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.TITLE 1 CONFERENCES

Mrs. Glatt will be available to meet with parents of students in the Title I Program from 7:00-9:00

PM this Tuesday, March 9. Please call Mrs. Tamir inthe boys’ office at 305.948.3338 to schedule your Title 1appointments.

SHUSHAN PURIM COSTUMECONTEST, BBQ & CARNIVAL DAY!

On Monday our creative costumedesigners displayed theirfabulous creations in everycolor, shape and designimaginable as we celebratedPurim with a festive BBQlunch and carnival. Thewinners of our costumecontest are:

STAR STUDENTSSTAR STUDENTSSTAR STUDENTSSTAR STUDENTSSTAR STUDENTS TEAM PLAYERS

Tzvi Anton T.S.Shalom Deutsch S.S.Adi Evgi T.S.Reuven Evgi T.S.Dani Franklin S.S.Dovid Kaplan T.S.Dani Levy S.S.Avi Nash T.S.Yehuda Rosenberg S.S.Benjy Shababo T.S.

Avraham BrassYossi CohenYitzi EisenbergerAvos GreenbergNoam SchultzYenon Moshe SharabyDavid SharbaniMichael Shmueli

Hadara BalgleyPnina BergidaGabi BreierTamar BrodyYael LesnikRina SiegelShira SteinbergSivan Zaig

Elisheva El-Gad S.S.Dina Ellenbogen S.S.Elisheva Fellus S.S.Cila Ginsparg T.S.Riki Grossbard S.S.Daniella Katz T.S.Yael Lesnik S.S.Aviya Perets T.S.Batia Segal T.S.

PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCESTHIS TUESDAY!

Parent-Teacher conferences will take place, IY”H, in theafternoon and evening, thiscomingTuesday, March 9, from 2:00 –5:30, and from 6:30 until 9:00 PM.APPOINTMENTS MUST BE MADE IN

ADVANCE.If you have not already done so,please call Mrs. Tamir in the boys’ office at 305-948-3338to schedule your appointments or follow the instructionsfor scheduling your appointment online at https://customer.infograsp.com/apps/login.jsp

PLEASE NOTE:ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSES THIS

TUESDAY, MARCH 9ARE FROM 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM.

LUNCH WILL NOT BE SERVED. PLEASE SEND A SNACK TO SCHOOLWITH YOUR CHILD, BUT NO LUNCH.

We could not have had such a successful day without thehelp of our many vounteers. Yasher Koach to:

Mrs. Rochel HeineyMrs. Nechama HellerMrs. Cindy Itzkowitz

Mrs. Chaya LevyMrs. Jenny Nemani

Mrs. Elanna RosenbaumMrs.Yael SobolShaina BedzinerSorala Bodkins

Yehudis DudovitzLiba GoldbergMeira Jaskiel

Chani ItzkowitzElisheva LefkowitzMichal Lefkowitz

Gila ShapiroHeftzi WebermanMordecai Buzaglo

Yaakov GoldenbergMoshe ItzkowitzJosh Mayerhoff

Binyamin Nemani

As always, our chef extraordinaire, RabbiYitzchak Teitelbaum, barbecued our delicious lunch.Thank you once again for your time and your talents!

If you helped us on Monday but your name isnot listed, please forgive the omission and consideryourself thanked.

MISHLOACHMANOS-THANKYOU!

The faculty and staff of TorasEmes/Toras Chaim were delighted to receive thedelicious, beautiful Shalach Manos Baskets. Thanks tothe project chair, Mrs. Doris Buzaglo, her helpful groupof volunteers, and to all the families who participated.Your thoughtfulness and generosity is greatly appreciated!

SCHOOL WIDE WINNERS:GIRLS:

Gabi Breier - Star Student TrophyMiriam Dreyfuss & Gita Glazer - Toras Emes Twins

BOYS:Noah Chemtov - Teivas Noach Giraffe

TEACHERS: Rabbi Schwartz - Retiree

Mrs. Weisskoff - Exterminator

CLASS WINNERS-GIRLS:1G - Esti Weinberger - Baker

Batel Levi - Flamenco Dancer2G - Cila Ginsparg - Amelia Bedelia

Meira Entin - Anne of Green Gables Rebecca Balgley - Shul Man

3G - Rivky Stern - Michelle Obama Tzivi Elias - Elmer’s Glue

Tehila Palgon - Sharvit HaZahav4G - Shoshana Sapirman - Suffragette Meital Weisskoff - Exterminator

Riki Grossbard - Purim Cow Penina Rosenbaum - Gefilte Fish Tank

5G -Nechama Bodkins - Haman’s Washing Machine Tzipori Wechsler - Shushan Garbage Can

Miriam Chesal & Yocheved Miriam Sapirman -Pizza Heads

CLASS WINNERS-BOYS:1B - Ephraim Dudovitz - Shushan Garbage Can

Shua Jeger - Clown2B - Zohar Reboh - Nerd

Shua Steinberg - Baseball PlayerAvraham Homnick - Cell Phone

3B - Dani Franklin - Krispy Kreme Baker Zevi Roth - FarmerYaakov Lesnik - Doctor

4B -Ezra Pomper - U(nited) P(urim) S(ervice) Tzvi Atkin - TEAM Player

Yehoshua Herzek - Huck Finn5B - Shmuel Chaim Dreyfuss - “3 Feet”

SCIENCE FAIR NEWS

The fourth and fifth grade Science Fair projects are dueon March 15. If you have not yetpurchased a Science board, they areavailable in the office for $5 each.

