Shul School 2020: Week 3 Wrap-Up
November 1, 2020
Shalom Shul School parents,

I'm so glad to report that Shul School did indeed happen this weekend, despite the late-October hurricane followed by days of widespread power outages. Just another minor speed bump as we plow ahead through 2020! My understanding is that almost all of y'all have power and internet restored and your kids were able to attend their classes today, which is wonderful. For those of you whom that was not the case- I hope everything gets back to normal for you soon!

Friendly reminder to please fill out the parents survey regarding family Shabbat services! It shouldn't take more than a few minutes to complete. The due date is Wednesday 11/4 at noon. Thank you!

Happy November(!?!?! how'd THAT happen?),

Meryl Zimmerman
Education Director
TEACHER FEATURE

Each week, we will use this space to introduce you to a different Shul School teacher. This week's featured teacher is Chloe Weinstein, who teachers Devorim/Tzipporim:

"My name is Chloe Weinstein and I am a junior studying psychology at Tulane! I come all the way from New York City where I attended Jewish day school for sixteen years. After high school, I took a gap year in Israel and did an Israeli pre-army program, and it was the best year of my life! I love being in New Orleans, riding my bike in Audubon, and discovering new coffee shops. This is my second year teaching at Shir Chadash and I look forward to it every week. I hope to meet everyone soon in person or on zoom!"
Gan Nitzan

We shared the pictures of rainbows we painted and talked about the "blue" moon last night. We read Abraham's Search for God (Jules), about Abraham as a young boy and learned that there is one God. We talked about Adonai, our God, and practiced saying the Shema. Lenny and Meital remembered about covering our eyes. Ezra and Reeva loved the Hebrew letter placemats. Lina sang us a new tzedakah song. We agreed to decorate a box, bin, bag or bucket to hold the clothes and shoes we collect for tzedakah at home, and share it next week. We talked, sang, and laughed and got ready for a good week, "shavua tov."
Shafririyot

Today we watched a cool Israeli music video called Sisulim, learned about the mitzvah of welcoming the stranger, and decorated welcome mats!
Parparim

Today we talked all about empatyah (empathy). We learned why it is always important to think about how others our feeling and what they are going through. We also made hearts filled with things that make us happy. Check out our buddies we made!

Ask your child: What is something you can do for someone else that will make them happy?
Devorim/Tzipporim

We spoke about holiness, and all drew a picture of what holiness means to us in our lives. We spent most of our time discussing the Ten Commandments, and we created out own list of Ten Commandments. 
HaYa'ar

We reviewed part of the Amidah today and learned some of the Kedushah.

There is also a powerpoint for recordings of the parts of Musaf we’ve learned (it will be updated weekly). Please encourage your child to review what we’ve learned each week. Here’s the link (I recommend you bookmark it): https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AJJEyNRmUxIDVuQ8xJUrcpI6LKxjndu5Rf6ufbbtFDk/edit?usp=sharing