June 8, 2017
14 Sivan 5777

Beha'alotcha

Candle Lighting 8:17 p.m.


A FOND FAREWELL

Our pride is overflowing for these wonderful 8th graders who graduated this week. Next year they're off to  Booker T.  Washington,  Mesorah High School For Girls ,  Parish Episcopal School ,  Yavneh Academy of Dallas ,  Richardson High School  and more. 

Read Head of School Tammie Rapps' speech  here.
Read Valedictorian Alexander Sheena's speech  here.
Read Salutatorian Tova Kam's speech  here.
Congrats to Marcus Rosenberg Cup Honoree Avigayil Tannenbaum!


 
Congrats to our new family Zach and Lindy Houston on the birth of a baby boy.

Mazel tov to the Winton family on the upcoming bar mitzvah of Madison in June.

Mazel tov to music teacher Patrick Unkenholz and his wife on the birth of their son. 

Congrats to the Berke family on Ezra's upcoming bar mitzvah. 

Congrats to Adam Weider, a 2013 Akiba grad, on being selected as valedictorian of Greenhill School.

Mazel tov to the new families who joined our community recently and who will join us in the fall! We welcome the following families: Adler, Bar, Bates, Berger, Breindel, Cohen-Butbul, Feygenson, Fink, Garren, Glatstein, Goldfarb, Greene, Houston, Kestenboim, Klein, Krasnoff, Levine, Luftig, Mabel, Metltzer, Ohana, Retan, Rosenhouse, Rubinstein, Simon, Spalding and Weiner.


BUILDING UNITY
 
It was the Green Team for the win at last night's kickoff to summer kickball tournament. Thanks to parents, students, grandparents, teachers and staff who came out to celebrate a wonderful year together. We love  our Akiba Ambassadors for bringing our community together for fun and family. Special thanks to event chair  Danielle Mann, and committee members Lisa Ido, Pam Schwartz and Ayala Oster.
 


PAGE-TURNER

Summer's here! And so is the opportunity to pick up a good book. 1st-8th grades' summer reading lists are  here. Happy reading! 
 

STUDENT SLIDESHOWS

Take another peek at the slideshows from this week's programs:

NEXT STOP: FIRST GRADE
 
Kindergarten students showed off all of their skills during their end-of-year program in front of a packed house of family and friends. 
 


FIRST GRADE READS TO KINDERGARTEN
 
Students were excited, proud, and nervous to read the Hebrew books they wrote to the kindergartners. Watch them  here.  
 


EXPERIENCING LEARNING
 
2nd graders made rockets in STEM class. From start to takeoff, they loved being engineers.
 


SCIENCE MATTERS

After students learned about biomimicry and explored the lily pads in the garden for inspiration, 3rd graders then designed and made floating cities. 



BLESSINGS

In Annette Wolk's class, 3rd grade culminated the Berachot unit of learning Brachot Rishonim and Achronot (blessings said before and after eating) by inviting 1st grade to its store. Each child had a shopping bag and Beracha money. They went shopping at the tables, choosing wrappers of foods of different Berachot. At check out, third graders reviewed the items in the shopping bags and their Berachot and told them the Berachot Achronot, after blessing, for each item.

    


GOOD SPORTS
 
The sports banquet celebrated the stars of our volleyball, flag football, basketball, and track and field teams. Two students were recognized with the Darryl Lazarow Sportsmanship Award, which was named in memory of a beloved Akiba dad and coach.
 


ART AND LEARNING
 
7th graders researched a Jewish hero from the mishnaic era and created a piece of art using materials that helped tell his/her story.




EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Catch the Nevatim, Teenoki and K'Ton Ton end-of-year program:  here  and  here . 



Tune into the Nitzanim and Chaverim program:  here and here. 



 

Be Part of the Akiba Community!
Click here to tell us how you'd like to get involved next year. We can't do it without you!
 
Early Childhood Program Splash Pad Play Date
Friday, June 9, 10 a.m.-noon, Ridgewood Splash Pad
Ridgewood Splash Pad
6818 Fisher Road
Dallas, TX 75214
Siblings welcome!

 
Thank you to all the Akiba current and past parents, grandparents, faculty, staff, alumni and friends who have generously supported the 2016-17 Akiba Fund. 

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COMMUNITY NOTICES
       

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  [email protected] .