Weekly Announcements

August 10 - 14, 2020

N. E. Miles Jewish Day School

Weekly Announcements

Upcoming Dates

August 4th-18th: Professional Development/Work Days
Sunday, August 16th: Back to School Zoomtopia Event. RSVP here
Monday, August 17th, 8:30 – 10:30 am: K-8 Supply Drop Off
Wednesday, August 19th: First Day of School

NEMJDS Back to School Virtual Zoomtopia

Join us on August 16th for our Back to School Virtual Zoomtopia

This is a family event that will require families to work together over zoom to complete exciting and interesting challenges! Click here to sign up for a time slot and see who's on your team. The winning team will be revealed the first day of school!

Dear Parents,

Thank you to all who attended our Town Hall Meeting last Monday evening. As you heard, there will be many, physical, and procedural changes this year. We are committed to holding our first day of school on Wednesday August 19th and look forward to seeing our students then. To review our COVID-19 health and safety policies please (CLICK HERE). This document can also be found on our Parent Portal and will be included in the School Handbook we will share later this week. Supply Drop Off will be held on August 17th. To prepare for this, please put all of your child(ren)’s labeled supplies in a bag/box with your child(ren)’s name clearly on it and drive through our carline between 8:30 and 10:30am. Faculty/staff will take the bags/boxes from your trunks and deliver them to your children’s home room classrooms to prepare for their arrival on Wednesday.

We place as much emphasis on each student, family, and faculty/staff members emotional wellbeing in our school community (kehillah) as we do on their physical health and safety. As always, we strive to create an environment that provides skills and support to build resilience, perspective-taking, empathy, and other essential life skills. This year we recognize that all members of our kehillah may have additional needs and we are prepared to support them. We have partnered with Collat Jewish Family Services (CJFS) and contracted with a LICSW to support Ms. Posner our Wellness Support Coordinator and our students, families, faculty, and staff members on a weekly and as needed basis.

This Thursday, August 13th at 7pm we are offering our families a parent session with Dr. Oshra Cohen entitled “Resilience for you and your Children”. Dr. Cohen presented “Together We Stand: Resiliency for the Educator and the Students” to our faculty and staff this past Thursday and it was inspirational, informational, and supportive. I realize of course that I cannot mandate that you attend this parent session however if you do, I assure you, you will not be disappointed. Please RSVP to Ms. Posner our Wellness Support Coordinator fposner@nemjds.org to receive your zoom link for the session.

As always, we will remain communicative and responsive to your questions and needs.

Warmly,

Debra Abolafia

Head of School

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