Head of School Message
Heather Moore, Head of School
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Dear Parents,
Next week is our final week before Passover break and it is full of opportunities for our students to learn and share their knowledge of Passover. Mrs. Brashevitzky and all of our amazing Judaic teachers are planning engaging Seder experiences for all of our SIA students. More information will be shared in ParentSqure next week.
The SIA Annual Scholastic Book Fair opened today and runs through Friday, March 19, 2021. Your child’s class will visit the book fair and make wish lists that will be sent home. Students can make purchases during school or families can visit the virtual version of the SIA book fair as well. Thanks so much to all our Parents and families for helping the school reach this year’s goal. You can also click here to access the online Book Fair to support our school.
Passover break begins Friday, March 26, 2021 – Friday, April 2, 2021.
· Fullcare is closed Friday, March 26 and Monday, March 29, 2021.
· Fullcare is open Tuesday, March 30 – Friday, April 2, 2021
· JCC Schools Day out is open Friday, March 26 – Friday, April 2, 2021
Financial Aid and Flexible Tuition Awards are being processed and being sent out this week. If you are planning to apply, please make sure to apply as soon as possible to ensure you get the maximum tuition assistance.
Below you will see some reminders for next week.
Shavuah Tov, wishing you all a wonderful week ahead!
Heather Moore
Head of School
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3/24 - Picture Proofs due in to Office (orders will arrive by April 5)
3/26 - 4/2 Passover Break
3/26 - No School, Fullcare Closed, JCC Holiday Camp Open
3/29 - No School, Fullcare Closed, JCC Holiday Camp Open
3/30 - 4/2 Fullcare Spring Break Session/ JCC Holiday Camp
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How We Express Ourselves
Lorna Orleans, Early Years Director
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All six Transdisiciplinary Themes in the IB program are very broad universal ideas. So how do we bring focus to each one? You may remember your child’s teacher explaining the central idea of a unit. That is the key! Developing a central idea based on student interest and ability as well as teacher interest is what brings focus to such large concepts. To further focus the learning, classes develop lines of inquiry to pursue in relation to the central idea. These tools narrow the research, exploration and learning to a manageable scope. In the mix, teachers include content from across the disciplines. Sometimes a unit is more science oriented than another and other times the subject scope for a unit may be language arts and social/emotional skills. Quite often, our EY teachers integrate Jewish Holidays into parts of the unit.
Concurrently EY3 and EY4 are implementing the IB unit How We Express Ourselves, but each age level has found a unique path to understanding this big concept through their chosen central ideas.
EY3 students are working with the central Idea that Expression Cultivates Identity. They are learning ways to identify and express their feelings and tuning into the idea that our feelings help us understand ourselves and others. During Purim for example they listened to the story of Esther in terms of how the characters may have been feeling, and there were many feelings to explore, beyond happy and sad. They were able to identify feelings like bravery, fright, confidence and thankfulness. As they progress through this unit they are using creative outlets like children’s literature, storytelling and listening to music to understand ways of expressing feelings.
In EY4 classrooms the central idea was formed with a different intent: Though expression our creativity is inspired. The springboard for finding the artist within themselves has been several art forms from poetry to music to children’s literature to the works of famous artists. For example some of our EY4 friends have been inspired by the collage art of Eric Carle and by using his techniques created their own unique art pieces. Another class, after learning the difference between fiction and non-fiction during Dr. Seuss week, decided to express themselves by creating auto-biographies. Next they are on to self-portraits!
Once again our creative and inspiring teachers have facilitated meaningful learning experiences that reach across the disciplines and work toward the development of the whole child.
Shavua Tov,
Lorna Orleans
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This EY3 class practiced some abstract thinking as they attached colors to feelings. After hearing the story The Color Monster they created monster collages with the color/feeling they wanted to portray.
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EY3 students also created pinecone friends after hearing the story The Penguin and the Pinecone. Then, they dictated their own stories about their pinecone friends.
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EY3 friends in this class chose facial expressions to match the feelings they thought the Purim characters were having. |
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Above: EY3 students listened to two very different kinds of music, pop rock and classical. As they painted they discovered the outcomes differed according to the feelings the music evoked. |
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The art work of EY4 students, left and above: Students created collage style art as inspired by some of Eric Carle's books. |
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Above: This EY4 friend thinks about what he wants to write and then illustrates his autobiography. |
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The Scholastic Book Fair is open through Friday, March 19th.
Teachers and students are able shop at the Scholastic Book Fair in-person, and the Virtual Fair will be available on our school's Scholastic Book Fair Homepage for online shopping. If you are interested in an e-Wallet, a cashless way for students to shop at the fair, please visit our homepage to set up an account. With the SIA health mitigation strategies in place, parents are not able to come to the Scholastic Book Fair. We will miss seeing you this year but know that your support helps provide supplies for our classrooms and Library.
