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For Your Calendar
Friday, March 25
No Classes
School Closed
Wednesday, March 30
Parent-Teacher Conferences
No Classes
Wednesday, March 30
6:00 pm
Beth El Temple
Community-Wide Israeli
Friendship Dinner with the
Israeli High School
Robotics Teams.
Dinner is
open to the entire community.
by March 25. Payment is required
in advance to complete your reservation.
Thursday, March 31
Evening Parent-Teacher Conferences
Thursday, April 7
7:00 pm
8th Grade performance of "James and the Giant Peach"
Friday, April 8
Schechter Shabbat Share
Saturday, April 9
JCC Film Festival: Schechter Parent/Staff Outing
Monday, April 11
8:55 am
EC 3 School-wide
Dance-a-Thon
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7:00 pm
The Schechter 8th Grade Class
Proudly Presents
James and the Giant Peach
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Community Events
8:15 pm
Emanuel Synagogue
Cabaret Night - We've Got Talent
The Emanuel Synagogue Sisterhood presents a lively cabaret evening with singers, dancers, pianists, guitarists and comedians hosted by special guest and MC Max Reiss. In addition to the variety of talent, there will be wine tasting and elegant desserts.
Click here for more information.
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Sunday, March 27
2:00 pm
Solomon Schechter Day School
Hear About the
Camp Zeke Experience.
Join us for some fun Krav Maga and to learn all about Camp Zeke, a Jewish overnight camp.
For more inforamtion call 212-913-9783 or email
campzeke.org.
Click here
for more information
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Sunday, April 10
Revisit the Past: Tour Synagogues and Summer Retreats of CT's Jewish Farming Communities.
Click here
for more information.
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Photo Gallery
"The Gansa Megillah"
EC 3 and First Grade
Making Groggers
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Writing our own Megillah
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Shabbat Shalom
Parashat Tzav
Candlelighting 6:51 pm |
March 25, 2016
15 Adar II 5776
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Save the Date for the 2016 Ner Tamid:
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 |
This year's Ner Tamid will be held on
Tuesday, May 17th
at The Bushnell Theater. The Gala will honor the Rosenberg, Rosenberg Toro and Bricker families for their commitment and dedication to Solomon Schechter Day School and the Greater Hartford Community. Schechter parent Leah Berson will receive the Excellence in Volunteerism Award for her outstanding service to Schechter. There will also be a Tribute Journal, which is in the process of being created.
If you would like to take part in the Tribute Journal, forms are available in the school office and on-line starting Wenesday. Additionally, your support in soliciting businesses in the area to contribute to the journal would be greatly appreciated. The
Tribute Journal will be on-line again this year in an effort to be green. Contributions to the journal are tax-deductible.
The event will feature
CATAPULT. This dance troupe came in second place on NBC's
America's Got Talent and is sure to amaze everyone with their shadow dancing.
For more information or questions regarding this year's event please contact Jayne Rotter, Director of Institutional Advancement in the main office at (860) 561-0700.
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Students in Grades 3, 4, and 5 Take a Fresh Look at the Purim Story
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In relation to the Purim story, students in third grade discussed the  meaning of the quote, "Being brave doesn't mean not being afraid. It means being afraid but doing it anyway." They applied this statement to Esther and Mordecai and attributed this definition of bravery to the Jewish people. The students then nominated characters for bravery awards. Alex Patt noted that, "Achashverosh was brave. He knew he was weak leader and he surrounding himself with advisors to help him rule." Jeremy Eisen nominated Vashti because "Even though she knew something bad was going to happen to her, she told the king that she would not show off at his party."
Fourth graders focused on heroism in their study of Purim this year. After  learning about the story, students studied the actions of Esther and Mordecai, who stood up for their beliefs and did the right thing in the face of mortal danger. After the discussion, the students chose three people whom they admire and wrote how and why they aspired to be like their heroes. Besides her parents and grandparents, Miriam Newman chose Taylor Swift because she tells her fans to never give up. Like her parents, Miriam said, "I want to be brave and encourage my children to enrich their learning." In writing how she would like to be like her heroes, Ava Leshem wrote, "When I have kids, I will care for them like my parents take care of me. I want to be like my teachers because I want to be as smart as them and they encourage me to keep trying." Serena van der Hulst wrote that she would like to be like her sister, Alex because, "I'd like to be strong like her." She also added that she would like to be like her grandmother who was smart and always encouraged her.
After studying about the story of Esther, fifth grade students were asked to brainstorm some lessons that they learned from the megillah. They generated a two page document filled with Big Ideas,
summarizing important ideas that are central to a discipline and have lasting value beyond the classroom. For example, Harris Berson suggested that "everyone in the world has a purpose." Molly Lerner added, "Don't judge a person by the outside. However a person looks like on the outside, they can still have a lev tov (good heart)." David Wolf noted, "If you don't ever make a decision and just stand by and watch, it's as bad as doing something bad." Maya Patt stated, "Like Mordecai, one person can make a difference."
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1st Graders are Over the Rainbow |
Last week, students in first grade learned about the formation of rainbows  and how sunlight is filtered through the water in the air.
For their experiment, the students put varying amounts of sugar into four different cups. Then, they added food coloring in the same shades as a rainbow. They put three drops of water into each cup. Students witnessed actual layers of colors forming in the cups because of the density of the water.
Alex Weinstein said, "This is so cool! I can see how rainbows are made."
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Schechter Students Reach-out to the Community |
 Thank you for your generous contributions of toiletries to be donated to The Bridge!
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EC 3 Sponsors School-wide Dance-a-Thon |
On Monday, April 11, from 9:am-9:18 am,
EC3 students will sponsor a
School-wide Dance-A-Thon
to acknowledge the
culmination of their Reggio dance and movement project and to raise money for the Keshet Chaim Dance Ensemble. All Schechter students, staff, and EC 3 parents are invited to participate. Donations will be greatly appreciated. Join everyone in the Schechter gym at 8:55 am to warm-up and be ready to move and groove!
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News from the Parent Association |
Friday, April 8: Autism Awareness Day
Join Autism Speaks and Schechter as we turn the school blue to shine a light on autism. Please have your child wear blue on
April 8th
and bring a donation for a special treat.
Friday, April 8: Schechter Shabbat Share
Registration is open for the
school-wide Shabbat dinner. The last two have been extremely successful and this is the last one for this school year. We will have a new Chinese menu by Yosi Kosher catering. Come and share a very special Shabbat with your Schechter Community. You can register online by
clicking here
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Saturday, April 9 - JCC Film Festival
JCC Film Festival: Parents/Staff invited to see Rock in the Red Zone. Group tickets are available at a reduced rate of $9. RSVP to Elaine Leshem ASAP ([email protected]) for discounted tickets. This film explores the underground music that transforms Israel's pop-rock music scene in a city that, being on the edge of Gaza, has been called "the bomb shelter capital of the world." There is an 8:00 pm reception and a 9:00 pm viewing of the film. It is a fabulous way for the Schechter Community to support the JCC film Festival, visit with friends and view an award winning Israeli documentary.
Tuesday, April 12: PA Meeting at 8.30 am
with a presentation on Scrip.
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Susan Kurtis, Editor
Lara Lakenbach and Audrey Sobel, Asst. Editors
Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford |
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