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Parashat Lech Lecha   
       Shabbat Candle Lighting 5:09 p.m.       Havdalah 6:17 p.m.

REMINDER:
Early Friday Dismissal begins this Friday, November 11 at 3 p.m.


Click here for the 2016/17 Year at a Glance 


THE MIDDAH (JEWISH VALUE) FOR THE MONTH OF CHESHVAN IS KIBBUD AV V'EM - HONORING PARENTS

RMBA is a proud partner of

Save the Date
Lower School Grandparents and Special Friends Day 
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
8:30 a.m. 
International Festival
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
5:30 p.m. 
Calendar of Upcoming Events
Parent Teacher Conference Registration NOW OPEN
Click here until November 10, 2016 to register 
MS Girls Basketball Away Game vs. Grace
Thursday, November 10, 2016 
4:30 p.m.
MS JV Boys Basketball Away Game v.s. Grace
Thursday, November 10, 2016 
5:30 p.m.
HS Girls Basketball @ YES Prep SW
Thursday, November 10, 2016 
5:30 p.m. 
 MS Varsity Boys Basketball Away Game v.s. Grace
Thursday, November 10, 2016 
6:30 p.m. 
HS Boys Varsity Basketball Away Game v.s. YES Prep SW
Thursday, November 10, 2016 
6:45 p.m. 
3pm Early Dismissal Begins on Fridays
Friday, November 11, 2016
TPG #1
Saturday, November 12, 2016 
7:30 p.m. -9:00 p.m.
Click here for details 
MS Boys JV Basketball Away Game v.s. YTE
Monday November 14, 2016 
6:00 p.m. 
K-12 Parent Teacher Conference
Tuesday November 15, 2016 
EC classes still in session
MS Girls Basketball Away Game v.s. Veritas
Tuesday November 15, 2016 
4:30 p.m. 
MS Boys Varsity Basketball Away Game v.s. Veritas
Tuesday, November 15, 2016 
5:30 p.m. 
HS Girls Basketball Home Game v.s. St.  Thomas
Tuesday, November 14, 2016 
6:30 p.m. 
MS JV Boys Basketball Home Game v.s. TDS
Wednesday, November 16, 2016 
4:30 p.m. 
HS Better Together Program Visit to the Medallion #3
Thursday, November 16, 2016 
4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. 
MS Girls Basketball Home Game v.s. Emery
Thursday, November 16, 2016 
4:30 p.m. 
MS Boys Basketball Away Game v.s. St. Thomas
Thursday, November 16, 2016 
5:30 p.m. 
HS Girls Basketball Away Game v.s. Southwest Christian Academy
Thursday, November 16, 2016 
6:00 p.m. 
HS Boys Basketball Away Game v.s. Southwest Christian Academy
Thursday, November 16, 2016 
7:30 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
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.   
MAZAL TOV
Mazal Tov to Rannanah Vorzman (7th Grade) on the occasion of her Bat Mitzvah.  
SCHOOL FUNDRAISERS
Mini-Camp for K-5
11th Grade Senior Trip Fundraiser 
Tuesday, November 15
Click here for details

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.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
NCSY and JSU - First Annual Comedy Night Save the Date
Sunday, January 22, 2017
NCSY and JSU is honoring Rabbi Urkowitz for his many years of dedication to NCSY and inspiring the lives of many Houston teens.    
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. 
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

Stern College Open House 
Sunday, November 13
9:15 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Yeshiva College Open House 
Sunday, November 20 
9a.m. - 4 p.m.

SAT Test Schedule 
Test Date:                Register By:
December 4              Passed
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

November 10, 2016                                                   9 Cheshvan 5777
FROM THE DESK OF THE ADMIN TEAM
 
This week's administrator blog titled "Honoring our Veterans" is written by  Upper School Principal Raquel Cedano here.

VIDEO HIGHLIGHT   
This week we hosted two parent child learning evenings for Grades K-3 and 4-5.  Families experienced insights into the General Studies curriculum in an engaging and inspiring manner. 


PAST RMBA HIGHLIGHTS 
STORYTIME
Morah Alissa reading her EC15 students one of their favorite books during story time My Shabbos 1,2 3's by Surie Fettman. 


CRYSTAL CREATIONS
5th Grade Students in Ms. Massey's class building crystals!



TORAH TIME
EC2 Children in Morah Esther's EC2 class make their own personalized Torahs!



ART IN THE ARK
EC3 students learned about animals and the story of Noah while working on creating their own Tevahs (Arks) in honor of parshat Noach last week.
Seen below (l-r)Yardena Stern and Asher Berman.
(l-r) Daniel Sharur, Natalia Yadan, Ben Ackerman and Lila Jacobs.




GETTING THE SHOT
Michael Duke from the JHV visited our AP art students and presented about using a vintage Graflex Crown Graphic camera that shoots large format 4x5 inch negatives. Students were given the opportunity to shoot and develop unique images around the school. (l-r) Techelet Carmel and Molly Goldstein getting some assistance from Michael Duke as art teacher Colleen Bryant looks on. 


TABLES TURNED
Rebekah Grzebinski takes a turn at the board as teacher and shares her insights into an Algebra equation with her peers. 


WATERWORKS 
EC4 students (l-r) Odia Shitrit and Loren Vaknin are working with watercolor in art class as part of a surprise art project that grandparents, special friends and parents can purchase on November 23 to support the school!


VISITORS APLENTY
Over the next few weeks, our Juniors and Seniors will be receiving guests from Yeshiva and Seminary programs in Israel as they begin to plan for their time beyond graduation. 


EMOTIONALLY INVESTED
A number of our elementary school grades participated in the Childbuilders guidance program that teaches students behaviors and strategies for staying safe. about emotional awareness as they navigate the unknown world ahead of them. 


MIX IT UP IS BACK
Sarah Plumb represents group 14 during lunch as elementary school students participated in a mix it up event led by the 5th Grade Student Council.  Students were randomly assigned a group to have lunch with and get to know a little better in an effort to encourage interaction and engagement across the board. 

ATHLETICS UPDATES 
Basketball

Middle School Girls - The MS girls basketball team will play against Grace School on  Thursday, November 10th at 4:30 PM.

Middle School JV Boys - The MS JV boys have moved to 3-0 on the season and look to improve that streak with a tough road game at Grace School on November 10th.

Middle School Varsity Boys - The MS Varsity boys are 1-2 on the season and look to get to .500 against a tough Grace team on November 10th.  

High School Teams win 2 out of 3 vs. Emery
The high school season got underway on November 7th with the Beren JV boys and the Girls Varsity both securing opening wins.  

The JV boys were able to hold off a comeback attempt by Emery late in the 4th Quarter.  

The High School Girls were led by Sapir Tessler and Rebekah Grzebinski in a tough game against Emery.  All of the girls played very hard.  The Lady Stars look to move to 2-0 on the season with another road test against YES Prep SW on November 10th.

The HS Varsity Boys dropped a tough opener to Emery on November 7th.  The Stars were led by Jonny Abitbol and Yisroel Yanowitz.  There were a lot of positives in the loss as the very young Stars were able to gain valuable experience against the Jags.  They will travel to YES Prep SW on November 10th.  

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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