THE RABBI JOSEPH H. LOOKSTEIN UPPER SCHOOL OF RAMAZ
2022-2023
תשפ"ג הבאה עלינו ועל כל ישראל לטובה THE RABBI JOSEPH H. LOOKSTEIN UPPER SCHOOL OF RAMAZ In The Morris and Ida Newman Educational Center 60 East 78th Street, New York, NY 10075 | 212-774-8070
2022 August Sunday Jul 30
Monday Aug 1 אב3
Tuesday
Wednesday
2
3
אב4
Thursday
Friday
4
אב5
אב6
Shabbat
5
6
אב7
אב8
אב9 Parashat Devarim
8:06pm Fast begins 7:48pm Candle lighting
7
8
9
אב10
10
אב11
11
אב12
אב13
12
8:51pm Havdalah
13
אב14
אב15
אב16
Tish'a B'Av (Observed)
Tu B'Av
Parashat Vaetchanan
8:41pm Fast ends
7:39pm Candle lighting
8:41pm Havdalah
14
15
16
אב17
17
אב18
18
אב19
אב20
19 אב21
20 אב22
אב23 Parashat Eikev
7:30pm Candle lighting
21
22
23
אב24
24
אב25
25
אב26
אב27
26 אב28
8:30pm Havdalah
27 אב29
אב30 Parashat Re'eh Rosh Chodesh Elul
7:19pm Candle lighting
28
29
30
אלול1 Rosh Chodesh Elul
31
אלול2
Sep 1
אלול3
New Faculty Orientation
Faculty PD
US Faculty PD
Faculty/Staff Opening Breakfast
אלול4 Faculty PD Senior Application Workshop
4
5
Notes
2 אלול5
8:18pm Havdalah
3 אלול6
אלול7
2022 September Sunday
Monday
Aug 28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
אלול1
Thursday
31
אלול2
Friday
Sep 1
אלול3
Saturday
2
אלול4
3
אלול5
אלול6
אלול7 Parashat Shoftim
Faculty PD Senior Portraits Senior Application Workshop
8:03pm Havdalah
7:08pm Candle lighting
4
5
6
אלול8
12
Senior Grade BBQ (4:456pm)
13
14
אלול16
9
אלול11
Grade 9 Orientation 10-12 Orientation (Morning) 10-12 First Day of Classes (Afternoon) Senior Portraits
No Sessions
אלול15 Freshman 9/11 Day of Service
8
אלול10
Labor Day
11
7
אלול9
אלול17
10
אלול12
אלול13
אלול14 Parashat Ki Teitzei
Regular Friday (1:30 pm) 9-11 Assembly after tefilah R"Ch Assembly Schedule
Friday R"Ch Schedule 6:57pm Candle lighting
15
אלול18
16 אלול19
7:51pm Havdalah
17 אלול20
אלול21 Parashat Ki Tavo
ACT @ Ramaz
R"Ch Schedule
R"Ch Schedule
R"Ch Schedule
R"Ch Schedule
Friday R"Ch Schedule 7:39pm Havdalah
6:45pm Candle lighting
18
19
20
אלול22
21
אלול23
22
אלול24
9th Grade Advisory
Club Fair
אלול25
23 אלול26
US Parent Simulated School Night
Prozbol Assembly
R"Ch Schedule
Modified Schedule
24 אלול27
אלול28 Parashat Nitzavim
No Senior classes periods 36 R"Ch Schedule
R"Ch Schedule
Friday R"Ch Schedule 6:33pm Candle lighting
25
26
27
אלול29
תשרי1
Erev Rosh Hashana
6:30pm Candle lighting
2
29
תשרי2
תשרי3
תשרי4 Teshuvah Assembly
Rosh Hashana
Rosh Hashana
Tzom Gedaliah
No Sessions
No Sessions
Special Tzom Schedule
Financial Aid Night for Seniors
5:37am Fast begins
R"C Assembly Schedule
7:23pm Candle lighting
7:22pm Havdalah
3 תשרי7
28
Notes תשרי8
7:13pm Fast ends
30
7:27pm Havdalah
Oct 1 תשרי5
Friday R"Ch Test Schedule 6:21pm Candle lighting
תשרי6
2022 October Sunday
Monday
Sep 25
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
