrative rungs to just "check in" with a parent, just to see how they're adjusting to their first year. What a nice gesture!
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We really love the school, thank G-d. We are heartened equally by the level of academic standards set by the school and the intimate environment created by the smaller size classes and nurturing teachers at the helm. We just went through the latest round of conferences and were reassured that our [children's teachers] know them well, including not only strengths and weaknesses, but ways in which they might continue to thrive in the future. In addition, there are such nice children in our [children's] classes....We definitely chose wisely, thank G-d!"
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| More Chodesh Adar Simcha! |
In case you missed it on Friday at Beit Sefer L'Musica....BPY brings in Chodesh Adar II b'simcha with our bnot sherut, Lilach and Shira! Enjoy!
And take a look at Gan Keshet (and Rav Ronen) bringing the joy of Adar to our hallways throughout the school!
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On Monday, BPY teachers attended professional development workshops and training sessions during staff-in-service day and many BPY students enjoyed a day of sports and teamwork at CMEK's BPY camp! |
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| Around BPY Early Childhood |
Purim preparations continued in early childhood this week, with students working on their megillot, mishloach manot, and raashanim!
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| Around BPY Elementary School |
It was Pajama Day in first grade today! Students participating in a range of activities, in Hebrew and English, having to do with the theme. What a fun way to end the week before Purim!
Fifth graders started using Plickers for their "do now" in-class math questions. Plickers is a tool that lets a teacher collect real-time assessment data without the need for student devices - and the kids love answering questions in this new way!
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In Mr. Kahn's seventh grade social studies class, one of our students did a research project on Marquis de Lafayette. For her project, she made this incredible cake because he was very into similar desserts.
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BPY eighth graders attended the Fourth Annual Brain Awareness Fair at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to supplement their study of human body systems in science. They learned more about
addiction, Alzheimer's disease, autism, and mental health from Mount Sinai faculty, staff, and students.
Junior high students celebrated Rainbow Color Day in honor of Purim - they had a special breakfast and created beautiful murals depicting scenes from the
megillah in their grade's colors.
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Absolutely Incredible Kid Day!
by Stanley Fischman |
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As I have mentioned in past years, March 20th marks the observance of ABSOLUTLEY INCREDIBLE KID DAY. It is on this day that parents are urged to write a letter to each of their children telling them why they are special and why they are loved.
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When praising children in the classroom, teachers are urged to go beyond "good job!" type statements and be very specific about what they liked regarding a child's work or conduct. Naturally, our children know that their parents love them. Many of them often hear "I love you" at the end of every phone conversation. Yet as parents we take for granted that our children know WHY we love them, but they can't really be sure until they actually hear it....
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| BPY Family Megillah Reading and Costume Parade |
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Save the date for BPY's annual Purim
Megillah
Reading a
and Costume Parade on
Thursday, March 24!
Join us at
8:30AM for tefillah,
Megillah at
9:30AM, in the BPY auditorium.
Costumes encouraged and welcome!
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| Willy Wonka Tickets and Playbill Ads On Sale Now! |
To reserve your tickets, email [email protected].
To purchase an ad in our playbill, email [email protected]. Click here for more information about playbill ads and pricing.
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*RSVP BY
APRIL 4TH*
Click
HERE to RESERVE TICKETS
Click
HERE to PURCHASE TICKETS
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Schools In Session with
Assemblywoman Valerie Huttle |
We will be hosting Assemblywoman Valerie Huttle at BPY on Monday, April 11. She will be touring the school at 10AM and meeting with parents about security and tuition affordability at 10:30AM. We need all parents who are able to join us for this event for about 30 minutes (10:30-11AM). Teach NJS will provide talking points for the discussion. If you can attend, please email [email protected]. Thank you! |
Spring cleaning? Give your used
shoes to a good cause - our recycled
shoe
drive is now open through
April 4!
Drop off your used
shoes in the bin outside the BPY front office to be recycled or provided to those in need and BPY gets a donation for each pound of
shoes we collect.
Click here to learn more.
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BPY is proud to be a drop off location for JFNNJ's March Mega Food Drive! Drop off your food donations outside the front office through the end of the month.
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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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