20/20 Vision - A First Glance
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We are so excited to share with you our theme for the year - 20/20 Vision.
Click
here to read all about what it means!
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Parashat Re'eh
Candle Lighting 7:28 p.m.
Havdalah 8:27 p.m.
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Parsha Talk
Does the Torah suggest a go-for-broke attitude or a more middle of the path approach? Find out in this week's Parsha Talk!
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A Heartfelt THANK YOU to our volunteers
Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they have the heart
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Sigalit Alon, April Amsalem, Nicole Berman, Barry Diner, Levi Gottlieb, Lee Gross, Tamar Harosh, Tania Levenstein, Yosef Levenstein, Nava Miller, Steven Mitzner, Steven Plumb, Jay Rosenzweig, Yocheved Schlachter, Esther Shavitzky, Eyal Shavitzky, Israel Tarshish,
Nachum Yanowitz
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Tell Us How You Really Feel
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Which is your favorite Houston sports team?
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The results are in...
If you could travel in time would you want to see
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From the desk of our
S.T.E.A.M. Lab
Monday kicked off our first full week of STEAM! Our ECE15 students came in for the first time to enjoy our new ball track. ECE2 was excited to come back and explore our centers, and our lower school students conducted their first experiment as they learned about the scientific method and the job that scientists do.
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A Look Ahead
We are thrilled to share with you the newly-approved RMBA strategic plan, the first in many years. This plan was a result of meetings with board members, parents, students, and faculty and staff. This plan was approved by the board last night and will set our course through the 2023-2024 school year. Please find the time to look at the
flip book
that enumerates the strategies we will be using to implement this plan; internally we also have a responsible party affiliated with each strategy as well as a time frame, resources we w
ill use, accountability/measurable results, and next steps. T
here will be copies available for you to peruse in person in the main office.
Please note that while these are our agreed-upon priorities, we will also certainly be doing additional work beyond this strategic plan to continue making RMBA the amazing school that it is.
As ever, we thank you for your partnership in making RMBA the best school we can possibly be!
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American Identity
Eighth-graders studying U.S. History began their second week of school by deconstructing and reconstructing components of American identity. The students were challenged to create "Portraits of an American," composed of three separate photographs they made of different students and staff at RMBA. The three photos were cropped into upper-, mid- and lower-sections of one's body, then interchanged with other sets to form composite portraits of American identity. Along with making photographs, the eighth-graders were required to interview their subjects and record their answers to the following questions: What qualities are important to American identity? What does an American look like? And, what makes an American feel American?
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Apples, Airplanes, Animals oh my!
Morah Aviva's ECE4 class began their Alphabet this week with the Letter "Aa"! The class came up with "Aa" words for their word wall, decorated the letters with apples, and then even attempted to write "Apples" on the bottom of the paper! As part of their All About Me unit, the students are making their own books. After stamping their fingers in colored ink pads, the children observed their fingerprints with a magnifying glass and noticed that nobody's fingerprints are alike, and we are all unique!
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Geometric Constructions
This week 9th grade students in Mrs. Rosenzweig's class were challenged to do 5 geometric constructions with a compass and a straight edge. The students were assigned to construct an inscribed hexagon, inscribed pentagon, inscribed equilateral triangle, angle bisectors, and their own original construction design.
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Aleph Bet and ABCs
Kindergarten students in Mrs. Blumberg's class worked hard on matching upper and lower case letters. All the letters were scrambled, and students were tasked with searching for the pairs.
Students in Morah Tsippe's Judaic class worked in groups to put all the
aleph bet
tiles in order.
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Laws of Ownership
Upper School students in Rabbi Ouzzan's class started the year off strong learning Tractate Bava Metzia, where they learned all about the laws of ownership. The students discussed w
hat they would do if two people showed up in court holding an item, and each claiming it as theirs.
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Doodle for RMBA
Students in Ms. Bryant's lower school through high school classes are working on their “doodle for RMBA” sketches! After September 10, each student's design will be displayed and voted on. The winning doodle will become the design for this year’s spirit T-shirt. The theme for the doodle is 20/20 vision.
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Summer Steps
Morah Miriam's fourth grade Hebrew class enjoyed playing a fun Hebrew word game. The game had teams coming up with sentences by taking one step per word describing their summer fun. The team with the longest sentence won, and lots of steps were taken!
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Judaic Group Activities
Morah Rivkie's third grade Judaics class practiced their weekly
shorashim
(roots) and
milim
(words) with fun manipulative centers.
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Around the World
Seventh-graders in Mr. Duke's class made a creative start to the new school year, looking for intersections between world geography and art. Their first project challenged students to learn about the ancient tradition of mandala-making, while also learning how to quill (that is, a paper filigree art form utilizing strips of colorful paper that are rolled, shaped, and fixed together to create designs). The mandala will serve as practice for a more challenging assignment. Each student is assigned a continent and will quill a large political map, color-coded by country. These maps will then be stitched together and displayed in a gallery at RMBA. Meanwhile, seventh-graders have enthusiastically accepted the challenge to learn the national flags of 195 different countries. The students have already practiced countries that begin with the letters A and B. After they finish with Z, they will host an Around the World Flag competition in the format of a spelling bee.
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The sound ah
Gveret Erlichman's first grade class learned to write
Alef and
Bet this week in cursive in addition to learning the sounds the first vowels
Kamatz and
Patach make (the sound 'ah').
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RMBA After School Activities
Please click
here
to sign up for extracurricular and after-school activities.
Activities begin the week of September 1st!
Classes that do not hit their minimums by Friday 8/30
will be cancelled.
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Please click on the invitation. A duplicate image will display with active links.
Note: On duplicate image, click Highlights to read of Mindy's contributions to the Academy, UOS, and the Houston Jewish Community
Join in the Celebration
Mindy Rosenman Mitzner
אשת חיל
Eishet Chayil (Woman of Valor) Award
Sunday, September 22, 2019
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
See invitation for more details.
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Please see the Beren Academy Calendar as your most up to date source for information. The
Week at a Glance
is a snapshot, but does not reflect any changes made after that date.
Middle School Volleyball
The middle school volleyball team dropped a close opening game against Cornerstone. They will try again on Thursday, August 29, when they take on Logos Prep at home. Please check the calendar for practice dates and times.
High School Volleyball
The high school volleyball team will open up the season on Thursday, August 29 with a home game vs. Pasadena First Baptist Academy. They will open up the TAPPS district season with an home game
on Thursday, September 5
vs. Bellville Faith Academy. Please check the calendar for practice dates and times.
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Accessing the current schedule
Please re-sync your calendars weekly
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Bnei Akiva of Houston
Snif this week
Parshat Re'eh
Shabbat 8/31
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
at UOS
For grades 1-12
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