7th Grade Gets Cookin’!

Hope you all had a meaningful High Holiday season! The last two weeks have been really exciting for 7th graders, now that we have officially launched our electives. This past week, our students were learning how to make Israeli hummus, how to knit (and how knitting shows up in Torah), how Judaism connects to the ethics of sports, how there’s more to the story of Judah than meets the eye, how the Holocaust has affected their classmates’ families, and how to engage in Rosh Chodesh girls’ discussion groups.

In their Tikkun Olam groups, they are continuing to learn about confronting climate change, dismantling white supremacy, standing up for people with disabilities, enacting gun control, restoring rights to refugees and immigrants and ending hunger. In a few weeks, they’ll pick which Tikkun Olam theme resonates the most with them and commit to that for the rest of the year as they start working on their Tikkun Olam-a-Thon project.

Couple of announcements:

• Speaking of the Tikkun Olam-a-Thon, save the dates! We’ll display the projects from Thursday, May 7 through Thursday, May 14 in the rotunda. There will be presentations and shout outs. We encourage families to come on one or both days to hear about all of the great work the kids are doing this year.
• Another save the date: Friday, December 21, i’ll be celebrating my B Mitzvah at CBE, and I would love for you and your family to join. It will be in the chapel starting at 9:30am with bagels to follow in the rotunda. I’ll be reaching out to collect RSVPs soon, but in the meantime, save the date!
• We will be hosting three family sessions with the Moving Traditions curriculum to help students (and their families) prepare for their B’Nei Mitzvah. Families are required to attend two of those sessions (but you can certainly come to all three if you are able!) Here are the dates for this year:
  • Thursday, January 9 (6-7:30pm)
  • Thursday, February 27 (6-7:30pm)
  • Thursday, April 30 (6-7:30pm)
• I’ll be reaching out to collect RSVPs for those dates as they get closer – just wanted to put it on your calendar for now!
• Upcoming Closures: We are closed on Monday 10/14 for the first day of Sukkot/Indigenous Peoples’ Day (Columbus Day) and Monday 10/21 for Simchat Torah.

• Register for 4th-7th Grade Yachad Retreat by Tuesday, Oct 15!
  We are so excited for our 4th Annual Yachad Retreat for 4th – 7th Grade, Friday, October 25 – Sunday, October 27! On this student only weekend, 4th-7th graders will have the chance to make new friends, strengthen existing friendships, celebrate Shabbat at URJ Eisner Camp, and build community through fun and exciting activities.  There will even be special opportunities for the 7th grade students to lead the group and make this weekend their own. Registration includes round trip bus transportation from CBE, all meals and linens. The bus will leave from CBE on Friday at 3:30 pm and return around 2:00pm on Sunday. Once registration is under way, watch your inbox for event specific information like a packing list and other important updates.  We are happy to write an excused absence for a religious event if necessary to facilitate arriving to the bus by 3:30. Please contact Haley Breskin at hbreskin@cbebk.org with all questions regarding the retreat. Register here by Tuesday Oct 15!

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