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Vol 11 • Issue 16 Friday, December 18, 2009 • 1 Tevet 5770 • g"a, asuj atr ,cy 't Candle lighting: 5:15pm
Grandparents & Special Friends Day Edition!
Dear LCDS Family,The continuous LCDS Hanukkah celebration—a
fusion of music, lights, and food - is further enhanced on this morning by the presence of our grandparents and special friends. We welcome this extra energy, as we mark two miracles: the vnjkn xb, nes milchamah, the military miracle of the few over the many, the weak over the strong, and ina xb, nes shemen, the miracle of one day’s portion of oil burning for eight.
Everyday as we educate the young men and women who are central to the LCDS celebration, we invoke both miracles metaphorically. The military miracle, with its grand strategies, corresponds to the left brain—logical, sequential, and linear. The oil miracle, with its spiritual overlay, corresponds to the right brain—imaginative and holistic, illuminating connections and navigating meaning. We need both to inspire the whole mind.
In A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, Daniel Pink argues persuasively that moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age demands a Lehrman education with our sublime Lehrman teachers (though he doesn’t exactly use those words). In this Conceptual Age, information is increasingly a commodity, but the ability to create connections and meanings becomes even more valuable. The left brain may be the locus of CoreKnowledge, Hebrew, foreign languages, and our intensive math and science curriculum. But the right brain infuses our classrooms, arts and music studios, sports fields, and chesed service activities: as our students learn and play together, they build community within a framework of empathy. Our integrated Jewish/general studies offerings encourage symphonic thinking. The culminating activities in which our students engage after each unit emphasize collaboration and putting content in expressive contexts. We expect our students to graduate “high tech” and “high touch,” not only able to manage information but also capable of making fresh connections, among data - and with people.
“Remember the days of old, consider the years of ages past; Ask your father, he will inform you, Your elders, they will tell you.” (Deuteronomy 32:7). An education that renders immediate ukkv ,urbv, Ha-Nerot Hallalu, these are the candles we light, is an education that teaches each student how to write the narrative of a purposeful life. A value system that emphasizes, in an inclusive pluralistic setting, Sabbath reflection and holiday joy, and kavod haberiyot (respect for others) and mitzvot, and justice and tikkun olam, is all about human relationships. Right-brain aptitudes help prepare our young people to be heroes in their 21st Century encounters. At LCDS, nurturing those aptitudes is a family tradition.
Chodesh Tov, a good month of Tevet, Chag U’rim Same’ach, a happy (remainder of) Hanukkah, and Shabbat Shalom.
Seth Linfield, Head of School
Welcome Grandparents & Special Friends!PaPa•razzi patrol
Images of Life@LCDS (additional photos on lcdsphotogalleries.shutterfly.com)
Pre-KPerforms: our Pre-Kers delighted parents and friends with a medley of Hanukkah tunes; NurseryProduction: nursery students, dressed for the holiday, serenaded visitors at their annual Hanukkah concert; ToddlerPresentation: our youngest students were part of the festivities, too; CarryingaTorch: Shachar Lahad, an Israeli scout, led our students in the lighting of the Hanukkah candles with a torch flown in from Modi’in, Israel, birthplace of the Maccabees; KitchenCapers: toddlers assisted Morah Rachel in the preparation of traditional Hanukkah latkes; KitchenCapersII: elementary school students, under the direction of Morah Ayala, grated potatoes in the Latke Lounge; HolidayMagic: our students were treated to a magical peformance for Hanukkah; IntheJungle: our choir, under the direction of Michael Day and Ayala Zeev, performed Hanukkah melodies at the Miami Beach JCC Hanukkah Celebration at Jungle Island; LCDSCandleLighting: after school participants bless the candles in the school lobby (Photo: Zach Shultz, grade 8); OnYourToes: ECD students in our After School Ballet Program held a recital in the school auditorium; FrontPageNews: our choir, who performed at the Yom L’Chayal celebration last week, was featured on the front page of Yediot America, America’s largest Hebrew language newspaper.
Final
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ukkah Candle is
tonight!
50Years,50QuestionsFind the answer online at lehrmanschool.org/5014. What does ASP stand for?
Answer to last week’s question: Q: In which grade do students begin learning individual instruments? A: In kindergarten, where they learn the xylophone!
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Community WelfareMazal Tov to• Diane Taub (Technology Coordinator) on the marriage of son Larry to Amanda Bolyn in Melbourne, Florida on December 13th.