28
Friday
Saturday
30
29
תשרי2
תשרי1
אלול29
Thursday תשרי3
Oct 1 תשרי5
תשרי4
תשרי6
Parashat Vayeilech
7:15pm Havdalah
2
3
4
תשרי7 SAT @ Ramaz
5
תשרי8
6
תשרי9
תשרי10
Erev Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur
No Sessions
No Sessions
6:14pm Candle lighting
7:12pm Havdalah
10 תשרי14 Erev Sukkot
8 תשרי12
Faculty Meeting
R"Ch Test Schedule
9
7 תשרי11
תשרי13 Parashat Ha'Azinu
Early Dismissal Schedule
11
12
תשרי15
תשרי16
Sukkot Indigenous Peoples' Day
Sukkot
7:03pm Havdalah
6:10pm Candle lighting
13 תשרי17
Sukkot Chol haMoed
14 תשרי18
Sukkot Chol haMoed
15 תשרי19
Sukkot Chol haMoed
No Sessions
תשרי20 Sukkot Chol haMoed
No Sessions
No Sessions Modified Schedule 6:06pm Candle lighting
16
After 7:04pm Candle lighting
17
תשרי21 Hoshanah Rabah
Modified Schedule 5:59pm Candle lighting
7:02pm Havdalah
18 תשרי22 Shmini Atzeret
19 תשרי23 Simchat Torah
No Sessions
No Sessions
After 6:50pm Candle lighting
6:48pm Havdalah
20 תשרי24
21 תשרי25
6:53pm Havdalah
22 תשרי26
תשרי27 Parashat Bereshit
Test Schedule 5:56pm Candle lighting
23
24 תשרי28 ACT@ Ramaz
25 תשרי29
6:43pm Havdalah
5:48pm Candle lighting
26
27
28
חשון1 תשרי30 Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan
חשון2
29 חשון3
חשון4 Parashat Noach
Freshman Shabbaton
Test Schedule
Parent Education Evening
Central Park Trip
R"C Test Schedule
Modified schedule
Test Schedule 5:39pm Candle lighting
30
31 חשון5
Notes חשון6
6:43pm Havdalah
2022 November Sunday
Monday
Oct 30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
1
חשון5
2
חשון6
Thursday
Friday
3
חשון7
Saturday
4
חשון8
חשון9
Faculty Meeting
5
חשון10 Regular Friday (1:30 pm)
חשון11
Parashat Lech-Lecha
US Parent Liaison Meeting Test Schedule
Early Dismissal Schedule
Test Schedule 6:26pm Havdalah
5:30pm Candle lighting
6
7
8
חשון12
9
חשון13
Daylight Savings Ends
10
חשון14
11
חשון15 Kristalnacht
Election Day
12
חשון16
חשון17
Student Teacher Conferences
AM Assembly
Winter Friday (1:00 pm) Full School Davening
13
14 חשון19
Test Schedule
15
Israel Night for Seniors & Parents
R"Ch Schedule
End of Quarter 1
Full school davening
4:23pm Candle lighting
16
חשון20
חשון21 US Parent Teacher Conferences (Evening)
Early Dismissal Schedule
17
5:19pm Havdalah
18
חשון22
Chamber Choir Shabbaton US Open House (Motza'ei Shabbat)
AM Test Assembly Schedule
חשון18 Parashat Vayera
Veterans Day
חשון23
Interdisciplinary Day
Interdisciplinary Day
US Parent Teacher Conferences (Evening)
College Night for Juniors
Early Dismissal Schedule
Test Schedule
19 חשון24
חשון25 Parashat Chayei Sara
5:14pm Havdalah
20
21 חשון26
22
23
חשון27
חשון28
US Parent Teacher Conferences
Alumni Yom Iyun
Test Schedule
27
28 כסלו3
29
30
כסלו4
כסלו5
Modified Schedule
5
Notes
25
26
חשון30
כסלו1
Rosh Chodesh Kislev Thanksgiving Day
