Parashat Tazria-Metzora
Candle Lighting 7:36 p.m.
Havdalah 8:37 p.m.
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Parsha Talk
When students are challenged to be excellent leaders, we are asking more of them than simply not getting in trouble. In other words, the absence of a negative is not a positive; in fact it is neutral, or in mathematics it is zero. Where do we see this lesson in this week's parsha?
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A Heartwarming Note
We loved this so much we wanted to share it again more broadly. Thank you to the many who shared this with our team.
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This week's One Text - Many Voices features Aaron Ayach, Natanya Ruben, Yael Passy, Coral Yeudai, Jacob Kupferman, and Nissim Ruben.
Click here for their views on this week's double parsha, in which students chose their own
pesukim (verses).
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Tell Us How You Really Feel
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Post Pesach follow up: What food did you most look forward to eating again?
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The results are in...
Best Pesach food is:
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Perspective
Students in Ms. Bryant's lower school art classes this week learned about One Point Perspective (4th grade) and Paul Klee-inspired cats and birds (2nd grade). Across the board, students had a great time learning via the new learning app SeeSaw.
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Remembering the Past, Building the Future
On Tuesday, in commemoration of Yom Hashoah, upper school students heard via zoom from Dr. Anna Steinberger, who shared her inspiring tale of fleeing Poland at 11 years old to escape the Nazi regime, as well as spending 6 years in Russia before the war ended.
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Holocaust Remembrance
Students in Mrs. Gelman's 11th and 12th grade Reverent Reflections elective created a class Padlet for Yom Hashoah
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Each student chose and then posted an inspiring quote related to the Holocaust. The students then spent time sharing their quotes and also commenting on the quotes of their classmates. There was also a special post to list the names of anyone being remembered on this solemn day. Impressively, the students chose the themes of optimism and communal responsibility. Click
here
to check out the Padlet.
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Y is for Yellow, Taf for Torah
What a busy week in Morah Aviva's ECE4! Students worked on the English letter "y", the Hebrew letter "
taf" and started projects in celebration of next week's Yom Haatzmaut (Israel Independence Day). Students crafted the
Kotel (Western Wall) and made their own
degalim, Israeli Flags.
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Mandala
This week in Ms. Shelly's STEAM class students had the opportunity to make mandalas out of loose parts. They were tasked with choosing a geometric shape to place in the center. They learned all about shapes, patterns, and symmetry. The mandala pictured above was submitted by Kindergarten student Mia Tessler.
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Siyum
Mazal Tov to 10th grade student Rafi Gross, who made a
siyum (completion of a unit of Talmud
) on
Masechet Brachot (Blessings Tractate) this week! To watch the beautiful video please click
here.
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Yasher Koach
Congratulations to Matt Riklin, RMBA's
Academic Engagement Coordinator, Lower School Technology Teacher, Instructional Technology Coordinator, and Lower School Physical Education Teacher
, on becoming an official National Geographic Certified Educator.
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Readerpillar
Congratulations to the students in Ms. Rantz's 2nd grade class for hitting 50 books in just 3 days! Ms. Rantz introduced Epic, a new reading app, this week to the class. Each student can choose books to read online, and the app tracks the quantity of books read by the class. Kol Hakavod!
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Join the shlichim to see short films produced by Beit Avichai, telling the stories of those who have fallen and of their family members. We will discuss the meaningfulness for Yom Hazikaron, especially this year.
Thursday, April 23, 2020
8:00 PM
Zoom Link:
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Run and Remember
Go running on
Monday 4/27 or Tuesday 4/28
in honor of a fallen IDF soldier.
Sign up with the link below, and we will send you a 'marathon bib' to print, with the name of a soldier and information.
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RMBA Yom Haatzmaut Family Challenge
Get excited!
For all RMBA families - complete one or more of the challenges listed, take a video by Monday, and send it in to
afriedmann@berenacademy.org
The winning family of each challenge will receive an Amazon gift card!
The videos will be compiled and the winners will be announced at a special assembly on Yom Haatzmaut!
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Yom Haatzmaut Car Parade
This Yom Haatzmaut we will celebrate differently. Step outside, or come look out the window to see our car parade passing by! Israeli music, fun atmosphere, candy and special Israeli Escape Room packet for the family will be given out!
Wednesday 4/29
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM
The parade will go through the UOS, Meyerland and Fondren neighborhoods. Additional information will be sent out in regards to estimated times for when the parade will reach your neighborhood.
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Mazal Tov to Joshua Long on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah!
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