NICHUM AVEILIM

To Mrs. Shully Feigenbaum and family on the loss of her father.

REFUAH SHELAIMA

¨Ruchama Aliza Sara Chana bas Esther Liba¨Bina bas Chaya¨Chana bas Shaindel¨Pessel bas Shaina Leah¨ Zelda Masha bas Itta Anna¨Shalva Yakira bas Yardena Meira¨Mordechai ben Ora Yehudis¨Moshe Chaim ben Chana

To Rabbi and Mrs. Mordechai Fried and family on the birth of a grandson, bornto their daughter Rina andDovid Dunoff.

To Rabbi and Mrs. Gedalya Glatt andfamily on the birth of agranddaughter, born to their son, our alumnus, Eliyahuand Rivka Leah Glatt.

THANK YOU

To Mr. & Mrs. Binyomin Lehrer and family for donating a crock pot to our 5B Chulent In Halacha elective.

PLEASE CLAIM LOST AND FOUND!

Our Lost and Found boxes are beyond overflowing with items to be claimed. Please stop by to pick

up your missing sweaters, jackets, lunch boxes and more,otherwise…..they might have to be burned with theChometz!

HOT LUNCH CYCLE

Forms for the fourth cycle of the Hot Lunch Program weresent home this week. Cycle IV willbegin on Thursday, April 8immediately following our Pesachvacation. Forms must be returnedby Thursday, March 11.

SAVE THE DATE

Wednesday evening, April 21 - Community wide gathering on Internet safety. Details forthcoming.

SHUSHAN PURIM CARNIVAL ANDCOSTUME PARADE 5770

Rabbi Kalman BaumannPrincipal

Rabbi Noam GrossmanAssistant Principal

Dr. Deborah LererSecular Studies Principal

Mrs. Naomi BloomEarly Childhood Director

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Erev Shabbos Parashas Ki Sisa, Parashas Parah 5770

Dear Parents,

The second trimester progress reports are in the mail to you, and will arrive very shortly. As the school yearunfolds, many insights into your child’s academic and social performance are being shared, and not all gradesand comments may be what you hoped for. You know better than anyone else how you (and the teacher) havespoken unceasingly to your child about not calling out or talking out of turn during the lesson, and yet thebehavior persists. You have employed every ingenious trick to get your child to complete homework withoutgetting distracted, and yet it seems to be of no avail.

Frustration may be the order of the day, but seize the opportunity that meaningful, sincere and insightful reportingfrom school offers. The question now is– what to with this child of ours who, after all, should try harder and bemore successful.

Lack of effort is the least common cause for students not meeting expectations. Children are naturally curious,feel great when they are successful at a task or project, and attach great importance to making parents andteachers proud of them. The key to understanding student failure to thrive and succeed is to recognize that thereis something in that child’s learning process that makes success too hard to achieve. This means, the properreaction to a less than perfect report card is not to cast blame, but to become a detective - to locate, identify andcorrect the impediment to learning.

Unfortunately, it could be anything. It could be the child’s innate intelligence, a specific learning disability, anemotional upset, inability to focus sufficiently in a group, a distracting learning environment, anxiety aboutevents and/or people in his or her life, an impatient teacher or parent, lack of self-confidence, etc. The list isendless. This investigative work is best done in a partnership; between father and mother and between parentsand teachers. Parents provide invaluable insight into the child’s overall life and environment; the teacher offersan in-depth view of how the child actually performs during the school day.

By resolving to identify and rectify the causes of unmet expectations, parents can transform a disappointingreport into a catalyst for the child’s ultimate success. Like the mirror, which points out blemishes andimperfections, serves as a tool for improvement and beautification, the insights shared between school andhome, if accepted reasonably, can be the catalyst for improvement in school and a springboard to success in thechild’s future.

Best wishes for Nachas and Insight on this and every Shabbos,

Rabbi Kalman BaumannPrincipal

Pictured here with Ms. Grossman, TEAM Librarian, are children who were honored with donations to the TEAM library on the occasion of their birthdays.

For $18 you may honor your child’s birthday with a book. A bookplate with the student’s name is placed on the inside of the cover; the student takes the book home for a week before it becomes a part of the library; the student’s picture appears in the TEAM Spirit.

Thank you to all who are participating in this effort to increase the volumes of our library.

Sincerely, Mrs. Dennis, PTA Volunteer

This book is

dedicated in

honor of

Your Child

on the occasion of

a birthday

by you, the

parents

Tamar Brody

7 years old

Cila Ginsparg

8 years old

Ariela Aronov

7 years old

Yocheved Sobol

8 years old