Please click on this link to fill out the Herzl/RMHA 2009 - 2010 Parent Survey
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS
- March 12 – Grades K-5 No School – Professional Development
- March 18 – Herzl/RMHA Annual Dinner, 5:30 pm - Temple Emanuel
FROM THE PRESIDENT/CEO
Herzl/RMHA Parent Survey
Parent input is very important to us at Herzl/RMHA. Please take a few minutes to fill out the Herzl/RMHA 2009 -2010 Parent Survey by clicking on this link.
Your feedback will be carefully considered.
Be sure to fill out the survey by Monday, March 15 at 11:00pm. The survey will no longer be accessible after this time. Thank you in advance for your help with this important project.
Urgent - Donations for Chile Needed
Please click here to read an urgent letter from the Gottlieb family concerning support for the victims of the earthquake in Chile.
Shabbat Shalom,
Avi Halzel
President/CEO
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COUNT DOWN – 14 DAYS UNTIL THE ANNUAL DINNER ON MARCH 18th!
Simchas, Smiles and Sometimes Sorrows
Your family and friends' SIMCHAS – Birth, Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah, Engagement, Wedding - To Honor
Your family and friends' SMILES – getting promoted, buying a new house, your child losing their first tooth - To Celebrate
Your family and friends' SORROWS – illnesses and losing a friend or loved one - To Remember
Life cycle events and many more occasions can be Honored and Remembered in Herzl/RMHA's new giving program, Simchas, Smiles and Sometimes Sorrows. The minimum donation (CHAI $18.00) up to your choice for a maximum donation (the stars) – click here for more information.
Bryan M. Hay Service (Chesed) Award for the class of 2011March 15th is the deadline for applications to be turned into Judy Sylvan. Go online for more information.
LOWER SCHOOL
Second Trimester Report Cards
Report cards were sent home today for all Lower School students in back pack mail. If by some chance you did not receive your child’s report card, please contact Brigitte in the Lower School office.
Jump Rope for Heart
All Lower School students participated in special heart healthy, aerobic events on Tuesday. Many different jump rope stations were set up and the children spent time during extended PE classes jumping their way through each station. We would like to thank our PE teacher, Angel Chelik, for coordinating this special event for our students. The students learned many different ways of jumping and new twists with a jump rope as a result of this program. Many classroom teachers as well as Rufina Feld, Music teacher, and Sarah Jenkins, Art teacher, helped out turning ropes and jumping with the students.
We would like to thank DiAhndra Diamond/Topelson for providing a DJ for the day’s activities. The loud, rhythmic beats added quite a bit to the program. We would also like to thank both the Diamond/Topelson and Foonberg families for donating the nutritious fruit snacks at the “refueling” station.
Stayed tuned to next week’s Shofar to see the total amount raised for the American Heart Association.
Professional Development Day
Please remember that next Friday, March 12, is our last Professional Development day for Lower School staff. THERE IS NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS THAT DAY. Staff will be working together in a variety of areas - technology, curriculum mapping and developing a scope and sequence document.
Please click on this link for more Lower School news.
To access your child's classroom website, click here.
Herzl/RMHA will be collecting used, but good condition, running shoes during the week of March 8-12 for One World Running, an international program providing awareness of health, fitness and nutrition. Donations will be sent to Haiti and can be dropped off in the lobby. Clink on this link to see more details.
Basketball
The high school season which ended in late February was great for both boys and girls. Students who received All- District Honors were Naomi Clayman, Mia Kutner, Ian McKenzie and Sam Rotbart. On the evening of Feb. 27, the boys lost a very competitive overtime game to rival Community Christian. It was a classic game that went down to the last shot. Thanks again to Coaches Michael Foonberg, Jeannette Portier and Scott James.
Baseball
The baseball season is underway. All participants should be sure that forms and fees have been turned in.
Science Fair
Congratulations to all students who participated in the Denver Regional Science and Engineering Fair. These individuals were recognized:
Special Award:
Esti Shapiro $100 Solar Energy Prize presented by the
Hutton Architecture Studio
Here Comes the Sun
Regular Fair Awards:
Julia Siegel 1st place Junior Division Behavioral Sciences
The Confusion of the Rainbow Part 2
Shai Karp 1st place Junior Division Chemistry
Maybe Popeye Was On To Something . . .
