CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS
- February 5 – Health Fair Planning Meeting, 8:00 am Discovery Lab – volunteers needed
- February 8 – 4th Grade Parent Meeting with Susan Klein, 8:15 am - Discovery Lab
- February 8 - Herzl/RMHA Baseball Parents' Meeting, 8:00 pm - Upper School Commons
- February 9 – Board of Trustees Meeting, 7:45 am - Discovery Lab
- February 12 - Kabbalat Shabbat (K-3), 8:30 am - Strear Family Gymnasium
- February 15 – No School, Presidents' Day
- February 16 – Little Shop of Physics Program K-12
- February 17 – LS Math Night, 7:30-8:30 pm
- February 18 – 2nd Grade Parent Breakfast, 8:00 am - Strear Family Gymnasium
Little Shop of Physics
Re-enrollment Contracts
Herzl/RMHA re-enrollment packets for the 2010-11 school year were mailed Monday. We sincerely hope that you will once again give us the privilege of educating your child(ren). Please return the re-enrollment contracts no later than Friday, February 26.
If you have a concern about next year, please be sure to contact me or the appropriate school administrator so that we can address your concern. We value each and every student and family and we want to do our best for you.
Shabbat Shalom,
President/CEO
Grades 5-12 and adults, February 28, Sunday. Team registrations are due February 19th. Click here for more information.
King Soopers Cards
Your Herzl/RMHA - King Soopers card can be used to buy party food and decorations as well gift cards to many stores and restaurants. The school gets 5% of the money you put on your card. Keep using your King Soopers card for more than groceries. Krista Boscoe has cards in the Development Office as does Sadako in the Business Office. Questions: please contact Shira Zimmerman at 303-653-4728 or
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Krista J. Boscoe, Director of Development
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Direct: 720-449-9552, cell: 303-919-0812
LOWER SCHOOL
Kindergarten
The kindergarten students received a standing ovation this past week upon completing their Parent Breakfast program. They learned songs for TuB'Shevat, Martin Luther King Day and performed in a dramatic reading of, The Great Kapok Tree. They created a beautiful rainforest that is on display in the Lower School front hallway.
First Grade
Mazel Tov to all our first grade students upon receiving their very own siddur at the special Hagigat HaSiddur program today. The program highlighted the many tefilot (prayers) that they have learned this year. The students acted out various stories, vignettes from the Bible as part of the performance.
Second Grade
Second grade students are busy preparing for their Parent breakfast/Hagigat Chumash that will take place on Thursday, February 18th at 8:00am in the Strear Family gymnasium. They are looking forward to receiving their own Tanach (Bible).
Third Grade
We invite everyone to come and see the amazing "water" projects that the third grade students created. They are on display outside the third grade classrooms. The students studied water cycles as part of a Hebrew unit on TuB'Shevat. The creativity of these students is truly something special to see first hand. We would like to thank Hebrew teacher, Mrs. Henya Bergman, for her assistance with this wonderful project.
Fourth Grade
Fourth grade students participated in a Parent breakfast program last week. The program showcased original poetry, songs and a play in Hebrew. The students also participated in an interactive TuB'Shevat seder. They had the opportunity to taste many different kinds of fruits that grow in Israel and locally. Many thanks to Morah Gayle for her efforts in organizing the seder for the students.
Fifth Grade
The fifth grade students all participated in a very special storytelling festival this week. The students recently completed a folklore unit of study in writing. As part of this unit, each groups of students created their own "island." Within each island they designed an island seal, country flag and anthem, wrote an island constitution, produced a brochure in the computer lab, made a map and composed one of each: fable, folktale, legend and Pour quoi story. During the festival each student gave a dramatic presentation of his or her "island" folktale. Food delicacies representative of island cuisine were created and shared with all during intermission. This was a collaborative effort headed by Ms. Terri Otto, fifth grade teacher, and included the specials staff (Ms. Jenkins, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Feld and Ms. Shapiro). We would like to thank the fifth grade team and staff members for the tremendous effort involved in making this project such a rich learning experience for the students.
Jump Rope For Heart
I am holding a Jump Rope for Heart Event next month. Please click here for more details. Thanks -- Angel Chelik
View these great pictures from the Blast pottery class
March is National Nutrition Month. Please attend a meeting Friday, February 8th at 8:00 am in the Lower School Discovery Lab to help organize a Herzl/RMHA health fair. Contact Lauren Davidson or Angel Chelik for more information.
