Religious School Blog

Shalom Friends -
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Overall last week was a major success! We had a few technical glitches on Monday night however they were discovered and resolved quickly. I thank you for your continued patience! The fourth grade link has been updated on our RS Zoom Link page Link to all Zoom links - must login:  https://www.adatreyim.org/religious-school-zoom-links.html
I am so proud to say that we had almost all of our students on for both Ruach and Minyan! It was so great to see the students get involved and we will continue to pursue ways to do this online. For those of you who did not get a chance to join us I spoke about the word of the year B'Yachad. I find the word very fitting for the times we are in today. The word “b’yachad” in Hebrew means “together”. One can see the root of that word contains the Hebrew word “echad” or “one”. B’yachad is literally doing things “as one”. I also can see how it means that each individual brings a specfic contribution to the group. Click the link below to see the music video I shared at the beginning of Ruach. 
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=LmAtt618_hk&list=RDAMVMLmAtt618_hk

Sunday, October 25th 
10:00am - 11:15am In-Person Grades K/1st & 2nd and Online Class for all OthersClick Here to See All Class Links (must login)
10:00am-12:00pm High Holiday Book Drop Off
11:30am is Exploring Judalism with Rabbi Glazer for Adult- which is sure to be engaging! Click Here to Join Exploring Judasim

Monday, October 26th
5:30pm - 6::45pm In-Person Grades 4th & 5th and Online Class for all Others
7:15pm - 7:45pm Minyan Always Online (Attendance Required for 3rd-6th Grade) Click Here to Join Minyan

In-Person Class Information
In-person class will be held outside both Sunday (high of 52)and Monday (high of 70) - please have your students dress appropriately, especially Monday night for Sundown. The students are required to wear their masks the entire class and we will be socially distant. The outdoor classroom will be setup so that they have their seats/space to stay in. Students will have there temperture checked, please do not leave until you have seen the "wave" from me. Parents will not be allowed in the building or to walk their students to class. If you chose to stay in the parking lot please keep your masks on and stay socially distant from others. Students will only be allowed in the restrooms one at a time, however please have students use the restroom before they arrive. Hand sanitizer will available and extra masks as needed. We will not be serving any food or drink and do not want them to bring food so please have your students eat before arriving!!!

Not Coming to In-Person Learning
If your students class is meeting in person and your student is not attending in-person but will attend via Zoom please communicate that to your teacher today so we can make sure we have a laptop or ipad in place. 

We have a very limited amount of class time both online and in-person so we want as few distruptions as possible and would like to encourage everyone to arrive on time. If you do not have your login or your students login for Shalom Learning please let me know.

The religious school calendar is locatated here: https://www.adatreyim.org/welcome-to-adat-reyim-religious-school.html if you want to book mark it. In addition I save all of my communication on the RS Blog located here:  https://www.adatreyim.org/religious-school-blog.html
 If you have any questions please call or text my cell for immediate need/response (708)261-8971, especially during school please use this number.

Shabbat Shalom-

Elizabeth Bayer
Executive Director and Religious School Administrator
Congregation Adat Reyim
6500 Westbury Oaks Court
Springfield, Virginia 22152
execdirector@adatreyim.org
religiousschool@adatreyim.org
(703)569-7577