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 Dear Parents and Friends,

 

 

Well, the warm weather makes the end of the school year more of a reality.  Only 2 more  weeks, and 2 great weeks they will be.  In the meantime I would like to welcome a few people to our staff and give best wishes to a few who will be leaving us. 

 

We will be saying a bitter sweet goodbye to Dina Adelsky, our Institutional Advancement Director, as she and her family move to Boston.  Dina's husband Sol will be pursuing his medical residency in Cambridge, MA and Dina has accepted a development position at Beth Israel Hospital.  We wish them both all the best with their precious children.  We thank Dina for these last two years of dedicated commitment to JCDSRI.

 

We will also be  saying a bitter sweet goodbye to Mr. Ben, our beloved music and computer teacher.  Mr. Ben has decided to pursue his music career in New York, and he will be sorely missed.  Who will continue to teach the kids how to create computerized music????

 

We welcome Rotem Goldshmid to our staff.  Rotem will be teaching Hebrew to our 4th and 5th graders,  as we thank Naomi Stein and Lisa Greenberg for their dedicated and professional teaching of Hebrew this past year.  Naomi Schorch Stein will continue at JCDSRI in a different role as Director of Admissions and Recruitment.  Naomi returns to this position, and we are delighted to have her back in the admissions saddle at JCDSRI. 

 

We also welcome Alison Walter as our new Development Director!  Finally Alison will actually get paid for all the hard work she does on behalf of JCDSRI.  What a line-up!!

 

A hearty MAZAL TOV to Morah Ilana Kapach!  Ilana is this year's Rhode Island's recipient of the Eliash/Grinspoon-Steinhardt Award for Excellence in Jewish Education.   Ilana will be honored at the Alliance Annual Meeting on June 10th @ 7:00
 p.m.  For all of the children and parents who have been the beneficiaries of Morah Ilana, you know how deserving she is.  Mazal Tov, Ilana!

 

Lastly, read about a recent study by a senior fellow at the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, New Jersey - not a Jewish day school professional- that notes: "attending private religious schools is associated with the highest level of academic achievement among the three school types [religious private schools, charter schools, and public schools], even when sophisticated controls are used to adjust for socioeconomic status.]  http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/a-sharp-new-advocacy-tool-for-jewish-day-schools/ 

 

Have a wonderful weekend and a sweet Shabbat Shalom!


 

With warm regards,

Renee Rudnick

Head of School

Jewish Community Day School of RI

(401) 751-2470

irudnick@jcdsri.org

 

        For Your Calendar:               

                 
June: 
    2      JCDSRI Rocking Gala  
    4      Kindergarten Naming                           Ceremony         8:15 a.m.
    5      JCDSRI Annual Meeting
                 Reception for 
                 Mrs. Rudnick    6:00 p.m.
                Annual Meeting 7:00 p.m.
    6      Grade 2 Authors' Tea 
                                            8:30 a.m.
    6      Giggles in the Garden-                                Public Preschool Story                             Time     10:00 a.m.
    7    Parents Association                            Special Field Day for                               JCDSRI Students
  10    Pre-K End of Year                                Celebration         2:00 p.m.
  10    Ice Cream Social for all                         with 
Mrs. Rudnick                                                                         3:30 p.m.
  11   JCDSRI Student Talent                                  Show       2:15 p.m.  
  12   Classes of 2010, 2011 &
                 2012 Pizza with                
                Mrs. Rudnick     5:30 p.m.
  12   Student Art Show   6:00 p.m.
               Beatle Torah!!   7:00 p.m.
  13   Yearbook Distribution 
                                          10:35 a.m.
  13   Giggles in the Garden-Public Outdoor Preschool Story Time                                                  10:00 a.m.
  14      Graduation         10:00 a.m.               and 
Last Day of School
              Dismissal at        noon


A peek at the 2013-2014 
School Year!
NOTE: The 2013-2014 School Calendar has been added to the website calendar.

 July, 2013:
 July 4   Office closed
 All Fridays in July the School Office will be closed

August, 2013:
All Fridays in August the School Office will be closed
August 12    Victory Day    School Office closed

September, 2013:
    2    Labor Day              NO SCHOOL
    3    First Day of Classes
    4    Early Dismissal for Rosh Hashana   11:30 a.m.
    5,6  Rosh Hashana        NO SCHOOL
    13   Early Dismissal for Yom Kippur      11:30 a.m.
    19, 20   Sukkot            NO SCHOOL
    26, 27   Simchat Torah  NO SCHOOL
   
JCDSRI ROCK STAR GALA 
THIS SUNDAY, JUNE 2!
             
