PARSHAS RE’EH 29 Av 5776 September 2, 2016 Luach Welcome Back to Arie Crown! Friday, September 2 Candle Lighting Time: 7:02PM We have had an amazing first week of school! Right from the start, Shabbos, September 3 every class began learning and we are amazed at what has already Parshas Re’eh Sof Z’man Kriyas Shema: 9:34AM been accomplished! Our Rabbeim, Moros, and Teachers have all set Upcoming Events the stage for what promises to be a great year of growth - Sunday-Monday, September 4-5 academically, socially, and emotionally. Thank you for your continued No School—Labor Day Weekend partnership in the development of our children. Monday, September 5 PTA Family Brunch 12:00-3:00PM A tremendous thank you goes to all the Judaic and Secular Wednesday, September 7 Studies staff members for all the time and effort put forth to Parent/Teacher Orientation for prepare for a wonderful new school year. PN/N & 5th-8th Grades Note: Regular Bus Dismissal 3:55PM Todah Rabba and Kol Hakavod to Rabbi Samber, Rabbi Kirshner, Sunday, September 11 Mrs. Swann, Mrs. Wigoda, Mrs. Safirstein, Mr. Medow, and Mrs. Sunday Classes Begin for 4th-8th Brandell, Mrs. Cohen, Mrs. Elbaum, Mrs. Goldwag, Mrs. Levi, Mrs. Grade Boys 8:00 Minyan; Dismissal 12:00PM Lindenbaum, Miss Macklin, Mrs. Mashiach, Mrs. Robinson, and Mrs. Tuesday, September 13 Siegal, for their hard work throughout the summer in preparing for Parent/Teacher Orientation for the new school year. Special thanks to Martin and Claudio for all K-4th Grades Note: Regular Bus Dismissal 3:55PM their hard work in preparing the building. Hot Lunches: Please note: The Yediot is distributed by email each week. If you would Monday, September 5 No School prefer that a hard copy be sent home with one of your children, please Tuesday, September 6 Baked Potato send an email to [email protected] with your request. Thank you. Wednesday, September 7 Hamburger Thursday, September 8 Pizza Friday, September 9 Breadstick 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. PARSHAS RE’EH 29 Av 5776 September 2, 2016 PARENT/VISITOR POLICY REMINDER BUS/CARPOOL NOTICE For the safety of all of our children, all parents and We would like to thank all of our parents and staff for their visitors must enter the school through the Main Street cooperation with our pickup and dismissal procedures. Working entrance. Please do not attempt to enter at another together will enable us to ensure a safer and smoother process. In entrance or ask a child or staff member to open or hold cooperation with the Skokie Police Department, please note the open another entrance for you. During drop-off (8:10- following: 8:40) the entrance to the kindergarten wing, located by MORNING: Parents will be allowed to stop on Main Street for a the Kenton parking lot, will also be open for parents to few moments only to drop off their children. If you leave your car walk their children to their classrooms. for even a moment, the police may ticket you. The Kilpatrick When entering the main entrance, all visitors will be parking lot and entrance is for teachers only. Upon arrival, please greeted at our security window by a staff person and pull as far down on Main Street as possible in order to ease the required to submit a valid ID in exchange for a visitor's flow of traffic. pass. Upon leaving the building, the ID will be returned to the visitor when they hand in their visitor’s pass. This Kindergarten Parents who would like to bring their children inside step will enable us to track who is in our building at all the building should park on either side of Kenton or in the Kenton times in order to ensure the safety of both our children Parking Lot. Those wishing to park on the west side of Kenton must and our visitors. We thank all of the parents for being go around the building on Elm Terrace and come around onto cooperative in this policy. Kenton. Please be careful not to speed, and pay extra attention to stay on the correct side of the road while driving on Elm Terrace. K-turns and double parking on Kenton are strictly prohibited. LUNCH DAYS Using driveways to turn around is illegal and will be ticketed by the Skokie Police. Drop-off for Kindergarten begins at 8:20 AM. To Please note that Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays help support larger carpools, designated drop-off rooms are are milchig/pareve days and Wednesdays are fleishig/pareve available for Kindergarten children who arrive between 8:10 