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22 Adar II 5776 |
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Parashat Shmini |
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Candle Lighting 7:30 p.m. |
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LUNCH NOTICE!!!
Tuesday's lunch option has changed! We will be having Quesadillas on April 7th instead of Grilled Cheese.
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Trimester 2 Report Cards have been posted on MyBackpack. Please login to view or print.
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PURIM PARTY!!!
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Spirit Week for LS and MS
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Parashat
Shemini
This week's parashah begins with Moshe's calling to his brother Aharon and his nephews so he could teach them G-d's laws regarding various sacrifices. Moshe and the Elders joined together to instruct the priests, but the Torah makes a striking omission moving forward. After the initial invitation, Moshe speaks directly to Aharon and does not directly address Aharon's sons again at any point. Later in the parashah, Aharon's two oldest sons, Nadav and Avihu, err in their giving of a sacrifice and are consumed by a strange fire as a consequence. Does their lack of direct knowledge cause their death? There are some commentators who suggest that that might be part of the reason that Nadav and Avihu were punished. If that is the case, what can we learn from the omission that Moshe made? I think it speaks volumes to us as educators at Akiba. While we share information with parents and speak to them at events such as this week's conferences, it is imperative that we include the children in the conversation. They need to hear instruction, lessons and feedback from both parents and teachers so they can take responsibility for their learning and grow through a strong and informed partnership.
Shabbat Shalom!
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LIBRARY SENDS HOMEWORK
Thanks to our PTO, the Akiba library now has 20 Hobby Backpacks that are STEAM/STEM resources that Akiba librarian,Mrs. Cunningham has been researching for the past year. The backpacks encourage experiential learning or self-directed learning where the student chooses and explores a topic of interest through reading books and using objects.
Each backpack has 3 components:
Books: (a topical fiction, picture, poetry, biography) book and a non-fiction book,
Interactive object or manipulable: (telescope, binocular, magic trick item, magnifier etc.), and
Expendables :( these are items created by the library that the kids get to KEEP.
The 4th grade students were surveyed about new Hobby Backpack topics and their choices included: Computer coding, Lego architecture, cartooning, insects and card tricks.
The project will expand next year to include 3rd and 5th grade.
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JUMPING FOR JOY (AND HEART)
Akiba students have raised over $1057 as our students learn about living a heart healthy life and supporting the American Heart Association.
Students learned about healthy choices and life styles and began to jump rope as part of their exercise and commitment to staying fit and healthy.
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BUSINESS PRINCIPLES
David Rosenhouse, father of third grader Aaron Rosenhouse, spoke to both third grade classes about what it means to be an accountant. Third graders were very interested in how costs affect profit and learned how these words relate to their bracelet business. They were also shocked about how many taxes businesses and individuals have to pay. Thanks so much for coming!
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6TH GRADE GIRLS WORK ON DEVELOPING CHARACTER
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6TH GRADE COMPETES FOR KNOWLEDGE
6th graders worked in Kahhot sets - to determine who will be the finalist at the Mishnah face off on Monday.
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PURIM IN MATH PRACTICE
3rd grade combined fractions and area, along with art, to create fantastic Purim masks.
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5TH GRADE: WE SEE THE LIGHT!!!
5th graders learned all about insulators, conductors, open and closed circuits: this 'let there be light' thing IS challenging!
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KINDNESS COUNTS
The 7th grade girls are starting the Akiba Kindness Challenge tomorrow to kick off on
April 1-19.
Below are the scheduled challenges:
April 1: Smile at 25 people
April 4: Pickup a pieces of trash around campus
April 5: Say "Thank you" to a staff member
Apirl 6: Make a new friend
April 7:
Write a thank you note to your teacher
Arpil 8: Play with someone new during recess
April 11: Open the door for someone
April 12: Help pick up the balls during recess
Arpil 13: Complement someone on doing something kind for you
April 14: Say "Good Morning" to 5 people
April 15:
Make a wish for a child in another country
April 18: Write a happy message with sidewalk chalk at recess
April 19: Create your own kind deed
Thank you for your support!
Heather Behr, MS Counselor
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WRITERS' BLOCK
Second grade students interviewed their parents about their careers and then wrote about it.
