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Shavuon: Volume 2 Issue 10, February 15, 2008
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February 15
2008 8 Adar
5768 Vol 2,
Issue 10
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Candle
Lighting
Feb.15 5
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Feb.22
5:09
Feb 29
5:17
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Cherish the
Memories-Buy
a Zimriyah
2008 DVD |
Zimriyah
2008 DVD
Available!
$15.00
Bring a
$15.00
check in
an
envelope
payable
to JCDS
(Memo
Line:
Zimriyah
2008) to
the
Front
Desk.
Thank
you!
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ZIMRIYAH-Thank
You to All
for a
Fantastic
Experience! |
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Dear
Friends
I am still
excited from
last
evening's
beautiful
event. So
many people
approached
us yesterday
and this
morning
sharing
their
excitement.
I would like
to again
thank, all
the people
that made
this evening
so
successful,
especially
the
students.
Also, I want
to say a
special
thank you to
the 8 grade
parents
especially
Andrea Gouze
and Elisa
Heath for
preparing
the silent
auction.
This
excellent
work is part
of our fund
raising
efforts
toward the 8th
grade trip
to Israel.
There are
still
multiple
ways to
support this
amazing
mission!
I also would
like to
personally
say goodbye
to Eileen
Ellis. She
was a part
of this
school for
15 years.
During this
time, she
assisted 5
different
heads of
school.
Eileen had a
major part
in helping
us to become
an
institution
of
excellence.
I wish you
Eileen a
smooth
transition
and a lot of
success.
To all of
our students
and families
I wish a
great
vacation
with a lot
of precious
time
together.
Dani
Kol HaKavod
and Thank
You!
Artistic
Director
Hebrew
Coordinator Ruti
Adler
Producer
Technical
Director Lisa
Bergman
Assistant
Director Daniella
Levine
Musical
Arrangements
Yifat Koren
Katz
Program
Susan Adler
Raffle
Coordinator Miri
Zeman
Zimriyah
Band Howie
Bromberg
Cliff
Bromberg
Yifat Koren
Katz
Steven Stein
Yonaton
Elyashiv
Dance
Ayelet
Koren, Lisa
Bergman
Costumes Jamie
Rees, Ruti
Adler, Miri
Zeman
Slide
Show Claudia
Fiks
Eileen
Ellis
Ruby
Shalansky
David
Rothemich
Mitchell
Kaplan
Laura
Mernoff
Laura
Levinson
Meredith
Sinel Peter
Smith
David
Cicilline,
Mayor
Rony
Yedidia,
Consul of
Israel
The
Students,
Faculty,
& Staff
of
JCDS
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PURIM
EXTRAVAGANZA |
SAVE
THE
DATE!
 Friday,
March 21
You are
cordially
invited
to
be a volunteer
in
helping
to
create
the
FIRST
ANNUAL
JCDSRI
PURIM CELEBRATION.
Volunteers
are
needed
for
school
day
activities
and
our
Shabbat
Dinner.
Purim-Shabbat
JCDSRI
Community
Dinner
email mlevine@jcdsri.org
with
your
availability
(for members
of the
JCDSRI
school
community)
When:
Friday,
March
21st,
5:45PM -
7:30PM
Where:
JCC
Social
Hall
Since a
delicious
chicken
dinner
(with
veggie
alternate
of
course)
will be
served,
we will
have to
charge a
modest
fee, but
are
doing
all that
we can
to keep
it
affordable
so that
all of
our
families
will
feel
able to
participate.
Families
are
invited
to bring
their
own
Shabbat
Candlesticks
and
Kiddush
Cups
(and we
will
provide
extra
for
those
who
don't
bring
their
own).
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Purim
Contest! |
Adar......Our
Door
The
Hebrew month
named Adar
begins on
March 7.th On
that Friday,
a panel of
judges will
visit each
Homeroom
classroom to
determine
which
Homeroom has
created the
most festive
door. Why
the door to
the
classroom?
It is a
pun. Since
the super
fun holiday
of Purim
occurs in
the month of
Adar, we say
that "The
One who
brings in
the month of
Adar, brings
in joy", and
this slogan
in Hebrew
sounds like
the speaker
is saying,
"The one who
enters our
door, brings
in joy."
("Adar" is
pronounced
like "our
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From
Dani
Steiner,
Head of
School
Student
Performance
in the
New
England
Common
Assessment
Program
(NECAP)
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February 14,
2008
8 Adar I
5768
Dear
Parents:
In
October
2007, school
districts
across the
state
participated
in the New
England
Common
Assessment
Program
(NECAP).
