RELIGIOUS SCHOOL DATES
At a G L A N C E … the year ahead at Beth Am Temple Religious School
Important Dates for 5770 (2009-2010)
SEPTEMBER
FIRST DAY OF School – Sunday, September 13
Apples & Honey: Grades K-7: Sunday, September 13; Hebrew High: Tuesday, September 15
No school (Rosh Hashanah, second day) . . . Sunday, September 20
Grades 6 & 7 Parent-Student Yad and Mitzvot Workshop, Time- tba...Sunday, September 27
Sukkah Decorating . . Tuesday, September 29 and Wednesday, September 30
OCTOBER
Consecration . . . Friday, October 2 (7:30 pm)
YAD Workshop - Grade 7 - Sunday, October 4
Mitzvah Workshop- Grade 6-7, Sunday October 4
No school (Columbus Day) . . . Sunday, October 11
School-wide Parent-Teacher OPEN HOUSE: Sunday, October 18
NOVEMBER
Kristallnakht Program led by 7th grade - Sunday, November 8 - 10:30 - 11 am
County-Wide Professional Development – no school . . . Wednesday, November 11
Grade 7 leads Shabbat Service . . . Saturday, November 14
Grade 3 Chanukah Program . . . Sunday, November 22 (will be at RJCC this year)
No School . . . Wednesday, 11/25 and Sunday, 11/29 (Thanksgiving Break)
DECEMBER
Latkes: Grades K-7: Sunday, December 13; Hebrew High: Tuesday, December 15
Grade K – 3 Chanukah Singing . . . Friday, December 11
No School . . . Tuesday, 12/22, Wednesday, 12/23, Sunday, 12/27, Tuesday, 12/29, and Wednesday, 12/30 (Winter Break)
JANUARY
Grade 5&6 Retreat . . . Friday, January 8, 4 pm - Saturday, January 9, 7 pm (times are tentative)
School resumes . . . Sunday, January 3
Hamantaschen Bake-A-Thon . . . January 10
No school . . . Sunday, 1/17 (M.L. King Jr. weekend)
Grades 8 & 9 leads Shabbat morning service . . . Saturday, January 23
Grade 5 Wedding . . . Sunday, January 31
Grade 6 leads Tu B’shevat Seder and Shabbat Service . . . Friday, January 29
Community Night of Jewish Learning at RJCC . . . Saturday, January 30
FEBRUARY
Grade 7 Field Trip to Jewish Museum, NYC. . . Sunday, February 7
No School . . Sunday, 2/14, Tuesday, 2/16 and Wednesday, 2/17 (President’s Day)
Grades 10-12 RAC L’Taken trip to Washington . . . February 19-22
Purim Service, Shpiel, and Carnival . . . Sunday, February 28 (special school schedule)
MARCH
Shortened schedule . . . Sunday, 3/21 (Pearl River Parade)
Pesach Fair . . . Sunday, March 28
Pesach Break . . . Tuesday, 3/30, Wednesday, 3/31, Sunday, 4/4 (Pesach break)
APRIL
Grade 5 leads Shabbat Service . . . Friday, April 16
Grade 4 leads Shabbat Service . . . Friday, April 23
Grade 7 leads Yom HaShoah Service . . . Sunday, April 11
County-wide Grade 4&5 Yom Ha’atzmaut program . . . Tuesday, April 20
MAY
Last days of school . . . Wednesday, May 12, Sunday, May 16, and Tuesday, May 18
Grade 10 Shavuot/Confirmation . . ., Tuesday, May 18
Religious School Committee Meetings . . .1st Tuesday of each month, 8 pm