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January 25 2019 CONSTRUCTIVE 4 31 PM At the beginning of this week s Parsha Rashi informs us that Yisro had seven names One of the seven was in recognition of that he added a in the Torah The additional quotes Rashi was that of where Yisro advised Moshe he should seek qualified judges from among the people to assist him The Gerrer Rebbe questions why Rashi quotes a possuk in middle of the and does not instead quote the first possuk of the section discussing Yisro s advice which is the beginning of the dialogue The Rebbe answers that criticizing and pointing out someone else s wrongdoings is very easy But constructive criticism is not as simple Yisro offered constructive criticism providing an alternate solution to Moshe judging the people alone It was his suggestion not his criticism that earned him a in the Torah For this reason Rashi chooses the possuk describing Yisro s advice when providing the proof for the name In Chinuch it is critical that our children do not only perceive us as constantly pointing out what they are not doing right When we criticize our children it has to be accompanied by the proper and guidance as to what is the proper action or behavior Have a Rabbi Ochs B H this week we had the zchus to host Rabbi Dovid Bernstein from Torah U Mesorah On Monday he gave a professional development workshop to our teachers on the topic of building rapport with our students It was very well received On Tuesday he visited many classes in both the Hamilton and Williston building and was very impressed with the quality of our staff After Mincha on Tuesday he briefly addressed grades 6B 8B and described how impressed he was seeing students so engaged and focused on their learning He also mentioned that the kavod he witnessed was tremendous to1G on finishing of and on finishing learning script Hebrew letters They celebrated with a nice siyum Thank you Mrs Youshei January 27 Rebbeim meeting Dismissal at 11 30 am January 30 Williston Boys STEM Fair February 4 2 8G PreK2 parent teacher conferences February 6 1 8B parent teacher conferences The bulletin is sponsored by members for good cheering and participation The game was followed by a party with all the except recited on the food they enjoyed Thank you to the eighth grade and Mrs Blumberg Mazel tov to 2B on finishing perek teszayin Thank you Rabbi Marcus Mazel tov to 5B on finishing their first Sugya in gemara yiush shelo midaas Thank you Rabbi Hain Hot air balloons solar powered battery chargers and solar powered boats Grades 2 8 at Williston have been feverishly working on their science fair projects as they get ready for the Stem Fair on Thursday January 30th to girls in grade 5G on completing Thank you Mrs Gould Even though it was not 1 8 grade girls celebrated the next day with a fabulous program The 8th grade hosted a game show with questions and answers The contestants did a great job and the winners were Tehilla Cywiak for grades 1 2 Rochel Leff for grades 3 4 and Hadas Knisbacher for grades 5 7 Four raffles were drawn for audience Mazel tov to 4B on finishing Mesechta Rosh Hashana The talmidim and their Rebbe Rabbi Rodkin danced with the other classes A special siyum is being planned Thank you Rabbi Rodkin Grade 3B had a chance to use the student Chromebooks while they played an interactive Kahoot game to review their spelling 6th grade boys enjoyed a delicious cholent as they received enough Class Dojo points in History Thank you Mr Bakke
