September 19, 2011

Random Song Quote:

"I want to know
Have you ever seeming rain
Coming down on a sunny day."

A little CCR for a rainy Monday.

Super Students:

It is with awe that we watch many of our students grow over their three years in the Middle School. They come in as wide-eyed sixth graders and leave with a pretty solid concept of what is important to them. Some of this is a result of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah year in which students are required to give back to the world in some way. Some is because of the school's mission and philosophy of Tikkun Olam and experiential learning, and some is because they see values modeled every day from their teachers, friends, and most importantly you, their parents.

Our students are doing a lot of terrific things in and out of school. Racheal Totz and Orly Golub are organizing a walk in support of the Berry Family, and Amanda Zivley developed a webpage and is raising money to supply under-developed countries with much needed water. All of our students do really cool mitzvah projects, so please let us know about those as we are always interested to hear the great things going on outside of school.

This week on campus, there was the formation of the S.W.A.T team. SWAT stands for Student Wiz Kids Assisting Teachers. This selected group of tech savvy students will be working with Ben Stern, the tech integration specialist in the Middle School, to further their knowledge of technology and then to help teachers trouble-shoot issues during class. These students are going to eventually give up their elective period in order to help The School further its goal of integrating technology.

Lastly, a big shout out to 8th Grader Lydia Elieff! We miss you Lydia and are really excited to see you back on campus soon.

As Dr. Bishop says, thank you for sending us your best. They really are making huge contributions to their community.

Have a great week.

Happy Birthday to the following students:

Jon-Jon Moulton and Ashley Doctor - Sept. 20
Ashley Barriga - Sept. 22
Adam Davis and Joel Nates- Sept. 24
Emma Danziger - Sept. 25

Mazel Tov to Jonathan Stein and Kacy Rosen who will celebrate their Bar/Bat Mitzvahs on the 24.

Athletic Events this week:

MS Boys Soccer

Tuesday - v. Honor Roll - 4 p.m.
Thursday - v. Lutheran South - 4 p.m.

7th Girls Volleyball

Tuesday - v. John Cooper - 4 p.m.
Thursday - v. Lutheran South - 4 p.m.

8th Girls Volleyball

Tuesday - v. John Cooper - 5 p.m.
Thursday - v. Lutheran South - 5 p.m.

Important Events:

Tuesday, September 20 - MS Picture Day- All MS students should wear the navy EWS polo

Thursday, September 22 - MS Open House 6-8 p.m. (2:50 p.m. dismissal from school)

Wednesday, Sept. 28 - 12:30 p.m. dismissal - Erev Rosh Hashanah

Thursday, Sept. 29-Friday, Sept 30 - Rosh Hashanah - School Closed

**Parents, please remember to submit a field trip permission form that can be found on our website, www.emeryweiner.org, under parents and forms and information. No student may go on a field trip, retreat or school trip without your consent via this form.