Parashat Behar Bechukotai Candle Lighting 7:47 p.m. Havdalah 8:56 p.m.

BerenTube Lag BaOmer On the 33rd day of the Omer RMBA students celebrated Lag BaOmer. Our wonderful Benot Sherut, Shira and Osi, prepared different festive activities including singing, dancing around a mock bonfire, and making delicious pita on the Tabun.

Ultimate Parsha In this week's Torah reading, Behar and Bechukotai, there is a seemingly random sequence of verses that begins with observance of the Shemitah year and concludes with rules for laborers and slaves going free. Rashi suggests that this grouping is not random at all; a person who allows greed to overcome his willingness to observe Shemitah will go on a downward spiral of losing his money and possessions until he ultimately must sell himself to idol-worshippers, unless he repents somewhere along the way.  To continue reading please click here...

2 Truths & A Lie We are excited to feature someone from the RMBA family in every issue of the Buzz via this fun game! Want to be featured? Email Tania Levenstein your 2 truths and a lie! Osi Bronner, Bnei Akiva - Bat Sherut I danced for 10 years. I am the oldest in my family. I play guitar. Click here for answer key

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Sixth Graders Integer War The sixth graders in Mrs. Rosenzweig's class had a great time practicing integer addition and subtraction operations while playing war. Creating Circuits 8th grade has been learning about electricity and applying their knowledge to creating circuits and testing current and resistance. Last week, Mrs Goldstein showed students how to make wire mazes. Students tested the steadiness of the circuit with a wire loop that, when it touched the track, set off a buzzer and lit up a lightbulb.  The students enjoyed the activity and are working on making new fun circuits.

A Moment of Pride It is hard to believe that in two years the second graders have accomplished so many goals in Hebrew class. The students have learned the letters and also how to read, write, and speak the language. Last week, the second grade students wrote beautiful essays about Israel, which are now on display in the lower school hallway. RMBA Blood Drive On Monday, May 7th Beren Academy hosted another successful blood drive! Yasher koach to all those who donated!

Teacher Appreciation Week This week teachers were treated to breakfast and snacks by the fantastic PTO (led by Dawne Yarmush). Dawne has been the PTO chair for the last five years, and her appreciation of teachers is truly remarkable. We thank Dawne for her amazing work and dedication to the PTO. Read books before they are even published!  Be a published book critic! The Middle and High School English classes have been participating in a program sponsored by Brazos Bookstore and various publishers.  The program, called ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) supplies our classrooms with books not yet published. Students who read these books write brief reviews which, when the book is published, are placed on the shelves and hang down just below the books reviewed. These “book talkers” are read by all shoppers who look at the student-reviewed books, and can be the deciding factor in whether or not they purchase one of those books.   The picture above shows two of the reviews which are already on the shelves.

Rainforest Research The first grade students in Mrs. Schneider's class are working very hard on their rainforest research. Each of the students selected an animal from the rainforest and are finding interesting facts about these animals to write about. On May 16th, the first graders will visit the rainforest pyramid at Moody Gardens - Galveston. Students will see the rainforests of Asia, Africa and the Americas. Working Hard on our Grammar The 4th graders in Ms. Massey's class are busy reviewing the many lessons that have been taught this year in grammar and writing. They have also been utilizing these skills in creating a story in comic form about heroes and villains.

Save the Date

Annual LS Torah Fair RMBA invites you to the annual Lower School Torah Fair. Tuesday, May 15, 2018 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Big Ulam Come and see the students' projects on Mitzvot and Torah Topics. Light Refreshments and Family Learning.

Gourmet Gelato Pops for Memorial Day Benefiting the 12th grade Israel Trip Scholarship Fund 1 bag (pack of 5) $20 2 bags $35 Click here to purchase your gelato and view all flavors Orders due by May 13th Questions? Contact Ariel Schneider at ariel.schneider@berenacademy.org

Buy your raffle tickets today for the chance to SPLIT THE POT and help the annual campaign Please help us reach 100% Parent Participation by June 6th! 1 Ticket $20 3 Tickets $50 8 Tickets $100 Drawing will take place on June 6, 2018 Click here to purchase your tickets

Athletic Updates

Please see the Beren Academy Calendar as your most up to date source for information. The  Week at a Glance   is a snapshot, but does not reflect any changes made after that date.  Uniform Turn In Please have all athletes return any Beren jerseys that they have at home. These need to be turned in DIRECTLY to Coach Cole by the players. Please do not turn them into the office or leave them in the gym.

Accessing the current schedule https://www.berenacademy.org/apps/events/2018/1/?id=5 Please re-sync your calendars weekly. If you have any questions, please email Coach Cole at  chriscole@berenacademy.org.

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