April 16 2021 OWNING UP Dear Parents In this week s Parsha the possuk describes the halachos of tzara as tzara as can appear in many forms on one s body clothes or home The teaches that of the many words that describe a person the word connotes a respected individual This begs the obvious question Why then does the Torah call the individual who is afflicted with an Rav Nissan Alpert explains that a person isn t measured by his mistakes All people are human and are prone to err from time to time A person s worth is measured by whether he learns from his mistakes first recognizing that he has done something wrong acting on that cognizance and improving his ways An individual stricken with approaches a He recognizes he has a serious problem and goes to the Kohein for guidance and direction on how to rectify his actions according to the mechanisms prescribed by the Torah Such a person is an A story is told that President Clinton once asked Rabbi Genack from the O U why Yehuda merited kingship and not Yosef After all Yosef was a king in Mitzrayim for 80 years Shouldn t the have continued through him and his descendants Rabbi Genack responded that Yehuda merited because he said He admitted his mistakes 7 09 PM April 30 Lag B Omer May 16 Erev Shavuos 2 8B 12 00 noon dismissal May 17 18 Shavuos NoSchool May 19 School begins at 10 00 AM One of the greatest lessons we can teach our children is the importance and values of owning up to our actions and choices We need to be able to acknowledge our errors and move forward and improve Rabbi Ochs Rabbi Selevan s 4B reports We just finished the second of We learned about the different procedures and that pertain to the fasts that would be set up in the event that there was a drought We are in the middle of in We are learning about and why Hashem chose the of first In our unit on the we just learned about the of and discussed the many different relevant applications Mrs Sternfield s 4G reports In we completed and are almost up to learning about the in In we studied which discusses how and tricked the King of Ai and then won the fight against him The girls are pretending they were soldiers in the battle and writing letters home to their families about the events of the war Miss Leff s 4B reports We are so happy to be learning in person We are looking forward to our last few weeks to work play and grow together especially with the beautiful weather We are finishing up our unit on decimals We learned how to add and subtract them as well as put in a placeholder zero when necessary Word problems with decimals are lots of fun In ELA we are held in suspense after each chapter we read in Number the Stars We also learned all about compound words and even played a fun game to review We can t wait to see what else is in store for us and what s in the bakery yummmm Mrs Sandperl s 4G reports We are learning about the Vikings and the students have made shields brooches and they will also learn how to weave After being taught the 6 1 traits of writing the class wrote a descriptive piece about their favorite place with an illustration In science we are learning about energy The students worked with electrical circuits and tested different materials to see if they were conductors or insulators In math the students are learning how to use a protractor and are measuring angles The preschool classes are enjoying the beginning of spring with the annual butterfly unit The children are excitedly observing the metamorphosis of their caterpillars
Bulletin Board DAY OF LEARNING 9 Nissan sponsored by Mrs Rena Krochmal in memory of Shaina Rochel Raizel bas Tzvi Hersch a h Mrs Rose Carnam mother of Mrs Rena Krochmal 9 Nissan sponsored by Chaim Esti Dessler with deep heartfelt appreciation to everyone in our amazing community who reached out to help us in to so many ways going above and beyond during our Covid ordeal 26 Nissan sponsored by Tania Gad in honor of the memory of my beloved father Rafael Ben Yaakov v Sara z l fifth Yartzheit May this day of learning bring an aliya to his neshama and may he be delighting in Gan Eden in receiving the eternal light of Torah 28 Nissan sponsored by Rabbi Ira Mrs Ellen Millman liluy nishmas Perel Rascha bas Chaim Yitzchak a h 1 Iyar Rosh Chodesh sponsored by Rabbi Mrs Leff in honor of our two new grandchildren 3 Iyar Sponsored by Rabbi Yaakov Mrs Rachel Luria as a zechus for a Refuah Shelaima for Shraga Feish ben Sara who s having surgery today Grandfather of Aron Dovid Nesanel and Leah Luria CONDOLENCES TO Mrs Mireille Miara and family on the passing of her father Amram ben Sholom HaKohen z l Mrs Sharon Zuber and family on the passing of her father Moshe MosheTzvi Tzviben benAvrohom AvrohomEliezer Eliezerz l z l Mr Mr Mel MelSegal Segal MAZEL TOV TO Rabbi Yehuda Mrs Rivkah Rochel Student Support Shepard on the birth of their daughter Shmuel Rivka 12 Leff Miller on the birth of their daughter and to grandparents Rabbi Zalman Gitty Leff Shragi Breindel 10 Leff Wiesenfeld on the birth of their daughter and to grandparents Rabbi Zalman Mrs Gitty Leff RECYCLE REQUEST 6B science needs used newspaper not the glossy things for and upcoming project Please send the newspaper to the Williston building Thank you
PRESCHOOL SNAPSHOTS Preschool in Action Journaling in action Kinderlach in K2 observe the class caterpillars then document the changes in their butterfly journals They are so excited to watch what is happening K1 working together cooperatively to create Har Sinai K2 work in learning centers and build with different manipulatives PreK2 tactile learning building Aleph Bais letters with popsicle sticks They also work on Aleph Beis sheets Working with various manipulatives in PreK2 PreK1 celebrates P week with a pizza party pompom painting pajama day and planting plants Observing signs of spring Har Sinai poster created by K2 Snow in Boston on April 16 2021
HAMILTON SNAPSHOTS 1G are excited to have completed their first math book They also enjoy playing math review games Girls learning in grade 1 2 3 5 The girls in 4G test different materials to discover if they re conductors or insulators Iyar bulletin board designed by 4G
WILLISTON SNAPSHOTS Cooperative learning in 2B Akiva and Shimshy work on dikduk together Pesach chart winners in 2B While learning Parshas Vayerah the boys in 2B act out Avrohom sitting at the door of his tent Time to play ball in 2B 4B is so excited to be back in school Taking advantage of the nice weather 4B enjoys playing at the park SHNAYIM MIKRA Mazel Tov to learners for Parshas Shmini 4B 6B 8B Natanel Atar Eliezer Feuerstein Moshe Beilin Yosef Hoffman Naftoli Ochs Yisrael Feldman Shua Kashnow Tzvi Posy Yaakov Fontek Eliyahu Youshei Tuvia Schonberg Uri Katz Moishe Leff 5B 7B Yosef Yaakov Mermelstein Ezra Klompas Asher Bressel Mendel Meyers Uri Knisbacher Shlomo Rosmarin Binyomin Septimus Yaakov Septimus Avrami Shimanovich Noam Youshaei