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| Monday, December 12 - Chanukkah Party at the Burlingame Library, 4:00-5:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 13 - Chanukkah Party at The Reading Bug, 4:00-5:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 14 - Board Meeting, 6:45 p.m. Friday, December 16 - Minimum Day, Noon Dismissal, Winter Break begins after school Saturday, December 24 - First Night of Chanukkah Tuesday, January 3 - School Resumes - Happy New Year! Friday, January 6 - PTO Meeting, 8:30-9:15 a.m. Friday, January 13 - Professional Development Day, No School in Session | |
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| 2017-2018 Major Holiday Calendar While this calendar is subject to change, we hope you will find it helpful in planning your holidays in the 2017-2018 academic year. Click here to view the calendar. | |
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| Save the Date for Wornick's Big Birthday Bash - February 25, 2017
Please save February 25, 2017 to come have fun at Wornick's 30th Birthday Bash at Domenico Winery in San Carlos. We'll be honoring Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Wornick. Book your babysitter now! For more information on sponsoring this event or getting involved, please contact Phoenix Feinbloom at pfeinbloom@wornickjds.org or call 650.378.2621. | |
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| Fires in Israel and Haifa Our hearts go out to all the affected Israelis and our friends in Haifa, especially our partners at the Reali School, who have been displaced due to the fires in the area. With guidance from our local and Reali friends, we can let you know that the best way to aide is to support the Jewish Community Federation (jewishfed.org), The Jewish National Fund which plants trees in Israel (jnf.org), SF Gives Back (sfgivesback.org) set up by San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee to help our sister city, and/or the Masorti organization that lost its entire second story housing, nursery school, Beit Midrash and youth wing (http://masorti.org/project-phoenix/). Toda Raba to all who can help.
K-4th Morning of Peter Pan theme in Hebrew - בוקר עם פיטר פן בעברית
Please save Sunday January 29 9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. for our a K- 4th Hebrew movie theatre experience. Children can wear pajamas and bring their favorite stuffed animals. Coffee, fruit, snacks and popcorn will be provided. Last year's experience was a huge success and we look forward to another fun Hebrew morning. Please contact Michal Braker at mbraker@wornickjds.org if you have any questions. Lost and Found Reminder
Many of the students' lunchboxes are collecting on the outside rack. Please check the rack for missing items and be sure to take them home. It is supposed to rain again, so make sure they get home safe. | |
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| Chanukkah Celebration!
On Friday, December 16, we'll have an all-school celebration of Chanukkah, co-sponsored by the PTO, the Wornick JS Department, and Shalom Ivrit! The students will have art stations, a party in the classroom and a special program - a Chanukkah performance of the Israeli classic Dirah L'Haskir (Apartment to Rent) for Grades TK-5 and a Krav Maga workshop for Grade 6-8. We'll conclude with an all-school Chanukkah nosh - latkes and sufganiyot!
We need parent volunteers starting at 10:15 a.m. to help support the teachers in the classroom activities, help prepare/serve the nosh, and Hebrew speaking parent volunteers for the Krav Maga workshop. Please consider volunteering as a Chanukkah gift to your child's class!
Sign up here.
Chanukkah Wrapping Paper for Sale
We still have Chanukkah wrapping paper and gift labels available for purchase. In the spirit giving back to the community, PTO is excited to help you with your holiday shopping. We are offering some unique Chanukkah items to make your holiday even brighter! A percentage of the proceeds will be donated back to PTO to support future events and activities...it's an all around win-win! Wrapping paper and gift labels are at school now, so this makes your shopping hassle and stress free. Please feel free to share with your friends and relatives! Every sale counts and benefits PTO.
To order click here.
Save the Date for a fun (adult only) evening of Poker on February 2, 2017!
Save the Date for Wornickfest on April 30, 2017 | |
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| Mazel Tov to Michael S. and Danielle S. on becoming B'nai Mitzvah this weekend! | |
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| Joel Abramovitz's Blog: Wonder and Curiosity! One of the most powerful aspects of learning is wondering. We see this every day - students asking questions about life, about their friends, about the content in front of them. It's a natural inclination of a child: to wonder, to ask, to inquire, to ponder. To be curious. As an adult, it's a wondrous thing to witness because as we grow up, we can lose that sense of wonder as a sacrifice to competency and efficiency. But one of the most powerful things we as teachers can do is sustain that sense of wonder. Read more
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| UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday, January 3 - School Resumes Friday, January 6 - PTO Meeting, 8:30-9:15 a.m. Friday, January 13 - Professional Development Day, School Closed Monday, January 16 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, School Closed Friday, January 20 - End of First Semester Tuesday, January 24 - Common Ground: Dr. Kaufman, Woodside Priory, 7:00 p.m. Thursday, January 26 - Scholar in Residence, Rabbi Reuven Firestone, Ulam Gadol, 7:00 p.m. Sunday, January 29 - Peter Pan Morning in Hebrew, Ulam Gadol, 9:30 a.m. - 12 noon. | |
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