כסלו2
Rosh Chodesh Kislev Thanksgiving Break
Parashat Toldot
4:13pm Candle lighting
5:11pm Havdalah
Winter Friday Dismissal
Fall Play
4
24 חשון29
Dec 1 כסלו6
2 כסלו7
3 כסלו8
כסלו9
2022 December Sunday
Monday
27
28
Tuesday
29
3 כסלו
Wednesday
30
4 כסלו
5 כסלו
Thursday
Dec 1 6 כסלו
Friday
Saturday
2
3
7 כסלו
8 כסלו
9 כסלו Parashat Vayetzei
Test Schedule 4:10pm Candle lighting
4
10 כסלו SAT @ Ramaz
5
11 כסלו Faculty Meeting
6
12 כסלו
7
13 כסלו
8
14 כסלו
9
15 כסלו
5:09pm Havdalah
10
16 כסלו Parashat Vayishlach
Sophomore Shabbaton
Early Dismissal Schedule
Test Schedule
Test Schedule 4:10pm Candle lighting
11
12 17 כסלו
13
14
18 כסלו
19 כסלו
15
16
20 כסלו
5:09pm Havdalah
17 22 כסלו
ACT @ Ramaz
23 כסלו Parashat Vayeshev
Test Schedule
Test Schedule
US Parent Liaison Meeting
Test Schedule 4:11pm Candle lighting
18
19
24 כסלו Erev Chanukah
20 25 כסלו Chanukah
21 26 כסלו Chanukah
22 27 כסלו Chanukah
23 28 כסלו Chanukah
29 כסלו Chanukah
RamJam/Candle Lighting
5:01pm Chanukah Lighting
25
R"Ch Schedule
Modified Schedule
R"Ch Schedule
5:02pm Chanukah Lighting
5:02pm Chanukah Lighting
5:02pm Chanukah Lighting
26
27
1 טבת
2 טבת
Chanukah
3 טבת
5:03pm Chanukah Lighting
29 4 טבת
5 טבת
Notes
5:14pm Havdalah
31 6 טבת
4:19pm Candle lighting
2
30 כסלו Chanukah Rosh Chodesh Tevet Parashat Miketz
4:14pm Candle lighting
30
Chanukah
5:05pm Chanukah Lighting
Jan 1
28
5:10pm Havdalah
24
7 טבת Parashat Vayigash
5:19pm Havdalah
2023 January Sunday
Monday
Jan 1
Tuesday
Wednesday
3
2 טבת8
Thursday
4
טבת9
טבת10
New Year's Day
Friday
5 טבת11
Saturday 7
6 טבת12
טבת13
טבת14
Asara B'Tevet
Parashat Vayechi
Special Tzom Schedule 5:52am Fast begins
Test Schedule
5:18pm Fast ends
8
9
10
טבת15 Ramaz Annual Dinner
11
טבת16
5:25pm Havdalah
4:25pm Candle lighting
12
טבת17
טבת18
13
14
טבת19
טבת20
טבת21 Parashat Shemot
Test Schedule
Test Schedule
Test Schedule 5:32pm Havdalah
4:32pm Candle lighting
15
16
17
טבת22
18
טבת23
19
טבת24
טבת25 Study Day
Martain Luther King Jr. Day
20
21
טבת26
טבת27
טבת28
Finals
Parashat Vaera
Faculty Grading Day Test Schedule 5:39pm Havdalah
4:40pm Candle lighting
22
23
24
טבת29
25
שבט1
שבט2
שבט3
Finals
30
שבט4
שבט5
שבט6
Intersession
Parashat Bo
4:49pm Candle lighting
5:47pm Havdalah
Faculty Professional Development (In-School)
31
שבט7
שבט8
Feb 1 שבט9
Intersession
Semester 2 (Q3) Begins
Notes
6 שבט28
28
Finals
Afternoon English Writing
5
27
Study Day
Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat
29
26
שבט29
2 שבט10
3 שבט11
4 שבט12
שבט13
2023 February Sunday
Monday
Jan 29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
שבט7
Feb 1
שבט8
שבט9
Thursday
Friday
2 שבט10
Saturday
3 שבט11
4 שבט12
שבט13 Parashat Beshalach
5:55pm Havdalah
4:57pm Candle lighting
5
6
7
שבט14
8
שבט15
9
שבט16
שבט17
10 שבט18
11 שבט19