This testing
program is
mandated for
students in
grades 3
through 8 in
the public
schools of
RI. The
Jewish
Community
Day School
of RI, along
with other
private and
independent
schools, is
not mandated
to
administer
these
tests.
However, a
decision was
made by the
JCDS
administration
to have
students in
grades 3 and
8
participate
in order to
gather
baseline
data on our
academic
performance
in the areas
tested.
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New
Faculty Member
in Grade 1 |
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We are
pleased to
announce
that Debra
Nassau will
be joining
the First
Grade
classroom as
of February
26th.
She will be
spending
approximately
10 hours per
week in the
classroom
along with
Mrs.
Cicchitelli
to help
strengthen
the reading
and writing
skills of
the
students, as
we continue
to move
forward in
our
commitment
to
individualized
learning and
differentiated
instruction.
Debra holds
a Master's
Degree in
Education
and has over
15 years of
experience
and training
in
Differentiated
Learning and
Instruction.
Please join
us in
welcoming
Debra to
JCDS!
If you have
any
questions,
please feel
free to
contact Mrs.
Cicchitelli
or Betsy
Singer Cable
at 751-2470. |
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Needed: Your
Receipts and
Box Tops |
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 Don't
forget
to bring in
your
Eastside
Market
receipts and
box tops.
Box Tops
for
Education (click)
There is a
box to put
them in on
the front
desk. Thank
you |
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Calling All
Good Deed
Doers!
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Have you
done a
good
deed
this
year
that you
would
like to
share
with
others?
Please
let Sue
Adler
know.
She is
our
Feinstein
Coordinator
and she
would
love to
publicize
all of
the
wonderful
things
that our
students
are
doing.
No act
of
kindness
is too
small to
mention.
Please
e-mail
her at
sadler@jcdsri.org
or speak
to her
at
school.
Sue
writes a
Feinstein
Newsletter
that is
sent to
all who
are
connected
to the
school
and
especially
to Mr.
Alan
Shawn
Feinstein.
information (click)
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Vote
for
Jerusalem |
 Hasbro,
the producer
of Monopoly,
the world's
most popular
board game,
is now
launching
the world's
first global
Monopoly and
is inviting
everyone
around the
world to
vote for the
greatest
cities
around the
globe.
Consider
voting for
Jerusalem! VOTE(click) |
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2nd
Annual
JCDSRI Camp
Fair - A
great
success! |
 Thank
you to all
the parents
and students
who helped
make our 2nd
Jewish
Summer Camp
Fair such a
tremendous
success.
Last
Thursday,
February 7,
JCDS
welcomed 10
camps from
across New
England who
displayed
their camps
and programs
in the lobby
and the Pre
K
classroom.
One parent
of a
potential
first-time
camper
described
her son as
"apprehensive
about
sleep-away
camp. At
the JCDSRI
camp fair he
really
enjoyed
visiting
each booth,
chatting
with the
camp
directors
and
collecting
brochures
and CD's.
It has been
a fun family
activity to
go over all
the
materials
and pick a
camp for
this summer.
Now,
instead of
feeling
fearful, my
son is
having
trouble
picking only
one camp to
attend!"
(name
withheld by
request).
Participating
camps
included:
Camp Avoda,
Mass; Camp
Gan Israel,
RI; Camp
Ramah, Mass;
JCC,
RI; Union
of Reform
Judaism
Camps -
Eisner,
Crane Lake,
Mass; Camp
JORI, RI;
JCC
Maccabi Camp
Kingswood,
Maine;
Camp
Laurelwood,
CT; BJE
Gift of
Israel
Program;
Camp
Bauercrest.
For
information
about
how to
contact
any of
the
above
camp
programs,
contact
Naomi
Stein at
nstein@jcdsri.org
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Grandparents
and Special
Visitors Day |
SAVE THE
DATE:
Friday, May
9, 2008 ˇ 4
Iyar 5767
8:30
am - 11:00
am
Friday, May
9th will be
our annual
Grandparents
and Special
Visitors
Day! Each
year, over
200
grandparents,
relatives,
friends and
neighbors-all
very welcome
special
visitors to
the
school-enjoy
a morning of
food, song
and fun.
Guests are
encouraged
to
participate
in special
activities
with the
students.
Breakfast
will be
served in
the Alperin
Meeting
House. The
handicapped
entrance is
on Morris
Avenue.
