PARSHAS VAYIKRA 4 Nisan 5777 March 31, 2017
Hot Lunches:
Monday, April 3 Veggie Soup/Bagel
Tuesday, April 4 French Toast
Wednesday, April 5 Chicken Nuggets
Thursday, April 6 No School
Friday, April 7 No School
Luach
Friday, March 31 Candle Lighting Time: 6:56 PM
Shabbos, April 1 Parshas Vayikra Sof Z’man Kriyas Shema: 9:44 AM
Upcoming Events
Thursday-Wednesday, April 6-19 No School—Pesach Break
Thursday, April 20 School Resumes April Monthly Birthday Party
Friday, April 21 Resume Regular Dismissal PN/N 1:10; K-8 & Stay ‘n Play 3:55
Sunday, April 30 All-School Mandatory Lice Check (See more info on page 4)
Arie Crown Hebrew Day School is affiliated with the Associated Talmud Torahs of Chicago, a partner in serving our Jewish Community supported by the JUF/Jewish Federation of Chicago.
LUNCH CHANGE FOR FRIDAYS
Please note that after Pesach, Fridays will now be
Meat/Pareve.
PARSHAS VAYIKRA 4 Nisan 5777 March 31, 2017
Girls’ Student Council News By Avigayil Malkin
Third through eighth grade girls had an awesome end to our week before Pesach vacation! Mrs. Gross and Student Council set up the Annual Nissan breakfast. It was held in the gym and had beautifully set tables topped with gold and black and yummy food. We had pancakes, bagels, orange juice, and hot chocolate. A special thank you to Mrs. Jaffe for the hilarious skit by the teachers, and the equally funny Student Council video. A tremendous thank you to Mrs. Gross for putting this all together. We hope
you have a restful Shabbos, and an awesome Pesach! Love, The Student Council
5th Grade News By Aliza Feiler and Tiferet Goldman
This week in Mrs. Schur's class we finished our 10th Perek in Navi and we are going to have a Siyum this coming Monday. Each girl is working very hard on either D’var Torah, games, skit, etc. We are working very hard on our Haggados, and making them more beautiful every day. On Tuesday, we had a wonderful brunch run by Mrs. Gross and the 8th grade girls. They served pancakes, bagels and cream cheese, and hot chocolate, etc. We had it in honor of Rosh Chodesh Nissan. In Mrs. Kirshner’s class we are working hard on our Haggados. Yes, we have two Haggados! On Wednesday, we had a Be’ur Tefillah test on Halelukah #3. We’re sure everyone did great. On Tuesday we started a few Rashis. Have a great Shabbos!
PARSHAS VAYIKRA 4 Nisan 5777 March 31, 2017
5th-8th Grade News By Rabbi Kirshner
Our 5th - 8th grade boys were treated to a special Kumzitz with Rabbi Shlomo Katz on Erev Shabbos, Parshas Vayakhel/Pikudei. For close to an hour Rabbi Katz led the boys in song and Divrei Torah. In his own words "I've been to many schools around the world and never experienced the participation of the students like I did at Arie Crown". It was a truly remarkable event. Thank you to Jeremy Amster for arranging, and to Eli Cooper and Matt Kanter for accompanying Rabbi Katz.
4th Grade News By Rachel Sommer, Annie Rudolf, and Mia Safirstein
This week in Mrs. Dubovick's Kittah Daled, we had a very exciting week. On Monday the 27th, we took our last match-up test before Pesach. On Tuesday we had a Rosh Chodesh brunch. Thank you Student Council, 8th grade, and all 14 teachers! We really appreciate all the effort that you put into it. In Haggadah, we've been working on Mah Nishtanah, in three different languages; Hebrew, English, and Yiddish. Thank you Mrs. Dubovick for teaching us so much about Pesach. Have a great Shabbos and a great Pesach!
