CJDS News
December 6, 2013
3 Tevet 5774
Issue 186
COLUMBUS JEWISH DAY SCHOOL
Upcoming Events
All School Kabbalat Shabbat
Led by the 4th Grade
Friday, December 20
1:40 p.m.
CJDS Gym
HANUKKAH HOP COMES TO CJDS
The Columbus Jewish community gathered for a wonderful evening of fun, games, food, music and
celebration at the fourth annual Hanukkah Hop. The evening included performances by CJDS, CTA and
JCC preschools students and a lighting of the menorah.
No School – Winter Break
Monday, December 23 –
Friday, January 3
Wisdom of the Heart
Sunday, January 26
5-7 p.m.
CJDS Gym
Parker models the crown she
made in the craft room
Ben shows his muscles as he turns
the olive oil press
Dance Club rocks the house to a Hanukkah song
Isabella and Maya take time out
for a quick dinner of hot dogs
and latkes
Sam ponders his retail choices
at the Hanukkah shop
Boys choose the ripest olive to put into the
press to make olive oil
Johnathan tries to lower his
Hanukkah candle “tail” into a
soda bottle
Bram strikes a fearsome
Maccabee pose in the photo
booth
Judy’s Journal
Judy Miller, M.S.
Head of School
Dear CJDS Friends and Family,
We recently completed our first trimester of work with your children. Over the next week, we will mail progress
reports to communicate your child’s growth. This is an exciting time for us to share their progress with
you! Student work in related arts (fine art, music and physical education) will be included in the 2nd and 3rd
trimester reporting periods. Progress reports are one of many ways we support our efforts to partner with you
to benefit your child.
The stages are defined by Beginning, Developing, Proficient and Exceeds in a given skill or concept. The explanations
of these terms are as follows:
Beginning: The student has shown signs of the beginning stages of learning this skill or concept.
Developing: The student has begun to develop the skill or concept but has not yet mastered it.
Proficient: The student has achieved the expectations for the skill and will begin to apply his/ her skills in other academic areas.
Exceeds: The student is exceeding expectations at this level and shows unusual depth and creativity.
Additionally, in grades 2 – 6, there is a shaded box for each skill assessed. This shading denotes the level at which your child should be
functioning based on the curriculum (excluding general development). A symbol (X) shows the level at which your child is functioning in the
classroom according to our assessments.
We value your partnership in the endeavor of educating your children and look forward to more dialogue as we work together to help each
student realize his potential. Please contact me if you have any questions.
Shabbat Shalom,
Judy Miller
Head of School
NEWS & NOTES
Did you catch CJDS on the news last week? Click here to watch!
Please join the community in honoring and “sending-off” Shaula Gurari, a long time teacher at CJDS and a
beloved member of our community. The send off is Dec 15 from 2-4 p.m. at the Columbus Jewish Federation on
College Avenue. Shaula will be leaving Columbus to start full retirement the next day.
G & G Music will offer a Music Sampler Class on Tuesdays, in the CJDS Music Room from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m, January 14 – April 8.
For more information contact [email protected]
Emma Kaufmann Camp is coming to CJDS on Monday, December 9 during lunch. Watch EKC videos, enjoy raffle
prizes and learn more about Emma Kaufmann Camp. Contact Sam Bloom to RSVP or for more information at
[email protected]
CJDS is now accepting applications for Kindergarten. Word-of-mouth is the most valuable form of recruiting. Share the
love and tell your friends about CJDS!
Family Fun Day at the JCC is December 25. Activities start at 10:30 a.m. The family movie, “The Croods”
starts at 1:00 pm. A Hot Dog lunch can be purchased for $5.
Please come give the gift of life at a Blood Drive at the JCC College Ave. on Monday, December 30th between
noon and 6:00 pm. You can arrange an appointment by calling the Red Cross at 1-800-Give Life or go to the
Red Cross website at www.redcrossblood.org sponsor code: tolifecolumbus.
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ROBOTICS
ROBOTICS IS BACK!
Third grade kicked off this year’s robotics curriculum. Students will integrate their role
as school trailblazers into their robotics project this year. They will work with a partner
to define a common goal they want to achieve this year, whether academic, social,
athletic or personal. The class brainstormed on obstacles that may stand in the way of
achieving their goal. Each pair will design a robot that reaches their goal by getting
around an obstacle, either physical or intangible.
As a warm up exercise last week to reacquaint them with the robotics software, students
considered their essential question: What do we pack for life’s journey? Each team
designed a vehicle that would somehow help them on their life’s journey.
Seth and Charlie
do a trial run of
their program
Wendy and Cobby
test whether their
robot will roll
Charlie models some original lego
jewelry - a new fashion trend,
perhaps?
