ב”ה TORAH DAY SCHOOL Thursday Thunder 10900 Fondren Road Houston, Texas 77096 (713) 777-2000 www.tdshouston.org

October 6, 2011 8 Tishrei, 5772 6:43 Candle Lighting/ Fast Begins

The Eighth graders completed a unit on force and OCTOBER CALENDAR motion. To culminate their learning experience, they Fri. Oct. 7 Erev , No School each built a working pendulum clock using their new- found knowledge and the “Knex” blocks. Wed. Oct. 12 Erev Sukkot, Noon Dismisal— Secular Girls' Student Service Club elections will take place Oct.13 and Oct. 14 Sukkot, No School IY"H during Sukos. The seventh and eighth grade girls who are running for the positions of President, Oct. 17, 18, 19 Chol Hamoed Sukkot, 8:00 Morning Activity Secretary and Treasurer will make posters and Minyan for 7th—9th Grade Boys give speeches to win votes. Grades 3-6 will also elect Late Start 8:40 and noon dismissal— class representatives. Judaic Oct. 20 and 21 No School On the second day of Rosh Hashana, the MS boys rushed their meal so they can walk about a half hour to Oct. 28th Rosh Chodesh Pizza Lunch blow and celebrate Rosh Hashana with seniors. School News: Rabbi Vidal told a story about Teshuva, Mendy Donin blew the Shofar and Yoeli Donin shared a Dvar Torah. The boys assisted the seniors with apples and honey, The preschool classes sang some songs and brought the holiday of Rosh took advantage of the Hashana to approximately 15 people who have not had lovely weather and the opportunity to celebrate. On the way back, the boys walked to the bayou for stopped twice to blow the Shofar for other Jewish Tashlich. people. What a beautiful way to start off the year. The eighth grade girls Tizku LeMitzvos! accompanied the The MS boys enjoyed a talk from Rabbi Hershel Kindergarten class for Krinsky who came from New York to “Shecht” the Tashlich. Kapporos. Rabbi Krinsky taught the boys some important Halochos about and showed them a

Shechita knife that he uses for chickens. The children we fascinated by the special green sharpening stone, which is now extinct.

The Students in Nursery Two enjoying their new Halav U’dvash Program!

Regular PE classes will begin for grades Kindergarten through 9th grade after the High Holidays.

From the Principal’s Desk Morah Chayolei Tzivos Hashem Paper Bag City Chen ProgramC Let your child create his/her own 3-D community. S/he'll practice map skills and learn about urban planning as s/he One third of the students have already decides where to put the buildings in the town. Mendy enrolled in the program. Are you enrolled? It is not too late Materials: paper lunch bags, newspapers, crayons or to do so. We are planning to have missionsEzra out to theMenachem markers, black construction paper, scissors, tape Chayolim who enrolled as early as next week IY”H. Subsidies are available. Have your child think of buildings to include such as a bank, a grocery store, a school, a library, and houses. He can Registration is simple: make them by drawing doors, windows, and signs on flat 1) Fill out the form (it was sent out last week). If you bags (on the side without the flap). For every bag he need another form feel free to contact me and I will get you decorates, have him/her stuff a second one with newspaper. one. 2) Send the form back to me along with $40. Checks to Then s/he should open each decorated bag and slide it over be made to TDS. This fee goes directly to Tzivos Ha-shem the stuffed bag so his/her buildings will stand up. For the HQ in New York. roads, s/he can cut black construction paper into strips and tape them together. If you would like to donate and be a part of this please feel Finally, have your child lay out his roads and arrange his free to contact me (713) 935 6645 or [email protected] buildings alongside them to make his/her very own town. For more info and/or future sponsorships you may call me Thank You… on (713)777-2000 ext 225 Miss Yarden for helping out in the front office and with the students. We wish you success in your future endeavors from Your base commander, everyone at TDS! Rabbi Y. Vidal

Mazel Tov… The Early Minyan Group

BenShushan Family on the birth of a baby girl! On Monday 27 Elul/September 26th the boys enjoyed , and and some “” (honey cake) to get into the spirit of Rosh Hashana. This was well deserved as the boys came every morning at 6:15 to Daven Selichos with a Minyan. The THE 2nd HOUSTON KOSHER CHILI COOKOFF winner of our third raffle will be published in the next edition. We wish a Mazal Tov to Menachem Fishman and the entire Fishman We need a team of volunteers to represent family upon Menachem’s Hanochas Tefillin on Tzom Gedalya. It Torah Day School at the Kosher Chili Cookoff. is beautiful to see everyone with their hats, jackets and Tefillin. If you are interested in volunteering that day and/or helping cook, please contact Beatrice Ruff at 713-777-2000 or [email protected] Father and Son Learning

First Program of the new year 5772 ! Fathers and Sons from 1-8th grade are invited to learn tonight Thursday 8 Tishrei 5772/October 6th 2011 from 6:15-7:00pm. Learning materials and light refreshments will be provided. We SUPPORT TDS! will be celebrating Menachem Mendel Belles’ birthday. We thank

______the Belles family for providing the special refreshments and wish Randall’s Good Neighbor Program them a Mazel Tov. May you have continued Nachas! When you sign up with Torah Day School in the Good Neighbor We would like to thank an anonymous sponsor Program, Randall's gives 1% of your total purchases to TDS. for making this program possible. How to register? If you have a Randall's card, fill out the form RAFFLE TONIGHT! and return to school. If you don't have a Randall's card, get one at the cash register or customer service booth and add Torah Day School (#4462) as your charity of choice. Join the Parent Teacher Organization ______(PTO) Target REDcard The PTO is an integral part of the school. Its dues and TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR EDUCATION. Target donates up to 1 % of your REDcard purchases to the school of your choice. fundraisers enrich all the students at TDS. The PTO Choose TDS!! underwrites student siyumim, field trips, workshops for Go to customer Service to receive a card or link your card to TDS. parents and teachers, and, often, much needed equipment. ______The Rosh Chodesh pizza lunches are subsidized by the PTO TDS is continuing to collect General Mills BoxTops and Coca Cola bottle tops and numbers from the cardboard from the and every year they sponsor a wonderful family picnic. 12 and 24 packs. Please bring any of those you gather to school. Please keep an eye out for upcoming activities and join by volunteering when needed and donating $25 (to be given to Thank you for your help the office).