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INVENTION CONVENTION
8th Graders explain the science behind trans-formative inventions and their impact on society.
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BNOT SHERUT
Tal and Neriya, the Bnot Sherut, taught their Nitzanim students songs about chocolate. Tal and Neriya showed the students this video to teach them the song.The students helped make chocolate balls to emphasis their new vocabulary.
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Mr. Zenouda, Bnot Sheruit Neriya's dad, passed through Dallas and made a stop at our MS. He spoke about making aliyah from France when he was a teenager and the importance of being in Eretz Yisrael.
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Nitzanim: With Purim behind us, Pesach is coming to life in the Early Childhood Program. Morah Dorit and Morah Sarah's Nitzanim class were excited to explore their new Pesach discovery table. Morah Dorit also asked her Nitzanim children what they remember about Pesach and this is what they said:
Madeline- You put special foods on the Seder plate.
Rebecca-Eating matza
Hailey-In Merrick I remembered a song where we chopped food with my mommy.
Talia- Eating matza.
Benji- There was a baby in Pesach. Moshe.
Clegg- I have a book about Passover.
Nathan- the plate.
Ronni- Eating the food over there (points to our Pesach table).
Adira- matza.
Isaac- Pesach is soon.
Teenoki:
Our Teenoki children are also getting their hands on Pesach. This is such a rich holiday with so many opportunities for exploration, critical thinking, and discovery.
K'Ton Ton:
Spring is here and Morah Bonnie and Morah Jenny's K'Ton Ton class decided to take a nature walk around the camous to explore its many colors. They found many beautiful treasures throughout.
Chaverim:
Morah Malka, Morah Amy, and Morah Vickie's Chaverim class made challah today. They used this experience as an opportunity to see how long it takes bread to rise. This allowed the children to really understand why B'nai Israel had to make matzah when they were leaving Mitzrayim, because challah takes so much more time.
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NURSE'S NOTES
Many chronic health problems such as childhood obesity have been linked to sugared beverages. milk.
When packing a lunch beverage for your children, please include only plain milk, water. A 12-ounce sports drink(Gatorade,etc.) has 5 tsps. of sugar, fruit punch pouch 11 ½ tsps!
Like any good habit, starting young makes it easy to incorporate into a healthy lifestyle. Role model healthy nutrition, fostering a whole family approach.
Replacing sugary drinks with more healthful ones can be challenging. Adding small amounts of 100% fruit juice, slices/ squirts of lemon, lime, orange can add flavor to a glass of water. Talk up the benefits: healthy skin, better athlete, fewer cavities!
Water your thirst!
Susan Donnenfield, RN
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Mazel Tov to Suzie Hacker, PS and LS counselor, on her son's Bar Mitzvah last Shabbat.
Mazel Tov to The Akiba Academy Early Childhood Program who became a proud recipient of the Helen E. Risch Preschool Scholarship Endowment Fund of the Dallas Jewish Community Foundation.
The fund's philosophy is based upon Helen Risch's belief that children excel as a result of a Jewish education which increases their awareness of who they are and their place in the world as opposed to those who believe isolating children in a Jewish setting may interfere with "making it in the outside world."
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COMMUNITY NOTICES
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Rabbi Rackovsky's Thursday class will resume after Pesach (May 5th).
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Those that sign up will be dismissed appropriately on Friday (May 6th) for the Shabbaton.
For payments through 'Shaare Tefilla':
Non members, please contact us through the info on the google form
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STUDENTS AGAINST TERRORISM AND POINTS FOR PEACE
Students Against Terrorism's keynote event, Points for Peace, is a 3-on-3 basketball tournament for people of all ages starting from 1st grade to Adults. All of the funds raised go to OneFamily Together, whose goal is to aid victims of terror. If you would like to contribute a donation or sign up a team please visit our website at:
http://studentsagainstterrorism.org.
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STAY CONNECTED TO AKIBA'S SOCIAL MEDIA
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Akiba Academy provides a superior general and Judaic education to children in preschool through eighth grade. As a Modern Orthodox school, Akiba Academy develops ethical and responsible members of the Jewish people and American society, knowledgeable about and committed to their Jewish heritage and the State of Israel. For more information about Akiba contact
info@akibaacademy.org
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