Please let
us know if
we can be of
assistance
to our
special
guests.
Please list
the name of
the person
who you want
to be
invited. We
will use
this list
only. If no
grandparents
or family
friends are
available to
attend this
event and
you would
like someone
to visit
your child,
please let
us know by
contacting
Meredith
Sinel at
(401)
751-2470 or
msinel@jcdsri.org.
PLEASE
RETURN THIS
FORM TO
THE SCHOOL
OFFICE BY
MARCH 3rd SO
WE CAN SEND
INDIVIDUALIZED
INVITATIONS
TO YOUR
SPECIAL
GUESTS. |
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Egyptian
Museum at
JCDS |
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 Sixth
Grade
students
created
an
"Ancient
Egyptian
Artifacts
Museum."
The
museum
was a
culmination
of
Social
Studies,
Language
Arts and
an Art
project
under
Lisa
Bergman's
direction.
Students
choose
topics
of their
own
interests
and
researched
such
things
as
papyrus,
mummification,
amulets,
sacred
animals,
shrines,
weapons,
tombs,
pyramids,
toys and
Egyptian
make up.
Many
classes
toured
the
museum
and
talked
with the
exhibit
presenters.
Lisa
noted
that the
students
had so
much fun
they did
not even
realize
how hard
they
were
working!
Great
work!
 
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Watch Out
CSI! |
 Watch
out CSI,
here come
our Third
Grade
forensic
scientists!
These
sleuths have
learned to
classify
fingerprints.
By using
just a
pencil and a
piece of
tape,
students
were able to
complete a
fingerprint
chart of
their
fingers. The
students
were taught
about the
Galton
characteristics
of
fingerprints
and became
familiar
with the
terms: fork,
dot, ending
ridge,
enclosure,
and short
ridge. In
cooperative
learning
groups, the
students
analyzed a
print and
shared their
results.
Then they
were given
an index
card with a
fellow
classmates
print on it.
However,
each card
was
identified
by a number,
not by a
student
name. Only
the teacher
knew whose
print it
was. Our
young
scientists
were to
identify all
of the
characteristics
of the
fingerprints
and
successfully
hunt for the
matching
index cards!
Very
impressive!
Alisa Amaral
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What's the
Scoop? |
 Third Grade's Step- up Visit with Grade 4 centered on an activity called "What's the Scoop?" Students gathered in grade-mixed groups and shared book review "scoops" while enjoying bowls of ice cream "scoops." Students were delighted to learn that some of their favorite books were also known to students in both classes. Thank you to Lori Lowinger for  helping. Step-Up experiences involve students visiting and interacting with students and teachers in the grade they will be promoted to next year.
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JCDS
Breakfast
Cafe |
 Yes,
it is
true.
JCDS had
a
"Breakfast
Café"
where
kindergarten
students
ordered
their
selections
in
Hebrew
from a
Hebrew
menu.
Cheese
and eggs
ביצהוגבינה
anyone?
After
the
meal,
the
children
sang a
breakfast
song and
said
Birkat
Hamazon
(Grace
after
the
Meal).
This was
the
culminating
activity
for
their
Breakfast
Unit
with
Geveret
Eskovitz.
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Spotlight on
the World
Premier of
OurJCDS
Puppet Show |
 Lights,
Camera,
Action!
On
February
7, Grade
1
presented
an
original
puppet
show.
The
puppets,
designed
in the
Art
Studio
with Jen
Bend, are
animals
made out
of clay,
fabric,
paint
and
cardboard
cones.
The play
involved
the
themes
of their
Community
Workers
Unit.
"Together
students
brainstormed
ideas
about
the
plot,
setting,
characters
and
props.
They
wanted a
haunted
house. a
missing
jewel
and a
stair
case
with a
trap
door,"
explained
Michelle
Cicchitelli
and Jen
Bend,
their
teachers.
The
students
made a
spooky
haunted
house
backdrop
painting,
a creepy
candelabrum
with
cobwebs,
and "the
brilliant
jewel."
Jonathan
Elyashiv
'09 and
Daniel
Katz
'09, and
their
"talking
skull
puppet"
were the
narrators.
Victoria
Volynsky
'09 was
the
understudy.
Dani
Steiner
noted
the
excellent
integration
of
reading,
writing,
performing
and
creating
along
with
collaborating
with MS
students.  
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Tu Bishvat |
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For
Tu Bishvat,
the Jewish
Arbor Day,
our
Kindergarten
class
learned
about the
importance
of trees in
the world.
