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September 9, 2011 10 Elul 5771 Parsha Ki Tetze   Candle Lighting:  6:48 PM Quick Links Calendar Class Blogs Contact Homework Page RenWeb KSA Weekly Update  Welcome to the first 2011-2012 KSA Weekly E-Mail Update.   We hope you all had a wonderful summer and are as excited as we are to begin a new chapter in the life of Kehillah Schechter Academy!  Welcome to all our new families as well as our returning families!    Be sure to check out our new website at www.ksa-ne.org and look for the class blogs to see what's happening in your child(ren)'s classroom!    IMPORTANT DROP OFF & PICK UP INFORMATION FOR OUR STUDENTS SAFETY: AM DROP OFF:  All students must enter the school through the "Pagoda Door Entrance" (the doors closest to the gym).  After 8:15 AM these doors will be locked and all late students must enter through the main entrance doors where they will be issued a late pass.   PM PICK UP:  All students are dismissed at the "Pagoda Door Area" with the exception of the Gan Aleph & Gan Bet students who are to be picked up at their classrooms. Mark Your Calendar   September 11          Back to School BBQ  11:30 September 12          Back to School Night Grades  5 - 8 September 15          Back to School Night  Grades 2 - 4 September 20          Back to School Night  Grades Gan Aleph - 1 September 22          Board of Trustees Meeting  7:30 PM September 28 - 30   NO SCHOOL:  Rosh Hashanah   KSA Community News Mazal Tov to the Cetlin family on Daniel becoming a Bar Mitzvah  Mazal Tov to the Zenlea family on the marriage of their daughter Rebecca Mazal Tov to the Jacobs & Stemmer families on the marriage of their children, alumni Rachel Jacobs and Ophir Stemmer Mazal Tov to the Klausner family on the engagment of their daughter Ellie, and also their son Moshe Mazal Tov to Sandi & Irv Dunn on the birth of twin granddaughters, Ashleigh Morgan and Hannah Grace Mazal Tov to the Haller family on the birth of their son KSPO Hot Lunch Program   Hot Lunch begins this Monday, September 12th!   Any questions, please contact Sheryl Katzman at hotlunch@ksa-ne.org.   FastTRACK   There are still limited spaces available for fall FastTRACK.  Click here to see the brochure of available afterschool activities and classes.   Bumper Magnets!!   Show your school pride!   Car Bumper magnets have been designed, created and distributed! Please place it proudly on your car! If you have not received yours already, or would like another one, please call the school office.  Help spread the word about our new name, and show your school pride!   KSA Hornets Basketball   The KSA Hornets Basketball preseason clnlics (Grades 6 - 8) begin the week of September 18th!  For more information and to sign up Click here.  If you have any other questions please contace Steve Greenberg at sgreenberg@ksa-ne.org. Family Education   There are lots of opportunities to become involved at KSA through Family Education.   Family Table- Boston's Jewish community response to hunger.  We participate in a monthly collection by providing 60 cans of Kosher soup and 60 cans of vegetables. September Family Table Collection is due 9/15!  Please help us out by contributing kosher soup and vegetables to the Family Table shelves near lost and found.  You can also help by delivering- click here to see the Family Table volunteer sign up. Sukkot will be here sooner than you think. Please click here to purchase a Lulav and Etrog. (Forms are due on October 3rd.)   In addition, we are excited to hold our 5th community Sukkot celebration, Sukkot Sunday on Sunday, October 16th.  We are looking for more host families- please click here to see the information about hosting.  All host families have loved doing this (we have many repeat families) and it is great way to get to know your grade level families.   Institutional Advancement     Welcome to Fran Kantor, our new Director of Institutional Advancement.  Fran, Tracy and Sara are located at Two Commerce Way (the building on the left as you enter the campus).  They love visitors so please stop by and say "Hi!"   Community Events   Camp Ramah Family Day @ Camp Ramah in New England Sunday, September 25th  12:00 - 4:00  Click here for details!     The Jewish Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts of Brookline (including 5 KSA students) invite all interested boys from grade 1 through high school to our annual Scout Skills Fair and open house on Sunday, September 11, from 2:00-4:30 at the Maimonides School.  Come to meet the scouts and our leaders, see what we do, and learn about our program.  Please spread the word to anyone you know who might be interested!  If you can't make it on Sunday, contact (KSA parent) Daniel Thumim at dthumim@alum.mit.edu for more information.   Be sure to visit our website for the most up-to-date information: www.ksa-ne.org

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