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HASMODA PROJECT

We are looking forward to our Annual Pesach Hasmoda Program for all of our elementary

school children.With only a few days of school until Pesach,

we are issuing our semi-annual call for sponsors. We would like to thank the generous

sponsors who have already stepped forward andhave dedicated the children’s learning in honor of, or inmemory of loved ones, or for a Refuah Shelaima. Weare most appreciative of our sponsors, and creditthem for the success of this learning program.

Thank You to:The Z.Cohen FamilyThe Flamholtz FamilyThe Y. Mizrahi Family

Sponsorships are welcome, beginning with a$50 contribution. Please call Rabbi Baumann in theschool office.

If anyone has a suggestion for additional EnglishLanguage books that they feel qualify as a “learning” book(information or stories that are more “lesson” than“entertainment”) and are not listed on the attached HasmodaList, contact Rabbi Baumann by Monday. Thank you.

SCIENCE FAIR

A magnificent exhibit of our students’projects was on displayat our School ScienceFair this past week.Everyone enjoyedviewing the interestingprojects created by our4th and 5th graders and discovering the exciting results ofthe various experiments.

Many thanks to our Science Teacher, Miss Johnson,for her efforts in directing and guiding our students with theirprojects these last few months. The quality of the students’projects is evidence of Miss Johnson’s input coupled withthe efforts of the students and parents.

Mazel Tov to the winners whose names wereannounced at an awards ceremony at the specialassemblies on Wednesday.

Malky KootMutty KootAvi NashHadassah PrivalskyPenina RosenbaumYossi RosenbergBatia SegalDavid SharbaniAtara WebermanTzvi Winter

Mutty Koot T.S.Chaim Len T.S.Leah Lind T.S.Lea Riesel T.S.Penina Rosenbaum S.S.Binyamin Rubinov T.S.Shoshana Sapirman T.S.Shoshana Shapiro T.S.David Sharbani S.S.Rivka Sheinkopf T.S.Efrem Wasserman A.S.

Zev BistritzNechama BodkinsElisheva BokorYafit CohenFayge DeutschYonatan El-GadRubin EvgiDani FranklinAvos GreenbergDovid Kaplan

TEAM PLAYERS

NOTE: LAST DAY OF SCHOOL BEFORE PESACH IS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24

Science Fair5th Grade Girls Division Winners

1st Place - Yocheved Miriam SapirmanRace to the Soggy Line2nd Place - Alex Brody

Melt Away3rd Place - Elisheva HomnickWhat Can Your Mind Recall

Honorable Mention:Gabi Breier

Nechama BodkinsMiriam Chesal

Shoshana ShapiroEsther UngarSara Dudovitz

4th Grade Girls Division Winners1st Place - Sara WinterTaste The Difference

2nd Place - Riki GrossbardTake The Fizz Quiz

3rd Place - Penina RosenbaumCan You Taste The Difference

Honorable Mention:Sora Chana Gruenstein

Shoshana Sapirman

5th Grade Boys Division Winners1st Place - Noah Chemtov

Your Favorite Drink - A Warmmmm One2nd Place - Avi Nash

The Strength of an Electromagnet3rd Place - Yechiel Benson

Color MattersHonorable Mention:

Tzvi FlamholtzNaftali Rubin

Dovi Schwartz

4th Grade Boys Division Winners1st Place - Eli Sandhaus

Criss-Cross Moldy Sauce2nd Place - Shmuel Dov Palgon

Eye Hand Response3rd Place - Shaya Schwab

Household Cleaning Products vs. Kitchen SinkBacteria

MISHNAYOS PROJECTGRAND SIYUM LUNCHEON

Mazel Tov to all of the winners andparticipants! Prizes weredistributed to our topachievers at our GrandSiyum on Thursday.

INTERMEDIATE DIVISION - GRADE 5

1st Place – Avi Nash2nd Place – Yechiel Benson3rd Place – Zev Berkowitz

Honorable Mention:Eli Danan, Dovi Schwartz, Dovy Wakszul

JUNIOR DIVISION - GRADES 3 & 4

1st Place - Eli Sandhaus2nd Place - Yonatan El-Gad3rd Place – Yaakov Alfassy

Honorable Mention:Shmuel Dov Palgon, Shaya Schwab

The winners received beautiful sets of MishnayosKehati, Mikraos Gedolos, Kol Kisvei Chofetz Chaim,Talilei Oros, and Chumashim. Thank you to the followingfamilies who sponsored our Mishnayos Program:

BERKOWITZ FAMILYDEUTSCH FAMILY

MASHA HIMELSTEINNASH FAMILY

SCHWAB FAMILYWAKSZUL FAMILY

Yasher Koach to our top learners, Avi Nash andEli Sandhaus who shared Divrei Torah with everyone.