  

 

We're looking forward to SUCH a fun night at the JCDS Rock and Roll Gala on 
Sunday night, starting at 5:00pm at 
The Met in Pawtucket. 
If you haven't had a chance to RSVP yet,
we want you to know it's not too late! 
You can come and pay at the door.
If you have any questions about the evening (or would like to volunteer to help set up during the day), please be in touch at pa@jcdsri.org
 CLICK Additional Information and an Updated  List of Auction Items
 

Vacation for the family?  How about 
a week on Martha's Vineyard?

Tired of cooking?  Does a 
Kosher Shabbat meal for 8 people 
at your home 
sound tempting?

 

Plus so much more, including

gift certificates to restaurants and shops, jewelry, student-made items, etc.

We have also been blessed to have a phenomenal head of school these last three years at JCDSRI. Please join in the festivities to show
Renee Rudnick how much you have appreciated her dedication to our school:
Wednesday, June 5 at 6:00 p.m.
A light reception for Renee will be held just prior to the JCDSRI Annual Meeting at 7:00 p.m.

Monday, June 10 at 3:30 p.m.
This is a student-based thank you to Mrs. Rudnick and it is 'topped off' with ICE CREAM!!

We look forward to your company and certainly Renee will appreciate your good wishes. renee kid LIGHT

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Thank you to our fabulous 
Parents' Association for sponsoring an end-of-the-school-year outing at 
Camp JORI on Friday, June 7th, from 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.  
 All students need to bring:  a bagged lunch and snacks, 
sun-screen, bathing suit, towel, hat and water.  
All items should be labeled.  
This event will occur RAIN OR SHINE!!  
Thank you, also, to Ronni Guttin and the Camp JORI staff for hosting our school.
Please return the permission slip found in your child's backpack today or print out from this link.

Know families with preschoolers?

Share information about our

free outdoor story times:

Giggles in the Garden info

EVERY Thursday, 10-11am until June 27th. 

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Summer Reading Folders

To help reduce the "summer slide in reading" (INFO) students in incoming grades K-5 will receive summer reading folders with suggested booklists. In addition, students  in incoming grades 2, 3 and 4 will receive individualized Guided Reading Booklists. Karolyn White, librarian, is the summer reading coordinator.

 

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israeli animated flag An Israel connection 
right in your home!

The JCC is delighted to welcome 

Rotem Bar and Dan Azoulay as Shlichim (emissaries) 

to the J-camp summer camp program. 

We invite families to host Rotem and Dan 

this summer,for 2-3 weeks at a time. 

Don't miss this great opportunity for your families 

to make a personal connection to Israel

 through the eyes of these dedicated young people. 

For more info please contact Shanon Boucher

Sboucher@shalomri.org, 401-421-4111x147"


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2012-2013 Annual

Parent Campaign

 

Thank you to the 75% of JCDSRI parents who have contributed to the parent campaign in support of the school!  Our goal is 100% participation! Click Here to make your gift and do your part to help ensure that your child has the most fantastic education possible!  

 To make your donation online, please go to http://www.jcdsri.org/donate  

A huge thank you to those parents who have already made their gift!

Bring In: East Side Market Receipts  

Printer-Receipt 

and Box Tops for Education

Our school benefits from your consideration of JCDSRI when saving your receipts and boxtops.  Drop them off at the lobby desk. 

Thank you

 

Contact Information
Eileen Ellis
Executive Assistant 
Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island
401-751-2470
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Mazal Tov
to PreK and Kindergarten teacher, Ilana Kapach, for being selected as this year's recipient of the 
Lea Eliash/

Grinspoon-Steinhardt Award for Excellence in Jewish Education. 

  Ilana award

The Grinspoon-Steinhardt Awards for Excellence in Jewish Education are designed to recognize teachers in communities across North America who have made a commitment to the field of Jewish education. The awards honor outstanding classroom-based teachers in formal Jewish educational settings (early childhood through grade 12). 

We have been blessed to have Ilana teaching at our school for the past 11 years and continue to look forward to having her students and their families benefit from Ilana's gifts and talents in years to come.

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Thank you to the following donors who have contributed to the
2013 Annual Campaign!!
 
(A special note of thanks, also, to Sharon Sock for her beautiful design-work and stationary purchases.)
  

