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Preschool Calendars

View the Preschool 2012-2013 Calendar as a pdf

The Bill and Sid Rubin Preschool operates on a traditional school calendar. We are closed for Winter and Spring Breaks as well as Jewish and legal holidays. Class hours are 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., except Junior Kindergarten, which ends at 3:00 p.m. Extended care is available from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (5:00 p.m. on Fridays).

2012-13 School Year:

August
30 New Parent Orientation

September
 3 Labor Day NO SCHOOL
 4 Individual Parent-Teacher Chats
 5 “Meet the Teachers” and BYO Picnic 10:30am-12pm
 6 FIRST DAY OF PRESCHOOL
 7 Tot Shabbat Service and BYO Picnic 6-7:30pm
10 Enrichment Session 1 begins
12 Back to School Night (adults only) 7-8:30pm
13 Songbirds Music begins
17/18 Rosh Hashanah Jewish New Year NO SCHOOL
23 My Family & Me (Sukkot)
24 Preschool Parent Committee Meeting 9:15am
25 Erev Yom Kippur 1:00 DISMISSAL/NO AFTERCARE
26 Yom Kippur Day of Atonement NO SCHOOL
30 Preschool Sukkot Potluck 4:30-6:30

October
 1 First Day of Sukkot NO SCHOOL
 5 All Temple Sukkot Celebration
1-7 Sukkot Festival of the Harvest
8 Simchat Torah NO SCHOOL
12-14 Family Camp
16-17 SCHOOL PICTURE DAYS (No Make-Ups)
29 Preschool Parent Committee Meeting 9:15am
 

November
 
2 Grandparents Shabbat Breakfast 9:15am
 2 Tot Shabbat Service and Dinner 6-7:30pm
11 Veteran's Day
12 Veteran's Day Observed NO SCHOOL
18 My Family & Me (Chanukah)
21-23 Thanksgiving Vacation NO SCHOOL
26 Preschool Parent Committee Meeting 9:15am

December
 7 Tot Shabbat Service and Dinner 6-7:30pm
 8 First Night of Chanukah
 9 Preschool Chanukah Program 4-7:00pm
8-16 Chanukah Festival of Lights
21 Pajama Pancake Breakfast
21 Enrichment Session 1 ends
24-1/4 Winter Break NO SCHOOL

January
 1 New Year's Day NO SCHOOL
 7 Staff Development Day NO SCHOOL
 8 School Resumes
 8 Enrichment Session 2 begins
21 Martin Luther King Jr. Day NO SCHOOL
25 Tu B'Shevat Arbor Day
27
My Family & Me (Tu B'Shevat)
28 Preschool Parent Committee Meeting 9:15am
30 Parent-Teacher Conferences (by appointment) NO SCHOOL but childcare provided during your conference

February
 1 Tot Shabbat Service and Dinner 6-7:30pm
 8 Father's Day Shabbat Breakfast 9:15am
13 SNOW DAY-Bring mittens and boots to school!
18 President's Day NO SCHOOL
23 Purim
24 Beth Israel Purim Carnival
25 Preschool Purim


March
 1 Tot Shabbat Service & Dinner 6-7:30pm 
 4 Preschool Parent Committee Meeting 9:15am
10 My Family & Me (Passover)
13 Tasting with Tammy A Passover Food Experience
20 Enrichment Session 2 ends
22 Preschool Passover Program 11:30am 1:00 DISMISSAL/NO AFTERCARE
26-4/1 Passover/Pesach Festival of Freedom for Jews from Egypt
25-4/3 Passover/Spring Break NO SCHOOL
 
April
 4 School Resumes
 5 Enrichment Session 3 begins
 5 Tot Shabbat Service (No Dinner)
 7 Yom Ha'Shoah Commemeration of the Holocaust
 8 Preschool Parent Committee Meeting 9:15am
16 Yom Ha'Atzmaut Israel's Independence Day
26 Shalom Walk
28 Lag B'Omer, Beth Israel Envirionmental Fair

May
 3 Tot Shabbat Service and Dinner 6-7:30pm
 6 Preschool Parent Committee Meeting 9:15am  
10 Mother’s Day Shabbat Lunch 1:00 DISMISSAL/NO AFTERCARE
15 Shavuot Harvest Festival/Giving of the Torah NO SCHOOL
20-24 Teacher Appreciation Week
27 Memorial Day NO SCHOOL
29 Parent Volunteer Breakfast
31 Enrichment Session 3 ends

June
 5 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL/SHALOM PARTY 11:00
 1:00PM DISMISSAL/NO AFTERCARE
 7 Tot Shabbat (No Dinner)
17 Camp Beth Israel begins

 

Erev Shabbat Services

erev shabbat servicesClergy-Led Friday Evening Services

Join us every Friday evening to welcome Shabbat with song, prayers and blessings. These services often feature notable speakers and the beautiful music of our Youth and Teen Choir, Adult Choir and Chai Band.

Judaism for Everyone

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Our mission is to extend warmth and hospitality to every person who chooses to enter our doors. Whether you are curious about Judaism, returning to Judaism, converting to Judaism, raising Jewish children, or sharing Judaism with loved ones, you will find many CBI programs to introduce you to the warm celebration of Jewish life and support and guidance for those in interfaith relationships.

Shabbat Services

torahs sanctuary congregation beth israel Clergy-Led Shabbat Morning and Afternoon Services

Most Saturdays Congregation Beth Israel holds Shabbat services in the mornings at 10:00 a.m. and afternoons at 4:00 p.m. in our beautiful Glickman-Galinson sanctuary. These services celebrate the Bar/Bat Mitzvahs of our members and are open to the entire community. Please join us and celebrate Shabbat!