What’sforLunch?Monday,December21Vegetable soup • Vegetableburgers • French fries • CornTossed salad • Watermelon • Water (M/W/F)
Tuesday,December22Vegetable soup • Bagels & cream cheeseTuna • Egg salad • Greek salad • YogurtMilk (T/Th)
Wednesday,December23Lentil soup • Tossed salad • Hot dogsChips • Pickles • Watermelon
Thursday,December24NOSCHOOL
Friday,December25•ouka ,caNOSCHOOL
reminders!Wed,Dec23:2:00pmDISMISSAL
HolidayClosingDates:Thu,Dec24–Sun,Jan3:SCHOOLCLOSEDWinter Break Thu,Dec24:Administrative Office open ‘til 1 pm Fri,Dec25:Administrative Office closed Mon,Dec28–Wed,Dec30:Administrative Office open ‘til 3 pm Thu,Dec31:Administrative Office open ‘til 1 pm Fri,Jan1:Administrative Office closed Mon,Jan4:SchoolResumes
Wed,Jan6:PA/AnnualEventMeeting
Thu,Jan7:BringYourParenttoSchoolDay
PANews!Join us for our first meeting of 2010: WednesdayJanuary6at8:45am. Come see what the golden buzz is about... LCDS’ 50th Anniversary and An-nual Event update! It’s also your chance to win a GOLDEN ticket and walk away with a raffle prize that day! Where else can you go to a meeting to win a prize?!
IsraeliDancing:TheSequel! Please note the following dates for the continu-ation of our Israeli Dance classes. Classes are FREE! We’d love to see you there! All classes run from 7:30-8:30 pm in the school cafeteria.Jan13,Feb10,Mar10,April14,May12
BookClubNews! It’s official, our new Book Club selection is: Skeletons at the Feast, by Chris Bohjalian. Book review will take place Thursday,February11at8:45am. Books are available for $13 in the school office (20% off store prices)!
You will NOT want to miss our upcoming event by the authors of “GoodMannersareContagious.”Mark your calendar for January28,2010at7:30p.m. in the school cafeteria, when Dr. Jodi Stoner and Lori Weiner will lead an interactive presen-tation on Raising Responsible, Resilient and Respectful Children. Tickets $10 ($12 at the door), or $18 includes a copy of the book. RSVP to reserve your space! By email: [email protected], by phoning the school’s office at 305. 866.2771.
Wishing your family a bright and miracu-lous Hanukkah and a New Year filled with happiness and peace!
Questions, comments, requests? Email us at [email protected]
Your kids brought their friends…now it’s your turn.
Thursday,January7thisBringYourParenttoSchoolDay
forgradesK–5!Spend some time in their seats…or at least alongside them…in the classroom and see your students, their teachers, and Core Knowledge in action. Then ‘step up’ with them to explore what the following year has in store.Thu.,Jan.7,2010•8:10-10:00am
followed by coffee and conversation in the lobby.
BYPTSDIBMYPUpdateThe International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) has received our Application B! This is the next step in our process toward authorization as an IB World School offering the Middle Years Program (MYP) for grades six through eight. Application B details our efforts in designing an MYP curriculum and developing a structure to implement the program. Along with statistical data, Application B includes policies for Admissions, Assessment, and Language. Please see Ms. Cynthia Day, IB Coordinator, to review the Application B or to discuss IB.
Save the DateLehrman Community Day School’sGolden Anniversary Celebration
Saturday, May 15, 2010at Temple Beth SholomFurther Details to Follow
LCDS Golden Anniversary Joint PA/Annual Event Committee Meeting
Wed., January 6, 8:30 amEvent Chairs: Laura Finvarb, [email protected]
Jodie Rozencwaig, [email protected] We look forward to your participation!
The JV basketball game on Tue,Dec.22 will be rescheduled—time TBA.North Shore Athletics Complex will not be available to us next week. MSwillhavePEatLehrman.DROPOFFATLEHRMAN.VarsityJan 7, 4:15 pm vsGreenfieldAcademy@LCDSFor scores and a schedule, go tolehrmanschool.org/athletics*Exciting Sports Program@Lehrman
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AlumniCouncilMeetingMonday, January 11 at 8:30 am. RSVP to Renee Steinman [email protected] or 305-866-2771 x10
SchoolCounselorNicoleAbelsonParticipatesinEzraConsortium
InitiativeHorizon Psychological Services, as part of the Ezra Consortium initiative, facilitates monthly meetings with principals and counselors of day schools in which salient psychological and academic topics are ad-dressed and challenging cases are present-ed so that counselors can learn strategies in dealing with these issues.
The first meeting topic was “Motivational Challenges: Assessing and Intervening with Students Who Are Not Motivated to Per-form,” with a particular emphasis on Middle school students. We discussed ways to approach the student and resources that are available. Strategies for motivating students included:• Becoming a role model for student interest.• Getting to know your student.• Using examples freely.• Using a variety of student-active teaching
activities.• Setting realistic performance goals.• Being free with praise, and constructive in
criticism. • Giving each student as much control over
his or her own education as possible.Nicole Abelson MS, DTR
School Counselor