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Friday, March 5, 2010 Candle Lighting 6:07 PM
TEAM PLAYERS
Õ STAR STUDENTS Õ STUDENTSÕ Õ T.S. Tzvi AntonÕ Õ S.S. Shalom DeutschÕ Õ T.S. Adi EvgiÕ Õ T.S. Reuven EvgiÕ Õ S.S. Dani FranklinÕ Õ T.S. Dovid KaplanÕ Õ S.S. Dani LevyÕ Õ T.S. Avi NashÕ Õ S.S. Yehuda RosenbergÕ Õ T.S. Benjy ShababoÕ
Õ S.S. Elisheva El-GadÕ Õ S.S. Dina EllenbogenÕ Õ S.S. Elisheva FellusÕ Õ T.S. Cila GinspargÕ Õ S.S. Riki GrossbardÕ Õ T.S. Daniella KatzÕ Õ S.S. Yael LesnikÕ Õ T.S. Aviya PeretsÕ Õ T.S. Batia SegalÕ
PLEASE NOTE: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSES THIS TUESDAY, MARCH 9 ARE FROM 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM. LUNCH WILL NOT BE SERVED. PLEASE SEND A SNACK TO SCHOOL WITH YOUR CHILD, BUT NO LUNCH.
PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES THIS TUESDAY!
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arent-Teacher conferences will take place, IY”H, in the afternoon and evening, this comingTuesday, March 9, from 2:00 – 5:30, and from 6:30 until 9:00 PM. APPOINTMENTS MUST BE MADE IN ADVANCE. If you have not already done so, please call Mrs. Tamir in the boys’ office at 305-948-3338 to schedule your appointments or follow the instructions for scheduling your appointment online at https:// customer.infograsp.com/apps/login.jsp
Avraham Brass Yossi Cohen Yitzi Eisenberger Avos Greenberg Noam Schultz Yenon Moshe Sharaby David Sharbani Michael Shmueli
Hadara Balgley Pnina Bergida Gabi Breier Tamar Brody Yael Lesnik Rina Siegel Shira Steinberg Sivan Zaig
.TITLE 1 CONFERENCES
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rs. Glatt will be available to meet with parents of students in the Title I Program from 7:00-9:00 PM this Tuesday, March 9. Please call Mrs. Tamir in the boys’ office at 305.948.3338 to schedule your Title 1 appointments.
SHUSHAN PURIM COSTUME CONTEST, BBQ & CARNIVAL DAY!
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n Monday our creative costume designers displayed their fabulous creations in every color, shape and design imaginable as we celebrated Purim with a festive BBQ lunch and carnival. The winners of our costume contest are:
SCHOOL WIDE WINNERS:
GIRLS: Gabi Breier - Star Student Trophy Miriam Dreyfuss & Gita Glazer - Toras Emes Twins
We could not have had such a successful day without the help of our many vounteers. Yasher Koach to: Mrs. Rochel Heiney Mrs. Nechama Heller Mrs. Cindy Itzkowitz Mrs. Chaya Levy Mrs. Jenny Nemani Mrs. Elanna Rosenbaum Mrs.Yael Sobol Shaina Bedziner Sorala Bodkins Yehudis Dudovitz Liba Goldberg Meira Jaskiel Chani Itzkowitz Elisheva Lefkowitz Michal Lefkowitz Gila Shapiro Heftzi Weberman Mordecai Buzaglo Yaakov Goldenberg Moshe Itzkowitz Josh Mayerhoff Binyamin Nemani
BOYS: Noah Chemtov - Teivas Noach Giraffe TEACHERS:
Rabbi Schwartz - Retiree Mrs. Weisskoff - Exterminator CLASS WINNERS-GIRLS:
1G - Esti Weinberger - Baker Batel Levi - Flamenco Dancer 2G - Cila Ginsparg - Amelia Bedelia Meira Entin - Anne of Green Gables Rebecca Balgley - Shul Man 3G - Rivky Stern - Michelle Obama Tzivi Elias - Elmer’s Glue Tehila Palgon - Sharvit HaZahav 4G - Shoshana Sapirman - Suffragette Meital Weisskoff - Exterminator Riki Grossbard - Purim Cow Penina Rosenbaum - Gefilte Fish Tank 5G -Nechama Bodkins - Haman’s Washing Machine Tzipori Wechsler - Shushan Garbage Can Miriam Chesal & Yocheved Miriam Sapirman Pizza Heads CLASS WINNERS-BOYS:
1B - Ephraim Dudovitz - Shushan Garbage Can Shua Jeger - Clown 2B - Zohar Reboh - Nerd Shua Steinberg - Baseball Player Avraham Homnick - Cell Phone 3B - Dani Franklin - Krispy Kreme Baker Zevi Roth - Farmer Yaakov Lesnik - Doctor 4B -Ezra Pomper - U(nited) P(urim) S(ervice) Tzvi Atkin - TEAM Player Yehoshua Herzek - Huck Finn 5B - Shmuel Chaim Dreyfuss - “3 Feet”
As always, our chef extraordinaire, Rabbi Yitzchak Teitelbaum, barbecued our delicious lunch. Thank you once again for your time and your talents! If you helped us on Monday but your name is not listed, please forgive the omission and consider yourself thanked.
