The Charlotte Jewish News - September 2013 - Page 4
L’Shanah Tovah Choo Choo
By Elka Bernstein and Becca
Weiner
The Charlotte Jewish Pre-
sehool has weleomed all our stu
dents baek for the 2013/14 sehool
year. July 29 began the new
sehool year for our full day stu
dents and August 26 was the first
day baek for all our half day stu
dents. Our staff is happy to have
everyone together again under one
roof. Both the full day program
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APPLE. PICKINS
FOR YOUN6 FAMILIES
(Geared for preschoolers 2 and up)
celebrate the successful launch of PJ Library in
our Charlotte Jewish community.
PICK a variety of luscious apples
at a family friendly orchard.
ENJOY the many great features at
Carrigan Farms!
Sunday, September 15
10:00 am
Carrigan Farms, Mooresville, NC
$10 per person (children under 2 are free)
Includes hayrlde, tour, cider tasting and
half a peck of apples to take homel
Register online at
wiA^.jewishcharlotte.org
(RSfP Required by ^ept 12)
and half day program
started a week earlier
this year in order for
our students to adjust
to their new elass-
rooms before the High
Holy Days.
Along with starting
the new sehool year,
our ehildren will be-
eome aequainted with
the Jewish New Year
and all the holidays that quiekly
follow. The Charlotte Jewish Pre-
sehool was fortunate to send our
amazing Judaie teaeher, Morah
Beeea, to the NewCAJE (Coali
tion for the Advaneement of Jew
ish Edueation) eonferenee in
Dudley, MA. This eonferenee is
an opportunity for Jewish eduea-
tors of any denomination to eome
together in a eollaborative ex-
ehange of ideas. For four days,
Morah Beeea worked with Jewish
edueators and eollaborated to im
prove sehool elassrooms and les
son plans. NewCAJE energized
Morah Beeea with exeiting ideas
for the upeoming sehool year.
With the new sehool year upon
us, it is vital that we hit the ground
running with renewed vigor and
energy. It is fitting that at the be
ginning of our sehool year we eel-
ebrate Rosh Hashanah. It is a
great time to ereate elassroom
goals with our students and fellow
edueators so that we ean work to
ward aehievement throughout the
year. While we are off to a very
busy start, Morah Beeea along
with our elergy will make the hol
iday learning experienee fun, in-
teraetive and edueational. All our
students from the ones to the
fives, will all hop aboard the
L’Shanah Tovah Choo Choo.
Eaeh stop of the L’ Shanah Tovah
Choo Choo will take us on a ride
through September as we explore
the start of the new sehool/Jewish
year. Students will toss away their
“baggage” and blow the shofar to
announee their arrival at eaeh sta
tion. The L’ Shanah Tovah stations
will also introduee our students to
Sukkot and Simehat Torah so they
ean get a taste of eaeh holiday that
makes the beginning of our year
speeial and exeiting.
As we take a ride on our train,
our fours and PreK will be the
Chariotte Jewish
Preschool
first elasses to experi
enee our new initiative
to teaeh ehildren to
stand up and support
friends when they see
an injustiee. With the
help of a very speeial
CJP parent, Jenny
Tueker, we were able to
ereate a program that is
age appropriate and
positive for our young
students. Jenny Tueker has many
years experienee as a teaeher and
sehool eounselor. Our new Kavod
eurrieulum eomes from our reeent
Joined in Edueation program.
Stand Up to Bullying. After hear
ing Lee Hirseh and Barbara Col-
orosa speak, we were energized to
find a way to teaeh our presehool-
ers kavod (respeet), and chesed
(kindness) for eaeh other. This
eurrieulum is a great kiekoff to
our holiest time of year where we
refieet on the past year and refieet
on how to be a better person. Our
Kavod program will provide a
hands on experienee, as well as,
aeknowledgement of proaetively
looking for opportunities to be a
good friend.
Another benefit to attending
NewCAJE was the eonneetions
made by Morah Beeea. She be-
eame part of a soeial networking
group for early ehildhood eduea
tors. As a member of this group,
she will have the opportunity to
stay in elose toueh with her peer
group and swap ideas as often as
needed. She ean pose questions to
other early ehildhood edueators
and help others with the knowl
edge she has garnered by working
at the CJR The new knowledge
and eonneetions made at New
CAJE will benefit all our families
and staff
With the High Holy days
quiekly approaehing, CJP would
like to wish everyone L shanah
Tovah Tikatevu V’taihatem, may
you be inseribed and sealed for a
good year.
Learn. Grow. Conneet. with
our staff and families at the Char
lotte Jewish Presehool. For further
information on how to enroll your
ehild into our wonderful world of
learning, please eontaet Alyson
Kalik at 704-944-6776 or aka-
lik@shalomeharlotte.org. ^
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Sunday, October 6, 2013
10:00 am
Darby Acres Farm
9396 Hutchinson Lane, Charlotte, NC
$10 per family (children under 2 are free)
Register online at
www.jewishcharlotte.org
PJ Library invites you..
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Join us for a
morning of fun on the farm
Activities will include:
■ Tour of the farm
■ Feed the animals
■ Craft
■ Snack
Questions??? Contact Tair Giudice
tair.giudicG@jGwishcharlotte.org
704.944.6759
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