Dina and Sol Adelsky

Paul and Sheila Alexander

Hepzibah and Dani Alon

Melvin and Patty Alperin

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Phyllis Arakie

The Aronson Foundation

Nathan and Karen Beraha

Berger Recycling

Joel and Mozelle Berkowitz

Guy Bermel and Sara Frankel Bermel

Grace and Warren Blake

Andrew and Beverly Blazar

Sharon Bonn

Allan Brenman

Alan and Evelyn Brier

Mark Brody and Samantha Morse

Bromberg-Rosenstein Family

Meital Cafri

Rafael Castillo and Anna Kuperman

George and Brenda Clayson

David Cohen

Justin and Deborah Doyle

Tom Doyle and Amy Goldberg

Donald and Bonnie Dwares

Alice Eichenbaum

Alex and Mira Eides

Eileen Ellis

Elisheva Ellis

Francois and Rachael Elmaleh

The Elms Foundation

Jonathan and Ruth Fain

Martin and Gloria Feibish

Ed and Barbara Feldstein

Barbara Fields

Arthur Fixler

Diane Frankel
Maria and Gary Frankel
Sharon and Alan Gaines

Stephen and Celia Gamm

Lilli and Barry Garfinkel

Naama Gidron and Peter Wuerhl

Ethne Girard

Maurice and Yetta Glicksman
Arthur Goldberg

Shirley Aronson Goldberg Foundation

Alice and Sidney Goldstein

David and Robyn Goldstein

Ruth Goldstein

Howard and Gilda Greenberg

Cathy and Ira Greenblatt

Leslie and Janet Gutterman

Ronni and William Guttin

Rabbi Ami and Lori Hersh

Hope and David Hirsch

Jeffrey Hirsch

Jeremy and Amanda Isenberg

Dick and Lana Israel

Hildy and Richard Itkin

Jordana and Dan Jaffee

Charles and Susan Kahn

Cindy Benson and Raphael Kanter

Elizabeth and David Kaplan

Herbert Kaplan

Celia Katz

Marilyn and Larry Katz

Steven Jacobson and Andrea Katzman

Alex and Lisa Kaufman

Joanna and Rebecca Kislak Brown

Stan and Emily Kotler

Alisa and Laurence Kotler-Berkowitz

Elaine Kroll

Bernice and Richard Kumins

Seth Kurn and Barbara Harris

Leslie and Robert Landau

Ruth and George Landow

Rochelle Rosen and John Landry

Barbara Lazarus

Saul and Elsie Leeman

Pam Levanos

Judith and Mayer Levitt

Naveh and Sarah Levy

Ellie and David Lewis

Jacob and Maybeth Lichaa

Jonah and Rasmi Licht

Richard and Roanne Licht

Elana Litmanovich and

     Maxim Bashkirov

Toby and David London

Lori Lowinger

Debbie Mann and Josh Jacobs

Sarah Mack and Jeff Isaacs

Aryeh Maidenbaum

David and Rose Malkin

Cathy Mann and Fred Friedman

Shlomo Marcovich

Daniel and Ivy Marwil

Gabriel Mernoff

Laura and Stephen Mernoff

Carol and David Mersky

Debra and Jack Nassau

Martin and Dianne Newman

David and Tina Odessa

Neal and Leanna Olitsky

Janet Ostro

Mara Ostro

Marc and Debra Page

Rebekah Page

Ruth and Laurence Page

Libby and Steven Peiser

Robert and Marjorie Pelcovitz

Gabriella Rothman and Andrew Pessin

Nancy Rachman

Mordechai and Nechama          Rackover

Galit and Roii Raz

Joan Ress Reeves

Marcia Riesman

Arthur and Judy Robbins

Hershey and Myrna Rosen

Jay and Karyn Rosenfield

Judy and Jay Rosenstein

David and Kristin Rosler

Sally and Fred Rotenberg

Harold and Irene Rudnick

Leonard Rumpler

Lester and Rose Sagan

Ronald Salavon

David Sheer

Susan and Stanley Shuman

Mathew and Deborah Shuster

Will Sikov and Susan Norman

Adam and Meredith Sinel

Ira and Cathy Singer

Garrett and Sharon Sock

Judith and Edward Spindell

Selma Stanzler

Ezra and Varda Steiglitz

Jerome and Hadassah Stein

Naomi and Steven Stein

Penney Stein

Shoshana Landow and Ethan Stein

Herb Stern

Josef and Natalia Sternberg

Joseph Subotnik

Rose and Daniel Subotnik

Myra Tattenbaum

Brian Tesar and Lisa Greenberg

Cheryl Teverow and Jim Krupanski 

Joshua Teverow

Michael and Jill Thaler 

Alfred and Rachel Venditto

Alex and Larisa Vlasov

Mindy Wachtenheim

Bradley and Alison Walter

Jerry and Stephanie Wasserman

Rachel Friedberg and David Weil

Elizabeth Weissman

Michele Mericle and Richard Wiebe

David and Faye Wisen

Craig Woda and Rachel Mersky Woda

Bruce and Marlene Wolpert

Leslie and Keith Woods

Matt and Jamie Faith Woods

Cynthia and Henry Zanger

May-Ronny Zeidman

Deborah Zuckerman

Melvin and Janet Zurier