Parshat Vayikra
Candle Lighting 6:09 p.m.
Havdalah 7:10 p.m.
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Parsha Talk
How can a person be forced to be willing to do something? Find out in this week's parsha talk!
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Color Your World With:
ADAR II CELEBRATIONS! Can you hear that energy? It has been a busy month celebrating the joy and happiness that this special month brings. Everyone was greeted this week by a Harry Potter themed school building, coordinated and impressively accomplished by the Bnot Sherut, Hadas and Hila. Upper School students participated in a Master Chef Hamentaschen competition and a Rosh Chodesh dancing parade! Students school-wide have been having fun with themed dress up days and class activities!
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Every week a student from each one of Mrs. Gelman's 7thβ12th grade classes writes an original haiku about the parsha and a Dvar Torah about the Haftorah.
This week's H & H covering Parshat Vayikra features Shani Yanowitz (11) and Avichai Tarshish (10). Click here for some parsha inspiration you can share at your Shabbat table. |
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From the Desk of the STEAM Lab
This week in STEAM we made confetti poppers to decorate our fun clown, separated colors and shapes we made with hamantaschen, and weaved paper Mishloach Manot while telling silly Purim themed stories.
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Homonym
This week in Mr. Cell's Honors Economics 11thβ12th grade class, students distinguished and compared a topical homonym: autarchy (which in political science refers to absolute rule) and autarky (which in economics refers to self-sufficiency).
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Clowning Around
Morah Tsippi's ECE2 class had fun dot-painting clowns for Purim. They also enjoyed learning silly clown songs in both English and Hebrew.
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Profound Meanings & Purposes
Students in Morah Esther's 3rd grade Judaic Studies class have studied the different parts of tefillah beginning with Modeh Ani all the way through Birchot HaShachar. As a group, the students came up with profound meanings and purposes to each prayer and put it in a review sheet. Some examples include:
Tefillah: Possibility of achieving the impossible!
Modeh Ani: Activating my mode of happiness!
Al Netilat Yadayim: Connecting to the source of life!
Asher Yatzar: Awareness of my amazing body parts!
Birkat HaTorah: Creating a bond with the Creator of the universe!
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Parachute Play
This week in Ms. Morrison's Music and Movement class, early childhood practiced teamwork as they played with the parachute. They worked as a group to raise the parachute fast and slow. The students had a blast listening and trying this new tool for exercise.
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U.S. History
In Mr. Cell's AP U.S. History class (9thβ10th), students are refining their analytical and writing skills by writing timed essays in AP fashion. In our other U.S. History class, students have written a paper, and are now presenting to the class, an analysis expanding upon one of our previous history lessons of their choosing.
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Class Celebration
Congratulations to Ms. Morrison's 5th grade STEAM class for finishing their class book on the biography of Martin Luther King Jr. The students collaborated on their ideas and listened while others read. The class enjoyed celebrating with treats and a short movie clip. Thank you to all the parents for sending in snacks and making the party special for them.
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Crazy Costumes
This week students in Mrs. B's ECE4B class had fun going through the class treasure chest of costumes in preparation for Purim.
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Spanish Songs
At the end of every Spanish elective class, the students in Mrs. Rosenzweig's class get to practice the vocabulary they learned by singing children's rhyming songs. The students have learned 2 songs, the famous Mexican song "La Cucaracha" and the Colombian song "La Serpiente." The students really enjoy this singing time!
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Rhythm and Movement
Students in Ms. Rantz's 3rd grade art class wrapped up their unit on Rhythm and Movement this week. Their final projects included drawing the movements of a mannequin as it moved across the paper and using value and line in an overlapping pattern. 4th grade students completed pipe cleaner sculptures in motion.
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Home Economics
Students in Mrs. Rosenzweig's Home Economics elective had a busy week! The students learned about unit rate, tax, and percentages. The students went to Randalls for an applied math field trip in which they had to find the best items per unit rate from a shopping list supplied to them by Mrs. Rosenzweig. They also had to identify which items were taxable. The class then enjoyed baking delicious Hamantaschen.
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Graggers
Students in Morah Sandy's ECE3 class enjoyed making graggers for Purim. The students matched the letters in their names, decorated containers with letters and stickers, measured beans and confetti, and compared 1/4 to 1/2 cup. Now they are ready to boo and hiss when they hear Haman's name at Megillat Esther.
