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01 Feb 2019
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Weeks 20 and 21: Monday, January 21st – Friday, February 1st

Hebrew 

Dear parents,
This week the students are watching an Israeli movie named “Apples From the Desert”. the movie is based on a short story by Savion Liebrecht. While watching the movies, the students learn new vocabulary, discuss dilemmas and conflicts that the characters deal with in the movie. After watching the movies, the students will be able to read the story and lead class discussions on the differences between the movie and the story.
I wish everyone a relaxing weekend,
Andreea

Heritage

להורים שלום,
השבוע המשכנו לשוחח על יחידת ההגירה אבל מההיבט של ילדים בלתי חוקיים. במסגרת זאת אנו ממשיכים לצפות בסרט הישראלי “נודל” שמתוכו עולים סוגיות שונות.
בנוסף לזה הגיעו אלינו השינשינים לפעילות סביב המשחק סיכון.
סוף שבוע טוב,
אילנה
Humanities

ELA: Students completed their performance of a scene from the Crucible.  In the next two weeks, students work on book club unit focusing on historical fiction that explores the institution of slavery in the United States.

Social Studies: Students completed their essays on whether the Revolutionary War was avoidable. In the next two weeks, students will learn about the Declaration of Independence and decide whether our country still upholds the ideals expressed in the document.

Israel

Dear parents,
For the next few weeks, the students are teaching their peers about important and events in the modern history after the state of Israel, 1982 and on. The students have spent the last month researching the topics and preparing their presentations. Feel free to ask your child to teach you about their topics as well!
Have a great weekend,
Phyllis and Andreea

Judaic Studies 

8th graders are looking at ethical issues through the lens of Jewish texts. What does it mean to see Judaism as a resource for making difficult moral decisions? We are focusing on an actual case from 1977: conjoined twins — Baby A and Baby B. If left conjoined, both babies will certainly die. If separated, Baby A’s death would give Baby B a chance to survive. This case was brought to the great Orthodox halachic authority, Rabbi Moshe Feinstein. We will be looking at every one of the sources Rabbi Feinstein consulted in order to draw our own conclusions about how Judaism would resolve this painful dilemma.

Shabbat shalom!

Jessica

Math

The eighth grade play is over and we’re back to learning Math
Graphing the parabola of a projectile’s flight path
Hoping during next week’s test there’s nobody that flunks
Studying hard to conquer what Ben has dubbed “Quaddy Funks”
Quadratic Functions is the name and it’s not so hard to learn
If you put in time and effort, a one hundred is what you’ll earn
Along with those are Linear Functions which are easier to master
But if you don’t know intercepts, you’re headed for disaster
Slopes are also crucial as they show us rates of change
See the function in standard form and then you rearrange
To slope-intercept form which provides important information
Never fear, the end goal’s near; in two weeks you have vacation

Science

Science has continued with our culinary science exploration. Groups have been focusing on mastering techniques in order to transform raw potatoes and apples into a different states. While groups worked on these transformation challenges, others were independently using simulation software to explore the concept of how different metals transfer heat and chemical tests used to detect different nutrients in food samples. The whole class also conducted an experiment to discover which kind of solutions would reduce the process of browning of fruit. We will continue this exploration of culinary science in the weeks ahead.

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