Candle Lighting Time - 5:50 PM Page 1 Volume 12, Issue 3 October 19, 2012 פרשת נח בס"דCelebrating Autumn with Apples By Aviva Yablok, Director of the Early Childhood Department, [email protected], Picures taken by Kindergarten Teachers What could be better than a warm, beautiful fall day, a bus ride with friends, lots of laughter, a hay ride, apple picking and a picnic lunch? It just doesn’t get better! That’s the way our three Kindergarten classes spent the day on a Thursday in September between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. The students boarded the busses with lots of moms, dads, and teachers and took a ride to the Dr. Davies Farm in Congers, NY. The students spent the day filling bags with fresh red apples to bring back to school. The apples (all 400 of them) were used to make applesauce, apple pie, apple muffins and for just plain eating. The classes weighed them, graphed their favorite apples, and measured themselves alongside the apples. It was a wonderful day and a great way to begin our school year. Our thanks to all the parents who joined us for the trip. Make sure to look on ParentLocker for additional pictures from the trip! Upcoming Early Childhood Events: Tuesday, October 16th Welcoming our Baby Chick Project Thursday, November 1st Chanukah Toy Drive Begins Friday, November 16th Friday night dinner –Nursery Four Families Tuesday, November 20th Thanksgiving Parade Sunday, December 16th Sunday Morning Chanukah Celebration –Toddler & Nursery 1 and 3 families
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Volume 12, Issue 3 October 19, 2012 פרשת נח
בס"ד
Celebrating Autumn with Apples By Aviva Yablok, Director of the Early Childhood Department, [email protected], Picures taken by Kindergarten Teachers
What could be better than a warm, beautiful fall day, a bus ride with friends, lots of laughter, a hay ride, apple picking and a
picnic lunch? It just doesn’t get better! That’s the way our three Kindergarten classes spent the day on a Thursday in September
between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
The students boarded the busses with lots of moms, dads, and teachers and took a ride to the Dr. Davies Farm in Congers,
NY. The students spent the day filling bags with fresh red apples to bring back to school. The apples (all 400 of them) were used to
make applesauce, apple pie, apple muffins and for just plain eating. The classes weighed them, graphed their favorite apples, and
measured themselves alongside the apples. It was a wonderful day and a great way to begin our school year. Our thanks to all the
parents who joined us for the trip. Make sure to look on ParentLocker for additional pictures from the trip!
Upcoming Early Childhood Events:
Tuesday, October 16th Welcoming our Baby Chick Project Thursday, November 1st Chanukah Toy Drive Begins
Friday, November 16th Friday night dinner –Nursery Four Families Tuesday, November 20th Thanksgiving Parade
Sunday, December 16th Sunday Morning Chanukah Celebration –Toddler & Nursery 1 and 3 families
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How Many Apples Can You Hold? Pictures taken by Kindergarten Teachers
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Joy in the Orchard... Pictures taken by Kindergarten Teachers
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A Beautiful Autumn Day Pictures taken by Kindergarten Teachers
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How Tall Are We in Apples? Pictures taken by Kindergarten Teachers
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Meet the Candidates: 5B Representatives By Messenger Staff
As we gear up for the Student Government elections, coordinated once again by Rabbi Jeremy Litton and Mrs. Leora Berko-
witz Sulimanoff, please take a moment to meet the candidates. The primaries will take place next week, and the elections will take
place on November 6th. Good luck to all who are running for student office! Here are the candidates for 5B Class Representative:
Eric Ajdler, Ezra Cohen, Sam Deutsch, David Feit-Mann, Yaakov Lidagoster, Oren Shadian, Noam Marciano.
Eric: I want to run because my dad told me he
won an election in college, and I thought it
would be a fun experience.
Ezra: I want to be on Student Govern-
ment because I want to represent my
Sam: I feel like I can make a difference
for my classmates.
Jacob: I want to make a difference. My mis-
sion is to make my classmates’ lives just a little
bit easier this year.
Oren Shadian Noam: I want to help fifth graders.
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Meet the Candidates: 5G Representatives By Messenger Staff
Candidates for 5G Class Representative: Louise Ashear, Shaina Davis, Reese Dolfman, Liana Goldstein, Charlotte Steinblatt
Louise: MDS is the best school because
there are nice teachers and the assemblies
are great.
Shaina: I admire the students of MDS
because they are so reliable, sweet, gener-
ous, and caring.
Reese: I really want to make my class even
better.
Liana: I admire Golda Meir because even
though she was a woman at a time when
women were not generally in politics, she
accomplished so much.
Charlotte: I love the teachers and the book
selection in the library.
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Meet the Candidates: 6B Representatives By Messenger Staff
Candidates for 6B Class Representative: Jeremy Ascher, Lior Saada
Jeremy: I admire Rabbi Besser because he
runs the school so well and I want to run the
sixth grade just as well as Rabbi Besser runs
the school.
Lior: I admire Mrs. Berkowitz Sulimanoff
and Rabbi Littion because they’re good teach-
ers and because they make great activities and
make MDS a fun school.
The MDS Faculty thanks
the Parents Council
for generously
sponsoring
a Rosh Chodesh
Breakfast this week.
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Meet the Candidates: 6G Representatives By Messenger Staff
Candidates for 6G Class Representative: Rosie Adelman, Loren Elman, Adina Horowitz, Cayla Muschel, Rosalie Sohn
Rose: I admire my stepmom for helping me
with my campaign. I care about MDS and I
think I can be a good advocate for my class.
