SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

August 28, 2020
8 Elul 5780



Head of School Message

Dear Parents,

As Head of School, it is my pleasure to welcome everyone back for another great school year! I know we are all excited to have students back in our classrooms filling them with energy and enthusiasm for learning. Although school looks a little different this year, our students continue to be lovingly guided by our dedicated faculty and staff. We all look forward to the day we can come together to celebrate the end of the pandemic and the beginning of a new season but in the interim school marches on!

We have many great plans for the school year ahead and look forward to sharing at our upcoming Virtual Parents’ Night on Wednesday, September 2, 2019 at 7:00pm. I hope you find the evening informative. If you can’t make it, please be sure to e-mail your child's teachers to get the information or schedule a time to meet.

Tuesday, September 15, 2020 is our 32nd Annual Bob Josephberg Classic Golf Tournament. This tournament is our school’s biggest fundraiser and we truly can’t thank the donors enough for supporting our school. We are still looking for volunteers to help out during the event. If you are interested please contact Carly Glikman.

As we begin the new school year of 2020-21, let’s all work together to ensure the health and safety of our school community! Below you will see some reminders for next week. 

Shabbat Shalom,

Heather Moore
Head of School
We had a wonderful first day of school on Monday!
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PARENTS: PLEASE REMEMBER MASKS ARE REQUIRED WHEN DROPPING OFF YOUR CHILDREN IN THE CARPOOL LINE FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR FACULTY.
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9/2 SIA Virtual Parent's Night, 7pm (meeting links will be sent out)

9/7 No School/ Labor Day/ Fullcare Closed

9/15 SIA Golf Tournament

9/18 Erev Rosh Hashanah/ No School/ Fullcare Open until 4pm/ Sundown Open

9/28 Yom Kippur/ No School/ Fullcare and Sundown Closed
Parent Volunteer Organization
Welcome Back SIA & a warm welcome to all NEW Families!

We are the PVO parent organization chairs.
Sharon Debb: Mom of Avi, Grade 3 and two SIA Alumni
Tammy Rivera: Mom of Emma, Grade 3 and two SIA Alumni
Allena Anglen: Mom of Ronald in Toddlers and Raleigh in EY4 (left)
Nina Kruger: Mom of Liam, EY4 (right)
Melissa Kass: Mom of Jonah, Grade 4; Micah, Grade 1 and Alexa, EY2
SIA is such a special parent community, and we are sorry to not be able to enjoy our usual parent events such as our annual SIA Back to School Coffee and Shabbat Family Sing-a-long mornings. We are working to create opportunities for parents to participate and meet each other virtually!


If you would like to be a room parent, please let your child's teacher know! Melissa will be reaching out to Room Parents for a virtual room parent meeting in September.

We look forward to meeting you virtually and hopefully in person soon!
SIA Golf Tournament
Dear Parents,

We hope you and your family are settling nicely back into the school routine. With the first day of school behind us, that means our 32nd Annual SIA Golf Tournament (aka Bob Josephberg Classic) is right around the corner on Tuesday, September 15, 2020, at Bayville Golf Club in Virginia Beach.

The Golf tournament is the school’s biggest fundraiser, and it is always a VERY FUNFILLED day. Thanks to our generous supporters we raise close to $135,000 every year which helps keep the school accessible to all families and enables SIA to continue offering our IB® candidate curriculum and programs for your children.

It is a long standing tradition for our parents and trustees to get involved and support any way they can. This is how you can help:

Our tournament will see COVID-19 safety changes this year as we continue to monitor current CDC guidelines and regulations set by Governor Northam. We assure you that our first priority is to make sure that all volunteers and players are able to participate safely, and we hope that you will join us on the golf course.

If you have any questions about the tournament, please email me at [email protected] by September 4th.

Thank you for supporting our wonderful school!

All the best,

Carly Glikman
Director of Development
Ways to Support SIA
Help Raise Money for SIA

Harris Teeter will automatically give a percentage to SIA everytime you show and use your VIC Card!
Download the ALL-NEW Box Tops app, shop as you normally would, scan your store receipts to find participating products. The app will automatically credit your school's Box Tops earnings online.

Twice a year, your school will receive a check and can use that cash to buy whatever it needs!
Cardo Cafe through the Simon Family JCC
Challah Sales
Challah is available for $5 (cash only) at the JCC front desk during morning drop off on Fridays. The JCC will be sending home order forms for round Challah that will go home with students for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
Birthday Treat Options
Ice Pops which can be ordered through the school through the following link: Birthday Ice Pop order form

Birthday cupcakes or cookies can be ordered through the Cardo Cafe on campus. Please use this form and attach payment and cupcakes will be delivered to your child's classroom. Parents can send form and payment in at student drop off or take directly to Cardo Cafe at the JCC.
Campus Lunch Program
The program is ready to take orders now. Please sign-up or check your Orgsonline school lunch account to make sure it is active.  Early Years lunches are $3.30 and Primary Years lunches are $5.50. Once you have completed your ordering, print and post at home so you remember which days you ordered.

The lunch program is not offered to infants & wobblers.

If you have any questions about the lunch program, email Benita Watts at [email protected] or Linda Bridges at [email protected].