MIVASERET MERCAZ
מבשרת מרכז
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Welcome to the first school year at Mercaz Academy!
Many people--staff, students, and community members--devoted their summer to making sure that on Tuesday morning, when our students flood through these doors for the first time, they will find a shining new school in our familiar place. With this first of our regular newsletters, we welcome you into our school as well.
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A message from our principal, Rabbi Kalman Fogel |
The first mitzvah given to the People of Israel, "החדש הזה לכם ראש חדשים ", directs the beit din to begin the Jewish year with the month we became a nation, the month of Nissan. On a deeper level, this mitzvah is speaking directly to us, the Mercaz Academy family.... |
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Come see what we've been up to... |
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Welcome to Our New Staff Members! |
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Rabbi Joshua Kupchik, Executive Director |
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Ms. Karen Leeper, Assistant Principal of General Studies |
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Tikva Goldberg, Second Grade Religious Studies |
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Craig Resmovits, Music Instructor |
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Danielle Wasserman, Learning Center Instructor |
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Mercaz Academy Announces Avital Weissman as Chair of the Board of Education |
We are pleased to announce that Avital Weissman will assume the position of Chair of the Board of Education of Mercaz Academy, as of September 1, 2022. Avital has continuously been deeply involved in Jewish education in both her personal and professional capacities... |
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Familiar Faces in New Places |
- Mrs. Debbie Simpser, Director of Mercaz Academy Learning Center
- Mrs. Lynda Last, Director of Educational Technology
- Mrs. Leah Levy, Communications Coordinator
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Say Hello to These New Students |
NURSERY ALEF: Ethan Eisakharian, Abigail Eshaghian, Cassandra Herbst, Adin Kirschenbaum, Samuel Kusher, Zachary Rosen, Dov Yankovich. NURSERY BET: Yitzhak Grossman, Aurora Herbst, Henry Kessler, Chaya Mushka Lipszyc, Eliana Yelizar. KINDERGARTEN: Zachary Eisakharian, Liana Sima Goltz, Adelle Nejatheim, Caleb Nekhanevich, Michael Rohparvar, Rafael Rohparvar, Asher Sedighi. FIRST: Judah Kessler, Maya Mordechai, Anabelle Yakubova, Adelia Yelizar. SECOND: Ori Kersch, Aden Khordipour, THIRD: Meira Blackman, Aaron Nejatheim. FOURTH: Adelyn Khordipour, Adam Nejatheim. FIFTH: Hila Kirsh, Yair Kirsh, Adam Joshua Yakubov, Ethan Zavulunov. SIXTH: Eitan Kirsh, Abigail Zavulunova, Talyah Zell. Bruchim HaBa'im!
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Summer Growth at Mercaz Academy, as featured in The Jewish Home
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"...Hands-on” learning began with “hands-in” learning. The group filled the seven garden beds–one of which will remain a bed for shmitta (the agricultural sabbatical year) through the end of this Jewish year–and surrounded the beds with mulch. In the beds, the students planted flowers, herbs, and vegetables for study during the school year..."
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Mercaz Tefillah Initiative |
Teachers and students in Mercaz Academy are coming together in a brand-new initiative to put more heart and soul into davening. Under the guidance of their tefillah teachers, students will research various tefillot over the course of the year and create an engaging way to share what they’ve learned with other grades. We are looking forward to working together as a school to bring more "mindfulness" to our daily prayers. |
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We are so proud of our current and former students who volunteered their time and muscles to help us move things into storage this summer! Left to right, Noah Feldman, Caleb Ofer, Sam Ofer, Naftali Nathan. |
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New Ways to Help Us Reach Higher |
At Mercaz Academy, we are introducing several new programs to take our learning to the next level. We will share more information about each of these programs in future issues:
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Partnership with Hebrew at the Center
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Into Reading English/Language Arts program
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Reveal Math program
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Science21 program
- Coding classes
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and the return of our fifth and sixth grade basketball team!
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Thursday, September 1
Tuesday, September 6
- Mercaz Academy Student Ribbon Cutting with music, dancing & lots of pictures
- 8:00-8:45
- Families of ECC through grade 6 are all invited.
- Grades 1-6 First Day of Classes
- 8:00-3:55
- Nursery Aleph & Bet Orientation
- 9:15-9:45 A-K
- 10:00-10:30 L-Z
- Kindergarten Orientation
- 9:15-9:45
Sunday, September 11
Wednesday, September 14
- IN-PERSON Curriculum Night 7:00 - 9:15 PM
- Schedule to follow
Looking forward to seeing you!
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