Upcoming EventsOctober

3-4 Mon-Tues Rosh Hashanah - No School

5 Wednesday Jewish Value Assembly - Lecture Hall 8:15am K-5th visit the Zoo 12:00pm

7 Friday Shabbat in the Hebrew classroom 11:05am

10 Monday Tashlich at Veteran’s Park 8:15am

12 Wednesday Yom Kippur - No School

14 Friday Shabbat and Sukkah Decorating at Retirement Center 10:50am

17-18 Mon-Tues Sukkot - No School

20 Thursday “Kids on the Block” Puppet Show

21 Friday K-5th Field Trip to PAC - “The Man Who Planted Trees” and Big Shabbat 3:00pm Lecture Hall Report cards sent home

24-25 Mon-Tues Simchat-Torah - No School

26-31 Wed-Mon Red Ribbon Week Good Habits/Good Choices

28 Friday PTO Breakfast 8:00am & Classroom Shabbat at 11:05am

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Jewish Community Day School Volume 15, Issue 2,October 2016, Tulsa, OK

“X” Marks the Book Fair

Our pirate themed “Bookaneer” Book Fair was another huge success, due to the devoted and strong leadership of PTO President Cynthia Thetge, who coordinated the entire program. Many thanks to the Thetge family and the numerous other parents and grandparents who purchased books for their children, grandchildren and teachers. We sold $3,335.65 worth of books; an amazing feat for a small school! Thanks also to the parents who helped Cynthia with the set-up, selling and tear-down of the fair. It was a special week.

The Incredible YearsDinosaur School Comes to Mizel!

Dinosaur school is in full swing! The Incredible Years child training program uses dinosaur-themed materials and life-size puppets to engage children. They strengthen social, emotional, and academic skills, such as understanding and communicating feelings, using effective problem-solving strategies, managing anger, practicing friendship and conversational skills, and behaving appropriately in the classroom

This unique monthly program has been integrated into our Pre-K and Kindergarten-2nd grade curriculum and is conducted by Mrs. Kim Whitty M.S.CCPS, Child Development Specialist. The children love Dina the dinosaur!

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The Mizel Message

October Jewish Value:

Happiness - Simcha

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Education: B.S.Elementary Education Centenary College, Shreveport Louisiana

Occupation: K/1 Teacher at Mizel

Hometown: Tulsa, OK

Favorite drink: Sweet Tea

Hobbies: Horseback riding, Sailing, Swimming, Nature walks; Anything outdoors!

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Andrea ReeseAugust 25 at 8:06am

Make it work!” Tim Gunn

Andrea ReeseAugust 24 at 11:34am

Teaching has been my passion for over 16 years. I love helping kids explore the world and find their own passions.

Education: Bachelor degree in Education with an emphasis on English as a second language,Carabobo University in Valencia, Venezuela.

Occupation: Pre-K assistant at Mizel

Hometown: Tulsa, OK

Favorite drink: Tea, Coffee, Lemon Juice

Hobbies: Working out and Yoga

Mercedes EsserAugust 28 at 6:10pm

“While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about” - Angela Schwinpt.

August 28 at 1:54pmI am a teacher who teaches from the heart. Nothing can replace the sweet smile and hug of my kids every morning at school. It is just wonderful being a teacher!

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MEET SOME MORE OF OUR NEW STAFFERS!

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Into the Woodswith K/1

The K/1 students took a nature walk in Liberators’ Park outside of our building,

looking for signs of Fall. They used their senses: listened to the sounds of crunchy leaves, touched scratchy tree bark, found colorful leaves, acorns, mushrooms and insects, all the while taking “notes” on their clipboards.

Apples took over math, language arts and science and included baking yummy apple cakes. Estimation, graphing and measurement of apples rounded out their study. In the Community Garden they counted over 50 bees and saw how they get nectar and pollen from the flowers. They will “bee” working on many fun bee projects as part of their study of Rosh Hashanah.

Ronda Friend, children’s author, professional storyteller and entertainer,

shared her vivid songs and stories at an all-school assembly. She is the author of the wholesome family series, “Down on Friendly Acres,” which focuses on farm life inthe 50s and 60s. She brought those stories and characters to life, (with most of them based on her real family’s adventures), and the children truly enjoyed her presentation.

