March 19 – March 23

Math

It was lovely seeing you at the conferences last week!

7X this week finished and reviewed Unit 11: Inequalities. The unit test is scheduled for Monday, March 26th.

7Y this week finished and reviewed Unit 12: Perimeters and Areas of Plane Figures. The unit test is scheduled for Monday, March 26th.

Judaic Studies

Students invented incredible clocks to keep track of the different types of time mentioned in the first mishna: Mishna Berachot, Chapter 1, Mishna 1. As growing leaders of the school, 7th graders will be planning and running Passover seders for the entire middle school. Working in small groups, they are responsible for designing lively, interactive, and educational seders for their middle school classmates. I have been delighted with their creativity and seriousness of purpose.

Shabbat shalom,

Jessica

Hebrew Heritage

הורים יקרים,

השבוע המשכנו לעבוד בנושא ילדים בפרסומות, לאחר דיון נוקב בעד ונגד העסקתם בפרסומות, הצגנו את האמנה המגנה על זכויותיהם של הילדים. כידוע זכויות הילד לא תמיד עומד בראש סולם הערכים והמאבק לשמר אותם מצוי עדיין בעיצומו, בשבוע הבא נדון בהאמנה לזכויות הילד שכתב יאנוש קורצ’אק, רופא מחנך והוגה חינוכי יהודי שהקים בית יתומים בפולין. במהלך מלחמת העולם השנייה הוא סירב להינצל ובחר ללכת עם חינכיו לטרבלינקה.

סוף שבוע נעים ורגוע,

אילנה

Humanities

Thank you for meeting with me during conferences! I loved being able to share some student work and talk about the progress of students’ reading, writing, and communication skills. This week, students finished sharing their short stories and examining stories for narrative elements. We practiced writing structured paragraphs in History in preparation for more research into the Renaissance. We began reading The Diary of Anne Frank, and I’m excited to hear students’ reactions next week.