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28, 5776 / May 6, 2016
Community Newsletter of the Maimonides Hebrew Day School of the Capital District Candle-Lighting: 7:44 404 Partridge Street Albany NY 12208 (518) 453-9363/3434 www.maimonidesschool.org Shabbos Ends: produced by Rabbi Mendel Rubin & students in the TNT (Torah ‘n Technology) Program 8:51 Maimonides is accredited by the NYS Board of Regents & is a beneficiary of UJF-NENY
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HOLOCAUST ANGLES For Yom-HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) 3rd graders each picked a object and tried to view the Holocaust experience from that perspective. Here’s some of what they chose: the road of a forced march, concentration camp barbed wire, a child’s toy, bunkbeds in a barracks, a Nazi search dog, a watchtower…
אחרי
This newsletter is dedicated in memory of Dr. Morton Berger - For whom our annual dinner award is named Yartzeit Today—28 Nissan
RODDIE EDMONDS
OMER COUNT IS UNDERWAY Our students are eager to keep up the Omer count, several classes (Nursery pictured on top, first graders above) have Omer charts they keep track of, winding and climbing their way up to the Giving of the Torah on Shavuot. It’s also a great way to learn about numbers, and sets of numbers (Omer by days and by weeks) and how to value each and every day.
Some classes heard the story of the bravery of prisoner of war US Army Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds who insisted “We are all Jews” despite the Nazi prison commander pointing a gun at him ordering COMMON DENOMINATOR him to separate all the Jewish prisoners of war. Edmonds wouldn’t budge, the Nazi backed off Here’s a common denominator in both 4/5 and 8th grades, they are both learning about and many Jewish soldiers were saved. the common denominator (only that 8th graders are learning it as part of Prime IRENE SENDLER “LIFE IN A JAR” Factorization). Pictured above are 4/5 graders Student in the school lunchroom watched a laughing as their picture is taken of them short video of the story of Irene Sendler, a working in teams on their math sheet. A team Polish woman who smuggled nearly 2,500 also works on the common denominator Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto. principle, and happy laughter is a common denominator that many THREE people (of all ages!) can share.
BOOKS IN SECOND
2nd graders read 3 books for young readers about the Holocaust for Yom-HaShoah on Thursday: “The Lily Cupboard” by Shulamith Levy Oppenheim, “The Number on my Grandfather’s Arm” by David A. Adler, and “One Yellow Daffodil” also by David A. Adler (he’s also the author of the popular “Cam Jansen” mystery series for kids).
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SURPRISE, SURPRISE... We’re putting this picture in the newsletter but we’re not telling you (yet) what it is. Ms. Ford’s students can tell you on Sunday.
MAOS CHITTIM UPDATE The total raised by grades 2-7 to give to the needy before Pesach was $80.56! Wow!
EARTH DAY POSTERS Ms. Ford’s students posters are up on Senator Neil Breslin’s website, just look for the Earth Day Posters and click on the students names under the Maimonides header!