PARSHAS VAYIKRA 4 Nisan 5777 March 31, 2017
DAY OF LEARNING
Thank you to The Parents of the Third Grade Talmidim of
Rabbi Shlomo Schwartz, שלמה יהודה בן צביה חיה,
for sponsoring Friday’s learning, March 24, 26 Adar, as a
.רפואה שלימה for his זכות
To sponsor a day or week of learning, please contact
Sam Medow in the Business Office. Thank you.
8TH ANNUAL HARTMAN FOUNDATION EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD
The ATT proudly announces the Eighth Annual
Hartman Family Foundation Educator of the Year
Awards. Your children have outstanding Rebbeim,
Moros, and Teachers in their lives. Show your
appreciation by nominating them. One award of
$18,000 and two awards of $6,000 will be presented
to three outstanding teachers. Easy to complete
nomination forms are available at the ATT office or
online at www.att.org. Nomination deadline:
Wednesday, May 17, 2017. For more information, call
the ATT at 773-973-2828.
Please see attached flyers.
SCHOOL MONEY
Pesach is coming! Do you have
enough school money? There are
only a few more days to order
Cards before Pesach break.
Pre-break scrip orders placed
by 10am on Monday, April 3
will be available for pick up
(after 12pm) on Wednesday, April 5.
No orders will be placed during the beginning of
break but orders will resume during Chol Hamoed.
For that week only, the timing deadline will be
adjusted. Orders placed by noon on Sunday, April 16
will be ready for pick up on Thursday, April 20, which
is the day we return. Also, remember that many
cards, including Jewel and Mariano’s, are reloadable
with funds available almost instantly. Questions?
Email Mrs. Hainsfurther at
IMPORTANT LICE SCREENING NOTICE
Lice Check is Sunday, April 30
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
(There are no evening hours)
Review of policies for lice screening:
1. All students must be checked at lice screening
days. Boys in grades 4-8 will be checked during
school on Sunday.
2. All students' hair must be clean and dry (no
mousse, gel or hairspray). Hair that is dirty or
wet will not be checked.
3. If you are aware that you will be unavailable on
the lice screening day, it is your responsibility
to set up alternative arrangements with a
member of the lice screening committee.
4. If your child is not checked on the day of the
screening, s/he will not be admitted to class the
following day. There will not be anyone
available in school on Monday to check your
child. You will be called to pick your child up
from school until s/he is checked.
Already know you will be unable to attend
Sunday’s check? Have any questions? Call a
committee member to make arrangements with a
lice checker.
Lice Screening Committee:
Tamar Campbell 773-574-0851
Missy Kost 312-927-5678
Jenny Landsman 773‐764‐4783
Brooke Warso 847-673-3074
EREV SHIRA DVD
Erev Shira DVD is now available! Please send in $12
To get your copy
today!
PARSHAS VAYIKRA 4 Nisan 5777 March 31, 2017
from 9PM-12:00AM. Liquor is now served! We are hosting Shabbos Hagadol meals (both night and day) in the restaurant!! Don't eat in the kitchen/basement/garage!! Come and eat like a mentch in our beautiful dining space. Reserve your and your family’s seats for a hassle-free pre-Pesach Shabbos! $48 per adult, $30 per kid. (Price per meal-all included). Located at 6112 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago. Make your reservations by emailing us at [email protected] or on our website evitasteakhouse.com or call after 2PM to 773-463-8482 or text Michael at 872-301-1085.
Rabbi Meyer Juzint's "Nechamas Meyer: Mussar Lessons From the Parsha" on Breishis and Shemos, English-Hebrew edition is now available for purchase from Kesser Maariv Press. Includes a fascinating introduction looking back at his surviving the Holocaust, which complements the previously published "The Chain of Miracles." Kesser Maariv is celebrating 150 years of serving Chicagoland. wwww.KesserMaariv.org/Juzint
Last call for now! Surie Osina's girls and teens pop up shop. Everything brand new. Sizes 2-20. Dresses, skirts and tops. Everything $10. Sunday, April 2, 9-5. 6031 N Central Pk.
