URJ HELLER HIGH SPRING 2020 CALENDAR (As of September 11, 2019, Subject to Change)

URJ HELLER HIGH SPRING 2020 CALENDAR (as of September 11, 2019, subject to change)

January 2020 Tiyul = Field Trip, H = Hebrew, JH = Jewish History, GS = General Studies, * = Free w/end to visit friends/family Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Joined FB group 2 3 Meet your new 4 yet? Come on in! BFFs in the FB group

5 6 7 8 Taking AP exam? 9 Bring this with you! 10 11 Taking the ACT / SAT? Confirm registration w/your counselor! Remember to register BEFORE YOU LEAVE if you plan to take one or both in Israel!

12 13 14 Got Math? 15 16 Arranged for 17 18 Breathe Deep! Check for books and cell phone or SIM card? study guides you may need to bring in the Student Handbook

Pack a calculator

19 20 Tu BiShvat 21 Ready to hike? 22 23 24 Don’t Forget! 25

26 Depart EWR, NJ 27 Arrive Tzuba 28 Orientation 29 H, JH – Intro to 30 H, JH – Fertile 31 Archaeological Dig Tanach, GS Crescent, GS

Shabbat at Kotel

February 2020 (subject to change) Tiyul = Field Trip, H = Hebrew, JH = Jewish History, GS = General Studies, * = Free w/end to visit friends/family

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

2 Tiyul Gezer, GS 3 H, JH – Avot 4 H, JH – Yisrael, 5 H, JH – Matan Torah, GS 6 Tiyul Sataf, GS 7 * Tzedakah 8 v’Imahot, GS 12 Tribes, GS

9 City of David 10 H, JH – Divided 11 H, JH – Test 1, GS 12 H, BBBash, GS 13 H, JH Hellenism + 14* 15 Kingdom, Prophecy / Hasmonean Revolt, GS Destruction, GS

Seder Tu Bishvat Free w/e after Tzedakah

16 GADNA 17 GADNA 18 GADNA 19 GADNA in A.M. 20 Eilat 21 Eilat – Hike 22

Kibbutz Yahel Eilat in P.M. Kibbutz Yahel

23 Ride Camels 24 Jerusalem Model 2 5 2ND Temple Tiyul 26 Masada, Dead Sea 27 H, JH – Dor Yavne 28 * Christianity Tiyul 29

Return to Tzuba GS Masada Youth Hostel Kibbutz Tzuba GS Free w/e after tiyul

March 2020 (subject to change) Tiyul = Field Trip, H = Hebrew, JH = Jewish History, GS = General Studies, * = Free w/end to visit friends/family

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Bar Kochva Tiyul 2 H, JH - Test 2, GS 3 H, JH – Intro to Oral 4 Oral Law Tiyul 5 H, JH – Bavel 6* Tzedakah 7 Law, GS

Parents Arrive GS

8 H, JH Sepharad, GS 9 Islam Tiyul, GS 10 Jerusalem 11 Shushan Purim 12 H, JH-Ashekanaz, GS 13 * Tzedakah 14 H, JH – Middle Ages, GS

Erev Purim Parents Depart

15 Early Hebrew, 16 Belvoir, Tzfat 17 H, JH Polanya, GS 18 19 20 Yad Vashem 21 Israel Museum, GS H H JH - Emancipation JH – Poland Prep GS GS

Night: Fly to Poland

22 POLAND 23 POLAND 24 POLAND 25 POLAND 26 POLAND 27 POLAND 28 POLAND

29 Return to Tzuba 30 31 H, JH – Eastern Haskalah, GS H JH - Poland Recap GS

April 2020 (subject to change) Tiyul = Field Trip, H = Hebrew, JH = Jewish History, GS = General Studies, * = Free w/end to visit friends/family Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 H, JH – Intro to 3* ACT, Tzedakah 4 Zionism, GS H JH GS

5 H, JH – Midterm, GS 6 7 8 Erev Pesach 9 Pesach 10 Yam L’Yam 11 Yam L’Yam

JH Speakers H GS JH GS Midterms GS Midterms

Home Hospitality Home Hospitality

12 Yam L’Yam 13 Yam L’Yam 14 Yam L.Yam 15 Hukok 16 17* Tzedakah 18

H JH GS

Hukok Return to Tzuba

19 Tiyul 20 H, JH – WW1, GS 21 H, JH – Mandate + 22 Tel Aviv Tiyul 23 1948 Tiyul 24 * 25

Chalutzim – Kinneret Resistance, GS

26 H, JH – Results 27 H, JH - Mass 28 H, JH – Tekes, GS 29 30 Ammunition Hill, GS 1948, GS Aliyah, GS

Yom HaZikaron

May 2020 (subject to change) Tiyul = Field Trip, H = Hebrew, JH = Jewish History, GS = General Studies, * = Free w/end to visit friends/family Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1* Shuk w/Hebrew 2 Teachers

3 SAT, H, JH - 1967, GS 4 H+JH: Israeli 5 H, JH – YK War, GS 6 H, JH – 1970’s, GS 7 Modern Jerusalem 8 * Pesach Sheni 9 Cinema Day, GS Tour, GS Tzedakah

10 H, JH - Lebanon, GS 11 H, JH – Jewish 12 H, JH – Intifada + 13 Supreme Court + 14 H+JH: Mock 15 * Har Herzl Tiyul 16 Democratic State, GS Peace, GS Security Fence, GS Knesset, GS

17 18 H Final, JH Review, GS 19 H – JH Final, GS 20 GS Finals 21 GS Finals 22 Yom Yerushalayim 23 Northern Tiyul

H JH GS

Northern Tiyul

24 Northern Tiyul 25 Northern Tiyul 2 6 Jerusalem, Final 27 ` Arrive USA 28 29 3 0 Tzuba - Pack up! Banquet, Departure How lucky I am to have something

that makes saying

goodbye so hard. Winnie the Pooh