This week we had so much Rosh Hashana, apple, and honey fun! We learned all about apple shapes and parts of the apple, while attempting and accomplishing an apple stacking challenge, inspired by the book 10 Apples Up On Top by Dr. Suess. We also learned about how bees make their honey in a bee-made comb and then tasted real honeycomb! It was a treat!

Morah Esther's 3rd grade Judaic Studies class learned all about the significance of potential and power during the month of Elul. The students decided to use this opportunity to work on their habits and change them for the better! They each wrote a habit on Morah Esther's new RMBA spirit shirt with the goal of working on improving those habits for the better. Some examples were paying more attention in class, not getting easily frustrated with younger siblings etc. After Rosh Hashana, the class will compare themselves to how they were before Rosh Hashana, and if they were able to successfully change those habits they will insert a big check mark next to their goal. Good luck 3rd grade!

Students in Ms. Renfrow's 6th grade Executive Functioning class learned all about emails with guest lecturer Dr. Oberman. He talked about accessing your email, how to write an appropriate email to others, and keeping your emails organized. Thank you Dr. Oberman for your guidance!

Students in Morah Aviva's ECE4A class worked on apple plates, bee honey cups, and had fun during share and tell the letter “Bb." In keeping with the "B" theme students also worked on a bumble bee pattern and created bees and hexagons as part of a Rosh Hashana project being sent home.

We love hearing from our alumni! What an exciting week when not one, but two of our recent graduates reached out to Mrs. Gelman, excited to recognize material being presented in their classes in college. Molly Goldstein ('21) was excited to recognize the same depiction of the Tower of Bavel in her archeology class at Cornell University. Ariella Ruben ('21) was excited to recognize the stories of Creation in the Torah that were discussed in Mrs. Gelman's class, in particular the word

ruach and how it means wind, spirit, and breath depending on the interpretation, in her class at Whitman College.

Students in Morah Rozi's 4th grade Judaic Studies class are learning about the 7 steps of proper Teshuva (forgiveness) and how to properly make amends. They learned all about the importance of not skipping a step, and actually going step by step to achieve a complete Teshuva.

This week in Ms. Morrison's Academic Engagement class 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders started their projects on Bridges. The classes discussed what they know about bridges, then researched the different types, and then experimented with making their own out of paper. In these pictures the children showed off their arch bridges, beam bridges and even a beam bridge with on ramps and a tunnel. Next, they will extend this project to working in a group setting where they can modify their bridges and retest. Stay tuned to see what they come up with!

Students in Ori Friedmann's middle school Hebrew class were tasked with summarizing the past Jewish year in Hebrew (5781). The class was divided into various groups by category and had to find objects to form sentences with

Students in lower school enjoyed their first Ulpan Maasi (experiential Hebrew class) of the year, taught by schlichim Aviva and Ori Friedmann (moving forward this will be taught by our Bnot Sherut who are arriving next week). The students planted seeds and learned about the Hebrew year תשפ"ב (5782) and about the special connection between plants and Rosh Hashana.