ECC Chanukah Program

Our Early Childhood Center had a Chanukah show of their own on Thursday!
Adorned in adorable costumes, our little ones did an incredible job serenading us with some classic Chanukah favorites.

Click here for photos from the show!

"A Window Into Chanukah"

At the Wednesday  night Chanukah show, "A Window Into Chanukah", our K-8th graders blew the audience away with their stellar performances! From clarinet solos, to synchronized dances, to hand-bell orchestrations, the show covered so many creative art forms. The students were beaming on stage and exuded such a wonderful energy.  The show culminated in a beautiful rendition of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" with the entire school on stage, glow sticks waving high in the air as they sang the meaningful words in unison. 

See below for photos from the show and a video of the finale.


  

Latkes, Latkes, and More Latkes!

You could smell the amazing aroma of latkes all throughout school today...
Chef Wolf, our parents, and our students worked hard in the kitchen making latkes for the whole school to enjoy!

HAMC Parents Association Comedy Night

HAMC staff and parents can have fun too!  Last weekend, the HAMC Parents Association hosted an "Open-Mic/Comedy Night" for our teachers and parents at a local venue.  The night included the comedic stylings of our very own Myles Bahar, a stellar band, and a few spontaneous performances from our very own parents and staff. Rumor has it that Sonny and Cher even made a special appearance...(aka: Moreh Moshe and Dr. Bahar) So many hidden talents were revealed and everyone had a blast!

Chanukah Crafts Galore!

From homemade menorahs to edible dreidels, our HAMC students spent this week fusing their artistic talents with the Chanukah spirit.  In the featured photos our 3^rd Graders used pretzel sticks, marshmallows, and Hershey Kisses to create the yummiest dreidels we’ve ever seen! The hallway bulletin boards are covered in Chanukah crafts and our ECC’ers decorated wooden dreidels with their own special touch.

Chag Chanukah Sameach!

Happy Chanukah!

This  morning at the HAMC,  the halls were flowing with the beautiful sounds of song and dance as the students have their final rehearsal before their big Chanukah show tonight, "A Window Into Chanukah".

Don't miss out on this festive performance featuring K-8 grades, 7:00-8:30 pm at the HAMC!


Check out this special Chanukah footage of our students lighting the Menorah this morning!

A Special Honor Roll Service

 On Friday morning, the HAMC students had a very special morning Tefilah service. Friday morning services are unique on their own because the students get to sing their favorite Shabbat songs with Moreh Moshe, the ECC girls light Shabbat candles, and Ha Motzi is made on the Challah. But this particular Friday  morning was even more special because after the service, Moreh Moshe distributed the HAMC honor roll certificates. We are very proud of our honor roll recipients and everyone's hard work at HAMC!

Students Learn the True Miracle of Channukah as they Make Olive Oil

Channukah was in the air when an “Olive-Oil Connoisseur” came to visit HAMC.  Not only did the students learn all about the Jewish history of olive oil, but they got to HAND-MAKE olive oil! First the students crushed up the olives to prepare them for the olive press. Then they got to help our special guest rabbi use the olive press and squeeze the juice out of the olives.  Once the olives were finally transformed into oil everyone lit the Menorah with the homemade olive oil and sang the Chanukah blessings in unison.  The students really enjoyed themselves and gained a new perspective on the true miracle of Chanukah.

Head of School Message 12.16.11

Live from the 5th Grade Classroom!

(with a very special "fluffy" guest star)

Shabbat Shalom!

Head of School Message 12.09.11

It's that time of the week again...

Moreh Moshe's Head of School Message, live from the 6th grade science lab!
 
SHABBAT SHALOM!
 
 

Mary Poppins on Broadway!

Last night, the 4^th-8^th graders ventured to NYC to see Mary Poppins on Broadway!! The students (and chaperones) loved the show and had so much fun experiencing the excitement of New York City theater together.

Check out some of the Mary Poppins “photo shoots” the students took!

“How I Made the Front Page”

This week in the art room, the 6^th grade is working on a project entitled, “How I Made the Front Page”. The project involves each student drawing their self-portrait and then pasting their portrait on a real page of newspaper with a news article of their choice.  But, making a self-portrait is not an easy task! The students used mirrors to analyze their own facial structure and then did an amazing job translating their mirror images onto paper.  With the help of Mrs. Knapp and the students’ artistic talents, the final products are bound to be "front-page worthy”!

4th Graders in the Israeli Restaurant Business!

This week in Hebrew class, the 4^th grade is focusing on everything FOOD! To get a real hands-on Israeli restaurant/food experience, Morah Louisa helped the class create their own “misadah”, restaurant. The lesson began with the entire class gathering in the kitchen with our very own, Chef Wolf, and making the food to serve in the “restaurant”. The menu included peanut butter and nutella sandwiches, egg salad, fruit salad, tuna salad, and more! The students had a blast in the kitchen and abided by the main rule…HEBREW ONLY!

After the students finished cooking their delicious entrees, they brought it to their restaurant (classroom) and practiced serving and ordering from the menus in Hebrew. Once, they mastered this, they invited the others grades into the classroom to serve them! Everyone really enjoyed this Hebrew lesson and left with happy tummies as well!

Wrapping Up Our Travels

At the last session of "Go Geography" the students recapped all of their travels!

Read this message about the last class from head of "Go Geography", Julia Benz.

Dear All,

At our last class, once we completed Argentina, we divided the children into three groups, each one representing one of the countries we covered during the Go Geography Fall program: Australia, Ukraine & Argentina.  The children had a friendly competition answering who remembered the most about their countries (customs, language, animals, endangered animals, food, etc).  We had so much fun!

Near the end of the class, we "returned" to South America to learn more about rain forest monkeys.  The HAMC girl scouts (Stacey Kellar's team) prepared an especially wonderful presentation about monkeys and the rain forest.  The children were divided into 4 groups and enjoyed story telling, games, coloring, and Q&A.  Each of them also received a special monkey tail!

The children snacked on organic strawberries and raisins.

At the end of the class, each child received a country-specific toy animal to take home.

Special thanks to Lorena Burga, Liz Fenton, our 8th and 6th grade assistants, Stacey Kellar, and HAMC girl scouts.   

Warm wishes,

Julia Benz

Book Fair 2011!

Our HAMC students LOVE to read!

Check out photos from the 2011 Book Fair!
But there's more...the book fair fun continues on Tuesday (12/06) and Wednesday (12/07)
 from 8:30 am-4:30 pm!
Get ready for all of the wonderful books your children will bring home...

Message from Head of School 12.02.11

Live from the 1st grade classroom, Moreh Moshe and the students talk about the weather in Hebrew!

It's Electric!

In science class this morning, the 5^th graders learned all about creating electricity and the difference between conductors and insulators.  The students conducted an awesome experiment using batteries, wires, and a variety of objects to make a small ‘motor' spin.  One group of students found that a paper-clip and steel sheet caused an electric current, making the motor spin, but the popsicle stick and piece of yarn did not.  Once again our HAMC students had a great time learning about science!