Today we celebrated Yom Ha'atzmaut with Israeli dancing, food, and music! |
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Shir Lama’alot: An Ode to Yisrael
This morning at the end of our All-school Yom Ha'atzmaut celebration we asked everyone to write one word to describe Israel. This is what the Heilicher Minneapolis Jewish Day School community of students, teachers, administrators parents, and grandparents came up with.
Yom Ha’atzmaut 5781
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Mark Your Calendars!
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Monday - Friday, May 3-7 - Teacher Appreciation Week
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Monday and Tuesday, May 17-18 - Shavuot - NO SCHOOL
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Kabbalat Shabbat
We're looking for five more families to "lead" us through Kabbalat Shabbat during the remaining weeks of this school year. This entails making a video of 5-8 minutes going through the blessings and leading a song or story or Torah study. Email Wendy Goldberg if your family is interested!
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Mindy and Dan Ribnick Family Tuition Grant for Community Volunteers
Reminder there is still time to apply for The Mindy and Dan Ribnick Family Tuition Grant Program.
The Mindy and Dan Ribnick Family Tuition Grant Program for Community Volunteers makes possible grants of 18% of total tuition (Chai) for approximately four Heilicher students per school year. Any parent or guardian of a newly-enrolled or re-enrolled student(s) for the 2021-2022 school year is invited to submit an application communicating their current Jewish community volunteer roles and involvement.
Applications must be completed and submitted by Friday, May 14, 2021 to be considered for the coming grant cycle. ONE application will be accepted per family. Awards will be communicated to recipient families by Friday, May 28, 2021. Awards will be credited against owed tuition for the 2021-2022 school year, and will be in addition to any need-based financial aid awarded.
Fill out the application here.
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Recipes from Chef Liz
Thank you to Chef Liz and the parents that joined us Tuesday evening for a fun cooking class. It was great seeing everyone and making delicious food together. Check out the recipes for her Tinto de Verona/Red wine Cocktail, Pesto Pizza and Homemade Chocolate Bar.
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Collecting Heilicher Grandparent Email Addresses!
Heilicher prides itself on being a community school and a school for your entire family. We want to make sure we have all grandparents' current email addresses so we can keep them up to date with grandparent newsletters and emails about special events at school.
If you don't think your child's grandparents are currently on our email list, or if you are not sure, please email their contact information to Beckie Skelton.
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Good Deeds Day 2021
PJ Library Minneapolis, the Heilicher Minneapolis Jewish Day School, and Talmud Torah of Minneapolis are partnering again this spring to bring Good Deeds Day to your home Sunday, April 25.
Families that register will be mailed a new spring-themed Kindness Kit with a focus on environmental justice, anti-racism, and honoring our elders. The kit contents can be completed on your time inside your home. The activities are designed to promote compassion and ignite important discussions with your family.
Half of your registration fee will be donated to PRISM food pantry, JFCS’s neighbor agency. PRISM is committed to responding to the needs of the community during these challenging times. Donations to PRISM help ensure food is available to our most vulnerable neighbors
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Drop Off Reminders
As a reminder, morning drop off is from 8:00-8:30 a.m. We have to keep the drive up circle open for the ECC families to use at 8:30 a.m.
If you arrive after 8:30 a.m., please park down by the pool and walk your child up to door 11. Please call the office when you arrive so we can meet you at the door.
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Spirit Wear
Make sure to check out our Heilicher online spirit shop. We have a lot of new and exciting items for children and adults.
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Covid-19 Updates from Nurse Katie
Testing
As you may have heard, the Covid-19 rate of infection is increasing in children. Sports and clubs contribute to this uptick. Fortunately, the rate in teachers has gone down as they have been getting vaccinated. The Minnesota Department of Health strongly encourages Covid-19 testing every 1 or 2 weeks if your family is involved in activities outside of school when social distancing of 6 feet is difficult to maintain and when children interact with others from different classes and schools.
Routine Childhood immunizations
If your child needs to have any vaccines this year, please consider doing it soon. When the Covid-19 vaccine becomes available for children, they cannot get it if they have had another vaccine within 14 days. Your child will not be able to get this at the same time as their other vaccines or the flu vaccine in the fall. Please plan ahead and share information with other families.
While the Covid-19 vaccine is becoming more available, please keep in mind that you are not considered fully vaccinated until 2-4 weeks past vaccination. Please continue to use all the precautions that we have implemented since the beginning of the school year. Please remember the vaccine lessens your symptoms if you get the infection, but it does not keep you from getting Covid-19 or spreading it. For more details, please see the CDC website.
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MAZEL TOV!
Mazel Tov to Dalia Falck on her upcoming Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, April 17, via Zoom (Beth El Synagogue).
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Heilicher Minneapolis Jewish Day School
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