It is Friday again and, I don't know about you, but I am ready to rest and recharge and see everyone on Sunday! I missed all of the students, madrichim, and teachers last week!
I am so excited that our PreK and 6th grade classes are having their meet & greets this week. If you haven't heard from your grade level rep on the Religious School Committee, please let me know.
On the meeting and greeting note, everyone should have received an email from me on Wednesday with their updated class list. If you didn't or if something is wrong on that list, please let me know ASAP.
Mark your calendars:
Sunday, 10/17
-PreK Parents - 9:30 in the tent -6th Grade Parents - 10:30 on the Goldstein Patio -6th, 7th, & 8th - George Rishfeld, Holocaust Speaker - parents can join in the sanctuary at 11:00.
Sunday, 10/24
-4th Grade Parents - 9:15 in the tent -6th Grade Parents - 11:30 in the tent -6th, 7th, & 8th - Daffodil Planting with The Daffodil Project (see email from Beth)
Sunday, 11/7
-Coping Together in a Covid World: Parent/Child Workshop (info below)
Friday, 12/3
-Festive Gear Chanukah Party & Services (outside - weather permitting)
Parents: Does your child have anxiety from over a year of COVID?
TE is proud to present this one time only program for parents AND children.
Parents will spend one hour identifying characteristics of heightened anxiety and difficulties in their children as well as receive instruction on how to have conversations around this topic with their child. At the same time their children will be engaged in a music therapy program designed to relieve stress and anxiety.
Parents will meet Michelle Richards, an Educational Consultant at Parkaire Consultants. Michelle will talk to parents about identifying anxiety in their children, strategies for minimizing anxiety, and facilitating conversations.
While parents are meeting with Ms Richards, their children will be participating in a therapeutic Music Program from Metro Music Therapy https://metromusictherapyga.com/ .
When: Sunday, 11/07/21, 12:30-2:00 Where: Temple Emanu-El Cost: Free. This unique opportunity is made possible by a generous mini-grant from the Jewish Ability Alliance program and Temple Emanu-El’s Koleinu Program.
Please remember, if you are dropping off or picking up in CARPOOL, this is only for students in 3rd grade and older. Any student younger than 3rd grade will need to be dropped off & picked up at their classroom. If you need EARLY PICK-UP, please send an email ahead of time or a note with your child. EVERY child has to be signed out in the office. We will have your child waiting for you in the office at the time of requested pick up.
Also, each child should have a refillable water bottle and an extra mask with them. Additionally, if you want to send a nut-free snack with your child, feel free. Challah is served as snack.
COVID protocols:
During religious school hours, masks must be worn by all students, staff, and visitors while in the building. This is regardless of vaccination status. If anyone forgets to bring a mask, we will have disposable masks available for their use.
Hand sanitizer will be available at each entrance and throughout the building.
Snacks will be enjoyed outside when practical and in the event of rain, we will use our large spaces such as the social hall to allow students to take off their masks to enjoy a bit of challah in a physically distanced environment.
All classes have assigned outdoor or large indoor spaces in order to keep our students as distanced and as safe as possible.
When NOT to come to class:
If a student or a member of your family has a suspected or confirmed case of coronavirus, no member of the family should come to religious school.
If there is a coronavirus case confirmed at your child’s Monday-Friday school that requires them to be quarantined from class, we require that all your children be quarantined from Sunday School as well.
If any member of the family has any of these symptoms, the student should not come to class:
If your child tests positive, please let us know as soon as possible. If the positive case happens within 2 days of being in our building, we must notify families and follow the quarantine guidance of the Georgia Department of Community Health, which means affected classrooms will be virtual the following week.
Please feel free to reach out with anything you need or any questions you have. You can reach me by clicking HERE .
Thanks,
Beth Blick
Temple Emanu-El 1580 Spalding Drive Atlanta, GA 30350
