Yeshivat Noam Middle School Welcome Packet 2014-2015

Dear Middle School Parents,

We hope your summer is going well and that you are enjoying the time with your family. At Yeshivat Noam, we have been excitedly preparing and awaiting your child's return to school. We have a lot of information to share with you and your children about the various opportunities, responsibilities and information to know about our dynamic program. Please enter your email so you can follow our blog and see updates, photos, etc.

Please click on the links below to access each document. We thank you in advance for taking the time to read through this relevant information with your child. Please remember to sign and send in the technology contract the first day of school with your child.

We are looking forward to a great year together with you and your children.

Rabbi Chaim Hagler       Rabbi Yitz Motechin        Becky Troodler

Principal                         Asst. Principal                Asst. Principal

                                  MS Judaic Studies         MS General Studies

• Welcome Letter
• Supplies and Organization
• 6th Grade Orientation Schedule
• Parent Evening
• Behavioral Expectations
• Tiered Consequences
• Uniformed Dress Code
• Tzniut Guidelines
• Tzniut and Uniformed Dress Code Enforcement
• Sports Program
• Technology Behavior Expectations
• Technology Acceptable Use Contract 
• (please review, sign and return the first day of school)
• Mishmar
• Exploratory
• Enrichment
• E2K Math and Science Enrichment
• Bar and Bat Mitzvah Guidelines

Yeshivat Noam Maker Space!

This year, we are opening a Maker Space for our middle school students.  A Maker Space is a space for people to make stuff - build, create, design, tinker, play, and make.  It is a way of encouraging students to understand how things works and inspiring them to unleash their own creative and productive energies.  Maker Spaces, which combine science, tech, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) are popping up all over the world. We are excited to start our very own at Yeshivat Noam.

We are going to be starting the year with what we are calling a "Breaker Space."  We are collecting old devices of all kinds - electronics, toys, appliances, etc - and provide our students with the tools to break them open, discover how they work, what parts they are made of, and more.  We know this will allow them to be curious about the everyday things around them and to start planning their own creations.  We will save all the parts and use them to build stuff later in the year!

If you have any devices at home that are waiting to be hauled to the garbage, consider donating them to the Yeshivat Noam Maker/Breaker Space instead.  We are also looking for metal cutlery for a future project.  You can drop off your items outside the middle school office. When considering what to donate, please remember that space is limited! If you have any questions or are interested in becoming more involved in our Maker Space, please be in touch with Aliza Chanales achanales@yeshivatnoam.org or Becky Troodler btroodler@yeshivatnoam.org .

Looking forward to developing your children's 21st century skills!

Mrs. Becky Troodler                                               Ms. Aliza Chanales

MS Assistant Principal General Studies                 6th Grade Team Leader

     6th Grade Science and Math Teacher

Tisha b'Av 2014 by Morah Shira Greenspan

As part of the Yeshivat Noam Tisha b'Av program, Middle School students delved into the symbolism and meaning of the day. Immediately following our singing of the kina "Eish Tukad b'Kirbi" (http://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%91%D7%A6%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%99_%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9D) which parallels our joyous yetziah from Mitzrayim to the painful yetzia from Yerushalayim, we set about creating a hypothetical Seder Shel Tisha b'Av. Students who wished to contribute through design designed the layout and decor for the seder room. They also wrote out guidelines for what to wear and what not to wear to such a seder and designed countdown posters to Tisha b'Av (rather than the count-up posters we start using after the Seder Shel Pessach). Students who wished to contribute to the Seder Shel Tisha b'Av in a more hands on way created symbols for a ke'ara that would help set the tone for the Seder and could be used throughout the day. Students who wished to contribute through writing wrote a Ma Nishtana unique for Tisha b'Av with an accompanying answer for parents to respond with. Kol hakavod to the many students who took upon themselves the responsibility of making Tisha b'Av a meaningful time.