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Heilicher choirs brightened the winter holidays with a performance at the IDS Center on Wednesday afternoon.
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Introducing the Heilicher Hora
In lieu of a raffle for the Heilicher Annual Benefit, we will be hosting the Heilicher Hora on Friday, February 7, a Heilicher twist on a fun-run. We are asking families to get donations from across the globe through the power of positive social media. By supporting the Heilicher Hora with an online donation, your friends and family can bolster our great community.
Our goal is to raise $36,000 in honor of Heilicher's 36th year as a school!
Individual students, classrooms, and the entire school will have the opportunity to earn incentives through participation. We are hoping to have 100% participation across the school.
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Mark Your Calendars
Upcom
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Friday, December 20: All-School Hanukah Program, 2:25-3:15 p.m.
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Monday, December 23-Friday, January 3: Winter Break - NO SCHOOL
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Saturday, January 11: Kindergarten-Second Grade Movie Night, 6:30-9 p.m.
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Monday, January 20: MLK Jr. Day Observance, See Schedule Below
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Monday, January 20: Eighth-Grade Field Trip to MLK Jr. Breakfast, 6:30-10 a.m.
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School Calendar Highlights
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All-School Hanukah Happening
Join us tomorrow afternoon, Friday, December 20, 2:25 p.m. for our Hanukah Happening when our students will become a Greek Chorus. They will narrate the Hanukah story in rhyming couplets, creating percussive harmonies to share plot lines of courage and resistance. Some will dance, all will sing, the choir will perform, and a freilich (fun) time will be had by all. Students should wear blue and white or Hanukah swag.
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Winter Break Office Hours
The Heilicher office will be closed for winter break. Voicemail will continue to be retrieved and distributed daily, with the exception of 12/24-12/25 and 12/31-1/1. If you need to connect with an administrator, you are encouraged to email them directly. Faculty members will not be available to respond to messages during break. If you need assistance with end of year giving, please contact the Finance Office at 952.381.3525 or Development Director, Rebecca Skelton, at 952.381.3503
. Thank you and have a safe and warm break!
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Be a Part of the Heilicher Annual Fund
As we approach this season of giving, please consider being part of our Parent Campaign through a gift to the Heilicher Annual Fund.
The Annual Fund is the core of the school's general fundraising campaign. Your Annual Fund gift helps us continue to enhance our core academic, Judaic, arts, and athletics programs. Your gift also helps keep our school financially accessible to families.
To date, the Annual Fund has raised over $331,000 from parents, grandparents, alumni parents and grandparents, and community members. Our goal is to raise $350,000+ with 100% parent and grandparent participation before the end of the school year. You may also consider making a pledge to Heilicher now, and paying it any time before June 30, 2020.
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K-2 Havdalah Service and Movie Night
Join us in your pajamas (with a blanket) for Havdalah, a movie (TBD), snack bar, and fun on Saturday, January 11, 6:30-9 p.m. in the Manny Fingerhut Auditorium. Please make sure your children eat dinner before the program. Cost: $10/family (cash or check at the door). A parent or guardian must be in attendance. Feel free to invite your friends from outside of our Heilicher community.
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MLK Day Observance - January 20
Heilicher proudly convenes on MLK Day (Monday, January 20), a day devoted to studying the life and impact of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In honor of the day, we'll be helping out people in need.
PRISM food shelf in Golden Valley is in need of animal food. If you want to donate some large (Costco-sized) bags of dog or cat food to our service project, please deliver them to Heilicher by Monday, January 13. As a school community we'll also collect food for PRISM, so bring any non-perishables in any time from now until January 20.
Join us for MLK Day events:
7:30-8:10 a.m.: Heilicher Family Breakfast (complimentary, sponsored by the PTO).
Students head to classrooms at 8 a.m.
8:30-9:15 a.m.:
Heilicher Family Service Project in the Manny Fingerhut Auditorium, preparing packages for PRISM food shelf in partnership with Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis (JFCS).
9:15 a.m.: All-School T'fillah celebration
If you are interested in volunteering during the morning, please sign up online.
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MLK Day Eighth-Grade Field Trip
Students should plan to wear nice clothing (business casual / synagogue clothing), as the breakfast is a semi-formal occasion. Parents are welcome to attend the breakfast as well
. Tickets can be purchased online. Chef Liz will provide students with a kosher breakfast at the event.
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Athletics
Calling All K-4 Parents
Register before
Friday, December 20
for K-4 mid-winter basketball and receive the early registration discount. Sign-up today!
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Mazel Tov
Mazel Tov to Abie Harris on his Bar Mitzvah Saturday, December 21 at Shir Tikvah Synagogue.
Mazel Tov to Gabriel Fink on his Bar Mitzvah Saturday, January 4, 2020 at Mount Zion Temple.
Mazel Tov to Heilicher IT Specialist Ryan Bradley, his wife Jessica, and big brothers Garrett and Evan on the birth of a baby boy, Spencer Hayes.
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Condolences
Condolences to Heilicher parents Genna and TJay Middlebrook and their children Izzy and Maizy, on the passing of Genna's father, Marios Zigomalas.
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Heilicher Minneapolis Jewish Day School
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