and days. Thank you. 8:20 AM. Please note: There is no supervision before 8:10 AM. AFTERNOON: Main Street is reserved for buses only – if you stop for even a moment, you will be subject to a ticket. The Kilpatrick SCHOOL BUS SAFETY parking lot will be available at 3:55 p.m. for those who choose to About 22 million students nationwide begin and end their school carpool instead of using the bus. day on a bus. Buses are considered nearly 2,000 times safer than If you are parking on Main Street ANY OTHER TIME during the day, the family car. Most student injury or death is not from crashes, please do not park directly in front of the school in order to leave but due to entering and exiting the bus. Here are some common space for deliveries. bus safety tips for your children: BUS INFO: We thank you for your patience as everyone gets used --Have a safe place to wait for the bus, away from traffic and the to the new routes and any changes. Concerns and change requests street. can be emailed to [email protected]. Keep in mind that in order --Stay away from the bus until it comes to a complete stop and to be fair to all the students, routes need to be as streamlined as the driver signals to enter. much as possible and, as such, any changes or stop additions will be very difficult to get approved. Please refer to the busing letter --The area around the school bus is considered the ‘Danger which was emailed with the bus registration forms. Zone.’ Students are advised to stay five large steps from the front of the bus and three large steps from the side of the bus when Helpful tip – Talk to your neighbors to see if you can arrange a “bus walking around it. NEVER walk behind the bus and stay away -stop pool.” You can take turns meeting the bus and making sure from the wheel wells. that everyone’s children get home safely. --At your stop, wait for the bus to stop completely before getting Thanks again for your understanding and patience. Looking up from your seat. forward to another successful year of busing! Source: The National School Transportation Association and the National Safety Council PARSHAS RE’EH 29 Av 5776 September 2, 2016 Shnayim Mikra Cocoa Club Is Back! PTA NEWS Boys who come to Minyan in the morning are able to participate in our Shnayim Mikra Cocoa Club. Fulfilling the Mitzva of IT ALL BEGINS WITH BACK 2 SCHOOL DAYS Shnayim Mikra V'Echad Targum is important and we are excited Summer’s over and that’s not cool. It’s not easy coming Back 2 School. to provide this opportunity for our Minyan boys every morning. But Back 2 school days this year were such a breeze, The program begins at 7:20 (ten minutes before Shacharis) in Thanks to all the outstanding PTA committees! the Bais Medrash. Led by Rabbi Kirshner, the boys read each Words cannot express how grateful we are, Pasuk of the Parsha twice and then translate it. Participants are to the parent volunteers who set the bar. treated to a cup of hot cocoa after davening! We look forward To the committee heads – a special shout out, to another successful year of this program! For showing us what Arie Crown is all about! PTA FAMILY BRUNCH Thank you to the following amazing PTA committees who SAVE THE DATE - We are excited and looking forward worked tirelessly over the summer to ensure that Back 2 to the PTA Family Brunch, this Monday, September 5th, School days ran smoothly: at Arie Crown from 12 pm-3pm. This year, we are Back 2 School Days – Reuven Gottesman and Vicky pleased to invite the entire Arie Crown family to this Korneyev event free of charge. It will be a fun- filled day with Birthday Book Club – Nicole Fagan food and entertainment for the whole family and kids of Discount Cards – Oreet Kaufman and Yocheved all ages. There will be a magic show in the gym at 12:30 Bechhofer p.m. Please make every effort to attend and spend a Sweatshirt committee – Chani Isenberg and Mashie Gertz fun day welcoming in the new school year. We hope to see everyone there. Uniform Exchange – Devorah Turk PTA Life Membership – Stacey Hunt LIBRARY Lice Committee and parent liaison – Jenny Landsman, Welcome back to the library. We are looking forward to another Tamar Campbell, Brooke Warso, Missy Kost and Rachie exciting program of reading, discussing and participating in Karesh activities focusing on the Monarch and Bluestem nominees. The School Supplies Committee – Rachel Silverman, Robyn students vote in March for their choice of the best book to receive the award.