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A Message from Religious School Principal, Lois Tompkins
This Sunday: we are super excited to welcome "Austin", a
K9 for Warriors service dog-in-training. Our Religious School will be partnering with
K9 for Warriors to allow the puppies to be around children, as well as to teach the children all about service dogs. Austin will be visiting our classes and will also be at our hafsakah (break time) so that he learn to deal with lots of noisy, playing children. Parents are welcome to join us to learn about this program. Please contact me for a specific time to visit your child's class.
We have more upcoming events: World Wide Wrap, Tu B'Shvat (the birthday of the trees!) and our Hagigat HaSiddur (receiving a siddur/prayer book) program!
Our 1st graders will celebrate the formal beginning of their Jewish education on 2 days! On Saturday, Feb. 3, this class will be joining the Martin J. Gottlieb Day School 1st graders on the bima during Shabbat services in the morning for a short but delightful program. They will sing a few songs (mostly related to the Torah portion for that week,
Yitro, which is where we get the 10 Commandments) and be presented with a special certificate. Parents will present their children with their new siddur, which will be dressed in beautiful, individualized covers lovingly handmade by them! A nice kiddush luncheon will follow.
On Sunday, Feb. 4, our families are invited to a Religious School celebration continuation at 11:30 am! The 1st grade students will once again present their musical program for our entire school, and will be given their siddurim to keep, leagrams (messages from family and congregants), and a sweet treat.
Please don't forget to order your leagrams as soon as possible - they are due on Friday. See below for details and links.
Feb. 4 will also be a busy day in our school for all grades. It is the annual World Wide Wrap, a national program at which our middle school students, grades 6 and 7, get a chance to wrap tefillin and to learn about this amazing custom along with other congregants. A breakfast will be served to all that attended the short service. Todah Rabbah to Men's Club for sponsoring. Here is a picture from last year's World Wide Wrap:
Also on Feb. 4, prior to the Hagigat HaSiddur program, our students in grades K-5 will enjoy a Tu B'Shvat Seder! This is an old custom, where we celebrate the fruits and nuts that we get from trees, in a special seder complete with 4 cups of grape juice, 4 questions, and joyous songs...a fun and educational treat!
B'Shalom,
Lois
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