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 23: Early Dismissal. 11:30am dismissal for preschool. Noon dismissal for lower and middle schools.
  • Nov 23: Grandparents and Special Friends' Day 8:45-11:30am.
  • Nov 24 & 25: School Closed for Thanksgiving.
  • Nov 28: School Closed. Teacher In-Service Day.
  • Nov 30: Jewish Reading Fair at 6:30pm.
 


PRESCHOOL SHABBAT
 
This Friday, K'Ton Ton families are invited to attend the Early Childhood Shabbat hosted by Morah Bonnie and Vicky's class. Please meet your child in Hanna's Room at 9 a.m. Shabbat concludes at 9:30 a.m. Afterward, parents are invited to join children for challah and grape juice in class.

Hospitality for moms and dads will be held in the Preschool Atrium from 8:30-9 a.m. 
 

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

8TH GRADE PORTRAITS

REMINDER: $120 per child (in the form of Cash or Check made payable to Elizabeth Brodbaker) is due by Nov 28th. Photos will be taken on November 28th, 2016.

JEWISH READING FAIR

Save the Date
Wednesday, November 30
6:30pm-8:00pm
 
Celebrate Jewish Book Month at our Jewish Reading Fair. Students in grades K-8 will display projects and make presentations about Jewish books they have ready over the past month.
 
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.
TAI CHI CLASS

Staff and parent classes will be offered weekly in 6-week segments for one hour after school on Tuesdays (still tentative). Each 6-week segment will cost $75 and can be paid for using cash, check or credit card. Fayne will use Tai Chi & Qigong principles to focus on a different topic every 6 weeks. The first 6-week topic to be covered will be Finding Your Balance - An Exploration of Body Awareness and Fall Prevention.

The rewards from Tai Chi & Qigong can be awesome - improved posture, better balance, more calm, increased core strength and body awareness to name a few. 
 
Fayne will be offering a 2-week introductory program on 11/29 & 12/6 at $15 per session, prior to the start of the 6-week segments that will begin in January.

Fayne is a Life Coach and a Licensed Massage Therapist with a Psychology degree from Emory University. She has a 27-year background in martial arts, Tai Chi & Qigong, including 13 years of teaching not only Tai Chi & Qigong, but also 10 years of teaching 9th grade Sunday School at Temple Emanu-El. She blends eastern and western philosophies and modalities to bring alignment to those she works with - physically, mentally and emotionally. For more information about Fayne and SimplyAware, you may visit www.SimplyAware.com.
 
Please let me Nurse Susan ASAP to reserve your spot in this class. We will need a minimum of 8 people to ensure this class gets off the ground.
  


Grandparents and Special Friends' Day is coming Nov. 23 and we need as many volunteers as possible! This is not an event for parents, so the only way to be on campus that morning is as a volunteer. Sign up here.

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.

Save the Date! Akiba Book Fair December 2-9!
  
Visit the PTO webpage to keep up with events and get involved: CLICK HERE.
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