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Parshat Ki Teitzei   
       Shabbat Candle Lighting 7:06 p.m.       Havdalah 8:13 p.m.

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THE MIDDAH (JEWISH VALUE) FOR THE MONTH OF ELUL  
IS 
TZEDEK - RIGHTEOUSNESS

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PTO Anouncements
Click  here to sign up for your PTO membership, order Pizza for Thursday Lunch and ensure your child will enjoy Early Childhood Shabbat celebrations. 
8th Grade Trip Fundraiser - Challah and Pita Sales
As an 8th Grade student fundraiser to support their annual trip to Washington, they will be selling Challah and Pita to families on Fridays. 

Click here to purchase your weekly Challah or Pita orders for the semester or year ahead.
Calendar of Upcoming Events
MS Girls Volleyball vs. Cornerstone Christian (Away)
Thursday, September 15, 2016
4:30 p.m. 
HS Boys Flag Football vs. Living Water (Away)
Thursday, September 15, 2016
5:00 p.m. 
HS Girls Volleyball vs. Brazosport Christian (Away)
Thursday, September 15, 2016
6:00 p.m. 
Flu Shot Clinic
Monday, September 19, 2016
7:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Reichenthal Bet Midrash
MS Girls Volleyball vs. Veritas Christian Academy (Away)
Monday, September 19, 2016
4:30 p.m. 
Middle School Retreat
Tuesday, September 20 - 
Wednesday September 21
Camp Cho Yeh
MS Girls Volleyball vs. Honor Roll (Away)
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
4:30 p.m. 
HS Girls Volleyball vs. Chinquapin (Away)
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
5:00 p.m. 
MS Girls Volleyball vs. Grace (Away)
Thursday, September 22, 2016
4:30 p.m. 
HS Boys Flag Football vs. Chinquapin (Away)
Thursday, September 15, 2016
5:00 p.m. 
HS Girls Volleyball vs. Baytown Christian (Away)
Thursday, September 22, 2016
6:00 p.m. 
MS Girls Volleyball vs. Holy Spirit Episcopal (Away)
Monday, September 24, 2016
4:30 p.m. 
MS Girls Volleyball vs. St. Thomas (Home)
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
4:30 p.m. 
HS Boys Flag Football vs. Oaks (Home)
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
5:00 p.m. 
HS Girls Volleyball vs. Briarwood (Home)
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
5:30 p.m. 
HS Better Together Program Visit to The Medallion Jewish Assisted Living Facility  
Thursday, September 29, 2016
4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.  
Calendar of Weekly Events
EC2-K Spring After School 
Activities 

Soccer Shots - Monday

Kids Robotic Academy - Tuesday

Mad Science - Wednesday

Ballet - Thursday 

Happy Hands - Friday 

For more details and to sign up for activities click here

Questions?  Contact Loren Chorn
Middle School Torah Cafe
Wednesdays 
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
If you are interested in sponsoring Torah Cafe for a week please contact Rabbi Levitt
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
ISRAEL HOUSE HOUSTON EVENT
Sunday September 18
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 
ERJCC
Click here for details 
MAZAL TOV
Mazal Tov to Aaron Koual (7th Grade)  and his family on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah. 
SABAS SCHOOL LUNCH
Please  click here  to order and purchase your hot lunches for the rest of the school year catered by Saba's Restaurant.   
BNEI AKIVA ANNOUNCEMENTS
Arba Minim
Click here for details 

Shuk Sukkot
Sunday October 16
10 a.m.-12:00 p.m. 
UOS
Click here for details 
LIBRARY ANNOUNCEMENTS
We have a number of overdue library books that to be returned as soon as possible. 

For Library related queries, contact Barbara Freilich.
NURSE'S NOOK
FLU SHOT CLINIC
Monday, September 19, 2016
7:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Reichenthal Bet Midrash

Please remember to email or call the nurse if your child is out of school for any health issue. Thank you in advance.

If your child needs to take medication on campus for any reason, please make sure you fill out the  medication form and bring the medication to clinic. Under no circumstances may a student have any medication in their possession while on campus.
COLLEGE CORNER
IMPORTANT COLLEGE CORNER ANNOUNCEMENTS

Rice University 
Open House 
Sunday, September 18  1:30-5:00 PM.  
Register online here
Poster is available on the college Bulletin Board.  

Affording a College Education: What you need to know about FAFSA
Tuesday, September 20 at 6pm 
RMBA Library 
Parents are invited to attend 

Yeshiva University Parent Reception
Monday September 26 at 7pm 
Passy Residence

Washington University in St. Louis
Student/Parent Information Session
Sunday October 2  2:00 - 3:00 PM
Hilton Houston Galleria
6780 Southwest Freeway
No reservation is needed.

Experience Penn
Wednesday, October 5 7:00 PM
Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center
4400 West 18th Street, Board Room Auditorium

Three universities have invited Beren students for a Shabbaton.
Cornell   September 16-17
MIT       September  16-17
Yale       October 14-15
Interested students, please see Mr. Stabell.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, MA will visit RMBA 
Thursday, October 13 9:15 a.m. 


SAT Test Schedule 
Test Date:                Register By:
October 2                  Passed
November 6              October 7
December 4              November 3
January 22                December 21
March 12                   February 10
May 7                        April 7
June 4                       May 9

First time SAT testers must register with the paper form found in Mr. Stabell's office.

See Mr. Stabell for details or look for the announcement on the  College Bulletin Board.

