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       Shabbat Candle Lighting 6:33 p.m.       Havdalah 7:40 p.m.

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THE MIDDAH (JEWISH VALUE) FOR THE MONTH OF TISHREI IS
SHALOM BAYIT - PEACE AND HARMONY

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Click  here to read the digital Koleinu 2016 RMBA Newsletter. 
Save the Date
Lower School Grandparents and Special Friends Day 
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
8:30 a.m. 
Calendar of Upcoming Events
MS Volleyball vs. Cornerstone Christian (Home)
Thursday, October 13, 2016
4:30 p.m. 
HS Volleyball Football vs. Briarwood (Away)
Thursday, October 13, 2016
5:00 p.m. 
Sukkot Day 1 and 2 
Monday, October 17 - 
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
School Closed
Elementary School Field trip to Houston Zoo
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Upper School Sukkot Parties at Teachers' Homes
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Upper School Field trip to Galveston
Thursday, October 20, 2016
High School Volleyball Home Game vs. Brazosport Christian
Thursday, October 20, 2016
5:30 p.m.
Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah - School Closed
Monday, October 24, 2016 -Tuesday October 25, 2016 
4th and 5th Grade Fire Station Visit
Thursday, October 27, 2016
12:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
HS Better Together Visit to Medallion Jewish Assisted Living Facility
Thursday, October 27, 2016 
4:30 p.m. - 5:15 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
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.   
COMMUNITY EVENTS  
The Merfish Teen Center Venue Open House 
Merfish Teen Center 
9000 S. Rice Ave., 77096
Thursday, October 13, 2016
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 
A Conversation about Jewish Education with Jason Bedrick of Cato Institute by Texans for Education Opportunity
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Home of Basya & Tomer Benshushan
11010 Braes Forest Drive
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. 
For more details, Click here
SCHOOL FUNDRAISERS
Senior Sukkah Building
Support the Senior trip to Israel with assistance to build or take down your Sukkah. For details click  here
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.
PTO  ANNOUNCEMENTS
Click  here to sign up for your PTO membership, order Pizza for Thursday Lunch and ensure your child will enjoy Early Childhood Shabbat celebrations. 
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
The library is selling old VHS that were in the library for $1 each.  If you have a VHS at home and are interested in purchasing some of them, please contact Barbara Freilich or Melissa Bernosky.   We have childrens videos, young adult videos and family videos.
COLLEGE CORNER
IMPORTANT COLLEGE CORNER ANNOUNCEMENTS

Yale University has invited Beren students for a Shabbaton.
October 14-15
Interested students, please see Mr. Stabell.


SAT Test Schedule 
Test Date:                Register By:
November 6              Passed
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

October 13, 2016                                                          11 Tishrei 5776
FROM THE DESK OF THE ADMIN TEAM
 
This week's administrator blog titled "The Art and Heart Of Giving Feedback" is written by Judaic Studies Principal Rabbi Aaron Levitt here.

VIDEO HIGHLIGHT   
Better Together high school participants gathered for an afternoon of Torah learning and discussion on the subject of Hiddur P'nai Zaken, valuing the elderly. Students learned Jewish texts and were challenged to think about how we show fear, respect, honor, love, reverence, and appreciation to the people in our lives. After some thoughtful discussion, students reflected in their Better Together journals about how they could use today's insights in cultivating relationships with the residents at The Medallion this year. 

PAST RMBA HIGHLIGHTS 
CARDS FOR HUMANITY
Seventh grade practices how to add and subtract integer numbers while playing cards. The red cards were positive numbers, black numbers negative numbers and the game and learning was on. Students loved this game and the learning was amazing. 


MATCH IT
Mikaela Bublil (EC3) practices matching the correct numbers with the corresponding amounts of images.  


NEW IMAGE
Molly Goldstein stands alongside her latest work as she assists Mrs. Bryant who is installing the latest collection of student art on our Photography Gallery wall.  


TIPPING POINT
Judaics teacher Morah Ruti introduces the concept of Yom Kippur with her EC 3 students and using a scale, illustrates how their shared good deeds should hopefully outweigh any negatives ones.  


HEATING UP 
Mrs. Schneider's first graders are learning about temperature and conducted an experiment to understand how fur keeps animals warm. They placed two thermometers in ice water with one wrapped in cotton balls. Can you guess which thermometer retained its heat? 


ADDING UP
EC4 is counting the days until we hit the 100 days of school mark and every day during circle time they use their counting blocks in multiples of 10 to track the days. Rita Harari is assisting Morah Heather as they move into day 31.  


MULTIPLE SMILES 
(l-r) Nathan Hafkin, Rafi Miller, Dovi Schoen, Ami Gelman are completing their multiplication worksheets in Mrs. Massey's class. 


TEAM WORK
Morah Roza Gross's 4th grade class is using their Judaic workbooks to learn about are working on Parshat Veyeilech. Pooling their knowledge is  (l-r) Hodaya Vaknin, Yael Meckley, Yuval Milo and Chana Jacobson 


HIGH SCHOOL TISCH
Our High School students gathered for a special tisch last week.  


A MEANINGFUL YOM KIPPUR 
Upper School Students welcomed Rabbi Barry Gelman from UOS to share his insights for a meaningful Yom Kippur. 


ATHLETICS UPDATES 
Flag Football
The Stars  finished the season with an impressive 5-3 record.  Congratulations to Coach Stribling and the boys for a great season.
   
High School Volleyball
The girls will travel to Briarwood on Thursday, October 13th to take on the Lady Mustangs. Complete Volleyball Game schedules can be found by clicking  here
 
Middle School Volleyball
The Beren Academy MS Volleyball team will play their last game of the season at home on October 13th against Cornerstone Christian. Complete Volleyball Game schedules can be found by clicking  here
 
Basketball
Basketball Tryouts will take place on October 26 - October 30.
Middle School Girls Basketball will be open to all girls in grades 6-8.
Middle School Boys Basketball will be open to all boys in grades 5-8.
High School Girls Basketball will be open to all girls in grades 9-12.
High School Boys Basketball will be open to all girls in grades 9-12.

Information about basketball will be sent out by  next Wednesday that includes practice and game schedules along with all information that parents will need about the season.  

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.


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