WELCOME BACK!

W e look forward, IY”H, to a wonderfully

productive year! It’s been great having

everyone together again, and exciting to get to know

new classmates. We’re busy building our classroom

communities, settling into productive routines of

learning, and through the inspiration of the month of

Elul, getting ourselves ready for the upcoming Yomim

Tovim.

וילך-פרשת נצבים

Candle Lighting

7:23 PM

TEAM SPIRIT

Y E S H I V A T O R A S C H A I M T O R A S E M E S

KLURMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AUGUST 30, 2013

THE WEEK AHEAD:

Sunday Classes for Boys Grades 3-5

9AM -Noon

This Monday, September 2 is Labor Day.

Sessions for Grades 3-5 only.

Hours are from 9am-12.

Regular Miami Beach bus service (pick up

1/2 hour later than usual).

No ECE classes.

Tuesday, September 3 - Regular Sessions

Wednesday, Sept. 4 - Erev Rosh Hashana -

No School

בס''ד

OUR NEW ELEMENTARY

SCHOOL FACULTY:

Rabbi Yitzchok Schiff

3rd Grade Boys Torah Studies

Mrs. Ilana Lamet

1st Grade Boys Secular Studies

Mrs. Shannon Koonin

4th Grade Boys Secular Studies

Mrs. Judy Scott

3rd Grade Boys Secular Studies

Miss Hinda Dudovitz

5th Grade Girls Torah Studies

Mrs. Jennifer Weberman

2nd Grade Boys Secular Studies

OUR NEW ASSISTANTS:

Mrs. Chani Dudovitz

Miss Esty Dudovitz

Miss Blima Furst

Mrs. Ruthy Ginsburg

Miss Devorah Goldszmidt

Mrs. Raizy Greenberg

Miss Deena Palgon

Mrs. Risa Yudkowitz

WELCOME BACK TO OUR

DISTINGUISHED

FACULTY:

Rabbi Elchonon Goldenberg

Rabbi Gavriel Grossman

Rabbi Shlomo Schwartz

Mrs. Debbie Atkin

Mrs. Miriam Cohen

Mrs. Miriam Deitsch

Mrs. Dorie Ehrenreich

Mrs. Carol Fried

Mrs. Rebecca Lefkowitz

Mrs. Esti Palgon

Mrs. Sarah Palgon

Mrs. Leah Dina Ritterman

Mrs. Rosalie Rosenbaum

Mrs. Annette Saks

Mrs. Barbara Swartz

Mrs. Stacey Waldman

SPECIALTIES:

Coach David Appel

Physical Education

Mrs. Liba Barouk

Mrs. Goldie Berman

ACE Program

Mrs. Malka Blejer

Reading Specialist

Mrs. Sorah Glatt - Title 1

Ms. Susan Grossman

Library/Computers

Mrs. Batsheva Marlowe

School Counselor

Mrs. Susie Selmar

Physical Education

ASSISTANTS:

Mrs. Aliza Becker

Miss Devora Homnick

Mrs. Esta Rosenberg

OFFICE STAFF:

Mrs. Rucha Baumann

Mrs. Sara Tamir

Mrs. Deborah Zisquit

WE WARMLY WELCOME THE FOLLOWING NEW STAFF MEMBERS

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Second Grade Girls:

AVA AMAR

NAOMI GRYNSZTEIN

NAOMI REICH

RENA SCHIFF

LIA SEDAGHATI

MALKA WEINER

Second Grade Boys:

BINYAMIN CIMENT

JOSEPH GELMAN

YOSEF HERMAN

SAM KAPLAN

Third Grade Girls:

ABBIGAIL DAHAN

RACHEYL DRANG

LEAH GORDON

DASSIE MERGUI

ESTHER YOCHEVED SCHIFF

LEILA SILVERSTONE

Third Grade Boys:

YOSEF BENMERGUI

YAAKOV MARCUS

YITZCHAK MERCADO

DANIEL PINEDA

ZACHARY VERBITSKY

Fourth Grade Boys:

