If today’s classes were any indication of the Chicago trip (from high energy to semi-consciousness), then I would have to surmise you all had a great time.  Catch up on your sleep this weekend.  Be prepared for a full week ahead!

                                                            Shabbat Shalom

UPDATE FOR WEEK OF 4/30

All grades 6 – 8

  • Welcome Back Grade 8
  • edJEWcon:  MS attends keynote address by Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs
  • Chai book selections for May approved and recorded on Google docs – BRING CHAI BOOKS WITH YOU TO CLASS on Monday, 4/29/12
  • Housekeeping
  • Review rubric for May 15 Chai
      • Chai-light: Imagine that you are a set designer.  Create a miniature stage setting (actual or virtual) that depicts a crucial scene in your book.  Include a written explanation of the scene.
  • Blogfolios, poetry, grammar drills…

Talent Show Practice on May 3 has been changed to 10:00 am. Students should meet in Mrs. Hoff’s room.

LOOKING FORWARD

  • 5/04/12      Dayschool’s 50th Anniversary Celebration begins
  • 5/07/12      Selections for Poetry Recitation approved and recorded
  • 5/15/12       Chai Reading due
  • 5/17/12      Poetry Test (proposed)
  • 5/21-24/12  Poetry Recitations
  • 5/28/12     No School:  Shavuot, Yizkor, Memorial Day
  • 5/30/12     Chai Reading due
      • Chai-light: Write a journal/diary entry as one of the book’s characters
  • 5/31/12      Talent Show
  • 6/01/12      School-wide Kabbalat Shabbat
  • 6/01-05/12  Housekeeping
  • 6/06/12     Middle School Graduation
  • 6/07/12     Last Day of School – Noon Dismissal
  • 6/08/12     Summer Break Begins!

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