The class
decided on
15 reasons
(15 as in
15th day of
Shvat which
is Tu
Bishvat) why
trees are
good for the
world. Rivka
Eskovitz
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Presidents'
Day-Happy
Vacation! |
 Kindergartners
are showing
off their
patriotic
necklaces.
There is
penny on
each one,
which serves
as a shinny
picture of
President
Lincoln.
This is one
of the many
red, white
and blue
activities
we have been
enjoying. A.
Stein
In the
Library,
Grade 2 made
George
Washington
Research
Books. They
especially enjoyed
George
Washington's
Breakfast
by Fritz and
learning
about George
Washington
"money."
Great Work!
K. White
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Our Basketball
Teams |
 With
3 games left
in the
season, the
girl's
Middle
School
basketball
team is on a
monster
winning
streak.
They've won
their last
six games,
against
Providence
Country Day
School,
Block Island
School,
Gordon
School,
Barrington
Christian
Academy,
Wheeler "B,"
and West Bay
Christian
Academy. The
whole Middle
School
enjoyed the
Block Island
games as
classes were
let out for
the
afternoon.
The teams
made sure
that the
spectators
were
entertained.
The boys
played a
good game
(although
losing in
the end),
and the JCDS
girls team
won 30-9.
The girl's
team has now
won 10
games! Leah
Tinberg '08,
Sports
Reporter
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The Parent
Association |
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NEW:The PA
Mishloach
Manot
program will
be under way
right after
vacation.
Look for our
flyer/sign
up about it
some time
that week.
Volunteers
will be
needed on
Thursday,
March 20th
to assemble
and
distribute
the bags.
 DO
YOU WANT TO
BE THE
JCDS
CHEF FOOD
CHALLENGE
STAR?
!!!!
Winner
of these
categories:
Soup,
Veggie
Salad,
Starch,
Chicken,
and
Dessert
will be
featured
in a
JCDS
Shabbat
Meal
collection
and
at the
JCDS
Purim
Shabbat
Dinner
held
March
21.
Start
submitting
your
entries
today!!
Send
recipes to
loliven@visi.com
or drop
off at
the
front
desk.
Questions
-
contact
Deb
Blazer
at
301-1889.
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In
Our JCDS
Community |
Mazel
Tov
to
Jeremy(alum)
and
Amanda
Isenberg
on the
birth of
their
son,
Caleb
Sherman
Isenberg,
on
January
31, 2008
Announcements
Steve
Subotnick,
father
of
Naomi
'09,
is
participating
in a
marathon
to
raise
funds
for
the
Leukemia
and
Lymphoma
Society.
You
can
donate
on-line
www.active.com/donate/tntri/tntriSSubotn.
Toby
Liebowitz
(local
Jewish
educator)is
bringing
6 Rhode
Island
families
with
young
children
to
Israel
for two
weeks
this
summer.
(June 23rd-July
6th)
They are
looking
for one
or two
more
families
with
children
or
grandchildren
between
the ages
of 7 and
14 to
help
bring
down the
cost of
the
trip.
Please
contact
Toby
Liebowitz
if you
are
interested.
Toliebo@aol.com
or
401.490.0574
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If you have
suggestions
or comments
please
e-mail
Karolyn
White,
Editor
kwhite@jcdsri.org
Dani
Steiner,
Head of
School
dsteiner@jcdsri.org
Photo
Credits:
Meredith
Sinel,
Karolyn
White, Naomi
Stein, Steve
Jablow
and Dahlia
Neeman
Jewish
Communit | | | | | | | |
Allison
Bedwinek, a
Jewish
mechanical
engineer,
came to
visit the
Middle
School
Science
classes on
January 28,
2008. Ms.
Riffle and
Ms. Bedwinek
met this
summer on a
flight to
Israel. Ms.
Bedwinek
explained
her job as
an engineer,
showed some
projects she
has worked
on that
included a
singing and
dancing Elmo
and
discussed
the
similarities
between the
engineering
design
process and
the
Scientific
Method.
Students
were then
given a
task: drop
an egg down
the
stairwell
without
breaking it
upon impact.
The catch:
they had
only fifteen
minutes to
use ten
packing
peanuts, ten
straws, two
pieces of
paper, a
meter of
tape and a
clementine
to do so!
Three out of
the sixteen
designs
proved
successful.
This was an
enjoyable
and
enlightening
experience
for all.
Thanks Ms.
Bedwinek!
Elana Riffle