We are honored to have had Rabbi Tzvi EliyahuMeir Schmelczer, Rosh Kollel of North Miami BeachCommunity Kollel, deliver inspiring Divrei Bracha andwords of Chizuk to our boys, and we are grateful that hetook the time to join us.

A special Mazel Tov goes to Avi Nash who wonthe bicycle raffle!

Yasher Koach to our parent volunteers who helped inpurchasing, setting up and serving the food.

Mrs. Chanie BerkowitzMrs. Esta Rosenberg

YEDIOS HATORAH

Information booklets were distributed today as we embark upon our annual Yedios HaTorah Program. Pages and

pages of essential knowledge for every Jew are presentedfor the children to master and memorize. A gala ChineseAuction in school is in store for all students who candemonstrate mastery of the required minimum amount, bythe May 7 deadline. Start studying now, receive HasmodaProgram credits (over the Pesach break) and HatzlachaRabba!

HELP! I’M A LIBRARY BOOKAND I’M LOST!

A large number of library books areoverdue from the schoollibrary. As you embark onyour chometz search thisweekend, give yourself aprize for finding andreturning our missing librarybooks. Please keep inmind that no books may be checked out of the library overthe Peasch vacation.

REFUAH SHELAIMA

¨ Ruchama Aliza Sara Chana bas Esther Liba¨ Bina bas Chaya¨ Chana bas Shaindel¨ Zelda Masha bas Itta Anna¨ Shalva Yakira bas Yardena Meira¨ Mordechai ben Ora Yehudis¨ Moshe Chaim ben Chana

MAZEL TOV

To Rabbi and Mrs. Yitzchak Selmar and family on the birth ofa grandson, born to their son, ouralumnus, Yosef and Chaya BinaSelmar.

LOST AND FOUND

Our Lost and Found boxes are overflowing with sweaters, lunchboxes and assorted items that we

would love to return to their rightful owners. Please pick upyour belongings before Pesach vacation!

THANK YOU

To the Brody family for their donation ofChinese jumpropes to 5G. The fifth grade girls have

already put them to good use during recess.

DAY OF LEARNING

All learning this Monday, March 22, 7 Nisan, is dedicated in memory of Levi Avraham ben LeviAvraham.

DATA BANK

Yasher Koach to the following winners of this month’sData Bank quiz.

2BYosef Alber

Yitzi EisenbergerAvrumi Gruenstein

Ariel HahnShaya Steinberg

3BBoaz AbramsonGavriel Aminov

Jacob BenchetritYossi Cohen

Dani FranklinShmuel Len

Yaakov LesnikYitzi Lind

Eli MizrahiYossi RosenbergYakov SchwabYosef SteinbergJoey Tokayer

5BTzvi Anton

Yechiel BensonZev BerkowitzNoah Chemtov

Eli DananYaakov Deutsch

Shmuel Chaim DreyfussTzvi Flamholtz

Koby HertzMutty KootLior Mizrahi

Avi NashYehuda Rosenberg

Naftali RubinDovi SchwartzBenjy Shababo

Boaz SobolDovi Wakszul

2GTehila AlfassySarah CohenAbby Dennis

Fayge DeutschYael Lesnik

3GHadara BalgleyMiriam BalgleyLeah Baroukh

Arielle ChemtovMiriam Dreyfuss

Tzivi EliasDina EllenbogenShira FeldmanAriella Fellus

Tye HilelYokheved Krispin

Tehila PalgonBatia SegalSara SeltzerRivky SternAliza Suissa

Nechama WulwickSivan Zaig

CALENDAR NOTES

Thursday, March 25 -Wednesday, April 7 - PesachBreak

Thursday, April 8 - SchoolResumes

Wednesday, April 21- Internet Safety Event for Parents -PM

Friday, April 23 - Teacher Work Day (“Snow” Day Makeup)No Sessions

Rabbi Kalman BaumannPrincipal

Rabbi Noam GrossmanAssistant Principal

Dr. Deborah LererSecular Studies Principal

Mrs. Naomi BloomEarly Childhood Director

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Erev Shabbos Parashas Vayikra 5770

Dear Parents,

Every year at this time, the principals of our local high schools send a letter to all parents warning of the influx oftourists to the area for Pesach, among who, unfortunately, are a few unsavory characters who prey on youngadults, and young people who exhibit inappropriate behavior. Specific areas – such as the boardwalk and theperimeters of the Pesach hotels are singled out as especially undesirable areas, and parents must ensure ourteenagers do not hang out around there.

