get schooled - april 8, 2016
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29 Adar II, 5776
April 8, 2016
This Week atRochelle Zell
Wagner Ins*tute Weekend!
Spring Musical
Math Team Wins
This Week in Sports
Opera Field Trip
Spring Blood Drive
Mia Adler Ozair Speaks
Talmud Speakers
DECA Speakers
Late Bus for Actors
Alumni Trivia
Kavannah From Tefillah
Class Schedule
Monday, April 11A
Tuesday, April 12B
Wednesday, April 13A
Thursday, April 14C
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2016 Rochelle Zell Spring Musical
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April 10-‐11Wagner Ins*tuteThrough JTS
April 10ACT
April 14School Musical: The 25thAnnual Putnam CountySpelling Bee
April 20-‐May 1
Spelling Bee, which debuted on Broadway in 2005 andwas nominated for six Tony Awards. The musicalchronicles the misadventures of several middleschoolers compePng for big bucks in the local spellingbee, with or without the assistance of the awkwardadults who think they are in charge. Tickets are $10 atthe door or click here to purchase! See you this comingThursday at the Bee!
Mathletes Victorious!Last Meet of the Season Against Ida Crown
Kol hakavod to stalwart mathletes Gabby Ecanow, HadarHalivni, Jake Korol, Josh Weisskopf, David Weisskopf, SaraBehn, and Sarah Comar, who led the math team to victory inWednesday night's big season finale against Ida Crown! Hadarand Gabby won first place in the freshman/sophomore pairscompePPon, while Sara and Sarah won first place in thejunior/senior pairs compePPon. David took third place in thepairs compePPon, working all by himself against five otherpairs! Hadar, Gabby, Jake, and Josh won first place in thefreshman/sophomore team compePPon, and Sarah, Sara, andDavid won second place in the junior/senior team compePPon.A standing ovaPon goes to four-‐year champion and teamcaptain Sarah Comar, bringing in yet another victory in the lastmeet of her high school career. We'll miss you, Sarah!
Spring Sports Chill OutWins Against Ida Crown and Holy Trinity
Pesach BreakNo School
April 22First Seder
May 2 -‐ May 13AP Exams
May 27Last Day of ClassesAll-‐School BBQ
May 29Rochelle Zell CommunityNaming Dedica*onProm Night
May 31 -‐ June 7Final Exams
June 1 Siyum and Gradua*onNo Classes
June 19ACT
On a windy and cold Sunday morning, the women's soccerteam beat Ida Crown 2-‐1! Goals were scored by Jordan Kraussand Maya Resnick. Livi Moses, Ariel Saxton, and HannahTaussig were big contributors. Kudos to the defensive unit forstaying tough throughout the game as Ida Crown tried topenetrate the defensive line! Last night, the team came in 1-‐0against Cristo Rey, with Hannah Taussig as the scorer for theevening. Ariel Saxton reports from the field, "The whole teamreally worked well together, and we were able to defeat theformer conference champs. We couldn't have done it withouteveryone giving their best effort." The Tigers next game isSunday 4/10 at 3 p.m. vs Ida Crown on the L & L GoodmanSoccer Field. See you there!
JV and varsity volleyball celebrated two wins last Tuesdayagainst Holy Trinity, on the shoulders of Ben Lesch, DanielSacks, Liam Lynch, and Micah Brody, with aces, kills, and blocksby varsity champs Benjy Salzman, Ben Hirsch, Akiva Stein, andEli Nasa*r. Wednesday's match against ChrisPan Heritage wasless successful, despite aces from David Levin and Noah Copeon the JV Squad and amazing plays by Joey Schrayer, ItamarBroekman, Akiva Stein, and Eli Nasa*r.
Alumni Trivia
Women's soccer is sPll dreaming of another trophy! Where is CJHS soccer star of yore AnnieSchrayer?
Studio Art Show TuesdayAder many weeks of hard work, the Studio Art exhibit Just MyJeans! will go up in the Shapiro Dining Hall next week.Students in Ms. Snyder's art class were asked to come upwith three words that say something about themselves. Theythen created symbols for the words and put them in a pafern.They are painPng their paferns on a pair of blue jeans! Pleasejoin us for the opening of the exhibiPon at a dessert recepPon
on Tuesday, April 12 at noon.
Opera Field TripUnder the direcPon of Ms. Lynn Friedman, sixteen students and four staff travelled on Wednesday tosee a stereosimulcast of the Metropolitan Opera's producPon of Madama Bu@erfly. Ms. Friedmanreports, "The twenty in afendance were truly transported to a brilliantly created world of Japanesetheatrical arts and some of the most gorgeous music and glorious singing human beings can produce.Every single student loved the evening and thanked me enthusiasPcally for providing thisunforgefable opportunity. And what a celebraPon, too, of our magnificent students! Ader theperformance, seven patrons spoke to me -‐-‐ all wishing to kvell over the uferly perfect behavior of ourstudents. Because of their rapt afenPon, fellow theatergoers mistook our afendees for musicstudents. When I pointed out that it was their very first foray into the world of opera, this oldercouple was stunned. How proud I was to tell them that they had just met Rochelle Zell Jewish HighSchool! I am sPll soaring!"