Tu B'Shvat
שבט20
Parashat Yitro Senior Shabbaton US Parent Liaison Meeting 6:03pm Havdalah
5:06pm Candle lighting
12
13 שבט21
14
15
שבט22
16
שבט23
שבט24
17 שבט25
18 שבט26
שבט27
Jewish Life on Campus Panel (Virtual) Virtual
Parashat Mishpatim
6:11pm Havdalah
5:14pm Candle lighting
19
20 שבט28
21
22
שבט29 Presidents' Day
23
שבט30 Rosh Chodesh Adar
אדר1
24
25
אדר2
אדר3
אדר4
Rosh Chodesh Adar
Parashat Terumah
Faculty PD Day Test Schedule
Modified Schedule
6:19pm Havdalah
5:23pm Candle lighting
26
27 אדר5
28
Mar 1
אדר6
אדר7
Junior College Visit Day
Test Schedule
5
6
Notes
2 אדר8
3 אדר9
4 אדר10
אדר11
2023 March Sunday
Monday
Feb 26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
אדר5
Mar 1
אדר6
Thursday
Friday
2
אדר7
Saturday
3
אדר8
אדר9
4 אדר10
אדר11
Parashat Tetzaveh
Test Schedule 6:27pm Havdalah
5:31pm Candle lighting
5
6
7
אדר12
8
אדר13
9
אדר14
Ta'anit Esther
10
אדר15
Purim
אדר16
11 אדר17
אדר18
Shushan Purim
Parashat Ki Tisa
Special Tzom Schedule 5:02am Fast begins
Modified Schedule
Test Schedule
6:26pm Fast ends
12
13 אדר19
14
15
אדר20
Daylight Savings Begins
6:35pm Havdalah
5:38pm Candle lighting
16
אדר21
Faculty Meeting
Sophomore Parent College Night
Early Dismissal Schedule
Test Schedule
17
אדר22
אדר23
18 אדר24
Regular Friday (1:30 pm)
אדר25 Parashat VayakhelPekudei
Junior Retreat Test Schedule 7:42pm Havdalah
6:46pm Candle lighting
19
20 אדר26
21
22
אדר27
23
אדר28
24
אדר29
25
ניסן1
ניסן2
Rosh Chodesh Nissan
Test Schedule
US Parent Liaison Meeting
R"Ch Test Schedule
Quarter 3 Ends 6:53pm Candle lighting
26
27 ניסן4
28 ניסן5
29
30
ניסן6 Freshman Parent College Night (Virtual)
School Play
Test Schedule
Modified Schedule
Apr 1
ניסן8
ניסן9
Test Schedule 7:01pm Candle lighting
2
3
Notes
7:50pm Havdalah
31
ניסן7
ניסן3 Parashat Vayikra
ניסן10
2023 April Sunday
Monday
Mar 26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
ניסן4
29
ניסן5
Thursday
Friday
30
ניסן6
Saturday
31
ניסן7
Apr 1
ניסן8
ניסן9
ניסן10 Parashat Tzav
7:57pm Havdalah
2
3
4
5
ניסן12
ניסן11 ACT @ Ramaz
6 ניסן14 Ta'anit Bechorot Erev Pesach
ניסן13
7
8 ניסן16
ניסן15 Pesach
Pesach
ניסן17 Pesach Chol haMoed
5:09am Fast begins 7:06pm Candle lighting
9
10
ניסן18 Pesach Chol haMoed
11
ניסן19 Pesach Chol haMoed
12
17
18
ניסן25
ניסן26
Pesach
8:14pm Candle lighting
8:15pm Havdalah
19 ניסן27 Yom HaShoah
Modified Schedule
20 ניסן28
US Parent Liaison Meeting Test Schedule
15 ניסן23
ניסן22
Pesach
Early Dismissal Schedule
ניסן24 Parashat Shmini
8:13pm Havdalah
7:16pm Candle lighting
21 ניסן29 Faculty Meeting
8:05pm Havdalah
7:08pm Candle lighting
14
ניסן21
ניסן20 Pesach Chol haMoed
7:12pm Candle lighting
16
8:07pm Candle lighting
13
22
ניסן30 Rosh Chodesh Iyyar
אייר1 Rosh Chodesh Iyyar Parashat Tazria-Metzora
Regular Friday RC Schedule 7:23pm Candle lighting