MENDY GELMAN

EITHAN GRYNSZTEIN

DANIEL NESS

ELIYAV TOBUL

Fourth Grade Girls:

BATYA COHEN

ABIGAIL FADIDA

BRYNA GROFFMAN

MIRIAM HEMSANI

MICHAL HERMAN

ESTHER NAHON

ESTHER REICH

GOLDIE SCHNECK

AHUVA SEINFELD

ALIYA SHANES

NAVA TAIEB

ARIELLE TEMPELBERG

Fifth Grade Boys:

MENACHEM LEVY

YOSEF NESS

AVROHOM MORDECHAI WEINER

Fifth Grade Girls:

ALIZA SEGELMAN

ESTHER SHARABY

BRUCHIM HABAIM TO OUR NEW STUDENTS

THE ENTIRE FIRST GRADE!

A special welcome to those

students who are new to Toras Emes:

First Grade Girls:

NOA BITON

TALIA GORDON

ELLA LEVY

NOA MEZA

SHAYNA SEGELMAN

AVYGAYIL SILVERSTONE

AVIGAIL TANGIR

First Grade Boys:

DANIEL COHEN

ISAAC DAHAN

REPHAEL DRANG

MATISYAHU MEINER

ARI MERGUI

YOSEF NAHON

BINYAMIN NESS

MOSHE AHARON SEINFELD

EYTAN SITBON

ELIYAHU STOHL

DAVID TANGIR

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MAZEL TOV

Dr. and Mrs. Mark

Pomper and family on the

birth of a granddaughter,

born to their son, our

alumnus, Avi and Ariela

Pomper.

Rabbi and Mrs. Yaakov

Drang and family on the

birth of a son.

Mr. and Mrs. Benjy Atkin

and family on the marriage

of their daughter, Shulamit

to Willie Roth.

Dr. and Mrs. Eli Berman

and family on the marriage

of their daughter, Aliza to

Daniel Nibatian.

If your Mazel Tov is not here,

please let us know so we can include it in

our next newsletter!

REFUA SHELAIMA

T o Aharon ben Adela, Aaron

Sutton, who is currently in the

burn unit at Jackson Memorial

Hospital.

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The Dikduk Review

tests will be

administered next

week to all of the

students in grades 2 -

5. Grades on the

tests are for

classroom evaluation

and to determine

eligibility for Summer

Review Program Awards.

O ur Hot

Lunch

Program

began this

week. Please

remember to

post your

menus in a

prominent

place at

home, and

mark the days you ordered lunch for

your children.

Please note: It is not possible to

rely on the school to provide lunch for

your child(ren) on the days that you

did not order from the Hot Lunch

Program but forgot to send lunch

from home. We cannot sell lunches

“on the spot”, as lunch orders are

placed with the caterer at least one

week in advance - and we do not

order extra meals.

If you have not already placed

an order for this cycle, you will have

that opportunity for the next lunch

cycle, which begins on December 3.

Please remember that

Mondays and Wednesdays are “meat

days”, so children who bring their own

lunch may bring meat lunches only on

those days. Remember to send

pareve snacks on those days as well.

HOT LUNCH PROGRAM

A ll of those hard

working children who

have completed their

Summer Review Packet

should bring their

booklets in to their Torah

Studies teacher by

Tuesday.

SUMMER REVIEW PROGRAM

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SPEND AND RAISE!

W elcome Back! We

hope everyone

enjoyed their summer.

Rosh Hashana is just

around the corner. Don't

forget to order your gift cards today!

We currently carry gift cards to Publix, Winn Dixie, Target

and South FL Kosher. All current purchases will be applied to your

2013-2014 Spend and Raise gift card obligation. You can order gift

cards online at ytcteam.org/giftcards.

The Spend and Raise Program was initiated last fall to

help raise much-needed funds for the Yeshiva. We have teamed

up with the stores mentioned above and they donate to the

Yeshiva a healthy percentage of revenue from purchases made

with their gift cards.

Have a K'siva Vichasima Tova!

W hen you pack lunch

meals or snacks

which require the use of a

fork or spoon, please

include the necessary utensils

(preferably disposable) in your

child’s lunch box. The offices will

not be able to supply these items

to the children. Thank you for your

cooperation.