Spring Blood Drive
Rochelle Zell's annual Spring Blood Drive took place onMonday. All day long, students and staff made their way toRoom 244 to donate their Pme and, more importantly, theirblood, to help save lives around the Chicagoland area. Wecollected 30 units as a school, smashing our record fromour first blood drive earlier this year. Thank you to the Va'adHaStudenPm for your hard and dedicated work inadverPsing, organizing, and staffing the blood drive!
Talmud Class Learns About Agunot
Last week, Rabbi David Wolkenfeld of Anshe Shalom B'nai Israel and Kayla Robbins of the Jewish
Orthodox Feminist Alliance visited Rabbi Silver's junior Talmud classes. For the past month,students have studied about the efforts that the Rabbis of the Talmud took to ensure that womenwould not become agunot. Rabbi Wolkenfeld and Kayla brought contemporary discussion abouthow communiPes are seeking to protect women from becoming agunot today. Their real-‐worldexamples gave great context to our month of studying these texts about the Rabbis protecPngboth individuals and the halachic system as a whole.
Cook, Pray, Eat KosherMia Adler Ozair Presents at Rochelle Zell
On Tuesday, April 5th, the Rochelle Zell Jewish High School ParentOrganizaPon, together with the Solomon Schechter Day School ParentOrganizaPon, presented an evening with Mia Adler Ozair, the foundingExecuPve Director of CJHS and an alumna of Solomon Schechter. Miashared her cookbook, Cook, Pray, Eat Kosher and regaled us with storiesof its creaPon born from her love of food. It was a warm evening, filledwith stories of Mia's life and, in parPcular, her strong Pes to bothRochelle Zell and Solomon Schechter. The delicious desserts from hercookbook were an added bonus. Many thanks to Mia for traveling fromLos Angeles to share her stories and for her conPnued support of ourcommuniPes. Click here to see some highlights of the evening!
There is sPll Pme to order a copy of Mia's cookbook. To do so, pleasesend a $25.00 check, payable to Rochelle Zell, to the office no later than Thursday, April 14.
DECA Guest Speaker SeriesSmall Business and Big Business
On Tuesday March 29, DECA welcomed Albert Karoll, father of JonahKaroll, to give a career talk to the club. Mr. Karoll is a sole proprietorand owner of Richard Bennef Custom Tailors, a high-‐end customtailoring business that provides disPncPve custom made garmentsfor its clients. Approximately 20 students took advantage of theopportunity to learn about his company and career and to hearsome "life lessons" about what it takes to successfully run your ownbusiness. Thanks Albert for dedicaPng your Pme to helping ourstudents learn about business!
On Tuesday April 5, DECA welcomed Marc Sacks, father of DanielSacks, to give a career talk to the club. Mr. Sacks is the ChiefExecuPve Officer of Mesirow Financial Private Equity. He shared withus the details of the profession that helped launch many of thecompanies that are household names to our students, such asSnapchat, Grubhub, and Google. Approximately 20 students tookadvantage of the opportunity to learn about the private equitybusiness and the many career insights Mr. Sacks had to offer. ThanksMarc for carving out Pme from your busy schedule to help ourstudents learn about business! Mr. Sacks was the third ofour three speakers in DECA's guest speaker series this semester.
Late Bus 4/11 - 4/13
In order to accommodate students who will be afending rehearsals for the musical, there will bespecial Shalom buses to Braeside staPon on the follow days and Pmes:
Monday April 11 Tuesday April 12 Wednesday April 13
LEAVE Rochelle Zell at 6:10 p.m. tocatch the 6:41 train to Chicago
LEAVE Rochelle Zell at 7:10 p.m.to catch the 7:39 train to Chicago
Students must be ON the bus at the scheduled Pme to leave!
Sponsored Breakfast
Happy birthday to Zev Mishell. Many thanks to his family forsponsoring breakfast. To sponsor bagels in honor of your favoriteTiger, please contact Diane Zidman in the front office.
Community News and Events
Wagner Institute This Weekend!Sunday April 10 -‐ Monday, April 11 | Rochelle Zell Jewish High School
Alumni Trivia
Annie Schrayer ('13) is finishing up her junior year at the University of Michigan, where she has
just been admifed to their masters program in social work! Annie says, "I definitely want to workwith children and families, so I am very interested in being a school social worker, but who knowswhere life will take me? Man plans and God laughs, so I am trying to live in the moment as muchas possible and enjoy my Pme led in my favorite place on earth!"
Kavannah From Tefillah
"In the past couple of months, devastaPng events have terrorized thousands of people. Afacks in
Paris, Brussels, and Pakistan have overwhelmed us all around the world. It seems as if everydaysomething awful is happening, and some days are just depressing and gloomy. It reminds us ofhow precious life is, and how important every single day is. Each moment we have to live andenjoy life is a special one, and they shape us into who we are and what we do.
Consider the Ze Frank video project, 'The Time You Have.' It’s not always about how much Pmeyou have, it’s about how you spend that Pme and who you spend it with. Do not procrasPnate andwaste the precious and limited Pme that you have. Explore the world, spend Pme with loved ones,go on adventures. How much Pme do you spend worrying instead of doing something you love?How much Pme have you already used up? What if you only had half of the Pme, what would youdo differently? What about half of that? What if you only had one more day?”
-‐-‐Sammy Vayngart ('19)
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