Friday, February 28, 2020 ~ י' אדר תש"פ Friday Candle Lighting: 5:34 PM ~ פרשת תצוה

PICTURE OF THE WEEK

ARTICLE OF THE WEEK

Mishenichnas Adar Marbim Besimcha. When the month of Adar comes, we increase our happiness. This week our students were treated to a special Purim concert. Matt the Music Man entertained the yeladim through song and dance. The Purim spirit was truly in the air! Our preparations for the upcoming holiday of Purim began even before the month of Adar. Our yeladim were introduced to the Purim story through puppets, stories and props. They were then given the opportunity to create their own unique megillah. They illustrated, dictated and used inventive spelling to write out the Purim story.  Math was also tied into our Purim unit as we are busy counting, measuring adding and subtracting using Purim props. The children used a wide variety of art materials to create raashanim, megillah holders, masks and mishloach manot baskets. Each creation is as unique as the child who created it. Grandperson’s Day centered around the Purim theme. Doing the mizvah of hachnasat orchim, we welcomed grandparents, aunts and uncles to experience some of what we do here. Art, math, inventive spelling, singing and story telling activities gave our guests a taste of what “kindergarten life” is like. No holiday experience in preschool is complete without baking. The delicious smells of hamentashen permeated through our halls as the mouth watering hamentashen were prepared for mishloach manot. Thank you to our parent volunteers for helping! At Yeshiva Har Torah we strive to help children understand what it means to care about others. Our tzedakah money is earmarked at this time of year for matanot laevyonim, gifts for poor people to help them celebrate the chagim. Additionally, each of our kindergarten children decorated mishloach manot bags, and will dress up in costumes and sing for the senior citizens at the Boulevard and Atria Senior Centers. Even at a young age, we are learning, how important it is to make others happy. At Yeshiva Har Torah our multi-disciplined hands-on learning is not only fun, it is educational as well!

THIS WEEK'S TABLE TALK AND PODCAST

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND DATES

IMPORTANT INFORMATION - Dismissal on Monday, March 9th Due to Ta'anit Esther, Grades 6, 7 & 8 will be dismissed at 2:00 PM on Monday, March 9th,  WITHOUT  BUSING . Nursery has regular bus service. Grades K - 5 will be dismissed at 3:45 PM with  FRIDAY ROUTES . If you have any dismissal changes, please email dismissal@hartorah.org no later than  11:30 AM  on  Sunday, March 8th . Best wishes for a meaningful fast.

ATTENTION PARENTS : We do our best to accommodate your dismissal changes. In order for your changes to be honored and delivered to teachers, in time, please make sure to email dismissal@hartorah.org with any requests. Monday through Thursday by 2:00pm and Friday by 11:00am .  Regrettably, we will not be able to honor your changes after those times.

YHT LUNCH MENU - MARCH

UPCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER: MARCH  March 1: Chagigot HaSiddur -1D: 9:30AM, 1M: 11:00AM March 3: Grandpersons Day KJ & KW-9:30AM-11:00AM March 9: Ta’anit Esther – N-Regular Dism., K-5-3:45PM Dism. with Friday Busing, 6-8-1:45PM Dism. - No Busing March 10: Purim – No Sessions March 11: Shushan Purim Costume Day March 17: 8th Grade Mission to Albany March 17-18: Math Olympiads - Grades 5-6, 7-8 (respectively) March 22: Parent Teacher Conferences Gr. 6-8 - 9:00AM-1:00PM March 24: Parent Teacher Conferences Gr. N-8 – Dism: N-12:15PM,  K-8-1:00PM, Friday Busing & Lunch APRIL April 6: Dism: N-12:15PM, K-8-1:00PM with Friday Lunch & Busing April 7-17: Pesach Vacation/Isru Chag April 20: Classes Resume  April 21: Yom HaShoah Program - 5th Grade Presentation 9:00AM April 24: Late Friday Dismissal Begins-N-1:00PM, K-8-1:45PM April 27: 7th Grade Science Fair PM Program April 28: Yom HaZikaron Special Program April 29: Yom HaAtzma’ut Special Program

IMPORTANT CALENDAR DATES FOR NEXT YEAR: September 2-3: Faculty Meetings for Returning Faculty September 8: First Day of School for the 2020-21 School Year January 21-31: Winter Break

PTA CORNER

MISHENICHNAS ADAR

Adar is off to a delicious start! We welcomed in the month with PTA-sponsored cupcakes for Rosh Chodesh.

PESACH CANDY SALE

Yasher Koach to Sarit Ebrani and Sherli Mahgerefteh for running the Miss Chocolate/ Barton's Pesach candy sale. Thank you to all the families who participated in this fundraiser.

JOIN THE CLUB

Thank you to the following students for donating to the birthday library fund for their February birthdays:  Samuel Baluchi, Gabriella Benzakarya, Ephraim Ganchrow, Benjamin Golub, Gilad Kahen, Daniel Eitan Kohanim, Sasha Nabavian, Izzy Schilowitz, Aaron Shakarov, Avital Sojcher, Dovid Spierer, Ella Statman, Joey Weinberg, and Nina Yehaskel .

Check out more photos of our book sponsors on facebook.   Have a birthday coming up? Look out for an email in the month of your child's birthday to participate in our Birthday Book Club.

MAZAL TOV!

Mazal Tov to Maggie and Netanel Newberger on the birth of their daughter, Liat Eden! Mazal Tov to big sister Leora (5M)! Mazal Tov to Dalia and David Levy on the birth of a baby boy! Mazal Tov to big sisters Elisheva (4S) and Rachel (1M)! Mazal Tov to Samantha & Ben Kramer on being honored as the Guests of Honor at the YCQ dinner!

PARNAS HAYOM

MONDAY'S LEARNING WAS SPONSORED VIVIAN AND MENACHEM ROSENBERG  IN MEMORY OF THE YAHRTZEIT OF VIVIAN’S GRANDMOTHER  רחל בת מנחם מנדל MAY OUR LEARNING BRING MERIT TO HER NESHAMA

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