UNIFORM ANNOUNCEMENT
Lands End is an RMBA uniform provider!   Click here to easily order!

To purchase RMBA Spirit Wear Shirts   for the whole family click  here ! 
SCHOOL DIRECTORY
A reminder that the school directory is available to parents on RenWeb. 
ATTENDANCE PROCEDURES
ATTENDANCE 
If your child is going to be late or not attending school on any given day please email  office@berenacademy.org
RMBA SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND 
Robert M. Beren Academy has created a Scholarship Endowment Fund in honor of Dr. Alan Hoffman.  For more information about how you can support the Endowment Fund contact the Development Director Leigh Levine
SAFETY FIRST
As a reminder, Cliffwood and Greenwillow are neighborhood streets. Please obey all speed limits and courtesies in respect to our neighbors.
CREATE A LEGACY CAMPAIGN
"Every individual is a pillar on which the future of Judaism rests." - Abraham Joshua Heschel 

Legacy giving will ensure the success and vitality of Robert M. Beren Academy for generations to come.  For more information about the Create a Legacy Program click here or please contact Development Director Leigh Levine

September 15, 2016                                                          12 Elul 5776
VIDEO HIGHLIGHT
Morah Ronith uses music and movement to engage her 2nd grade students.

  
STUDENT COUNCIL RESULTS 
MS Student Council Election Results
President ...............................Eitan Geralnik
Vice President........................Coral Yeudai
Secretary ..............................Noa Geralnik
Treasurer ...............................Ohad Tessler
6th Grade Representatives..Ellen Morgan and Shani Yanowitz
7th Grade Representative.........Elie Gelman
8th Grade Representative.........Netanya Rubin

HS Student Council Election Results
President................................Chaim Gerlitz
VP of Communication..............Goldie Serwatien
VP of Student Life...................Shira Levitt
VP of Treasury........................Maya Wadler
Community Service Liaison......Dina Kirshner
12th Grade Delegate................Ben Gelman
11th Grade Delegate................Nathan Plumb
10th Grade Delegate................Tali Miller
9th Grade Delegate................. Daniel Gross

Mazal Tov to all our newly elected student representatives! 
PAST RMBA HIGHLIGHTS 
JUDAIC DISCUSSIONS
Rabbi Kellerman leads an in depth discussion with his Men's Seminar class and students are looking forward to begin visiting local Jewish community leaders to learn more about their important roles. 


COUNT ON US
EC4 students are working on arithmetic and they proudly display their necklaces they created themselves by cutting and counting 10 beads and stringing them on yarn. 


PICTURE IT
Mr. Novick's Middle School Social Studies class played Geography themed Pictionary in class. Students were full of excitement as they worked in teams and had to guess the type of challenging geographical image their teammates drew.  Sascha Ayach feverishly draws while Rannanah Vorzman and  Yitzi Seifert play along. 


VOTERS UNITE
Kindergarten students were read four wonderful books throughout the week and then they each voted for their favorite book. Voting was done in secret to ensure a free and fair election of the best book of the week! Nadav Nunes-Cell shares his pick with Mrs. Blumberg as Yarin Jarufi waits for his turn.
 

DEVELOPING ARTISTS 
Middle School Art and Photography students (l-r) Tchelet Carmel, Jeremy Morgan and Jacob Plumb proudly stand by the film they developed as explore the intricate process of using film cameras as opposed to digital.  


WHAT COMES NEXT?
Mrs. Schneider read  part of "Kitten's first Full Moon" by Kevin Henkes to her first graders and then based on the information at hand, each student made a prediction for how the book should end that was shared on the SMARTboard. Results were both creative and remarkably close the actual ending. 


TWO IS BETTER THAN ONE
Ariella Ruben (l) and Rena Schwartz (r)  work together to solve Geometry equations in Mrs. Rosenzweig's class. 


PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS
2nd graders Shir Ogorek and Abbie Agranov are eagerly practicing their counting skills in various denominations with the use of coins.in Mr. Riklin's class  


JUDGED ACCORDINGLY
(l-r) Jordie Yoshor, Natalie Bublil and Liel Vakin are learning about this past Shabbat's Parsha, Shoftim -Judges in Morah Roza's 4th grade Judaic studies class. 


SENSATIONAL CELL DIORAMAS
Mrs. Massey's 5th graders Hailey Morgan and Raya Sulman display their amazing animal and plant cell dioramas in the school lobby. 
ATHLETICS UPDATES 
Flag Football

The Beren Academy Flag Football team lost a tough one  on Tuesday to Cristo Rey.  The Stars will travel to  Living Water on September 15th.

To access the Flag Football Schedule, please click  here
   
High School Volleyball

The Stars dropped a tough game against Pasadena First Baptist on September 13th.   The girls will open up district play against Brazosport Christian on Thursday, September 15th.

Complete Volleyball Game schedules can be found by clicking  here
 
 
Middle School Volleyball

The Beren Academy MS Volleyball team will travel to Cornerstone Christian on Sept. 15th. 

Complete Volleyball Game schedules can be found by clicking  here
 
Basketball Tryouts will take place during the last week of October. 

Access the Athletics Calendar Click Here
Please re-sync your calendars weekly if it is something that you do.
If you have any questions about sports, please contact Coach Cole at  chriscole@berenacademy.org.

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      For questions related to the Beren Buzz please contact Leigh Levine at llevine@berenacademy.org 
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