Erev Tov (Good Evening) Adat Reyim Families,
I hope you all have had a safe, healthy, and fun summer! I am so happy to be back from maternity leave and am looking forward to the beginning of the school year! Thank you to everyone who has sent their kind well wishes to our family and for our new baby, Sophie. We are truly blessed and can’t wait for the rest of the Adat Reyim community to meet her soon.
Our staff has spent the past few week in professional development sessions getting ready for the school year and let me tell you, we have lots ruach and we can't wait to get our students back with us again! While I have seen many of you at our High Holiday programming, I haven’t had a chance to see everyone in person yet so please make sure you join us for our religious school Family Sukkah Decorating event next Sunday, September 19th at 10 AM. This event is for current registered students and their families only. If you haven’t registered your child(ren) for the 2021-2022 school year, please do that before Sunday so you can attend our program and meet our staff! Join us for Sukkah decoration making, a fun-filled song session, and a Lulav and Etrog demonstration for all ages! You can register by clicking here.
Since I have returned, the religious school reopening committee has had a chance to meet. We took a lot of the policies we are enforcing from the FCPS guidelines, as you will see below. We would like to share our COVID-19 safety protocols as follows:
1. All Sunday morning classes (K-6th grade) will be held indoors. We will be maintaining social distancing (3 feet) at all times.
2. Masks will be required for all students and staff, indoors and outdoors.
3. NO FOOD will be allowed inside the building at this time. Students may be allowed to bring a water bottle or juice box to school.
4. Parents will not be allowed in the building.
5. All staff members and Madrichim will be fully vaccinated or will be COVID tested weekly.
6. We will be implementing a short health questionnaire, similar to what the Adat Reyim preschool has. Every morning, before you drop off your child(ren) you must take their temperature and fill out this health form. You will get a text message every morning as a reminder. More information on that to come soon.
7. If child or staff member has any symptoms, they may not attend religious school. If we see that a child has symptoms when they arrive, we will contact a parent to have them picked up immediately.
8. If a member of the household of the student or staff member tests positive, that child or staff member may not attend school. We will follow FCPS as far as any kind of quarantine is concerned.
9. If a student is “paused” at their secular school for COVID quarantine, they are also not allowed to come to religious school until they are cleared to attend their secular school. You are obligated to inform the Adat Reyim Religious Education Director if your child is in quarantine, tests positive, or has a household member that is in quarantine or tests positive.
10. Ruach will take place once a month and will be held outdoors until further notice. This will be for students only.
Religious School Schedule:
Sundays (In-Person) Kindergarten-6th grade: 9:00-11:15 AM
Wednesdays (on Zoom) 3rd grade-7th grade: 5:30-7:10 PM
Please know that the safety of our students and our staff is always our top priority. If you have any questions, please contact Steve Adleberg or Jessica Schwab, Religious School Committee Co-Chairs, or Leah Miller, Religious Education Director. If you haven’t had a chance to download our school calendar, please do so by going to the Adat Reyim website https://www.adatreyim.org/welcome-to-adat-reyim-religious-school.html. I can’t wait to see you all next Sunday for our Sukkot event and at our first day of classes on Sunday, October 3rd.
Shana Tovah,
Leah Miller
Religious Education Director
Steve Adleberg and Jessica Schwab, Religious School Committee Co-chairs sadleberg@verizon.net ; jessicalschwab@gmail.com
Congregation Adat Reyim
6500 Westbury Oaks Court
Springfield, Virginia 22152
eddirector@adatreyim.org
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