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SAVE THE DATE: September 14, 2021
SIA's 33rd Annual Golf Tournament.
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Are you passionate about golf? Are you passionate about making an impact for SIA? Is volunteering your jam? Are you interested in meeting other parents and community leaders?
If you said yes to any of the above then please join our new Golf Committee!
Our Golf Tournament is our school's biggest fundraiser of the year! Last year we raised $127,000 for our school and our tournament saw over 100 golfers!
This year we need your help to make our 33rd Annual tournament the biggest tournament ever! For more details, please contact Carly Glikman at CGlikman@strelitzacademy.org
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Is your child missing a jacket or coat?
Please send a description to Linda Bridges, and she will be happy to see if the missing item is in our Lost and Found Box!
Please write your child's name in all items.
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LUNCH ORDER REMINDERS
Ms. Linda Bridges, Office Manager
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PLACE YOUR MARCH LUNCH ORDER!!
If you order lunch for your child (Toddlers to 5th grade), please order in advance from https://orgsonline.com/. Print the days you ordered so you know when to pack a lunch. Primary students should bring several snacks on the days they order lunch from school. Everyone needs to bring a reusable water bottle.
If you need to cancel or change a lunch, please do before 9:30 a.m. if it is on the day of the order.
Remember: if you wait to order, you may forget.
Lunch instructions are included for anyone who needs to start an account or needs a reminder about the program.
LOOK OUT FOR THE APRIL LUNCH MENU COMING SOON!
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If you have not registered your child in SIA's 12 month program and would like to register your child for camp this summer, please click here to register. To check if you have registered for camp 2021, please refer to your tuition statement.
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Harris Teeter will automatically give a percentage to SIA everytime you show and use your VIC Card!
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Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to Strelitz International Academy whenever you shop on AmazonSmile.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
March Babies!!
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Students
Owen Schachner 3/2
Quinn Wentworth 3/3
Ozzie Wilcoxon 3/4
Elizabeth Kimball 3/4
Willow Baker 3/4
Rowen Reyes 3/7
Talia Revivo 3/7
Briella Brown 3/9
Daniella Weinstein 3/10
Raina Jones 3/11
Kacie Kenyon 3/14
Isla Cornelius 3/16
Ruby Mitzner 3/16
Yael Haas 3/19
Gabrielle Tyson 3/25
Sarah Scaliatine 3/26
Ella Trompeter 3/27
Benjamin Silverstein 3/27
Abigail Walker 3/29
Henry Genova 3/30
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Faculty and Staff
Desyre Lawrence 3/3
Marnie Waldman 3/17
Adam Leiderman 3/26
Mirta Rivera 3/26
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Updated Class Cupcake Order Form Below |
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Ice Pops or Cupcakes can be ordered for Class birthday treats!
For Cupcakes, please use the form below and drop off at Cardo Campus Cafe or email to: lunch@ujft.org
NO OUTSIDE TREATS MAY BE BROUGHT IN FOR BIRTHDAYS AT SCHOOL.
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Crushing the Red Flowers
Monday, March 22, 2021 7:00 PM EDT
In partnership with PJ Our Way of Tidewater, join us for an author talk with Jennifer Voigt Kaplan as she discusses her book
Crushing the Red Flowers
(program recommended for grade 5 and up)
What if the person you are supposed to hate is the one person who can save you? Crushing the Red Flowers is the story of how two ordinary boys cope under the extraordinary circumstances of Kristallnacht. Emil Rosen and Friedrich Weber couldn't have less in common, but in the summer of 1938, they must both deal with the changes steamrolling through Germany. Friedrich struggles with an uncle in jail and a cruel Hitler Youth leader, while Emil does his best to avoid the blistering anti-Semitism that's threatening his family. As the rules of yesterday no longer make sense, both boys find comfort at a private spot along the Leine River. Then in the late hours of November 9th, their world explodes, and the two boys are forced together in a race against time that requires Friedrich to risk his life in order to save Emil and his family.
Jennifer Voigt Kaplan is an award-winning author of children’s fiction. Her debut novel, Crushing the Red Flowers, won a 2020 Christopher Award in the Books for Young People category. Jennifer was born in Germany, raised in Philadelphia, and now resides in the New York City area. She holds degrees from the Wharton School of Business in marketing and from the London School of Economics in social psychology. Outside of writing, Jennifer founded The Public Arts Council, her town’s first organization dedicated to public arts. She lives with her husband, three children, and a cheeky beta-fish named Bubbles, who thinks it’s hilarious to play dead.
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