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CALENDAR
APRIL
7-12:30 Dismissal for ALL STUDENTS
NO AFTER SCHOOL CHILD CARE PROVIDED
8-17-PASSOVER RECESS
22- Yom Hashoah
27-Rosh Chodesh
29- Yom Ha'Atzmaut |
All are invited to join us every Thursday morning for our Torah service beginning at 8:30. |
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 UPCOMING EVENTS
As Passover break approaches I would like to take this opportunity to keep everyone informed on some upcoming events and announcements.
Presentation of Sixth Grade Gift - April 2nd at our morning Torah service, the sixth graders will be presenting the school with a gift. As a part of our Artist-in-Residence program, our students have worked diligently over the last several months with Mrs. Hoffman, Mrs. Pratt and Josh Lake to conceptualize and create a permanent gift for the school. Please join us for this special presentation.
April 24, 10 am Environmental Author, Cambria Gordon Presentation - Author of The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming, Cambria Gordon will visit Morasha to share ways kids can appreciate and help sustain our environment. She will have a dynamic presentation for all our kindergarten through sixth grade students and all parents are welcome to attend.
First Day of School 2009/2010 - Next year our first day of school will be Wednesday, September 2nd. We are already looking forward to an exciting year.
If you have any questions regarding these events and announcements, please contact me. Thank you. I hope everyone has a peaceful and enjoyable Pesach.
Mr. C |
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ECC SUMMER CAMP!
ECC Summer Camp - This fun and fabulous 3 week camp is being offered for campers entering preschool through Kindergarten. Pre-Passover Savings: Starting today through April 6, we will waive the ECC Camp application fee, saving you
$ 25 per child!
Camp Kef @ Morasha - Kef means fun and that is what we have in store for 4 weeks this summer for campers entering 1st through 6th grade. 7th -9th graders can also apply to be C.I.T. for a fun, free learning experience. Pre-Passover Savings: Starting today through April 6, we will reduce the application fee by one half! You will pay $ 25 per child instead of $50! Also, as is stated on the application, there is an early bird discount when you sign up by April 24th and yet another discount if you sign up for 5 days for all 4 weeks!
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EARLY DISMISSAL FOR PASSOVER
School will close at 12:30 on TUESDAY, APRIL 7.
THERE WILL BE NO CHILD CARE PROVIDED ON THIS DAY!
School will resume on Monday, April 20.
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The third and fourth grade had an absolute blast at Camp Surf last week. Camp Surf is an overnight environmental camp located on Imperial Beach in San Diego. We arrived on Wednesday afternoon, where we had a brief orientation, followed by some "getting-to-know-you" group games. Right before dinner, we went down to the very intimidating rock-climbing tower. Only a few brave souls were able to scale the wall and make it to the top, where they had a great view of downtown San Diego, the Pacific, and Mexico. After dinner and volleyball, we went down to the campfire and roasted marshmallows and made s'mores. After a very long day, we retired to our cabins for a good night's sleep.  On day two, we made our way down to the archery range to learn how to shoot a bow and arrow. I was very impressed with the marksmanship displayed by my students. We then made our way to an empty stretch of beach where only a few sticks and boards lay. Our job was to create a shelter with only the materials we found on the beach, and it had to be large enough to hold all fourteen students. Everyone had to work together and demonstrate that they could work as a team. Needless to say, they accomplished their goal!
We then returned to our cabins to change into bathing suits so we could play in the ocean. I figured that once they made it to the edge of the water and dipped their toes in the frigid waters, that they would run back to the warm sand. Boy was I wrong! Every single one of them flew into the water and splashed and played. Yikes! After we had our beach fun, we returned to our cabins to change and get ready for dinner. After dinner we returned to the beach to explore the nearby jetty. We explored all the crevasses, looking for mussels, crabs and other creatures that have adapted to their environment. We then went back to the campfire and performed skits for the counselors.
We awoke the next morning and met with the counselors to explore various habitats around the camp. We then finished our Camp Surf experience by studying the kelp that washed up on the beach. We then loaded up and headed back to school. Everyone is already looking forward to a return trip!
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 The First Grade Pizza Makers made yummy pizzas during our trip to California Pizza Kitchen. We have been studying health and nutrition so our trip today taught us about how important healthy eating can be, even when you go to a restaurant. We saw how clean a restaurant needs to be and how important it is to have clean hands when preparing food. We saw the giant oven that cooks pizza at 450 degrees, we saw the pantry where they keep all the food that they use up in one day. We went into the refrigerator to see how much milk, cheese, and meats they use in one day. We discovered how soundproof the fridge is, we screamed as loud as we could and NOBODY could hear us! When our tour was over we got to make individual pizzas and eat them. We all agreed that pizza tastes so much better when we get to make it ourselves. Our tour guide, Anthony, told us to come back to visit and try his favorite pizza. His favorite is a breakfast pizza; crust, eggs, cheese, avocado, olives, and salsa. Future Chefs? |
IT'S YEARBOOK TIME AT MORASHA
Reminder that Family tributes are due this Friday, April 3rd!
Please contact Paula or Kathy if you need help with or additional time to complete your tribute.
