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Parashat Beshalach
Candle lighting - 4:53 pm
Havdalah - 5:45 pm
LOST AND FOUND
We have many articles of clothing in our lost and found - primarily sweatshirts and jackets/coats. If your child is missing outerwear, please call in with a description, or stop by the office and we will direct you to our lost and found.
All items remaining on Friday, February 5 will be donated.
COMING EVENTS
Saturday, January 30
Tu B'Shvat
Wednesday, February 3
MSG Varsity Network is going to be recording our high school varsity basketball game for later release. Spirited Schechter families are invited to attend the home game at 5:00 pm.
Schechter Cares: Internet Safety Workshop @ 7:00 pm - Please join middle school parents for an informative evening presentation by Randi Pellett, the Middle School Technology Integrator at Lawrence Woodmere Academy. Presentation will take place in the New Gym
Friday, February 5
Mishloach Manot order forms due (deadline has been extended and is firm). Thank you for your participation in this joyous mitzvah (please see link below).
Friday, February 5 and Motzei Shabbat, February 6
Pizmon, an a cappella group comprised of students from Barnard, Columbia and the JTS, will be entertaining guests at the Shelter Rock Jewish Center on Friday. Services begin at 6:30 pm and will be followed by Shabbat dinner. There will be a Havdalah workshop, also at SRJC, motzei Shabbat (please see link below for information).
AFTER-SCHOOL ATHLETICS SCHEDULE
| Boys' Blue Basketball | Boys' White Basketball | Girls' Red Basketball |
Monday, February 1 | Home game vs. LWA @4:15 | | |
Tuesday, February 2 | | | Home game vs. St. Peters @ 4:15 |
Wednesday, February 3 | No Athletics Scheduled |
Thursday, February 4 | No Athletics Scheduled |
Friday, February 5 | No Athletics Scheduled |
YASHER KOACH
Emily Herzfeld, Sylvie Moscovitz and the 5th Grade Tzedakah Committee - Jared Rogers, Ben Cohen, Eric Zucker, Madeline Schlesinger, Tyler Scher raised $320.05 for Autism Speaks at the elementary school Autism Speaks Toy Drive. One hundred percent of the money raised will go to Autism Speaks.
What is Autism Speaks? Autism Speaks is the nation's largest autism science and advocacy organization. Autism Speaks uses Tzedakah money to find a cure for Autism, a brain disorder that makes you unable to learn as fast as others. Children with autism need special schools and camps. If you have a room with 110 kids, one of them will have autism. The symbol for Autism Speaks is a blue puzzle piece with open ends. If we can solve the problem and find a cure, then the puzzle will be finished.
REGENTS INFORMATION
Following are the dates for the June Regents:
Friday, June 18 - 12:30 - Integrated Algebra
Tuesday, June 22 - 9:00 - Earth Science
Tuesday, June 22 - 12:30 - Hebrew
SCHECHTER TUITION RAFFLE
Make a donation to our school and be automatically entered into the Tuition Raffle. Your donation may yield you up to $3,600 off your tuition payment (please see link below for informational flier).
SCHECHTER COMMUNITY COOKBOOK
The PA is going to have a cookbook published featuring Schechter families' recipes and artwork (please see link below for informational flier).
THINGS GO BETTER WITH COCA-COLA
Help Schechter by bringing in Coca-Cola and Coke products bottle caps with printed codes on them from the My Coke Rewards program. There are boxes to drop off your bottle caps in the Jericho and Glen Cove offices and also in the Lunchroom and Student Life Office in Glen Cove. Alternatively, please visit the SSDS My Coke Rewards web page to donate your points online. Thank you for your support!
SHOPPING FOR SCHECHTER
Your day-to-day purchases can benefit our school. Stop & Shop and Target stores have programs which designate a percentage of your purchase to your school. When you next visit a Stop & Shop or Target store, simply sign up for a Stop & Shop card or a REDcard at Target. Alternatively, follow these links online for all the information you will need: Stop & Shop Card and Target REDcard. Our Stop & Shop School ID is 07427 and our Target School ID is 116021. Thank you!
SAVE-THE-DATES
BATTLE OF THE CLASSES
The middle school's Annual Battle of the Classes will culminate with an evening of tournaments on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 in the New Gym. Details to follow.
SCHECHTER FINE ARTS FESTIVAL
Join the entire Schechter community for an enchanting Sunday of Arts and Entertainment on March 7, 2010 - Gallery Opening @ 1:30 pm and Performances at 2:00 pm - Glen Cove campus.
SALUTE TO ISRAEL PARADE
The annual Salute to Israel Parade will take place on Sunday, May 23, 2010. Details to follow.
ONGOING EVENTS
Hoodies for the homeless - Please bring in hoodies for our school community to donate to the homeless. Last year we collected over 550!
Teens For Jeans - Bring in any gently worn jeans to be donated to the homeless, and receive a coupon for 25% off the purchase of Aeropostale jeans.
Deadline extended for Jewish Heritage Night at MSG until Monday, February 1st.
HEALTH INFORMATION
St. Francis Hospital offers free cardiac screenings for student athletes. Next screening dates will be January 31 and March 21 at the DeMatteis Center in Greenvale. For more information call 516-629-2038 or visit the St. Francis Website.
FRIDAY LETTER
Parashat Beshalach
Dvar Torah by Rabbi Moshe Schwartz
The following is a humorous take on Parashat Beshalach (Shabbat Shirah). The puns reflect on the entire Exodus narrative with special attention and honor to our beloved NY Jets and the upcoming Super Bowl.
MEMO: From the Kiddush Committee
We were planning an elaborate celebration this week in honor of the New York Jets trip to the Super Bowl. However, the committee has been plagued with hardships and we have had to postpone our Kiddush for 38 more years.
We intended to serve a festive fleishig meal (quail, not other NFL birds), but without a Saint in the congregation to sponsor and the sour housing market (especially in custom made brick homes[1]) we have had to offer a scaled back, triennial version.
This week's Kiddush will now contain only saltines and Salt water taffy.
There will also be Bloody Mary mix, blackout cake, rice vermincelli and lice cakes. These were left over from the past two weeks as a result of a small, mostly Republican (i.e. "George, not Reggie Bush loving") kiddush whose members did not consume everything (this is also a budget joke based on Pres. Obama's State of the Union address). We know some of you are scratching your heads wondering what to do if you cannot reach the table. Our only advice is to consider leap frogging (green frogs of course!) over a fellow congregant or standing idoly by in your place and a member of Moses' staph will usher you to your seat.
This Kiddush has certainly left its Mark (Sanchez).
Until next year,
Shabbat shalom,
The Kiddush Committee
[1] The committee wanted to make a joke using D'Brickshaw Ferguson, the all-pro guard for the Jets, but we were unsure if enough people would get it.
Shabbat shalom, | Shabbat shalom, |
Allan Dalfen, Upper School Principal | Rabbi Moshe Schwartz, Director of Jewish Life |
PDF files
Mishloach Manot
Pizmon at SRJC
PA Cookbook
Tuition Raffle