Pre-Yom Tov hours at The Golden Link. Come check out new beautiful merchandise! Open hours Sun through Thurs. from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. For daytime hours call 773-387-0118.
Calling all boys in grades 1-6! Pre-Pesach sports camp. Need to clean for Pesach? Is your son getting in the way? Wish there was somewhere he could go for a few hours supervised by some extremely qualified, responsible, cool high school seniors? Well, we have just the answer! Send him to the Pre-Pesach Sports Camp at the Yeshiva! April 6th, 7th, and 9th. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Reservations required. $30 per day for the first child. Each additional child is $25. Early Bird Special: $25 per day for the 1st child, $20 for each additional child (offer ends 4/3). Call Jesse Hunt at 224-223-4331 or email [email protected].
The Arie Crown Family would like to extend a Mazel Tov to: Births *Mr. and Mrs. Allen and Candi Green on the birth of their grandson, born to Jeremy and Vicki Green. Engagements/Weddings *Rabbi and Mrs. Dovid Rifkind on the engagement of their son, Tzvi to Baila Brown of Boro Park. *Mr. and Mrs. David Warso on the recent marriage of their son, Aaron (class ‘08) to Nechama Schwartz of Woodmere. Mazel Tov to the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Cohen. Bar/Bas Mitzvahs *Mr. and Mrs. Roger Feinberg on the Bas Mitzvah of their daughter, Daphna.
Community Announcements
Hashavas Aveida: Someone put a pair of Harry Potter glasses in my son's locker on Shushan Purim. If anyone is missing their pair of HP glasses, please contact me. 773-369-1675.
Snacks2go is proud to join the Arie Crown school money program!!!! Why? Snacks2go loves Arie Crown! Snacks2go loves happy kids! Snacks2go loves happy moms! Snacks2go loves happy moms sending happy kids to a happy Arie Crown! Keep smiling and check out all our products at www.snacks2gokosher.com.
Bigdei Yisrael is back!!!! Rabbi William Z. & Eda Bess Novick z"l Bigdei Yisrael invites the whole community to our annual clothing drop off. Please donate your gently used clothes on Sunday, April 2 from 1-4 p.m. at 7227 Hamlin, in Skokie/Lincolnwood, right off of Touhy and Hamlin. For more information, please call Pnina Levinson 224-392-1879. Thank you and Tizku L'Mitzvot!
Watch your mail for the Nathan & Shirley Rothner ATT Summer Program Brochures. Have your child experience an awesome summer in our state-of-the-art fully air-conditioned high-tech facility. Learn new skills and develop talents with sewing, drama, sports, art, science, rocketry, dance, cooking, magic, robotics, track and field, self-defense, computer programming and more, while making new friends, and visiting new places. For more information call Susan Feuer/Shelley Stopek at 773-973-2828, www.att.org to view brochure and/or register online.
Evita Argentinian Steakhouse has a BRAND-NEW MENU and is now open for dinner from 4:00pm-12:00 PM, Monday-Thursday and on Motzei Shabbos
http://www.snacks2gokosher.com
Pre Nursery Nursery Kindergarten
EC Calendar
April 6-19
No school - Pesach Vacation
April 20
School Resumes
Monday, May 22
Grandparents Day
Details coming soon!
Shoshana Safirstein
Early Childhood Director
Parshas Vayikra 4 Nissan 5777 March 31, 2017
The kindergarten children had a
"Jolly Day" during their Jolly Phonics
party. They celebrated learning 42
letter sounds!
They decorated crowns with
alphabet stickers and cookies with
delicious alphabet treats. We are so
proud of our blooming readers!
Pre-Nursery students are very busy preparing for Pesach!
Here they are practicing the order of the Hagaddah and
enjoying a Pesach Seder! L'Shana Haba'ah b'Yerushalayim!'
Nursery visits the Matzah Factory
The Nursery yeladim ground
wheat for flour, rolled out matzah
dough, pressed grapes for grape
juice, scraped the rolling pins, and
practiced cleaning for Pesach at
the Matzah Factory!
