UPCOMING EVENTS
  • March 9: Early dismissal for middle school. Friday carpool protocol. 
  • March 10-24: Don't miss all of the awesome art in the atrium for the  Private School Art Invitational. Stop by M-F/8 a.m.-5 p.m.
  • March 13: Early dismissal for Early Childhood Program at 11:30 a.m.; K-8, noon. Friday carpool protocol. Teacher in-service.
  • March 17: Begin Friday dismissal at 3 p.m.
  • March 19: Dallas Kosher Chili Cook-Off at Tiferet Israel. 
  • Thursdays, 8:30 a.m., Boardroom : Rabbi Rackovsky's Pathways in the Parsha.
DON'T MISS TOMORROW NIGHT'S PERFORMANCE!

Dinner before the show is just $5 and includes hot dogs, chips, carrots and bottled water. Pollman Hall from 5:30-6:15 p.m. 

LOWER/MIDDLE SCHOOL CONFERENCES

  Sign up  here for 3/20 & 3/22
 
SPIRIT WEEK: MARCH 6-10

Get your students into the Purim spirit with dress-up days!  

Lower School/Middle School

Wednesday-words (puns and pairs) ( sandwich, stopwatch, butterfly, spiderman)

Thursday-uniform (Fast of Esther)
Friday- Lower School: colors: kindergarten -blue, 1st-white, 2nd-red, 3rd-purple, 4th-green, 5th-yellow.  Middle School: students dress like teachers/teachers dress like students (same gender). 

Early Childhood Program
Wednesday-face painting at the ECP
Thursday-no dress up
Friday-tie-dye t-shirts (made at school)

PURIM MITZVAH 

Looking to fulfill the mitzvah of giving tzedakah for Purim? 
Here's a great opportunity! Akiba supports  Od Yosef's "Matanot L'Evyonim (gifts for the poor), which helps needy Israeli families with food, medical care, clothing and more. Let's make a positive impact again this year. 

Please send your Matanot L'evyonim with your child to school. 
 
  

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