The 5-8 basketball teams played against Heilicher staff in a ruach-filled (spirit-filled) event on Tuesday. Congratulations to the winning student team! | |
The 2023 Heilicher Scholastic Book Fair was a great success! | |
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Thank you to all of the parents, grandparents, and friends who set up the book fair, ran cash registers, and helped pack everything back up. Your efforts were immeasurable! Thanks also to the many students who were fantastic guides when shoppers were looking for books on their student’s wish list and even ran cash registers…. Could there be futures in marketing and sales?! Finally, a huge THANK YOU to all who purchased books for your students, their teachers, and the library and to those who rounded up to the nearest dollar and who gave additional donations to the fair.
With all of your support and participation, the Book Fair generated $5,650 in sales! A total of 65 books were donated to classrooms, and 35 books were donated to the library. The sales amount also allowed the school to accrue “Scholastic bonus dollars,” which will be spent on additional books and supplies for the library.
Britton Cook, Librarian
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Torah Thoughts from Doc
Read a brief message about this week's Torah portion, Parashat Tzav. "The Torah requires human and divine collaboration."
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April School's Out
School's Out is available during Passover and on the April Professional Development Day on April 5, 10, 11, and 14. Registration is open through Sunday, April 2, on Jumbula. Students can come for a full day from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., or for half days ending or beginning at noon.
Wednesday, April 5 — Special guests Norm the Magician and a PJ Library representative will come.
Monday, April 10 — Kidcreate Studio will lead an activity.
Tuesday, April 11 — Westwood Hills Nature Center will bring animals for students to learn about, feed, and pet.
Friday, April 14 — Students will participate in an art project and charades.
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Yom Dor l'Dor (Generations Day)
On Tuesday, April 4, for Yom Dor l'Dor, students' grandparents and special elders are invited to Heilicher for refreshments followed by a participatory Pesach (Passover) performance featuring all of our grades at Heilicher from 2:15 to 3:40 p.m.
We request that students wear the following colors by grade for the Yom Dor l'Dor Pesach Cantata:
K & 8: Yellow | 1 & 5: Orange | 2 & 6: Red | 3: Green | 4 & 7: Blue
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Grade 8 Gertens Plant and Flower Sale
Spring is just around the corner! The eighth-grade class is selling Gertens plants and flowers through April 5 to raise money for their spring trip to Washington, D.C.
To place an order, go to gertensfundraising.com and enter Store ID code 415 to get to the Heilicher 8th Grade Class page.
If you are not ordering from a specific eighth-grade student, please enter the word "Heilicher" into the "Seller's Name" field on the order form.
Orders will only be accepted through 10 p.m. on Thursday, April 6. Pick-up will be on Monday, May 8, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at the Sabes JCC.
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Spring Extracurriculars
Registration for spring extracurriculars is open through Monday, April 10, on Jumbula. See the chart for offerings and find more information on the Heilicher website's activities and athletics pages.
Ultimate Frisbee will run with the current registrants but is still looking for another participant who does not identify as male. The league requires that no more than three players of one gender play on the field at a time.
Please reach out with any questions to After-School Activities Coordinator Jeremy Savran for activities or Athletic Director Lee Metzger for sports.
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Reminder: Kashrut Policy for Food From Home
Any food brought from home for snack or lunch must be either dairy or parve (neither milk nor meat). Bringing meat, including poultry, or any kind of shellfish from home is not permitted.
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Community Yom Ha-atzmaut Celebration
The Minnesota JCC invites community members to celebrate Yom Ha-atzmaut on Sunday, April 30, 5-8 p.m., at Nickelodeon Universe at the Mall of America. Enjoy Israeli music, performances, activities for adults and kids, rides, and more.
The event is free, but preregistration is required. Learn more and register on the JCC website.
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From the Parent-Teacher Organization: Parent Ed Webinar
The fifth parent education webinar, Technology & Mental Health: What is the Link?, is available for viewing on the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS) website. Jill Walsh, a sociology professor at Boston University and founder of Digital Aged — a consulting group that educates students, families, and educational institutions about positive technology use, presented.
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Volunteer Opportunities
Sign up to help at All-School Lunch and/or All-School T'filah.
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All-School Lunch: Help set up and clean up our all-school lunch on Wednesday(s) in the auditorium 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
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All-School T'filah: Help set up for all-school t'filah (prayer) Monday(s) in the theater 8:15-9 a.m.
Grade-level volunteer opportunities will be sent out by room parents.
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Mazel tov!
Mazel tov to Alex and Gabby Abramovich on their upcoming B'not Mitzvah on Saturday, April 1, at Beth El Synagogue.
Mazel tov to Max Rappaport on his upcoming Bar Mitzvah on Monday, April 3, in Israel.
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