SUNDAY MORNING CALENDAR 2008-2009 / 5769
Orientation for 8th graders and new students and parents: Monday, August 25, 7:30 P.M.
Sunday morning classes meet from 9:30-12:30
September
7
14
21
28
October
5 Rites of Passage – optional 8th grade backpacking trip
12
19
26 Rites of Passage – optional 8th grade backpacking trip
November
2 Parent/Student Study Brunch and Silent Auction
9 Etgar (9th) Retreat, Special Gesharim (8th) Program
16
23 Kesher (10-12th) Retreat
30 NO SCHOOL, Thanksgiving
December
7 10/11th Let’s Go Israel! Trip Recruitment
11th/12th Program: “Packing for College”
11th/12th Shalhevet Recruitment
Gesharim (8th) Day Trip to San Francisco
Special 9th Grade Family Program: Building Healthy Relationships
14
21 NO SCHOOL, Winter break
28 NO SCHOOL, Winter break
January
4 NO SCHOOL, Winter break
11
18
25
February
1 Kesher (10-12th) Retreat
8 Midrasha Seudah (tentative)
15 NO SCHOOL, Presidents’ Weekend
22 Etgar (9th) Retreat, Gesharim Parent/Teen Program
March
1
8
15
22
29 Intro to Etgar for 8th grade parents
April
5 Kesher (10-12th) Retreat, NO SCHOOL, Spring break
12 NO SCHOOL, Spring break
19
26
May
3
10
17 Graduation and last session
Etgar (9th) and Gesharim (8th) Retreat
Tanach/Talmuc Class with Zvi Septimus and David Henkin
4:15-6:15 p.m., Thursdays, beginning September 11
Mystical Visions of God Class with Rabbi Menachem Creditor
6:15-7:15 p.m., Tuesdays, beginning October 28
RETREATS AND NON-FORMAL EVENTS
Gesharim (8th grade) Special Events and Parent Programs
October 3-5 Rites of Passage Backpack Trip I (optional)
October 24-26 Rites of Passage Backpack Trip II (optional)
November 9 Special Gesharim Program on Disabilities
February 22 Family Program: Parent/ Teen Communication
March 29 Intro to Etgar for Parents
May 15-17 Gesharim Retreat
Etgar Retreats (9th grade) and Parent Programs
November 7-9
December 7 Family Program: Building Healthy Relationships
February 20-22
May 15-17
Kesher Retreats (10-12th grade)
November 21-23
January 30 – February 1
April 3-5
Family Education Days
November 2 Parent/Student Study Brunch and Silent Auction
December 7 Building Healthy Relationships (9th grade families)
Israel Trip Recruitment (10th grade families)
“Packing for College” (11th, 12th grade families)
Shalhevet Recruitment (11th, 12th grade families)
February 22 Parent/ TeenCommunication (8th grade families)
March 29 Intro to Etgar