Over the long weekend I became aware of an amazingly fun activity for you & your families! Gev. Jill Voras (3rd grade teacher) started #lookforabookwi with a friend and their daughters- and it is so cool! After doing some quick research I realized that there are #lookforabook groups all over the world, but the idea was new to me! Way to be up with current trends Gev. Voras! 

Essentially you find a book that you’re willing to part with, stick it in baggie with a note explaining what it is (see below), hide the bag in a community spot and then use the Facebook Group Page and Instagram hashtag to leave clues for eager seekers/readers! What a fun way to promote literacy around the state! If you follow the hashtag and FB page you can also look for the hidden books! I was SO excited to participate that Sami, Andrew and I ventured out into the rain and hid a book today! 

I will be sharing the fun activity with your kiddos tomorrow and we may hide a book or two together! 

Rabbi Schaller visited 5th grade this week to remind us about community service hours. The kids had many questions for her, and now have an understanding of the multiple opportunities for community service this quarter. 

If you need inspiration, there are many ideas listed in the packets you received via email after Family Orientation. 

As students complete hours, they should fill out the required form. All hours are due by November 11. 

If you have any questions, please contact Rabbi Schaller, tschaller@mjds.org

A sure sign of an amazing day at school— I can barely  keep my eyes open and it’s only 7:30PM!

Today was incredible. Your children were brave, empathetic, supportive and patient. It was amazing to watch those who were more confident cheer on the ones who were more cautious. Additionally, watching these amazing kids overcome fears and take a pretty serious risk was maybe the best thing ever! To be honest, I think Adon Lippman and I were the most nervous of all! 

The team building experiences in the morning helped facilitate all of the amazingness we experienced in the afternoon. The kids will be blogging about their experience tomorrow, stay tuned! 

In fact, on the bus ride home, one student turned to me and said, “this was so much fun, can we blog about it?” 

I am so proud of your kiddos!

I’ve included some photos below, though I am sure there will be many more in Yom this week.

The first two days of school have been memorable! If you’d like to learn more about them, please ask your children about…

• MJDS Core Values and creating class promise statements
• Upper School breakfast
• Rock, Paper, Scissors game
• The Git Up Dance
• The new Gaga Pit
• Chromebook expectations
• The Ralph Story
• Famous Failures
• Scavenger Hunt 
• Meeting Khen and Omer 
• Class schedules
• Shabbat Sing 
• Meeting new friends/students
• Meeting Gev. Kimmel & Gev. McAdams

Hopefully they will have a lot to share!

Shabbat Shalom

IMG_8261 (video from Shabbat Sing)