Stay and Play did an author study
on Mo Willems!
We took turns telling our own stories. We
used black and white photograph settings
and cartoon characters just like in the Knuffle
Bunny books. Like his book, we baked
chocolate chip cookies, without nuts!
April 2017
This institution is an equal opportunity provider
Apr 3 Apr 4 Apr 5 Apr 6 Apr 7 Vegetable Soup
Bagel and Cheese Slices or Cream Cheese
Fruit Milk
French Toast/Syrup Cheese Stick Carrot Sticks
Fruit Milk
Chicken Nuggets Rice Corn Fruit Juice
Pesach Break
Pesach Break
Apr 10 Apr 11 Apr 12 Apr 13 Apr 14 Pesach Break
Pesach Break
Pesach Break
Pesach Break
Pesach Break
Apr 17 Apr 18 Apr 19 Apr 20 Apr 21 Pesach Break
Pesach Break
Pesach Break
Mushroom Bar. Soup
Bagel and Cheese Slices or Jelly
Carrot Sticks Fruit Milk
BBQ Drumsticks Farfel
Vegetable Fruit Juice
Apr 24 Apr 25 Apr 26 Apr 27 Apr 28 Waffles
Cottage Cheese Warm Cin. Apples
Vegetable Milk
Pizza Vegetable
Fruit Milk
Hot Dog Bun Pickle
Baked Beans Fruit Juice
Baked Ziti or Plain Pasta
Lettuce Salad Fruit Milk
Sloppy Joe Rice Corn Fruit Juice
All items are fleishig on meat days A choice of chocolate and white milk will be offered on milchig days All grains are whole wheat rich All meals conform to the USDA National School Lunch Program Menu Guidelines Meals are subject to change
WHADAYAKNOW?!? Our pizza is now made with Mendelsohn pizza crust!
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Waffle/Yogurt Lunch Pizza Lunch
Rosh Chodesh Nissan
Hot Dog Lunch Baked Potato Lunch 6:56p Candle LightingTime
Parshas Vayikra
9:44a Sof Z'man KriyasShema
Veg Soup w/ Bagel French Toast w/Cheese Stick
Chicken NuggetsLunch
No School PesachVacation
→ No School PesachVacation
7:03p Candle LightingTime
→ No School PesachVacation
Parshas Tzav
9:37a Sof Z'man KriyasShema
→ No School PesachVacation
→ No School PesachVacation
7:07p First NightPesach CandleLighting Time
1st Day Pesach
→ No School PesachVacation
8:18p 2nd NightPesach CandleLighting Time
2nd Day Pesach
→ No School PesachVacation
1st Day Chol Hamoed
→ No School PesachVacation
2nd Day Chol Hamoed
→ No School PesachVacation
7:11p Candle LightingTime
3rd Day Chol Hamoed
→ No School PesachVacation
9:31a Sof Z'man KriyasShema
4th Day Chol Hamoed
→ No School PesachVacation
7:13p 1st Night YomTov Candle LightingTime
1st Day Yom Tov
→ No School PesachVacation
8:24p 2nd Night YomTov Candle LightingTime
2nd Day Yom Tov
→ No School PesachVacation
→ No School PesachVacation
Mush/Barley Soup w/Bagel
School Resumes
12:20p April Bday Party
BBQ Drumstick Lunch
Resume Regular 3:55PM Dismissal
7:19p Candle LightingTime
Shabbos ParshasShemini; ShabbosMevorchim
9:24a Sof Z'man KriyasShema
Waffles/CottageCheese Lunch
Yom Hashoah (schoolobservance)
Pizza Lunch Hot Dog Lunch
Rosh Chodesh Iyar Day 1
Baked Ziti Lunch
Rosh Chodesh Iyar Day 2
6G Yom HazikaronTekkes
7:27p Candle LightingTime
Shabbos ParshasTazriaMetzorah
9:19a Sof Z'man KriyasShema
9:00a All SchoolMandatory Lice Check
Yom Hazikaron Yom Ha'atzmaut 7th Girls SpringfieldTrip
7:34p Candle LightingTime
Parshas Acharei MosKedoshim
9:14a Sof Z'man KriyasShema
Main CalendarApril 2017
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ArieCrownExecutiveFunction/HomeworkClub
We are thrilled to announce a new after school program for students in grades 4‐8! Our Executive Function/Homework Club will be run by our own teachers who provide help and training in executive function
skills (organization, test preparation, locker/bag/folder cleaning, note‐taking, etc.) and give assistance with General Studies homework. The program will begin on January 3rd.