Jeremy Nicholson 3rd place Junior Division Physical Sciences
Where Household Chemicals and Black and White Photography Collide
Ariel Sandberg 2nd place Junior Division Physical Sciences
Work Out Of Thin Air
Noah Keiffer 3rd place Junior Division Earth and Planetary Sciences
Radioactive Rocks Rock the Rockies.
Julia and Shai are nominated to compete in the Colorado State Science and Engineering Fair held April 8 - 10 at the Colorado State University Campus in Fort Collins. They are also nominated to compete nationally in the Discovery Young Scientist Challenge competition. Shai, Julia and Ariel are invited to present their research via poster presentation (along with undergraduate and graduate students) at the University of Colorado Research Symposium held at the Anschutz Campus on April 30.
A total of 323 students from 24 schools competed in the Junior Division. Sixteen Herzl/RMHA Students participated in six of the 13 categories of competition, winning two of them. Our students represented 5% of the competitors and won 12.5% of the regular fair awards presented. Thirty-one percent of participating Herzl/RMHA students won a regular fair award. Sponsoring teachers were Mark Parmet and Melanie Knowles.
College Counseling
- March 5 is the deadline to register for the April 10/11 ACT.
- March 25 is the deadline to register for the May 1/2 SAT.
- There will be a special evening (7:00 – 8:30) for 9th graders and their parents on Thursday, March 25, with Shanna Hamblin Pomager, from the University of Denver admissions office. The evening will provide a strong introduction to the college process for both students and parents.
March 5 will be the last day of attendance for Shai Pincus who has been with us from Chile since January 4. (We are happy to report that Shai’s family in Chile was not harmed in the earthquake.) Shai has been an asset to our school, and both he and his classmates have learned from each other. We wish him the best when he continues his schooling after this academic “summer vacation” with us.
End of grading period coming
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 $59. Click here to place your order online.
PTO
Volunteer of the week
Heather Oginsky, thank you for putting your money where your mouth is. Our resident artist and mother of Zehariah (2nd grade), offered to put $500 toward a kiln for the school. DiAhndra Diamond-Topelson, mother of Ari (2nd grade) also believes that exploring art is an important part of our children’s education and is also contributing $500. Only $3,000 to go. Naming rights to the kiln go to the first person to donate $1,000.
Thanks to Garbanzos Mediterranean Restaurant once again.
Our school families purchased over $1,000 worth of falafel last week! PTO earned $150 and the Mor family (Maya and Yarden-3rd grade) matched that, bringing our total to $300. As part of the school’s strategy to win a grant for a playground sunshade, PTO plans to buy sun block for as many classrooms as possible with the money.
Save the Date
Final PTO meeting, March 18th. Be there and be fabulous.
STUDENT COMMUNITY PROJECTS
Teen With a Dream
For my Bar Mitzvah project, I am raising money for Teen With A Dream, an organization that has helped me tremendously with my ITP. Please visit my Firstgiving page for my personal story and to make a donation. Thanks, Zach Defez
Locks of Love
'Differential Diagnosis' Haitian Relief Concert
I am currently in the "Tikkum Olam" class taught by Sara Kornfeld. This semester, one of the greater focuses is on Haitian reflief. Among one of my group's efforts for fundraising, my band, 'Differential Diagnosis' is hosting Haitian Relief through one of our concerts to be held March 6th, 9:30 pm at Leela's European Cafe, 15th and Champa Street. All donations and CD sales that night are going to Haitian relief. Please click here for the details. Thanks—Cooper Kaminsky
Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado - Help the Victims of the Earthquake in Haiti
Click here for more information.
2010 Governor's Holocaust Remembrance Program
ADL's Mountain States Region will present its 29th Governor's Holocaust Remembrance Program featuring Governor Bill Ritter and human rights activist Mark Hanis, April 7, 2010 from 6:00 - 7:30 pm. Please click on this link for more information.
April 24-25, 2010, Annual Women's League Book Review with Cantor Joel Lichterman. BMH-BJ Women's League and Hadassah L.E.A. present a special Author-in-Residence weekend with Maggie Anton. See details here.
Bnei Akiva News
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