2017-2018 ANNUAL REPORT

This is a community of wonder. At Wornick, our students discover and thrive every day. We are a community where questioning and learning drives our lessons, our play, and our every interaction. I am thrilled to lead the Wornick school community through the 2018-2019 school year and send the gratitude of an entire community of students, families, staff and friends for the generous support that makes a Wornick education possible. Todah Rabah!

Lillian Howard Interim Head of School

OUR MISSIONTo develop students who are socially and academically prepared to meet their full potential as engaged leaders committed to a life steeped in Jewish ethics and values.

BOARD OF TRUSTEESLimeng StrohMaia Tchetchik Karen WolffMichael Wornick

Tamar MillerDavid RodnitzkyAlison RuebuschShaun Steingold

Andy FradkinRabbi Corey HelfandUdi HoffmannFran Lent

Daphne Kaufer, PresidentKatie Wolff, Vice PresidentRachel Canning, Secretary Larry Pascal, Treasurer

Lauren Newman graduated from Wornick in 2010. She went on to attend Menlo School in Atherton for high school and Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles where she majored in Marketing and minored in Psychology. At LMU, she joined a special program focused on Integrated Marketing taught by industry professionals and emphasizing hands-on, real-world projects. During her senior year, she interned at the Craftsman Agency and is now working there full-time as an Associate Marketing Manager.

“Wornick had an enormous impact on my moral, social and intellectual development. The Jewish education taught me to value community and family and to always treat others the way I want to be treated. The study of Torah and Jewish texts contributed significantly to the

analytical skills necessary for success in higher education. The small classes enabled a deeper understanding of content and taught me the value of asking questions and approaching my teachers for additional help when necessary. That skill in particular became of great value in high school, college, and particularly now in my big-girl job. I loved it and still remain close friends with my buddies and teachers. I intend to send my future children to Wornick!“

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHTLAUREN NEWMAN

Pictured above: Lauren with her homemade toffee. Right: Lauren running the San Francisco Marathon. Running and baking are her two favorite activities.

Recent Wornick alumni have attended the following high schools:

Recent Wornick alumni have attended the following colleges and universities for undergraduate and graduate degrees:

• Bard College• Boston University• Brandeis University• Cal Poly• Caltech• Chapman College• Columbia University• Cornell University• Dartmouth • Elon University• Emory University• Georgetown University• Harvard University• Harvey Mudd College• Hebrew Union College• Indiana University• Johns Hopkins University• McGill University• MIT• New York University• Northeastern

• Aragon High School• Burlingame High School• Capuchino High School• Carlmont High School• Castilleja School• Design Tech High School• Everest High School• Gunn High School• Hillsdale High School• Interlochen Arts Academy

• Jewish Community High School

• Kehillah High School• Lick-Wilmerding High

School• Lowell High School• Mercy High School• Millbrook School• Notre Dame High School• Nueva High School

• Pinewood School• Saint Francis High School• San Mateo High School• Ruth Asawa San Francisco

School of the Arts• Sequoia High School• Serra High School• Summit High School

CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2018

• Northern Arizona University• Northwestern• Occidental College• Oregon State University• Pitzer College• Princeton University• Purdue University• Reed University• Rhode Island School of Design• Scripps College• Seattle University• Stanford University• Syracuse University• Technion• Tel Aviv University• Tulane University• University of Arizona• University of California• University of Chicago• University of Colorado

Boulder

• University of Denver• University of Judaism• University of Maryland• University of Massachusetts• University of Michigan• University of North Carolina• University of Oregon• University of San Diego• University of Southern

California• University of Utah• University of Wisconsin-

Madison• Vanderbilt University• Wake Forest University• Washington University in

St. Louis• Wesleyan University• Western Michigan State• Yale University

In the 4th grade JSTEAM (Judaic studies, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) culminating project, students are placed into groups with their peers and given a Jewish value to contemplate and collaboratively discuss. Each group studies texts that reflect and reinforce their Jewish value and assess the personal meaning that mitzvah holds for them through a written drash or story. Students are then posed a real-world current dilemma

that relates to their value, which they must research and design solutions to address. By first learning the efforts others have made to solve the problem, they become involved in the local and global communities of sc ient ists and

r e s e a r c h e rs w h o have made their work public. Through extended collaboration and revision of their solutions, they are challenged to create a machine that serves or supports their Jewish value, using the Peleh Lab at Wornick to engineer their prototypes.