Bulletin Board DAY OF LEARNING 16 Shevat sponsored by Torah Academy in memory of Mr Eugene Fischer z l Yaakov Mordechai ben Zev Yehuda z l father of Mrs Bracha Frohlich 18 Shevat sponsored by Mr Neal Mrs Susan Shanske on the yahrzeit of his grandfather Gershon ben Aryeh Leib z l MAZEL TOV TO CONDOLENCES Michael Michal Hamaoui 03 Ovadia on the birth of their son and to grandparents Rabbi Aaron Mrs Ruti Hamaoui Yisroel 07 Miara on his upcoming wedding to Esther Miriam Baddouch and to parents Rabbi Simon and Mrs Mireille Miara There will be a bus for the Miara wedding on Thursday night If you are interested please contact Mrs Miriam Goldman 617 254 5432 To Rabbi Mendy Gould and Family on the passing of his brother BOXTOP CONTEST A new Boxtops for Education contest is now beginning Bring in your Boxtops and give them to you teacher The contest ends Monday March 25 SHNAYIM MIKRA Mazel Tov to learners for Parshas Beshalach 5B 6B Chatzkel Wilhelm Yehuda Leib Feldman Yoni Faintuch Noam Youshaei Yehuda Ezra Feuerstein Yaakov Fontek 7B Meir Zev Gelernter Sruly Halpern Malkiel Miara Yisrael Leib Greene Moshe Leff Nechemia Ochs Yaakov Fontek Shlomo Rosmarin Dovy Posy 8B Chatzkel Wilhelm Aaron Sanieoff Chaim Mordechai Moshe Rodkin Meir Hain Binyomin Septimus Shmuel Meir Solomon Nesanel Wilhelm Raffle Winners Nesanel Wilhelm Natan Katz TORAH ACADEMY HOTLINE 617 424 9411
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PRESCHOOL SNAPSHOTS 1 4 7 1 Akiva Riesel writing 2 K1 tastes honey from a date in honor of Tu B Shevat 7 PreK2 enjoys indoor recess because its sooo cold PreK1 in their special royal crowns holding their Har Sinai projects 8 K1 designs Tu B shvat sacks Tactile letter learning in PreK1 modelling with play dough 9 Moshe Rosmarin displays the bird feeder project the class built for Shabbos Shira 3 4 5 K2 student proud of his lego building 6 K2 work at literacy 2 5 3 6 3 6 8 9 centers for Hebrew and English
WILLISTON SNAPSHOTS 1 2 3 4 5 6 8th grade boys completed their persuasive writing essays and interviewed Rabbi Frohlich to gain deepen understanding of the policies and protocol at Torah Academy 2 2B learning milim R and shorashim L Thank you to the school for the new magnetic white board and to Mrs Marcus from Eretz Yisroel for arranging the beautiful cards 3 5B getting ready for STEM Fair 4 4B celebrating completing Mesechta Rosh Hashana 5 6B enjoyed a delicious cholent as they receive enough Class Dojo points in History 6 8B reading a copy of The New York Times printed in 1862 7 6B learns hands on the Seder Avoda of Chataas Oif in an arts and crafts modeling oif from clay 3 7 7
HAMILTON SNAPSHOTS 1 1 2 3 3 4 6 7 1 Tu B Shevat celebration 5 Game winner gr 6 7 Hadass Knisbacher 2 Raffle winners Rivka Ledewitz and Chayala Wolf 6 Brochos party that followed the Game Show 3 Game winner gr 1 2 Tehilla Cywiak 7 7 8G hair styling elective with Mrs Tova Kahn 4 Grand prize raffle winner Etty Wilhelm 8 1G siyum They now know how to write all script letters 5 8
Torah Academy is proud to menschen the following Talmidim who had MIDDOS ALL DAY in both Kodesh and General Studies 1st GRADE 2nd GRADE 6th GRADE Binyamin Gvirtsman Nechemia Berzansky Natanel Atar Yoni Faintuch Nachi Halpern Zelig Bier Yaakov Bier Yisrael Feldman Ezi Markov Nochum Dessler Ari Block Yaakov Fontek Yitzy Fine Elchonon Frohlich Dovid Tzvi Krochmal Yehuda Greenblatt Yosef Hoffman Moishe Leff Avrohom Halpern Yehoshua Kashnow Dovy Posy Levi Yitzchok Horowitz Yehudah Leib Rodkin Chaim Mordechai Moshe Levi Meir Klompas Rodkin Malkiel Miara Eitan Shkap 8th GRADE David Faintuch Yosef Feldman Yonah Gluckin Meir Hain Nesanel Luria 3rd GRADE Ezzie Schwarz Baruch Marshall Dovid Menachem Feldman Binyomin Septimus Manny Ledewitz Asher Nesanel Mintzes Levi Meyers Avrami Shimanovich JJ Ledewitz David Simnegar Yosef Aryeh Leff Shmuel Meir Solomon Dovid Plotnik Dovid Sebbag 5th GRADE Chatzkel Wilhelm Moshe Segal Moshe Blumberg Noam Youshaei Tuvya Sternfield Yehoshua Feldman Tzvi Sussman Yehuda Ezra Feuerstein Yaakov Wallin Aaron Sanieoff our apologies the student was accidently omitted last week Natan Katz Manny Tarlin Yishai Wasserman Nesanel Wilhelm 7th GRADE Daniel Youshei Aaron Bier Yehuda Zyto Daniel Simnegar Henoch Blumberg Yehuda Wolf Akiva Feuerstein