Charlotte Jewish News - November 2015 - Page 9
Abby Kosofsky Establishes a New Fund for Alumni at CJDS
Charlotte Jewish Day Sehool is
proud to announee the establish
ment of the Charlotte Jewish Day
Sehool Bar and Bat Mitzvah
Fund. This new fund was ereated
by CJDS Alumni Abby Kosofsky,
in honor of her Bat Mitzvah in
Oetober 2015, to benefit ehildren
in the Charlotte eommunity who
may need additional finaneial as-
sistanee beyond what the sehool
may be able to award in order to
Abby Kosofsky
attend CJDS. Upon her gradua
tion, Abby wanted to make it a re
ality for as many ehildren as
possible to attend CJDS, so that
they too, eould experienee and
benefit from the warm and nurtur
ing atmosphere of Yiddishkeit.
To start the fund, Abby is do
nating her gifts from her Bat Mitz
vah and she hopes that the fund
beeomes an opportunity for all
CJDS graduates to eontinue the
mitzvah of tzedakah by eontribut-
ing to the fund at the time of their
Bar or Bat Mitzvah or their birth
day.
Abby is now in sixth grade at
Charlotte Seeondary Middle
Sehool in Charlotte. Abby attends
Talmud Torah and is a member of
the Bat Mitzvah Club at Ohr Ha
Torah and is a member of the He
brew Club for CJDS Alumni.
While a student at CJDS she used
her talents for self-expression
through poetry. Below was a
poem she wrote in Fifth Grade.
Expressing Gratitude at the Jewish
Preschool on Sardis
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eiative that you ehose to jump in
and take on the ehallenge this
year.
Ms. Galia, thank you for your
tender toueh with our young kids.
Your gentle tone, your Israeli
heritage and your understanding
of our families’ needs is un-
matehed.
Ms. Jane, thank you for finding
JPS at the perfeet time. We love
your experienee, your playful na
ture and your enthusiasm you
bring to eaeh day.
Ms. Jayme, thank you sharing
your passion of all things Judaiea.
It is a speeial thing to have ehild
after ehild request Ms. Jayme to
eseort him/her into the elassroom
at earpool.
Ms. Jen, thank you for your
danee parties, your potty danee,
and your morning exeitement as
you greet eaeh ehild that enters
your room of fun.
Ms. Kate, thank you for your
dry wit and your dedieation to
JPS. After nearly two deeades,
you have a following of fans that
span presehool through eollege
now.
Ms. Lisa, thank you for stiek-
ing by my side through so mueh
growth and ehange over the past
few years at JPS. Our sueeesses
would not be without your support
and help eaeh and every day.
Ms. Mindy, thank you for tak
ing a quiek inquiry to a position at
JPS. Your love of those youngest
kids at sehool sets the bar for in
fant eare in Charlotte.
Ms. Nancy, thank you for
keeping our musie program at JPS
moving forward. We love the new
tunes and the spirited musie you
bring eaeh week in musie time and
our beloved Shabbat Send-off.
Ms. Virginia, thank you for
taking the leap of faith and help
ing us start and grow our infant
program. You are the eore that
started it all and we eould not have
ehosen a better person to get it
running and thriving.
Ms. Wanda, thank you for
pushing through your edueation
goals and matehing that dediea
tion with moving the field, JPS
and your elassroom forward. You
are an inspiration to all who know
you.
How lueky 1 am this year for all
the sueeesses and support to
keep JPS at the top of the early
ehildhood edueation field. Wish
ing eaeh of you the same all year
long. ^
“What good is it to turn fifty with an
unwrinkied face if there’s ne iight
behind the eyes, ne passien in the veice,
ne new ideas happening inside the
headP Why hepe te iive a ieng iife if we’re
eniy geing to fiii it with seif-ahsorption,
body maintenance, and image repairP
When we die, do we want peopie to
exciaim, “She iooked ten years younger,’’
or do we want them to say, “She iived
agreatiife’’P
-Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Getting Over Getting Older
I am
/ am creative and bright
I wonder day and night
I hear all of night
I see colorful light
I am creative and bright
I pretend life is easy
I feel quite queasy
I worry every day
I cry for a fight
I am creative and bright
I understand the course of the
world
I say things of life
I dream of things so steep
I hope for peace
I am creative and bright
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