She led the 2nd-5th graders in a writer’s workshop and shared many creative literary ideas that both students and teachers could incorporate into their writing. It was a great program!

Our many grandparents and guests who stood in as surrogate

grandparents, enjoyed wonderful presentations in each grade. Our students sang songs, presented readers’ theater stories, wrote poems together, made lovely gifts and proudly shared their beautiful classrooms.

Our program culminated in a standing room only “Big Shabbat” full of joyous singing. Our teachers did an amazing job preparing their students and classrooms and we are fortunate to have such a wonderful staff.

Grandparents’ ShabbatChildren’s Author Visits Mizel

Katan, (Pre-K) students have been learning about Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, through songs and stories

Kitah Alef, (1st Grade) met “Ariyot,” the Lion of the Hebrew Alphabet, when “he” delivered their 1st book

Kitah Bet, (2nd Grade) met Doda Leah (Aunt Leah) when she brought “glida,” ice-cream to celebrate their completion of the Hebrew letter “lamed.”

Hebrew Highlights!

The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: A ReviewBy Lillian Hellman

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Last year I summarized each chapter of the book: “The Blessing of a Skinned Knee,” by Wendy Mogel,

Ph.D. I believe that Chapter 4 is the most important one in her book and I am reprinting it here.

Jewish wisdom teaches that our children don’t belong to us; they are both a loan and a gift from God; with strings attached. Our job is to raise our children to leave us and the children’s job is to find their own path in life. If they stay carefully protected in the nest of the family, children will become weak and fearful or feel too comfortable to want to leave.

But for many parents their child’s problems remain a central preoccupation. Instead of enjoying their time with their children, they’re busy fretting and fixing. They are trying to inoculate their children against the pain of life. As our children mature, we need to withdraw from smoothing their path and satisfying all their wishes. By giving them a chance to survive some danger and letting them make some reckless or thoughtless choices, we teach them how to withstand the bumps and knocks of life. This is the only way children will mature into resilient, self-reliant adults.

Freud said that the goal of psychoanalysis was modest: to convert neurotic misery into ordinary unhappiness. But so many parents believe that their children should be spared “ordinary unhappiness” and should be protected from feeling sad, angry, afraid, frustrated or disappointed. If parents rush in to rescue them from distress, children don’t get an opportunity to learn that they can suffer and recover on their own.

The fears that cause our overprotective parenting style seep out every day in the form of worries. If you notice that even during seemingly perfect moments

you’re thinking about potential troubles ahead, you’re worrying too much. Another sign: your children seem overly cautious or anxious.

Unless your child ventures forth into the world he won’t get a chance to learn how to master it and to find his place. Having the courage not to pamper and overprotect your child means that sometimes she will be uncomfortable, unhappy or even in peril, but also that you are willing to take a chance because of your commitment to her growth and development.

Parents would like to protect their children from a difficult child in the classroom, but there is value to having such a child around. When the behavior is not extreme or dangerous, the potential for social learning is enormous. A difficult child gives the rest of the children a chance to build up their conflict-resolution muscles, to learn how to manage with a distraction, and to grow strong as an inclusive group.

How your child makes decisions and chooses between right and wrong will directly influence everything else. Allow your child to choose badly sometimes and learn from their mistakes.

Young children will determine their own level of upset depending on their parents’ facial expression or gestures. If a child is distressed and sees Mom react with panic, he knows he should wail; if she’s compassionate but calm, he tends to recover quickly. We can help children become calmer and more resilient by staying calm ourselves.

Raise your children to leave you. If your child doesn’t have the chance to be bad, they can’t choose to be good. If they don’t have the chance to fail, they can’t learn. And if they aren’t allowed to face scary situations, they’ll grow up to be frightened by life’s simplest challenges.

“Our job is to raise our

children to leave us and the

children’s job is to find their own

path in life.”

Mizel Newsletter Editor: Lillian Hellman

Director of Design and Publisher:

Lydia Carrington

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