Beren Buzz - January 10, 2019

Parashat Bo

Candle Lighting 5:23 p.m.

Havdalah 6:24 p.m.

Parsha Minute

One of the great challenges of parenting is knowing when our children are ready for the next level of responsibility. What does this week's parsha have to say on this important topic?

Shabbat Shalom!

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The 2001-2002 Middle School Student Council. Activities that they organized that year included Sukkot bowling, weekly pizza days, Rosh Chodesh activities and raffles, and a Purim carnival!

Back row left to right: Joshua Abramson, Noah Jacobson, Keith Lefkowitz, Jeff Gordon, Eitan Urkowitz, Philip Levine

Bottom row left to right: Yekira Gomez, Debbie Razi, Chana Perton, Tamar Schiff

Honors Chumash Parsha

This week in Honors Chumash- Gabri Kupferman (Class of 2019) takes a close look at the last few plagues with a Commentary by Seforno and a fascinating Midrash! Click here to read her summary and chosen commentaries.

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From the desk of our

S.T.E.A.M. Lab

This week in STEAM we explored animals in winter. We reviewed our lesson on animals that migrate, learned what hibernation is and which animals hibernate, and learned about the polar habitat as well as the animals that live in it. Next week we will be starting our unit on Tu B'Shvat and earth awareness. The children will be participating in creating a mural made from plastic tops. Please send in as many different plastic tops as you can. Please drop them off in room 302 in the ECE building. Thank you!

Catching up on Parsha

Since returning from winter break, the Kindergarten has started a new "Parsha Basket" for Sefer Shemot. They learned the story of Bnei Yisrael being slaves in Egypt and baby Moshe being put in the basket. As a reminder of the lesson, students reviewed and reenacted the story by creating their own "Nile River" made up of blue glass gems as well as a figure of baby Moshe.

Baby Moshe & Penguins

This week Morah Aviva's EC4 class learned Shmot, Vaera, and Bo in order to keep up with the Torah portion of the week. The children had so much fun making sock baby Moshe in a basket in connection with Parshat Shmot! The students also learned about penguins and are having a blast working on a penguin number correspondence activity!

Tu B'Shvat Planting

In honor of the upcoming holiday Tu B'Shvat (the new year of the trees) Morah Rozi's 2nd grade Hebrew class learned a planting themed lesson. Each student had an opportunity to plant some seeds and see what grows. The class favorite was strawberries!

Model Shtetls

Mr. Novick's 7th grade social studies class built little "shtetls" which are on display outside of the main office. Please come visit them!

In-Service

Teachers at RMBA participated with the JCC and other Jewish Day Schools of Houston in a professional development session with Sara Ward, a leading expert in executive functioning. Participants learned interactive ways to promote understanding and organizational concepts for children to maximize learning success. One of the highlights of the session was planning backwards--looking at the desired results and developing strategies to achieve them. We are excited to implement many of Sara's recommendations of best practice at RMBA.

Photojournalism Explo

We are excited to share that the gallery from the High School Photojournalism and the Pursuit of Social Justice class is now displayed in our hallways. We hope you will stop by to view the rotating gallery and see our students' creative and excellent work.

Coat Drive

We are proud to report that we donated more than 75 coats to children in NC who were impacted by Hurricane Florence this fall. The school that we donated to is one of high poverty, and the pictures below show how excited they were to get a new (slightly used) coat for the winter. Children in this NC school missed 39 school days due to flooding and subsequent mold issues in their school. This act of kindness by RMBA helped to bring some special sunshine to a gloomy situation. Here are some pictures of the children receiving their coats for the winter.

Save the Date

Matok Balev 3 Meets TPG

Come enjoy parent-child learning and prepare and distribute cookies in memory of Gilad Shaer, one of the three kidnapped boys who was killed in Israel in 2014.

Pizza will be served

Saturday, January 12, 2019

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM at RMBA

$5 per child

Tu B'Shvat Fun Day

at Robert M. Beren Academy

Sunday, January 20, 2019

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Come celebrate Tu B'Shvat and enjoy a nature walk, arts and crafts, and playground play time.

For more information contact Loren Chorn at lchorn@berenacademy.org or 713.723.7170

Calling all RMBA

Lower School Students

Do you like a challenge?

Want to run with a group of friends?

Join the School Marathon at recess time.

Please click here for the permission slip, and return to Mrs. Schneider

R obert M. Beren Academy's

50th Anniversary Scholarship Gala

Sunday, March 17, 2019

Marriott Marquis Houston

For more information and to purchase seats/tables CLICK HERE or contact

Tania Levenstein at tlevenstein@berenacademy.org or

(713) 723-7170

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.

Lower School Basketball

The 4th/5th boys basketball team will play their final home game vs. Beth Yeshurun on January 10th at 4:30. The game will take place at Beren Academy.

Middle School Basketball

The Middle School Basketball teams have continued to compete well in their games as they improve every week. Both teams have games on January 10th. The girls play at home vs. Bay Area Christian while the boys will travel to St. Marks Episcopal at 7:30.

High School Basketball

The Boys will continue their district slate with a game vs. Covenant Christian on Thursday, January 10th. Both girls and boys will play a non-district home game next Monday vs. Fort Bend Home School Association.

PDF High School Basketball Schedule

PDF Middle School Basketball Schedule