Yearbooks
By now you should have received the mailing with the head's letter. I hope you have read it carefully as it is filled with information no parent should be without.
Metro Science Fair
Metro Science Fair will be held February 24 and 25 at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Seventeen students will compete this year against other middle schoolers from the seven county Denver Metropolitan region. Winners of regular fair awards, special awards, nominations to the Colorado State Science and Engineering Fair and to the Discovery Young Scientist Competition will be announced on Thursday at 6:30 in the IMAX Theater.
• Competing in the Physical Sciences: Joel Barkley, Jeremy Nicholson, Ariel Sandberg, Ari Shapiro
• Competing in the Animal Sciences: Gabe Baskin
• Competing in the Environmental Sciences: Elana Brown, Isaac Gesundheit, Esti Shapiro
• Competing in the Behavioral and Social Sciences: Olivia Dansky, Alana Kaufman, Leya Kutzer, Isabel Novick, Julia Siegel, Sarah Senkfor
• Competing in Chemistry: Shai Karp
• Competing in Engineering: Gillian Hecht
• Competing in Earth and Planetary Sciences: Noah Kieffer
Darfur Forum
On February 3, ninety-three students in grades 7,8,10 and 11 traveled to the University of Denver for the 4th annual Student Forum. The guest speaker at the Forum was Professor David Akerson, International Criminal Court lawyer and a witness for the Rwanda tribunal. The objective of the Student Forum was for students to learn that by being informed and standing united in speaking out against man's inhumanity to man, every action can make a difference.
Los Angeles
Grade 9 returned from a trip to Los Angeles. They visited sites of Jewish interest such as the Museum of Tolerance, Wilshire Blvd. Temple, and other Jewish historical sites and stay at the Brandeis-Bardin Institute where they participated in Jewish outdoor education.
"Brothers in Arms"
On Monday Feb. 22 8th graders will attend a program at the ColoradoConvention Center sponsored by the Mizel Museum, Facing History andOurselves, and the Denver Mayor's Office for Education and Childrenfeaturing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar speaking about his book "Brothers In Arms"the Epic Story of the 76th Tank Battalion, WW11's Forgotten Heroes. The76th tank battalion, under the command of General George Patton,captured thirty towns, liberated Jews from concentration camps and madehistory as the first African American armored unit to enter the war.
We are looking forward to a return visit from Little Shop of Physics on February 16. Little Shop of Physics is a group of science educators and science students based at Colorado State University that travels the region with a van full of hands-on experiments that have been shared with over 250,000 students. Little Shop of Physics doesn't show students science; they help them do science. The goal is to teach people that science is something anyone can do. This year's theme is "Put a Spin on it."
Announcing the Bryan M. Hay Community Service (Chesed)
AwardHerzl/RMHA is thrilled to announce the creation of the Bryan M. Hay Community Service (Chesed) Award. An anonymous donor has established a college scholarship in the amount of $1,000 to be awarded annually to an 11th grade Herzl/RMHA student, beginning with the class of 2011.
Any Herzl/RMHA 11th grader who has promoted and undertaken various acts of loving kindness (chesed) in school and in the broader community will be eligible for the $1,000 cash award, with 10 percent of the award directed to the student's charity of choice. Chesed activities that will be considered for this award can be in school, outside of school, part of an organized group or as individuals – anywhere and any way that they are meaningful to the student and the greater community.
Applications are due by March 15 of the student's junior year. The application requires a resume giving specifics of chesed activities and a 250-word essay reflecting on the meaning of the service(s). Applications may be submitted to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , assistant head of Upper School.Athletic Calendar
Check the Athletic Calendar under Parents and Students on the DCJE web site. You will find information about games and practices. Please downlaod the new updated JF and Varsity schedule.
Yearbooks
It's time to order your 2009-2010 yearbook. Cost is $49 if ordered before February 28th. Click here to place your order online.
Locks of Love
PTO
Box Tops
Please remember to bring in your box tops to support your PTO. With Allegra Reynolds and Galit Masas' organization, our school made $320.54 last semester from those little pieces of cardboard. A new classroom contest has started, with big prizes for the winner.
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