B’NAI AVIV RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

2007-2008/5768 SCHOOL CALENDAR

September

4        B’Yachad Special Needs Family Class (Tues) Orientation   4:00p.m.

5        First Day (Wed) Religious School & Parent  Orientation     4:30pm

6        First Day (Thur) Religious School & Parent  Orientation      4:30pm

9    First Day (Sun) Religious School & Parent Orientation       9:00am

    10    11^th & 12^th Graders Only First Day Judaica High School     6:45pm

    12    NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL – Erev Rosh Hashanah

    13    NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL – Rosh Hashanah     Jr Cong 10:00am-12:30pm

    14    ROSH HASHANAH – Junior Congregation 10:00am–12:30pm

    22    YOM KIPPUR – Jr. Cong. 10:00am–12:30pm   Neilah Havdalah Parade 7:30pm

    24    7^th – 10^th Graders First Day Judaica High School   7:00pm

    26    NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL – Erev Sukkot

    27    NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL – 1^st Day Sukkot

October

                   3   NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL – Erev Shemini Atzeret

       4   NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL – Shemini Atzeret/Yizkor; Simchat Torah Service 7:15pm

       5   SIMCHAT TORAH SERVICE (help us unroll the entire Torah!) 9:15am

       6   Junior Congregation 3^rd/4^th Grades & Mini Minyan K-2^nd Grades  10:00am–12noon

       7   Noah’s Ark Day – Bring Your Pets to Shul! 10:30am

27        Junior Congregation 5^th/6^th Grades  10:00am–12noon

31        “Harry Potter Goes To Hebrew School !”  4:30–6:45pm

November

3        Junior Congregation 3^rd/4^th Grades & Mini Minyan K-2^nd Grades 10:00am–12noon

          CHANGE CLOCKS AT NIGHT

4        K-2^nd Grade Parent Breakfast With Rabbi, Jewish Book Fair, Visit Classrooms 9:00–11:30am

PTO Wraps Chanukah Shopping Spree Items (Volunteers Needed)

5-8         Parents Visit Classrooms, Jewish Book Fair  4:30–6:45pm

19\20   Chanukah Kids Shopping Spree during Class (parent volunteers needed)

21-25  NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL – Thanksgiving (Wed – Sun)

26-29  Chanukah Kids Shopping Spree during Class (parent volunteers needed)

December

1        Junior Congregation 3^rd/4^th Grades & Mini Minyan K-2^nd Grades 10:00am–12noon

2        Rabbi’s Family Class #2 for 2009 Bar/Bat Mitzvah Families 10:00–11:00am

4-6, 10-11 Outdoor Chanukah Menorah Lighting with Families      6:15pm

      11  “Light Last Candle Dinner” K-7  6:30pm

      15   Junior Congregation 5^th/6^th Grades  10:00am–12noon

23-Jan 6  NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL – Winter Break

January

       5  Junior Congregation 3^rd/4^th Grades & Mini Minyan K-2^nd Grades 10:00am–12noon

       7  Religious School & Judaica High School resumes

      12  Debbie Friedman Concert! 8:00pm with Children’s Chorus

      13  Rabbi’s Family Class #3 for 2009 Bar/Bat Mitzvah Families 10:00–11:00am

  20-22  NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL – Martin Luther King Weekend (Sun-Tues)

23,24,27  Tu B’Shvat Seder in Classes, Plant Sale , Canned Fruit Collection for Food Bank

     25   Religious School Shabbat Dinner With Artist Mordechai Rosenstein

     26  Junior Congregation 5^th/6^th Grades  10:00am–12noon

February

2        Junior Congregation 3^rd/4^th Grades & Mini Minyan K-2^nd Grades 10:00am–12noon

3        Rabbi’s Family Class #4 for 2009 Bar/Bat Mitzvah Families 10:00–11:00am

7    Jewish Leap Year Begins!

17-18 NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL – President’s Weekend

23  Junior Congregation 5^th/6^th Grades  10:00am–12noon          

March

     1   Junior Congregation 3^rd/4^th Grades & Mini Minyan K-2^nd Grades 10:00am–12noon

     9   Rabbi’s Family Class #4 for 2009 Bar/Bat Mitzvah Families 10:00–11:00am

          Kindergarten & 1^st Grade Bakes Hamantaschen (Parent volunteers needed!)

    13  Grades 5,6,7 Bakes Hamantaschen (Parent volunteers needed!)

    15  Junior Congregation 5^th/6^th Grades  10:00am–12noon

    16  2^nd Grade Bakes Hamantaschen (Parent volunteers needed!)

17,18 Grades 3,4 Bakes Hamantaschen (Parent volunteers needed!)

     19 Grades 5,6,7 Bakes Hamantaschen (Parent volunteers needed!)

     20 NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL – Erev Purim  Megillah Reading 7:15p.m.

30-April 4 NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL , NO JUDAICA HIGH SCHOOL – Spring Break

April

       5  Junior Congregation 3^rd/4^th Grades & Mini Minyan K-2^nd Grades 10:00am–12noon

      11 “Last Challah Shabbat Dinner” 6:30pm

      13  Kindergarten – 2^nd Grade Model Seders with Families  10:00am

14-15  Grades 3-6 Model Seders with Families 5:15pm

      14  Last Day Judaica High School 7^th-10^th Grades ONLY

20-27  NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL – Passover Break

     26  Junior Congregation 5^th/6^th Grades  10:00am–12noon

May

2        Junior Congregation 3^rd/4^th Grades & Mini Minyan K-2^nd Grades 10:00am–12noon

      12   Last Day Judaica High School – 11^th & 12^th Grades

 14,15   6^th Grade Siyum Completion Ceremony with families 5:30pm

      17   Junior Congregation 5^th/6^th Grades  10:00am–12noon

      18   Last Day Sunday School – Lag B’Omer Field Day

  19,20  3^rd Grade Siddur Ceremony with families  5:30pm

       20  Last Day B’Yachad Special Needs Class – Lag B’Omer Field Day

  21,22  Last Days Religious School – Lag B’Omer Field Days

    23  Kindergarten Consecration, 7^th &12^th Grade Graduations, Teacher Appreciation Shabbat 6:30pm