We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2021–2022 chagei hashanna (holidays of the year) card contest. The students worked so hard in this competition, and we are excited to use their beautiful art cards. Mazal Tov! Click here to see the cards.

Birthday: Noa Friedmann, 1st grade 

Shabbat: Ariel Gonik, 1st grade

Sukkot: Eden Bliberg, 2nd Grade

Tu B'Shvat: Yael Shitrit, 4th grade 

Purim: Eden Goldberg, 3rd grade 

Shavuot: Louie Barnes, 5th grade 

Students in Ori Friedmann's 7th and 8th grade Hebrew class enjoyed playing a Hebrew scrabble basketball game.

Morah Aviva's ECE4A class had so much fun learning about Parshat Noach this week. They made a multi step cooperative Teyvah (ark) mural for their bulletin board which focused on the three floors of the Teyvah itself. The students were excited to learn about Hashem’s promise to never have a mabul (flood) again, and HaShem demonstrated this promise with a special gift in the sky - a rainbow! Everyone had the opportunity to paint their own rainbows on the easel or at the art table after learning the colors of the rainbow through a special song that Morah Aviva taught everyone.

This week students in Ms. Morrison's PE class learned how to play volleyball. They practiced volleying or hitting the ball back and forth. They learned how to hold their hands and how to start in ready position. Pictured above are first graders practicing their down low ready position ready to hit the ball.

Kol Hakavod to 6th grader Ami Kellerman who donated 110 lbs of dog food to kick off a pet supplies drive organized by the Club Mensch middle school explo class. Students are encouraged to donate to the drive, benefitting Houston Pets Alive. Bring donations to Mr. Duke's classroom, Room 212, across from the Ulam.

The letter d was introduced this week in Music and Movement. Students learned how to sign the letter d and tried to sign other words like dad, doctor, and drum. The students also took turns passing and playing the drums.

Shmuel Rosenzweig, Liviya Schlachter, and Ami Kellerman, students in Mrs. Pollak's middle school Navi class, enjoyed presenting their newspaper articles on Perek Aleph (chapter 1) in Shmuel Aleph. They divided the perek into 6 parts, reported the most important news events, and shared fun ads related to the times.

Students in Ms. Riojas' Kindergarten class enjoyed their science lesson about the life-cycle of a pumpkin, and had fun experiencing cutting such large and heavy pumpkins open. For many of the students it was the first time seeing inside of the large gourd.

Students in Mrs. Rosenzweig's Home Economics class learned about unit rates, percentages, and state sales tax this week. The students had the opportunity to practice finding the unit rates and percentages through a class project and Kahoot game. The students then went on a field trip for an applied math project using the skills they learned. The students enjoyed their time finding the best item cost per unit rate.