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Sunday, August 1, 2010

School Happenings

Grade Eight Graduation

This past Tuesday, June 15, 2010 the eighth grade class celebrated their graduation at the Forest Hills Jewish Center. We had all been looking forward to this for many years, and we practiced a lot. The Eighth Grade Choir led the entire grade singing several songs in both English and Hebrew, while every graduate reminisced about their special memories at Solomon Schechter. Thanks to Ms. Gossett, Morah Osnat, and Dr. Ben-Ami we were all well prepared. Afterwards, we went down to the beautifully decorated ballroom to celebrate with our family and friends and were treated to a variety of tasty desserts. Even though I am happy to go to high school, it will be hard to leave the amazing friends that I have made in the past eight years. I would like to thank all the teachers for the best eight years possible. Also, I would like to thank Mrs. Sylvia Storch in the first floor office, for the lovely hand crafted bracelets she made for each eighth grade girl. By: Sara Glickman 8A


Pre-K Family Shabbat

On Friday, June 11, 2010 the families of our Pre-K class joined us for our annual Family Shabbat celebration. This culminating activity is a true highlight of the school year. The boys and girls chanted the daily Tefillot that we do each day, then sang a sampling of their favorite songs from each holiday and season that we celebrated. We ended with a variety of Shabbat songs both in English and Hebrew. Next, we sat at our beautiful Shabbat table to enjoy our special snacks that were donated by each student. All guests thoroughly enjoyed this unique program. We are so very proud of our class -the children have all grown physically, emotionally and academically and are ready to embark on the next step in their educational career at SSSQ Kindergarten! Have a wonderful and restful summer vacation. By: Morah Juday and Morah Jenny

Bar Mitzvah Is More Than A Party!
By: Tamar Solomon 8B

During the time I’ve spent learning in eighth grade I have had many experiences. These experiences that have helped me become a better person and a better Jew. I will hold on to these experiences and they will help guide me to make the right decision when I am faced with one.
One of the experiences I will never forget is the time I have spent learning in Mrs. Ben-Harari’s Bar/Bat Mitzvah class. I would always dread those dull Monday mornings but ease them out to make them into a class I really looked forward to when I got back from my weekend. In her class we learned about tough questions on Judaism. I really enjoyed learning this because we would go more in depth on the subject we were learning and not just a simple answer. The atmosphere in the class was exciting because there would be more than one student trying to resolve the question and having different answers. The classes felt like a real group of students learning because Mrs. Ben-Harari would let us debate on the answers and help us understand the meaning by telling us experiences of other Jews that faced some of these problems. She would compare the situations that were hard to understand to metaphors and sometimes to recent events that were known. The class was never boring because we changed topics of discussions many times so that we could read about different situations a Jew can be in during his/her life. As we learned we also shared experiences about Jews we know that were related to the topic of discussion. This made the class very personal and made us realize how the situations in that we talked about were very real. Sometimes Mrs. Ben-Harari told us to write down our opinions and feelings on certain subjects and then we would share it with the whole class. Many times students felt that what they wrote were too personal and decided not share it with the class but at least the feelings that they had were all let out and written-on paper.
I really enjoyed the time I spent in Mrs. Ben-Harari’s Bar/Bat Mitzvah class. It has taught me many lessons that I will never forget and will use as I grow older. The students that take this class in the future will learn the importance of Judaism. Now that I’m graduating the eighth grade I truly feel what it is like to be a Bat Mitzvah.

Kenion Malcha – Yerushalayim
Last Friday the fourth and fifth grade Hebrew class created a shopping mall that would appear in Jerusalem. We had many stores and invited the second and third graders to come and shop in our stores. They purchased all kind of items which they identified in Hebrew. We had a game where the one who had the greatest list was the winner. The children all learned the Hebrew meanings of items that you would shop for in stores and they all enjoyed the Hebrew vocabulary. –Morah O. Gabai