Greetings Adat Reyim Families,
How fast this year has come and gone is incredible. We have come to the end of our school year. I want to send a big THANK YOU to all of our parents for being patient with us this year as we continued to navigate this constantly changing pandemic. Our students have flourished beautifully and I am so pleased with how well everyone has done this year. Also, a large THANK YOU to our staff and Madrichim! Our teachers are the best of the best and we are so grateful to them for their hard work this year.
Each teacher has completed end of the year progress reports for every student in Kindergarten-7th grade. You will receiving those via email next week so please be on the lookout for that.
Lastly, if you have a student in 3rd-6th grade next year, please make sure you fill out this quick questionnaire by TODAY, May 13. Remember, this form is only helping us to gauge interest for our Hebrew program next year and see what everyone's needs are. This is not a permanent decision for anyone whatsoever. Click here for the questionnaire .
Please note: There has been a small uptick in positive COVID-19 cases in our community. Please, if your child has any COVID-19 symptoms (runny nose, cough, fever, etc.), please keep them home and protect our community. If we see symptoms develop while at school, we will contact you to come and pick up your child. Masks will continue to be optional for all outdoor programming, but encouraged and will continue to be required indoors throughout the rest of the school year.
What is Coming Up?
2022-2023 Religious School Registration Is Now Open!
All families with incoming Kindergarten-7th grade students are now eligible to register for the 2022-2023/5783 school year! Early bird pricing will be available to all families who complete registration online AND pay a $200 deposit per student by May 22nd. Families must also be up-to-date on their current religious school tuition payments to be able to register for next year. Register today by clicking here!
Sunday, May 22- End of Year Celebration and 7th Grade Celebration
10:00-12:00 PM- Please join us for this fun morning as we celebrate the end of the year as a school community! Each class will be presenting something that they have worked on this year. We will honor our staff and Madrichim, celebrate our 7th grade students, and enjoy a sweet treat at the end of the morning! We are planning for this event to be outdoors so please bring your lawn chairs. In the case of inclement weather, we will move indoors into the sanctuary.
Sunday, May 22- Teen Social Calendar Planning Meeting & Pizza Lunch
12:00-12:45 PM- FREE event at Adat Reyim
All current 7th-11th graders are invited to join us for a teen programming meeting where we will brainstorm ideas for events for teen engagement programs. We are looking for teens who will be in 8th-12th grade next year who want to be leaders and help to create fun social programs for our teens next year.
Pizza lunch will be provided
Please RSVP to Carla at carla.richter@icloud.com by Thursday, May 19
Sunday, May 29- Teen Program Baseball Game with Afghan Teens
1:35 PM- Nationals vs. Colorodo Rockies at Nationals Park
All current 7th-12th graders invited
FREE for registered members of the Teen Program; $36 for all 7th-12th graders
Teens can either meet at stadium at 1:35 PM or meet us at the Franconia-Springfield metro stop at 12:00 PM to ride together (kids must pay for metro)
We will provide a coupon for food purchases but please bring a debit or credit card for other purchases (Nationals Park is cashless)
We will be joined by several Afghan teens and will be getting to know each other during the game.
RSVP to Carla at carla.richter@icloud.com by Sunday, May 22nd
Upcoming Schedule:
Sunday, May 15- Last Sunday of Religious School- 9:00-11:15 AM
Wednesday, May 18- Last Wednesday of Religious School- 5:30-7:10 PM
Saturday, May 21- Bar Mitzvah of Scott Hill- Mazel Tov, Scott!
Sunday, May 22- 10:00 AM End of Year School-wide program and 7th Grade Celebration Ceremony & 12:00 PM- Teen Program Planning Meeting and Pizza (All 7th-11th graders invited- email to come soon!)
Next Religious School Committee Meeting Date: Tuesday, June 7 at 8:00 PM
Please reach out to Leah if you would like to receive the Zoom link to join the meeting.
Shabbat Shalom,
Leah
Leah Miller
Religious Education Director
Congregation Adat Reyim
6500 Westbury Oaks Court
Springfield, Virginia 22152
eddirector@adatreyim.org
703-569-7597
I save all of my communication on the RS Blog located here: https://www.adatreyim.org/religious-school-blog.html