This particular warning does not extend to our elementary aged children, as it is understood and universallypracticed, that young children are not allowed to go unsupervised to such areas. What is not so clearly understoodor appreciated is the potential for harm to reach our young children through the Internet. Some parents,unwittingly, are allowing their children access to sites, people and situations that they would never, never permit,if it meant going to a place where ‘bad stuff’ was possibly happening.

This is a problem that is not the parents’ doing, nor is it easily solved. Many of us have made the decision toallow Internet access in our homes. Not all of us have figured out how to keep our children (or ourselves) safe insuch an environment. In order to address this concern, the Principals of our local yeshivas and day schools havegotten together to tackle this formidable challenge. Four years ago there was a community-wide gathering thatdealt with the dangers of the Internet and was very well attended. Follow-up was not concerted and themomentum was lost.

This spring, efforts are being renewed. The first step will be a community-wide event on Wednesday eveningApril 21, at the NMB Performing Arts Theater. (Please mark your calendar now) This program will beconsidered as the first of the four parent workshops that our parents are expected to attend (as detailed in thecover letter accompanying the registration forms for next year). The speakers will also address the students, intheir respective schools, during the school day. Following the 21st, planning will be ongoing as to how best tohelp the parents fulfill their responsibility to protect their children.

By focusing on this seemingly overwhelming challenge our generation faces, and by working together, we areconfident that all of us; educators, community leaders and parents, can help fortify our children against thepotential emotional and spiritual harm posed by uncontrolled access to the Internet. Watch for further details.

Have a wonderful Shabbos,

Rabbi Kalman BaumannPrincipal

SCIENCE FAIR 2010

SCIENCE FAIR 2010

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Hasmoda List

Below is a partial list of appropriate learning material that qualifies as ‘learning’ for the Hasmoda Project.

These books are available at your local Jewish bookstore and are worthwhile investments for the whole family.

For independent learning — under supervision:

A Torah Treasury A Twist of the Tongue Apples of Gold Arba Minim Book of our Heritage Brachos — Artscroll Gateway to Happiness: by Rabbi Pliskin Grade Level Hebrew Language Book Growth Through Torah: by Rabbi Pliskin Guard Your Tongue Guide to Blessings: by Rabbi Wenger Keeping Kosher: by Rabbi Eliezer Wolf Let’s Go to Shul: by Yitzchak Kornblau Trekking Through Time by Yitzchak Kornblau Love Your Neighbor: by Rabbi Pliskin Nach Treasury Pirkei Avos - many commentaries available in English Sand and Stars - Jewish History for Children: by Yaffa Ganz Sefer HaMitzvos

Seven Special Weeks by Yaakov Meir Strauss The King’s Special Loaves by Yaakov Meir Strauss Shemoneh Esrei – Artscroll Sholom Secrets (Project Resolve): by Rabbi Chaim Trainer Take Me to the Holyland: by Tsivia Yanofsky The Feeling Series: by Shmil Wilder The Mitzvot: by Abraham Chill The Other Side of the Story: by Yehudis Samet The Power of Words: by Rabbi Pliskin The 39 Avoth Melacha of Shabbath: by Rabbi B. Chait The Incredible Voyage to Midos Tovos: by Rabbi B. Chait The Lost Treasure of Tikkun HaMiddos Island: by Rabbi B. Chait The Terrifying Trap of the Bad Midos Pirates: by Rabbi B. Chait The Ten Plagues of Egypt: by Shoshana Lepon The Ten Tests of Avraham: by Shoshana Lepon Torah Rhymes and Riddles We Want Life: by Yisroel Greenwald (Shmiras Halashon) The Little Midrash Says The Midrash Says In the Footsteps of the Prophets Let My Nation Go: by Rabbi Yosef Deutsch Let My Nation Descend: by Rabbi Yosef Deutsch Let My Nation Live: by Rabbi Yosef Deutsch Let My Nation Serve Me: by Rabbi Yosef Deutsch Tales From the Gemara

Please note: “Tales of Tzadikkim” does not qualify for Hasmoda credit. Since the Hasmoda contest is a learning program and not a reading program, much of the English language Judaica, like biographies, or Torah stories, while highly recommended, do not qualify as ‘learning’ material.

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