A ll drinks sent in to school must

be in unbreakable, plastic or

cardboard containers only. Glass

bottles will not be permitted at any

time.

Socks must be worn at all times

and must reach above the ankle for

girls in grades 1 and 2. Girls in

grades 3,4 & 5 must wear knee

socks every day. Crocs are not

allowed in school. Your cooperation

is most appreciated.

O ur uniform policy is designed to

e nha nc e t he l e a rn i n g

environment while maintaining

comfort for the children. Please

review the uniform policy as it has

changed from last year.

Colors for tops: girls and boys—

white, light blue, and hunter green

only. Remember that non-TEAM

logos and lace trimmings on shirts

are not acceptable. Girls in grades

3, 4, & 5 must wear sleeves that

cover their elbows.

SCHOOL UNIFORMS

PLEASE PACK

PLASTICWARE

NO GLASS BOTTLES PIZZA &

CANTEEN

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O ur Friday

Pizza

Program will

begin on the first Friday after Sukkos

vacation. Order forms will be sent

home upon our return from the Sukkos

break.

FLYER POLICY

PHONE NUMBERS: Please note our phone numbers: Main Line: 305-947-6000 Boys’ Building: 305-948-3338 ECE Line: 305-947-4007 Fax Number: 305-947-0052 Fax—Boys’ Bldg. 305-948-0752

WEBSITE: www.ytcteam.org

E-MAIL ADDRESS: KES@ytcteam.org

Please inform the office immediately

of any changes in home address,

e-mail address, home phone or

cell phone numbers.

PLEASE NOTE

T oras Emes accepts approved

business advertisements for

distribution to our families. To have

your flyer distributed, please send us a

print-ready original or e-mail a copy of

the flyer by Wednesday at noon on the

second and fourth weeks of the month.

The flyers will be stapled together as a

supplement to the weekly newsletter.

The fee is $40 per week and payment

must be received in advance, checks

payable to Toras Emes. Flyers

announcing appropriate community

events will continue to be distributed

free of charge as in the past, provided

the 400 copies are received by

Wednesday noon, for that week. First

deadline for flyers is Wednesday,

September 11.

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Erev Shabbos Parashas Netzavim-Vayeilech 5773

Dear Parents,

The first few weeks of the school year stimulate discussions of our children’s hopes and dreams for the year. Some say they want to learn how to be better at making friends, some dream of improving their bas-ketball skills and some want to improve in reading Rashi. The excitement and nervousness of entering a new situation, dealing with new personalities, and anticipating more challenging learning tasks are part of the experience that heralds a year ahead of growth, maturation and development in character as well as academics.

The same should hold true for the parents. As adults, we may have stopped growing physically, but we can never stop growing spiritually, emotionally or intellectually. Our children will respect us and learn so much more from us when they see us learning and trying to improve. Just as telling children “do as I say, not as I do,” is hypocritical and ultimately counterproductive to their development as a mentsch, so too is coercing a child to attend school, to be a diligent student and to complete homework while the parent is lax about learning , about attending shiurim, and about working on self-improvement. If you want your kid to grow, you must be growing yourself.

School may be only for kids, but learning is for everyone. We, as parents, need to commit now, at the start of the school year and less than a week before Rosh Hashana, to rededicate ourselves to Torah learning, to setting solid goals for the entire year. Just as your children’s teachers have a curriculum to guide them through the year, we adults need to consider at the outset – what are our learning goals for the week, for the month and for the year.

Families that celebrate learning at any level, and respect Torah and secular knowledge have a better op-portunity to produce children who are successful in school – not because they’re smarter or have more facts in their head, but because their children are enabled to be excited about learning and to love the pro-cess of learning new things. Attitude is a small thing that’s very important. And the children’s attitude be-gins with what they see and experience at home.

Best wishes to all of us for a successful journey in the year ahead.

Kesiva V’Chasima Tova!

May this last Shabbos of the year be filled with learning, Simcha and Nachas,

Rabbi Kalman Baumann

Principal