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Clowns and Blocks
This week students in Morah Aviva's ECE4A class continued with their Purim preparations by creating silly leytzan (clown) Mishloach Manot bags, and building towers in the Blocks Center. They also enjoyed Share and Tell, showcasing the letter of the week "S".
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Weather Art
Students in Ms. Rantz's middle school art elective have completed beautiful drawings of a tree as it goes through different weather storms. They focused on using line, value, and color to explore lightning storms, rain, hurricanes, snow, and ice.
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Middle School Science
This week students in Mr. Polanski's 6th grade science class learned about the muscular system and skin. Students in 7th grade learned about weather and its components. Students in 8th grade learned about evolution of the atomic theory. Students in grades 6β8 enjoyed presenting the t-shirts they created for the Science Fashion display.
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Clay Month
Students in Ms. Rantz's Kindergarten art class were excited to kick off Clay Month this week! They rolled, baked, and painted their own clay hamentaschen. Keep an eye out for more ceramic projects to come.
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CAMP KOCHAVIM SUMMER 2022
RMBA's New Summer Day Camp
Camp Dates:
July 8βJuly 29
8:30 amβ3:30 pm
Ages: 2β13
Click here for more details and to access the camper application.
Multi Session Discounts Available!
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High School Boys Basketball
A huge congratulations to the Robert M. Beren Boys Basketball team on a tremendous season. They finished the season with an 18-4 record and achieved the following.
- TAPPS District 9-1A Champions
- TAPPS Area Champions
- TAPPS Regional Champions
- TAPPS South Division Champions
- TAPPS 1-A State Runner Up
This team worked incredibly hard throughout the year to achieve these goals. I am proud of every single one of them. Our seniors leave the program with 2 State Finals appearances, which is something that no other class in the history of Beren Academy can say. Seniors Ariel Diner, Elie Gelman, Abe Behar, Robert Gateno, Dovid Troppe, Nathan Bogomolny, juniors Jonnie Katz, Alex Yellin, Elias Penhos, Aharon Machucha, and freshman Leeroy Tobul should all be congratulated.
A thank you goes out to Noa Geralnik and Philip Leibman for being outstanding managers this year.
A special thank you goes out to the entire Beren Community. The faculty and staff, the administration, the parents, and the fans have done a great job of supporting this team. We are thankful to have all of you behind us and definitely fed off of your energy in each and every game.
Also, a huge thank you to Tania Levenstein for all of her support behind the scenes. She is incredibly instrumental in much of the work that gets done coordinating t-shirts, hotels, meals, and anything else we need every time we make it to state.
Uniform turn in
If you played any sports at Beren Academy this year, please turn your uniform in directly to Coach Cole.
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Bnei Akiva Snif This Week
3/12/2022
5:10 PMβ6:30 PM at UOS
For grades 1β12
Bring a sweater, water bottle, and a smile!
ο»ΏMask optional
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Purim at UOS
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Family Megillah at 8:06 PM
Women's Megillah at 8:06 PM
Megillah Pin Drop Reading at 9:30 PM
Thursday, March 17, 2022
Shacharit and Megillah
at 6:45 AM
Pin Drop Megillah at 11:00 AM
UOS Purim Block Party
2:00β5:00 PM
on Meyerwood Drive
See flyer for complete details
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Women's Pre-Purim Event
Our Hidden Beauty
Sunday March 13, 2022
8:00 PM
Chabad Outreach
Covert: $18
See flyer for additional details
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Purim in the Park
Thursday, March 17, 2022
12:00 PM
Godwin Park
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UOS and Bnei Akiva
invite you to a
Purim Block Party
Thursday, March 17, 2022
2:00β5:00 PM
Meyerwood Drive
(between Greenwillow Dr. and Cliffwood Dr.)
Featuring:
Magic, Bubble Show, Face Painters, Bounce Houses, Train, Costume Contest
Plus, a delicious BBQ Seudah!
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IDP Shabbaton is Back!
Save the date:
May 20β22 at
Camp Moshava IO
Grades 9β12
March together with Bnei Akiva on Sunday with thousands of people in New York City's Celebrate Israel Day Parade in solidarity with Israel
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