Sessions will run from 4‐5 p.m., four days a week. Sessions for girls are on Tuesdays and Thursdays and for boys on Mondays and Wednesdays. Students must be picked up no later than 5 p.m.
HowdoIregister?
1. Sessions cost $5 each and must be pre‐purchased in sets of 5 or 10. If you purchase 10 for $50, you will get one bonus session. The form is on the back of this sheet or you can visit www.ariecrown.org/club.
2. Please complete a separate registration form for each child. 3. Once complete, send the form and payment to the front office.
Whatwillmychildneed?
1. Snack (recommended) 2. Homework and assignment notebook 3. Notebook, paper, pen, pencil, folder
Questions?Please contact Mrs. Wigoda at [email protected] or on extension 612.
From this
To this!
Child’s Full Name ____________________________________________________ Grade (circle one) 4 5 6 7 8 Parent Signature _____________________________________________________ Parent Email ______________________________ Parent Contact # _________________ (cell phone, preferably). BOYS – Mondays and Wednesdays GIRLS – Tuesdays and Thursdays Payment enclosed (circle one):
$25 – 5 sessions $50 – 11 sessions
No refunds. All sessions must be pre‐paid – no exceptions. Children do not have to attend every day. The teachers will keep
count of the sessions attended. Sessions begin Tuesday, January 3. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Wigoda on extension 612 or at [email protected].
EXECUTIVE FUNCTION HOMEWORK CLUB REGISTRATION
PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN THIS FORM TO THE MAIN OFFICE. ONE FORM PER CHILD.
Sessions are one hour. Please pick up your child from the Main Street entrance at 5 p.m.
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No matter your age or location, there is something for everyone! There’s never been a better time to do good. How will YOU make a difference in your community?
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Good Deeds Day is a global day that unites people from over 75 countries to do good deeds. These numbers reflect 2016’s Good Deeds Day.
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Join the movement with TOV on Sunday, April 2, 2017 for
15+ Volunteer Projects at agencies across Chicagoland
PLUS
A Volunteer Open House at the Menominee Club in Chicago
Good Deeds Day is funded by the following organizations:
• Torah Bowl Winner: Grand Prize – trip for 2 anywhere in the continental United States!
• Trip Day for all participants!• Game Day prizes range from seforim to bicycles
to cameras to cash to music CDs to board games and to a variety of gift cards to your favorite stores, restaurants and activities!
PROGRAM CONSISTS OF 3 DATES:
• MARCH 26TH: ATT Citywide Torah Bowl Written Test on Level 1 material
• APRIL 30TH: ATT Citywide Torah Bowl Game Day on Levels 1 & 2 material
• 32 boys and 32 girls qualify based upon written test scores
• MAY 21ST: ATT Citywide Torah Bowl Trip Day for all students who took the written test
Two Separate Programs with different meeting times ATT Boys Grades 5 - 8 | ATT Girls Grades 5 - 8
In memory of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch and Frieda Yuta Bassman z”lSponsored by the Bassman Family Foundation
• Pick up a study booklet at your ATT school or by contacting ATT at 773-973-2828 or [email protected].
• All registration information is in the booklet.• Day 1: All participants take the written test.• Day 2: Top 32 scorers of each program (boys & girls)
advance to the Torah Bowl, a game show style format with a game host, buzzers and an interactive game board display. Watch your score grow as you answer questions from different categories with different point values.
• Day 3: All participants who take the written test enjoy Trip Day!
