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POLICIES AND PROCEDURED HANDBOOK 5773APPROPRIATE DRESSStudents should wear comfortable, appropriate clothing, respectful to the sanctity of our synagogue. Please no rollerwheeled sneakers, no tank tops, and please no extremely short skirts or shorts, and appropriate pants worn at thewaistline. The only hats worn in the synagogue should be kippot.CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICESCell phones and electronic devices are to be turned off and stored away at all times during instructional hours. In the caseof an emergency in which a student must be contacted by a family member, please callthe Religious School office 215-643-6510 ext.111. In addition, music players, electronic games, and all toys should be left at home.FOOD AND DRINKStudents are permitted to bring only Kosher Dairy Nut Free food or drink into the building to be eaten during breaks.Because of the large number of allergies and medical alerts here in school, we are nut free in all our rooms. Please do notsend in any foods or products containing, or made on machinery using nuts or nut products. Prior to school on Tuesdaysand Sundays, students may buy snacks as a fundraiser for PTO.KENESSET MISHPACHA/JUNIOR CONGREGATIONFamily Services and Junior Congregation (Kenesset Mishpacha)-TOGATHERWatching kids during recess is a great joy. Seeing them create their own games and play them is marvelous. How can wetake inspiration from recess and translate it to t’filla (prayer)?The synagogue is a place of gathering, Knesset. Our t’filla and services are a place of social, spiritual and physicalgathering. Each participant knows his or her place in the gathering and is appreciated, needed and makes the t’fillameaningful.The strength of our belonging is best modeled by our connections to our family, both nuclear and extended. During religiousschool recess and classroom sessions, every student belongs, as they gather. The crucial link in our t’filla is theparticipation of family.We hope to present an inspired t’filla service for our young students with the aid of our natural assets. Kenesset Mishpacha(TogAther) will make our monthly T’filla reflect our families, our desire to be together, and the natural fun of play.Dates for our Kenesset Mishpacha Services:TOGATHER dates: 2012-2013Saturday Mornings 10:00am-12:00pmOctober 27November 10December 8January 5January 26February 9March 2April 6May 4Havdalah – Saturday nightNovember 17 6pm-8:30pmFebruary 2 6pm-8:30pm-5-
POLICIES AND PROCEDURED HANDBOOK 5773STUDENT RESOURCE AND ENRICHMENT CENTERNewly created, this Center will provide students in Temple Sinai Religious School, and the Ann Newman Preschooldifferentiated instruction and support for students with all kinds if minds. Its overall objectives are aimed at helpingstudents take pride in their work. An experienced Learning Specialist will work with the students at the center.YOUTH GROUPSTemple Sinai’s youth groups serve as a home away from home for our students, where young people come together andparticipate in fun and educational informal activities. Youth groups help young people develop a strong sense of Jewishidentity, and help create socially active, conscientious Jewish adults.To register for one of Temple Sinai’s Youth Groups, please contact Shelly Shotel, Director Family Engagement at:sshotel@tsinai.com.MAKOR (Grades 3, 4, and 5)Makor (Source) is a Youth Group for students who are just beginning to develop their Jewish identities. Students in Makorexplore their place in the Jewish community and participate in numerous social events each year. This year, ourprogramming promises to deliver tons of fun, and includes the ever-popular Sleep Over Night.KADIMA (Grades 6 and 7)Kadima (Forward) helps move students forward into Jewish adulthood. It is where 12 and 13 year-olds get to hang withtheir friends and make friends with kids from other area synagogues. Kadima engages young people in games,activities, and mitzvah projects that help people in throughout our community.ROSH HODESH: It’s A Girl Thing! (Girls in Grades 6 through 12)Rosh Hodesh is a youth group that engages girls in activities and discussions they care about most. Topics coveredinclude: body image, popularity, friendship, relationships, and decision–making. Rosh Hodesh leaders help girls stayconnected to their bodies as a source of health, wisdom, and creativity. The program explores Jewish belief and ethicalculture with other women. This relaxed forum allows each girl the time to talk, laugh, disagree, wonder, create, andexperience joy!THE BROTHERHOOD (Boys in Grades 7 through 9)We are extremely lucky to have been chosen as one of only a dozen locations for the national launch of “The Brotherhood,”a new youth program developed specifically for teenage Jewish boys. It is an all boy space – where the topic is always aboutthem. They will have a chance to explore issues that are important to teenage boys, like sports, movies, TV and what itmeans to be a man. The Brotherhood is a chance to have conversations about things that matter in a fun and informalsetting, using movie clips, music, sports and games. The program will explore issues of competition, power, manhood andother issues that young men think about. This also offers boys an opportunity to hear what their friends are thinking aboutand share their own views.USY - UNITED SYNAGOGUE YOUTH (Girls and Boys Grades 8 through 12)To register for our USY chapter, please contact Edy Israel, our USY Advisor at eisrael@tsinai.com.-6-
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