UPCOMING EVENTS
  • Ongoing: Team sports schedules are posted here.
  • Tuesdays, 12:30pm Boardroom: Join Rebbetzin Chana Naparstek, fellow Akiba moms and staff, for study and meaningful insight into the weekly Parsha.
  • Thursdays, 8:30am Boardroom: Rabbi Rackovsky's Pathways in the Parsha.
  • Nov 30: Jewish Reading Fair at 6:30pm. (Discovery classes will still take place.)
  • Dec 1: Shabbat Dress Day.
  • Dec 5: It's a Girl Thing! For 7th & 8th Grade Girls. 
  • Dec 5-9: Book Fair.
  • Dec 7: No School for Preschool due to Parent/Teacher conferences.
  • Dec 13, 8:15am: Hannukah University. Prepping home and family for Hannukah
  • Dec 13: Keep the Momentum Going. A special event with Lori Palatnik. For more information click HERE.
  • Dec 19: Winter Break Begins
  • Jan 3: Back to School. Winter Break Ends
  • Jan 3: It's a Girl Thing! For 7th & 8th Grade Girls. 

YEARBOOK ADS FOR SALE
 
Yearbook ads are now available for purchase. PURCHASE HERE

JEWISH READING FAIR
 
GO SHOPPING AKIBA FUNDRAISER
 
  All you need to do is shop online or donate a gift card through this website to your child's classroom. And while you are doing this, your child can earn prizes. It is that easy!
 
Here are the steps:
  • Register at www.schoolstore.net to do your online shopping at over 400 stores that you would usually shop at. Share this with family and friends as we get a percentage off their shopping too. The website will walk you through how to shop once you enter in our school ID code.
  • Visit www.schoolstore.com to donate a CARING FOR CLASSROOMS gift card to your child's classroom. The gift card will be sent to the school and will identify the teacher and family that donated it.
Everyone comes out a winner in this fun fundraiser.
HOUR OF CODE IS COMING....

Akiba Academy of Dallas will be participating in the Global Hour of Code initiative.  CSEdWeek is held in recognition of the birthday of computing pioneer Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906).  If you have a career in Computer Science and would like to volunteer to speak to our students or help facilitate an hour of code, please contact Aimee Wortendyke, Educational Technologist, at: awortendyke@akibaacademy.org.


DISCOVERY DEMO CLASSES

Two of our discovery classes will be offering a demo class so that any student interested may try the session at no cost before spring discovery begins. If your child is interested in attending either, please RSVP to Kim Young at kyoung@akibaacademy.org.
 
 
Nexplore Games - Tuesday, December 13 from 3:45-4:45pm
Zumba Kids - Wednesday, December 14 from 3:45-4:45pm

FOR A HEALTHY WINTER AT SCHOOL

  • Get at least 8 hours of sleep at night.
  • Eat breakfast.
  • Take medicine if needed for colds and other aches and pains before school.
  • Wear clothes appropriate for the weather.
  • Carry a backpack on both shoulders; don't carry more than 15% of your weight.
  • Wash hands before eating, after using the bathroom, after coughing or blowing nose.
  • Exercise each day.

TAI CHI CLASS

Akiba is offering Tai Chi preview classes for adults (parents, faculty and staff) , Tuesdays, November 29th,  and December 6th, 4-5p.m. in Pollman Hall. If there is enough interest, this will be offered weekly throughout the spring semester. Please let Nurse Susan know  ASAP to reserve your spot in this class. We will need a minimum of 8 people to ensure this class gets off the ground.

BAKE SALE
 
 
  

 
There are several hot lunch slots open for the rest of the semester. Please consider signing up once or for a recurring slot. Grandparents welcome, too! Sign up here.
 
Akiba PTO Winter Wonderland Book Fair coming December 5th-9th! To volunteer as a Snowflake Helper at the Book Fair, sign up at: SNOWFLAKE HELPER.
 
Winter  Wonderland Hours and Special Events :    
  • 12/5 8am-5pm Kindergarten Breakfast with Dads (8:30am)
  • 12/6 8am-5pm Grandparents' Shop (all day)
  • 12/7 8am-5pm Preschool Parents' Shop (all day)
  • 12/8 8am-5pm Dads' Fiesta Lunch (1st-8th grades)
  • 12/9 8am-1pm Last Chance Shop
 
Visit the PTO webpage to keep up with events and get involved: CLICK HERE.
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Akiba Academy provides a superior general and Judaic education to children in preschool through eighth grade. As a Modern Orthodox school, Akiba Academy develops ethical and responsible members of the Jewish people and American society, knowledgeable about and committed to their Jewish heritage and the State of Israel. For more information about Akiba contact  info@akibaacademy.org .