Enjoy Kushner Connections- Weekly Newsletter

September 21, 2018 /12th of Tishrei 5779 / Parashat Ha'Azinu /Candle lighting: 6:36pm

Early Childhood and Lower School

Students have been busy since the start of school learning about all of the chagim in Tishrei, currently focusing on chag Sukkot. They've been hard at work on projects to beautify their sukkot including decorative Ushpizin, and meaningful decorations that display their learning. Students learned about the Arbah minim, and the brachot we say on sukkot, laws for eating in the sukkah, sukkot in the Torah and more. Early Childhood also used various materials such as blocks, legos, branches, magna-tiles, and construction paper to build sukkot.

Middle School

Sixth graders rolled up their sleeves to become amateur archaeologists as they examined artifacts, using their inferential skills to determine the purpose of each unique artifact presented.

Middle School students learned the halachot of the lulav and etrog including shaking the lulav while reciting hallel and at specifically designated points during the tefilah, including while saying, Hodu L'Hashem Ki Tov, ("Give thanks to Hashem for he is good.") Following a discussion of offering beautiful reasons why we shake the lulav then, the students elaborated on those words from tefilah with the things they are thankful for as it relates to this holiday. They are excited to take their posters home to hang up in the Sukkah!

High School

DISCONNECT TO RECONNECT

On Monday, RKYHS students joined together with Jewish Day School from across the metropolitan area to “Disconnect to Reconnect” before Yom Kippur as they disconnected from their mobile devices and reconnected to their peers through direct and personal communication.

MEETING CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE

MIKIE SHERRILL

RKYHS students had the privilege to hear from Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic candidate for Congress representing New Jersey's 11th district. Sherrill talked to the students about her stances on a variety of topics and she was impressed with the students' informed, thoughtful and insightful questions and knowledge of and engagement in politics and current events.

SELICHOT KUMSITZ

RKYHS ANNUAL TIYUL

All RKYHS students, faculty, and administration headed out to the Pocono Valley Resort on Thursday for the annual Tiyul Beit Sifri. It was an amazing day of bonding, community building and friendship as students spent the day engaged in a plethora of fun activities, and enjoying a BBQ, bonfire, and kumsitz.

WE THE PEOPLE

RKYHS students joined thousands of students and teachers who took the "Preamble Challenge" for Constitution Day on September 17, which celebrates the signing of the Constitution. In groups, students had discussed the aspirational clauses, contrasting their relevance and importance in 1789 and 2018. The students then condensed their conclusions into a few sentences written on posters. On Constitution Day, the students recited the Preamble, interjecting their own commentaries.

Please click here to watch the students' presentations.

Motzei Shabbat welcomed students for an

uplifting pre-Yom Kippur kumsitz, selichot,

and melave malka at RKYHS!

Early Bird Deadline Registration for Seussical has been extended to September 27th- Don't delay register today!

Save the Date! RKYHS Open House is Sunday, November 11, 2018.

Save the Date for the JKHA/RKYHS ATID SOCIETY concert on

Sunday, December 2nd

The Deadline to sign up for Chugim is coming up next week.

Click Here For A Full List of Chugim

PTC

Don't worry if you didn't have a chance to pick up JKHA and RKYHS spirit wear at Back to School Nights - you can order your spirit wear here!

http://www.likewear.com/jkha

Lifecycles

BAR AND BAT MITZVAHS

Mazal Tov to Emma Degen and to Michelle and Bennett Degen on the occasion of Emma's bat mitzvah.

Mazal Tov to Oren Gutkin and to Lisa and Dr. Michael Gutkin on the occasion of Oren's bar mitzvah.

Mazal Tov to Jacob Sabag and to Galit and Moris Sabag on the occasion of Jacob's bar mitzvah.

Mazal Tov to Jordan Serviss and to Dan and Lisa Serviss on the occasion of Jordan's bar mitzvah.

Mazal Tov to Sam Tennenberg and to Shoshana and Joel Tennenberg on the occasion of Sam's bar mitzvah.

Mazal Tov to Galit Usdan and Mica and Alex Usdan on the occasion of Galit's bat mitzvah.

BIRTHS

Mazal Tov to Erica and Eliot Bank on the birth of a baby girl. Mazal tov to siblings Dani (9th grade), Maya (7th grade), Talia (5th grade), and Aiden (kindergarten).

Mazal Tov to Melissa and Rabbi Natan Kapustin on the birth of a baby boy!

Mazal Tov to big brother Elazar (2nd grade) and all the Kapustin siblings.

Alumni

RKYHS was represented on the rink for the second annual HASC Hockey classic. The tournament was comprised of alumni from 12 different Yeshiva high schools raising money for HASC. Pictured: Arthur Greenfield (JKHA '12/RKYHS '16), Baruch Schaulewicz (RKYHS '02), Yeshaya Sussman (RKYHS '01), Yaron Zenou (RKYHS '01), Alec Rabinowitz (JKHA '12/RKYHS '16), Justin Schnitzer (RKYHS '01), Jon Novick (RKYHS '02), Derrick Schwartz (RKYHS '01), Elliot Schwartz (JKHA '10/RKYHS '14).