MISHLOACH MANOSTHANK YOU!
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he faculty and staff of Toras Emes/Toras Chaim were delighted to receive the delicious, beautiful Shalach Manos Baskets. Thanks to the project chair, Mrs. Doris Buzaglo, her helpful group of volunteers, and to all the families who participated. Your thoughtfulness and generosity is greatly appreciated!
SCIENCE FAIR NEWS
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he fourth and fifth grade Science Fair projects are due on March 15. If you have not yet purchased a Science board, they are available in the office for $5 each.
THANK YOU
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o Mr. & Mrs. Binyomin Lehrer and family for donating a crock pot to our 5B Chulent In Halacha elective.
PLEASE CLAIM LOST AND FOUND! NICHUM AVEILIM
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o Mrs. Shully Feigenbaum and family on the loss of her father.
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ur Lost and Found boxes are beyond overflowing with items to be claimed. Please stop by to pick up your missing sweaters, jackets, lunch boxes and more, otherwise…..they might have to be burned with the Chometz!
REFUAH SHELAIMA ¨ Ruchama Aliza Sara Chana bas Esther Liba ¨ Bina bas Chaya ¨ Chana bas Shaindel ¨ Pessel bas Shaina Leah ¨ Zelda Masha bas Itta Anna ¨ Shalva Yakira bas Yardena Meira ¨ Mordechai ben Ora Yehudis ¨ Moshe Chaim ben Chana
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o Rabbi and Mrs. Mordechai Fried and family on the birth of a grandson, born to their daughter Rina and Dovid Dunoff.
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o Rabbi and Mrs. Gedalya Glatt and family on the birth of a granddaughter, born to their son, our alumnus, Eliyahu and Rivka Leah Glatt.
HOT LUNCH CYCLE
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orms for the fourth cycle of the Hot Lunch Program were sent home this week. Cycle IV will begin on Thursday, April 8 immediately following our Pesach vacation. Forms must be returned by Thursday, March 11.
SAVE THE DATE
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ednesday evening, April 21 - Community wide gathering on Internet safety. Details forthcoming.
SHUSHAN PURIM CARNIVAL AND COSTUME PARADE 5770
s”xc Rabbi Kalman Baumann
Dr. Deborah Lerer
Principal
Secular Studies Principal
Rabbi Noam Grossman
Mrs. Naomi Bloom
Assistant Principal
Early Childhood Director
Erev Shabbos Parashas Ki Sisa, Parashas Parah 5770 Dear Parents, The second trimester progress reports are in the mail to you, and will arrive very shortly. As the school year unfolds, many insights into your child’s academic and social performance are being shared, and not all grades and comments may be what you hoped for. You know better than anyone else how you (and the teacher) have spoken unceasingly to your child about not calling out or talking out of turn during the lesson, and yet the behavior persists. You have employed every ingenious trick to get your child to complete homework without getting distracted, and yet it seems to be of no avail. Frustration may be the order of the day, but seize the opportunity that meaningful, sincere and insightful reporting from school offers. The question now is– what to with this child of ours who, after all, should try harder and be more successful. Lack of effort is the least common cause for students not meeting expectations. Children are naturally curious, feel great when they are successful at a task or project, and attach great importance to making parents and teachers proud of them. The key to understanding student failure to thrive and succeed is to recognize that there is something in that child’s learning process that makes success too hard to achieve. This means, the proper reaction to a less than perfect report card is not to cast blame, but to become a detective - to locate, identify and correct the impediment to learning. Unfortunately, it could be anything. It could be the child’s innate intelligence, a specific learning disability, an emotional upset, inability to focus sufficiently in a group, a distracting learning environment, anxiety about events and/or people in his or her life, an impatient teacher or parent, lack of self-confidence, etc. The list is endless. This investigative work is best done in a partnership; between father and mother and between parents and teachers. Parents provide invaluable insight into the child’s overall life and environment; the teacher offers an in-depth view of how the child actually performs during the school day. By resolving to identify and rectify the causes of unmet expectations, parents can transform a disappointing report into a catalyst for the child’s ultimate success. Like the mirror, which points out blemishes and imperfections, serves as a tool for improvement and beautification, the insights shared between school and home, if accepted reasonably, can be the catalyst for improvement in school and a springboard to success in the child’s future. Best wishes for Nachas and Insight on this and every Shabbos,
Rabbi Kalman Baumann Principal
Tamar Brody 7 years old Ariela Aronov 7 years old
This book is dedicated in honor of
Your Child on the occasion of a birthday by you, the parents
Cila Ginsparg 8 years old
Yocheved Sobol 8 years old
Pictured here with Ms. Grossman, TEAM Librarian, are children who were honored with donations to the TEAM library on the occasion of their birthdays. For $18 you may honor your child’s birthday with a book. A bookplate with the student’s name is placed on the inside of the cover; the student takes the book home for a week before it becomes a part of the library; the student’s picture appears in the TEAM Spirit. Thank you to all who are participating in this effort to increase the volumes of our library. Sincerely, Mrs. Dennis, PTA Volunteer
