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