Isabella and Johnathan work on their program
Natanya and Daniel work
on constructing their
robot before they start
programming
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Mr. Scherer and Zeke provide some design
consultation to Jerry and Rami
COMMUNITY
CJDS CELEBRATES COMMUNITY
The 2013 CJDS Community Day was a huge success. Guests from immigrant communities in Columbus
joined us in an afternoon of learning, giving and community building. Visitors from Morocco, Somalia,
Guatemala, India, Ethiopia, Germany and Ghana helped CJDS families and special guests create
crafts, learn about new cultures and enjoy quality time together. At the concluding assembly, students
performed traditional dances taught to them by their visitors, and the CJDS Dance Club treated everyone
to a special Hanukkah performance. We lit a ceremonial candle to kick off Thanksgivikkah!
Charlie asks his friend Kyle about how
he celebrated Thanksgiving when he
was younger
Ethan and his Mom, Susan, work on a
“menurky” art project
Rami and Natanya work on their dreidel spinning
technique
Yeshi Hailu from Ethiopia helps Dasi
dress in traditional Ethiopian fashion
Lee, Grant and their classmates hold paper
storks they will use to perform a traditional
Ethiopian dance
Alana Milenthal and her grandmother,
Bonnie work on a rangoli, a traditional
Indian art form used to welcome guests
during holidays
Norma Quiroz from Guatemala teaches second
graders about worry dolls, a traditional Central
American craft
Ava, Elijah and their guests don costumes to
participate in a reader’s theater of the book “The
Bad Case of the Stripes,” one of several stories the
class had read about diversity.
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Eran and Annie light a ceremonial
candle to kick off the holiday week
JUDAIC STUDIES
M&M COURSE WELCOMES RABBI FRANKIEL
Rabbi Yaakov Frankiel, Director of NCSY in Columbus and teacher at CTA high school,
was the most recent community Rabbi to teach CJDS fifth and sixth grade students as part
of the M&M (Mishnah and Midrash) curriculum. The students welcomed him with the
song Hevenu Shalom Aleikhem, a nice gesture they learned earlier this year in Rabbi Idit
Solomon’s class about the mitzvah of Hakhnasat Orchim, welcoming guests.
As the class took place on the 5th day of Hanukkah, Rabbi Frankiel talked to students
about the mitzvah of lighting Hanukkah candles. The Talmud states that the basic mitzvah
is to light one candle each night for the whole household, but there are people who want
to enhance the mitzvah and light more. There are two opinions in the Talmud about how
one should light the candles if choosing to enhance the original mitzvah: Beit Shamai says
to light eight candles the first night then decrease each night to light only one on the final
night while Beit Hillel said we should light one the first night and increase each night to
light eight on the final night. Students discussed in small groups possible reasons for the
two differing opinions and role played by sending representatives to the “debate chair”. It
was very interesting to hear the various reasons students came up with and how they not
only defended their opinion but also commented on the other opinion. Then the students
read in the Talmud what rabbis in that time thought about the debate and noticed how
some of their own opinions followed those opinions in the Talmud.
Rabbi Frankiel talks to fifth and sixth graders
about the mitzvah of candle lighting on Hanukkah
TEFILLAH
CJDS ALUMNA RETURNS TO MARK HER BAT MITZVAH
CJDS alumna Shelly Ben-David returned to CJDS to lead morning Tefillah on Thursday,
She shared a special D’var Torah with the CJDS students linking Hanukkah with her
upcoming Bat Mitzvah in Israel. Shelly lit the menorah and received a gift of a yad
from Geveret Miller. Shelly will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah with a service in Israel in
December.
Shelly with her
mom, Ayelet
and baby sister
Talia in front of
the ark
Shelly marches the Torah during morning Tefillah
Ayelet, Eran, Shaula and Shelly look on as sixth graders
Arrie and Maya read Torah
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WISDOM OF THE HEART
SILENT AUCTION COLLECTIONS OFF AND RUNNING!
Every CJDS family needs to procure at least one item for our fundraiser on January 26, 2014. If you’re unable to get items, we invite
you to make a gift to the Silent Auction piggy bank so that someone on our committee can purchase something on your behalf for our
auction. (make checks to CJDS Silent Auction). Here are some great ideas of things to get, but don’t limit yourself - be creative
WELLNESS/BEAUTY
Spa treatments, Facials,
Manicures, pedicures
RETAIL
Gift cards for malls and
shops, artwork
TRAVEL
Hotel rooms
Vacation homes
CHILDREN’S ITEMS
Games, books, clothing,
classes, birthday parties, camps
EVENTS
Sport event and theater tickets
RESTAURANTS/EATERIES
Gift cards, special events
SERVICES
Home organizing,
Landscaping, Pet care
Dry cleaning
FITNESS
Training sessions
Fitness classes, equipment,
club memberships
For specific suggestions & questions, contact your Silent Auction Chairs:
Jamie Synenberg
Amy Milenthal [email protected]
Maggie Weiss
Shylee Grossman
[email protected]
Janine Dunmyre
Jennifer Wasserstrom [email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
PICTURE OF THE WEEK
Fourth graders Ilan,
Joshua and Alana burn
off a little energy at the
bounce house at the
Hanukkah Hop,
CJDS
150 E. Granville Road, New Albany, Ohio 43054
Phone 614.939.5311 Fax 614.939-5312
www.cjds.org
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