PARENTS GRANDPARENTS & FAMILY TRIBUTES:
Our yearbook is a treasure that each student and family looks forward to receiving. This special book chronicles the wonderful experiences our children have throughout the school year. If you are new to Morasha, please feel free to stop by the office to take a look at previous yearbooks for ideas.
In order for the yearbook to be ready for distribution the last week of school, we are requesting that personal family tributes to students be submitted to the office no later than Friday, April 3rd. Our business ad deadline is Friday, May 1st 2009.
Don't forget to encourage grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. to pay tribute to your children in this year's Yearbook.
ROOM PARENTS:
Class collages & Teacher tributes are due prior to Passover Break on Monday April 6th, 2009.
OUR YEARBOOK IS ALSO A FUNDRAISER!!!
All of us do business with a wide variety of people. Many of the businesses that you and your family support would love the opportunity to promote their business AND support Morasha's quality education by advertising in this year's Yearbook! You just need to give them a chance by asking them.
Please give each business donor the following items available in the office or available at these links:
Yearbook donor form
Business Ad Instructions
Business Ad deadline: May 1, 2009
Business Suggestions:
Accountants Banks Cleaners
Contractors Doctors Insurance Agents
Jewelers Manicurists Pest Control
Pool Service Restaurants Auto Mechanics
Boutiques Coffee Shops Dentists
Dry Cleaners Hairdressers Interior Designers
Landscapers Optometrists Pet Groomers
Real Estate Brokers Specialty Stores
Trades (electrician, painter, gardener, carpenter, etc.)
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PROJECT ADVENTURE
OUR PHYS. ED. PROGRAM
Our PE teacher, Coach Marianne Barth, has been attending Project Adventure workshops, which is the core of our Physical Education Curriculum. She is very excited about all the new games she has learned and will be teaching to and playing with your children. In order to do this, she is in need of some items and is asking for your help.
If you have USED AND UNWANTED yoga mats and beanie babies, she will use them with the kids. She is looking for about 10 used yoga mats that can be cut into circles to be used in the games. The beanie babies will be the game pieces. The kids love variety so any beanie babies you no longer want will be greatly appreciated. |
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PLAYBALL - NEW SESSION STARTING
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NEW SESSION STARTING AFTER PASSOVER
There will be one more session of Playball for your students to enjoy.This final session will begin when we return from Passover Recess and take us to the end of the school year. Here is the new registration form. |
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This week's Torah portion, Tzav (Leviticus 6:1-88:36), is paired with the Haftarah from Jeremiah (7:21-8:3, 9:22-23)
In the Haftarah (v. 7:24 and 7:26), Jeremiah says that the Israelites did not give ear.
What does it mean to "give ear"?
In Leviticus (8:23-24), Moses consecrates Aaron and his sons by dabbing their blood from a consecration offering on their right ears, right thumbs, and big toe of their right feet. Why were these parts of the body chosen for anointing? Some say they represent the whole priest being anointed from head (ear) to toe. Others suggest that the ear indicates the priest is prepare to listen to God's commands, the thumb (hand) indicates the priest is ready to perform God's tasks, and the toe (foot) indicates that the priest will walk in God's holy ways.
Which interpretation of the Leviticus anointing scene do you prefer? Can you argue that both interpretations make sense?
List mitzvoth we are expected to keep, then identify a part of the body that is associated with each example:
Torah reading is associated with our ears.
Keeping kosher is associated with our mouths.
Visiting the sick is associated with our feet.
Tefillin is associated with our head and arm.
With your families, see if you can come up with other ideas about mitzvoth and our senses!
L'Shalom,
Robin Hoffman
Judaic Studies Director |
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Gr. 3 BOTTLE & CAN DRIVE! |
 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR THIRD GRADE CLASS!
Every Friday we will be collecting bottles and cans (ONLY THOSE THAT HAVE THE CA CRV LABEL) that you bring from home. Our third graders will greet you at the gate and collect your recyclables. No glass please! We can only recycle aluminum and plastic. We need to fill our huge bin by the end of the school year. Thank you for supporting the Third Grade class' tikkun olam project! |
THIS WEEK'S VALUE
KLAL YISRAEL |
KLAL YISRAEL
The People of Israel
 Our icon of Klal Yisrael shows the connection between the Yad, Israel, and the world, and is like the connection between one compartment of the ship, and the entire ship.
The Yad is a symbol of Torah, which connects the Jews of Israel to the Jews of the Diaspora.
Israel is on our icon to show the connection between the Jews in Israel, and the Jews in the rest of the world by laying it over the world. Jews are united in their connection to Israel.
The value of Klal Yisrael is important, because it connects Jews all around the world to each other. When we perform Jewish rituals and celebrate Jewish holidays together, we demonstrate the value of Klal Yisrael.
Although Jews are dispersed across the miles, we must remember that we are part of the worldwide Jewish community.
Aviel Menter
Meka Uffenheimer
Jeremy Canter
5th Grade, 2004-2005
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USE CLOTH GROCERY BAGS!
Instead of answering the question "Paper or Plastic?" GO CLOTH! Cloth bags are reusable and biodegradable. Use them not only at the grocery store, but every retail store. | |
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