23
24 אייר2 Mock ACT
25
אייר3 College Night for Juniors
Test Schedule
26 אייר4 Yom HaZikaron
Assembly Schedule
27
28
אייר5 אייר6 Yom HaAtzma'ut Last Day of Senior Class
Modified Schedule
29
אייר7 Regular Friday (1:30 pm)
May 1 אייר9 Mock SAT
Notes
אייר8 Parashat Achrei MotKedoshim
Test Schedule 7:30pm Candle lighting
30
8:26pm Havdalah
8:29pm Havdalah
2023 May Sunday
Monday
Apr 30
Tuesday
May 1 אייר9
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
Friday
4
אייר10 אייר11 All Senior Grades Due Junior Virtual College Night
Saturday
5
אייר12
6
אייר13
אייר14
אייר15
Pesach Sheni
Parashat Emor
7:37pm Candle lighting
8:37pm Havdalah
AP Tests Test Schedule
7
8
9
אייר16 SAT at Ramaz
Test Schedule
10
אייר17
11
אייר18
Junior Elective Showcase (students and parents) Junior Israel Night
12
אייר19
אייר21
Lag BaOmer
Test Schedule AP Tests
Soph. Understanding your scores
7:45pm Candle lighting
15
16
אייר23
אייר22 Parashat Behar-Bechukotai
Test Schedule
14
13
אייר20
17
אייר24
18
אייר25
19
אייר26
Mother's Day
8:45pm Havdalah
20
אייר27
אייר28
אייר29
Poland Trip Junior Parent Mock Committee US Parent Liaison Meeting
Test Schedule
21
22
23
סיון1
24
סיון2
7:51pm Candle lighting
8:53pm Havdalah
26
סיון4
Poland/Israel Trip
Parashat Bamidbar
Test Schedule
25
סיון3
Yom Yerushalayim
27
סיון5
סיון6
Erev Shavuot
סיון7
Shavuot
Shavuot
After 7:58pm Candle lighting
9:00pm Havdalah
Rosh Chodesh Sivan Faculty Meeting Test Schedule
Early Dismissal Schedule
Winter Friday Dismissal Schedule
Test Schedule
7:57pm Candle lighting
28
29
30
סיון8
31
סיון9
Jun 1
סיון10
Memorial Day
Senior Dinner
סיון11 Celebration of the Arts
Modified Schedule
4
5
6
Notes:
2 סיון12
3 סיון13
סיון14
2023 June Sunday
Monday
May 28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
סיון8
31
סיון9
Thursday
Friday
Jun 1
סיון10
Saturday
2
סיון11
3
סיון12
סיון13
סיון14
Sports Dinner
Parashat Nasso
Test Schedule 9:06pm Havdalah
8:03pm Candle lighting
4
5
6
סיון15
סיון16 Friends and Family Concert
7
סיון17 US Last Day of Sessions Closing Assemblty
8
9
סיון18
10
סיון19
US Study Day
סיון20
Final Exams
Final Exams
סיון21 Parashat Beha'alotcha
Class of '23 Graduation Test Schedule 8:07pm Candle lighting
11
12
13
סיון22
14
סיון23
15
סיון24
Final Exams
16
סיון25
US Study Day
סיון26
Final Exams
9:11pm Havdalah
17 סיון27
סיון28 Parashat Sh'lach
Final Exams
Final Exams
8:11pm Candle lighting
18
19 סיון29
20
סיון30 Rosh Chodesh Tamuz Juneteenth Holiday
21
תמוז1 Rosh Chodesh Tamuz Professional Day
22 תמוז2 Professional Day
23 תמוז3 Professional Day
9:14pm Havdalah
24 תמוז4
תמוז5 Parashat Korach
Closing Faculty Luncheon 8:13pm Candle lighting
25
26 תמוז6
27 תמוז7
28 תמוז8
29 תמוז9
30 תמוז10
Jul 1 תמוז11
8:13pm Candle lighting
2
3
4
Notes:
9:15pm Havdalah
תמוז12