Loren: I admire Terry Fox; due to his
unstoppable flow of charity, he was
able to change the face of cancer.
Adina: I admire J.K Rowling because she
made me realize that I wanted to be an author
and she wrote the best books in the whole
world.
Cayla: I admire Mrs. Leora Berkowitz Su-
limanoff because she gets everything done. Rosalie: I admire my mom, because she has
patience for all of her kids, she helps me when
I need help, she is full of ideas, and much
more.
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Meet the Candidates: 7B Vice President By Messenger Staff
Candidates for 7B Vice President: Yehuda Davis, Marc Darwich, Jacob Feit-Mann, Avi Solomons
Yehuda: I admire my grandfather because no
matter what, he never felt discouraged. He
even survived the Holocaust when he was a
little kid.
Marc: I admire Dwayne Wade because he’s a
basketball player who never gives up and al-
ways supports his team. I want to run to
make MDS a better place.
Jacob: I admire my grandpa because- a. he’s
a great guy-b. he gives me a lot of gum- and
c. because he’s helped an extraordinary
amount of Ethiopian Jews make aliah.
Avi: I admire Justin Verlander, because he’s
such a good pitcher, and I’m a pitcher, too. I
want to run for government to help kids.
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Meet the Candidates: 7G Vice President By Messenger Staff
Candidates for 7G Vice President: Danna Rebibo, Sophie Samuels, Lily Snyder
Sophie: I admire Aly Raisman for being a
proud and courageous Jew, and standing up
for her/our people. She wanted to support
Israel even when other people didn’t want to.
She showed a real “Kiddush Hashem” at the
Olympics. She is truly a role model to me,
and (I hope) to a lot of other people too. Even
though the London Olympics 2012 didn’t get
the moment of silence for the Israelis in the
Munich games, I still think that she definitely
made her point!
Lily: I admire my dad because he is so sweet
and he works all day and all night just to sup-
port my family, and I also admire my mom
because even though she has a stroke, she has
made such a strong effort to communicate
well. I am running for student government
because I want to help people that have sug-
gestions or problems with something about
the school.
Danna: I admire Mrs. Leora Berko-
witz Sulimanoff and Morah Chasida
because they are so much fun and
have great personalities. And trust me-
I’m not just saying it! I want to be on
student government because it seems
like it would be fun.
Help your class win an ice cream party!
Submit your box tops to Sharon Newman In a bag with your name and class on it!
The contest is on…
Which class will win?
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Meet the Candidates: 8B President By Messenger Staff
Candidates for 8B President: Ariel Dubizh, Max Herskowitz, Alex Knapp, Meir Lesches, Alexander Wildes
Ariel: I admire my dad because he helped me
learn to be better at sports.
Alex: I admire my dad because after many
years of trying, he finally completed his social
work degree.
Meir: Derek Jeter is very inspiring. When he
has a tough year, he doesn’t give up. Even as
an older player, he is having a very strong
season. This teaches us not to give up.
Max: I admire my grandma because
she found out she had cancer two
years ago and instead of being down
and sad she was full of excitement
and never stopped fighting.
Alexander: I admire Hank Greenberg be-
cause he became one of the greatest sluggers
despite the anti-semitism throughout the years
he played.
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Meet the Candidates: 8G President By Messenger Staff
Candidates for 8G President: Lebe Adelman, Hannah Hudes, Lauren Kirshenbaum
Lebe: I admire my father, because he is
kind, works hard, and treats everyone with
respect. I want to be in student government
because I believe I can represent the voice
of the students, and help make MDS an
even better place.
Hannah: I admire Edmund Hillary and
Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. They were the
first two people to reach the top of Mt.
Everest. Personally, I don’t see myself
becoming a mountain climber. But the
fact that they just kept going, and push-
ing forward makes me tell myself that I
can do it too, whatever the challenge is,
small or large.
Lauren: I admire many people, but I want to
talk about the teachers who helped me. For
example, Morah Felecie, my kindergarten
teacher taught us both learning and games like
acting. I will cherish these memories forever.
I also want to be president because I have
many I ideas to help MDS grow and change.
Preparing for the General Election By Susan Kurnit, [email protected]
Every four years Americans vote for President on the
first Tuesday after a Monday in November. Since 1791, the
country has gradually become more democratic and has expand-
ed the electorate to include all United States citizens over 18.
Despite this only about 50% of Americans exercise their Consti-
tutional right to elect their next president. The 8th grade Social
Studies classes are actively involved in reading the issues at
stake in this election in order to present them to the school with
the solutions that are being offered by both candidates, Mitt
Romney and Barack Obama. They will be presenting these is-
sues to the school on Election Day and their fellow students will
cast their votes for the next President of the United States.
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Parents Council Thanks You!
MDS PARENT COUNCIL WANTS TO THANK YOU!!!
Thank you to Stacey Levy, Julie Ackerman, Zhanna Torossian, Shira Spira, Sarah Kloepfer, and Susan Mero for helping with our
Rosh Hashana mailing.
Thank you to Eden and Michael Fischman, Pooneh Kaplan, Limor Gutkind, Erik Roth and Rachel Gelfand for helping with the lulav and etrog program. We couldn’t have
done it without you. And a special thank you to Julie Ackerman for heading the com-mittee, pre-selling orders in the lobby and making the program a success.
Thank you to Lisa Staiman for planning our sold out Chol Hamoed Family Fun Day at Chocolate Works. You did a great job organizing, liaising with the store, and running
the event. A good time was had by all.
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