HERE’S HOW IT WORKS:
PRIZES
The Associated Talmud Torahs is a partner with the Jewish United Fund in serving our community.
Questions? Email [email protected] or call 773.973.2828
The Associated Talmud Torahs of Chicago is proud to announce the
8th Annual Hartman Family Foundation
Educator of the Year Awards recognizing excellence in teaching, dedication, commitment to lifelong learning, and creativity
and to honor and thank all of our community’s educators
One award of $18,000 will be presented to a single outstanding educator and
Two awards of $6,000 each will be presented to two outstanding educators
Eligibility Nominee is a current full-time day school classroom teacher in a school operating under the
auspices of the Associated Talmud Torahs of Chicago.
Nominee has completed 4 full years of teaching in the above capacity by September 2016.
Nominations can be made by a fellow educator, administrator, parent, or student. No family or
self-nominations.
Selection Criteria for Educator of the Year Award
Exceptional instructional skills in a nurturing environment
Commitment to his/her students’ success
Positive role model
Superior communication skills with parents, students, and peers
Commitment to continued professional development
Contributes to the school’s learning community
MAIL APPLICATION TO: Selection Committee 2017 EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR AWARDS Associated Talmud Torahs of Chicago 3531 Madison Street Skokie, IL 60076
An impartial panel consisting of educational consultants and community members will make the evaluations. No Foundation members will participate.
Site visits will occur in the Fall of 2017. The formal presentation of award winners will be made at the 2017 ATT Banquet.
Nomination forms will be available at www.att.org or in the ATT office beginning January 30, 2017. Submission deadline is Wednesday, May 17, 2017, by 5:00 p.m.
http://www.att.org/
Who attends the sessions?
The Associated Talmud Torahs is a partner with the Jewish United Fund in serving our community.
Who will be the 2017 Hartman Family Foundation Educator of the Year Awardees?
Who can
Who can help change the world?
Whosework lasts a lifetime?
Whose jobis one of the most rewardingjobs there is?
www.att.org
Associated Talmud Torahs 3531 Madison Street, Skokie, IL 60076
Help Decide...Wednesday, May 17, 2017 by 5:00 p.m.Submission deadline:
NOMINATIONSARE NOW
AVAILABLE AT:
For more information, visit www.att.org or call 773-973-2828Associated Talmud Torahs of Chicagoudtehas lubhjv sgu
The Hartman Family Foundation
Educator of the Year Awards of the Associated Talmud Torahs
2017 NOMINATION FORM
Step I: Complete the information below:
Nominee Information, the Teacher
Nominee’s Name: _______________________________________ Title (Dr., Mr., Mrs., Ms., Rabbi): _________ School where nominee teaches: ___________________________ Grade and/or Subject: ___________________ Teacher’s home address: _________________________________ City, State, Zip: _________________________ Teacher’s telephone: (Day) _______________________________ Teacher’s email, if available: _____________ Type of service: Secular Educator Judaic Educator *Remember: Nominee must be a current classroom teacher and have taught a minimum of 4 full school years in an ATT school. Principals, guidance counselors, etc. may not be nominated. Information about Person Nominating, the Nominator
Nominator’s Name: _____________________________________ Your relationship to Nominee: ___________ Telephone: (Day) _______________________________________ Email, if available: ______________________
Step II: On a separate page, please write why you think your nominee should receive the Educator of the Year Award. Maximum length: one typewritten page.
Step III: Submit ALL information to the ATT office by Wed., May 17, 2017, 5:00 pm in ONE envelope to:
Selection Committee
Educator of the Year Awards Associated Talmud Torahs of Chicago
3531 Madison Street Skokie, IL 60076
Hartman Family Foundation 2017 Educator of the Year Submission Checklist
Step I: Completed Nomination Form (above) Step II: Nominator’s page explaining choice of nominee
Step III: Submit all the above in one envelope to the ATT office by Wed., May 17, 2017, 5:00 pm.
Thank you for helping us honor exceptional educators in our community.