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

RMBA is a proud partner of

Save the Date
Lower School Grandparents and Special Friends Day 
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
8:30 a.m. 
Calendar of Upcoming Events
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.
Parent Teacher Conference Registration 
Click here between November 1-10, 2016 to register 
Rosh Chodesh Elementary School Special Dress Day
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
MS Girls Basketball Home Game vs. Holy Spirit
Wednesday November 2, 2016 
4:30 p.m. 
MS JV Boys Basketball Home Game vs. Holy Spirit
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
5:30 p.m.
MS Varsity Boys Basketball Home Game vs. Holy Spirit
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
6:30 p.m.
HS Girls Basketball Away Game vs. Logos
Thursday, November 3, 2016
6:00 p.m.
HS JV Boys Basketball Away Game vs. Living Water
Thursday, November 3, 2016
6:00 p.m.
HS Varsity Boys Basketball Home Game vs. Living Water
Thursday, November 3, 2016
7:30 p.m.
SAT Testing
Sunday, November 6, 2016
7:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
HS JV Boys Basketball Home Game vs. Emery 
Monday, November 7, 2016
4:30 p.m.
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade Parent Child Night 
Monday, November 7, 2016
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
HS Girls Basketball Away Game vs. Emery 
Monday, November 7, 2016
6:00 p.m.
HS Boys Varsity Basketball Away Game vs. Emery 
Monday, November 7, 2016
7:30 p.m.
MS Boys JV Basketball Away Game vs. Honor Roll 
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
4:30 p.m.
MS Girls Basketball Home Game vs. Honor Roll 
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
4:30 p.m.
MS Varsity Boys Basketball Away Game vs. Honor Roll 
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
5:30 p.m.
4th-5th Grade Parent Child Night
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
3pm Early Dismissal Begins on Fridays
Friday, November 11, 2016
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  
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
Mitzvah Medical Supplies for Haiti
Please donate by: 
Tuesday November 1, 2016
Click here for details 
UOS Parshat Shabbat Noach to Celebrate Cantor Emeritus Irving Dean 
Friday Evening and Saturday, 
November 4 and November 5, 2016
UOS
Jewish Book and Arts Fair 
Oliver Lapin Family Day 
Sunday, November 6, 2016
ERJCC
For more details, Click here
SCHOOL FUNDRAISERS
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
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


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 27, 2016                                                          25 Tishrei 5777
FROM THE DESK OF THE ADMIN TEAM
 
This week's administrator blog titled "Getting Back Into the Groove" is written by Lower School General Studies Principal Helene Lubel here.

VIDEO HIGHLIGHT   
In honor of Fire Safety Month, Lower School students were treated to a visit from local Fire Fighters and even though they had to tend to a call, they returned shortly thereafter much to the delight of our students!

PAST RMBA HIGHLIGHTS 
GETTING INKED
Morah Rivkie's 3rd grade Judaics class practiced writing sefer Torah style using "quills and ink on parchment" with Mikey Sulman as seen below trying his hand. 



TORAH PUPPETS
Morah Aviva's EC3 students (l-r) Asher Berman, Chana Koual and Doran Miller show off their Torah puppets they made in honor of Simchat Torah. 


READY TO READ
Mr. Riklin's students Shir Ogorek and Abbie Agranov enjoyed their reading time followed by a class discussion where students shared a difficult word they did not know the meaning of to be written on the board and as a group they would try to determine its meaning. 


FLAG WAVERS
Morah Helee's EC3 students (l-r) Gavrielle Footnik, Oshri Ratchcovski and Eliya Rozental proudly wave their flags in honor of Simchat Torah. 


FOSSIL FRIENDS 
(l-r) Aryeh Meckley and Matti Katz-Warmflash are creating their very own fossils in Mrs. Fowler's class. 


BIOLOGY BELTERS
Middle Schoolers Noa Ashlag and Benjamin Chorn were tasked in Ms. Goldstein's class to work together to create a song about cells and the function of their organelles. 


EASY AS 1...2...3...
Morah Elizabeth works with EC2 students Cole Bryant (l) and Orel Ratchcovski (r) to introduce counting skills. 


MITZVAH FLAGS
Kindergarten students (l-r) Ella Bublil, Israel Dov Liberman and Gabriella Yadan decorated flags that included a small window where each student wrote a mitzvah that they had performed inside of it. 


THE GREAT BAKE OFF
8th Grade Science and Math classes collaborated on a crossover lesson and together they baked challah while learning about chemical changes, ratios and measurement.


TORAH TORAH TORAH 
Rabbi Levitt treated EC4 students with a visit accompanied by an actual Torah. 


TRICKY WORDS
Mrs. Schneider's 1st graders (l-r) Ami Kellerman and Noam Krispil learn about context clues for tricky words in English class.



ATHLETICS UPDATES 
Basketball
Basketball tryouts began on Wednesday October 26 and continue on Thursday October 27. See below...
Middle School Girls Basketball will be open to all girls in grades 6-8 and will take place on  Thursday, October 27th from  4:15 - 5:15.
Middle School Boys Basketball will be open to all boys in grades 5-8 and will take place on  Thursday, October 27th from  5:15 - 6:30.


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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