Religious School News

Hi from the Religious School, where we have been very busy!

• On Friday, November 7th, we had a very successful Seventh Grade Shabbat service that was well attended by their families. After services, everyone enjoyed an ice cream bar with toppings and whipped cream.
• On Sunday, November 9th, the Third and Fourth Grade students helped Jack Schatten make sandwiches for families in need and children in an after-school program. The children had a wonderful time making them. Plus, they learned who they were making them for and the mitzvah they were doing. Throughout the year, the other grades will be going to make sandwiches, starting on January 17th with the Fifth and Sixth grades.
• During November, the students collected canned goods and groceries for the Helping Hands “Fill a Box, Feed a Family” for Thanksgiving project. Each class was given a box to fill with a list of groceries. The students decorated the boxes and I delivered them to Helping Hands. And instead of the six boxes we started with, we were able to fill 10 boxes!  In addition, we donated 25 grocery store gift cards and
• On Friday, December 5th, we had the Fifth and Sixth Grade Shabbat; it was also well attended by the students and their families. Since the ice cream bar was such a hit, we did it again; the children loved making their own sundaes. Thank you to the class parents and other volunteers that made the evening so successful. Mark your calendars: the Third and Fourth Grade Shabbat is on Friday, March 6th. Everyone is invited and you can also enjoy some ice cream!
• On Sunday, December 14th, we had a school wide Chanukah party: Light Up the Lights, It’s Chanukah. Held in the Social Hall, the Third through Seventh Graders enjoyed relay races, spinning dreidels, and playing soccer in the dark with glow-in-the-dark lights. Towards the end, we gathered to light the Chanukiah, and to enjoy latkes and soufganiot.  Each child received a gift bag filled with Chanukah gelt, dreidels and other goodies.

Mark your calendars for our Religious School Welcome Back Breakfast on Sunday, January 11th; all parents are invited to come schmooze and eat.  We hope everyone has a Happy, Healthy New Year in 2026!