At the end of the JSTEAM project, students build comprehensive presentations on the Prezi platform. Their presentations are professionally delivered to an audience of their teachers, peers and families. This process empowers students to be actively engaged in the world around them and encourages them to be resourceful in fulfilling their mitzvot with a focus on JSTEAM.

The Artist Report project in 5th grade is designed to integrate multiple curricular areas and give students the chance to fully immerse themselves in the life

and work of an artist. Students hone their research skills by finding relevant sources and taking extensive notes on their artist. They then show off all they have learned through their research by writing a

biography, creating a representative work of art and presenting a PowerPoint at our Cocoa House event. During Cocoa House, students present their favorite works of art by their artist and share how they have been inspired in front of teachers, peers and families while sipping hot cocoa.

This project allows students to recognize that art is an expression of how one sees the world around them and that art reflects the time period, culture, geography and status of each artist. Through this exploration of art, students also come to understand that we can learn life lessons by studying the lives of others.

YOUR DOLLARS AT WORKTHANK YOU FOR MAKING WORNICK REMARKABLE

JSTEAM

COCOA HOUSE

Wornick’s dual language Hebrew curriculum prepares our graduates to be conversationally proficient in Hebrew. Our teaching methodology for Hebrew learners is based on best practices recommended by the American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages with a focus on speaking and comprehension. Our native Hebrew students learn at a customized level according to Israel’s Ministry of Education curriculum.

Substantive research shows that students experience cognitive benefits as a result of second language learning, particularly when the target language is so different from the native language with a different alphabet and directionality. Dual language proficiency also positively influences a student’s view of language learning and other cultures. Students who master a complex language such as Hebrew are highly receptive to acquiring a third language.

This year we were delighted to launch two new Hebrew programs incorporated into the curricula. The first, Targemna, is a Hebrew translation bee, in which

students participated in translating phrases in both Hebrew to English, and English to Hebrew. The students were so successful that the final competition went into a second round, and learners were competing with native speakers. The second initiative incorporated a Hebrew Drama program. Students in both elementary and middle school prepared and performed for multiple audiences songs from the musicals Annie and High School Musical.

SHALOM IVRIT

The 8th grade Capstone Portfolio Project allows students to reflect on their academic achievements and personal growth during their time in middle school at Wornick. In this project, students choose a theme for their portfolio based on an area of growth from their past three years as learners. A student might choose the theme “growth mindset” or “critical thinking” as their focus for the portfolio. After choosing a theme, the students select artifacts from a few of their general studies, Judaic studies, Hebrew classes and one outside-of-school artifact to highlight in their portfolio. A reflective defense is written to accompany each artifact. The students include a letter of gratitude to those who supported them during their academic journeys at Wornick. These portfolios come to life in a presentation at the end of 8th grade year where faculty, students and parents are invited to join and celebrate each student’s hard work and growth.

CAPSTONE PORTFOLIOS

Wornick’s Innovative Hebrew Program

$25,000 AND ABOVE HILLEL CIRCLEAnonymous (2) Marian & Allan ByerJanet & Reynold KarrFran & Bobby LentThe Levine-Lent Family FoundationTamar & Jonathan Miller Dorothy z”l & Michael z”l MillerSalma & Michael WornickAnita & Ronald Wornick

$15,000-$24,999 MEIR CIRCLEAnonymousLeslie & Chuck Fetterman

$10,000-$14,999 RASHI CIRCLEThe Aaron & Marie Blackman FoundationAndy FradkinThe Dore Orenstein FoundationAnne & David Sipes

$5,000-$9,999 AKIVAH CIRCLEGilah & Mark AbelsonAnonymous Phyllis CookHeidy & Jason FeinbergHilary M. DeLorenzoJim Joseph FoundationRachel Canning & Soheil MotamedCraig PottruckLimeng & Eylon StrohTamar Spektor & Steve ThomaWendy & Jeremy Verba

$3,600-$4,999 MAIMONIDES CIRCLEJoy & Zachary PearlmanKatie & Mike Wolff

$1,800-$3,599 HESCHEL CIRCLEAnonymous (4)Barbara Bass BakarDevon & Sam CrewsJill & Martin DoddLaura & Jim DunnElaine Date & Mark EzerskyBarbara & Joel GereboffCindy Rogoway & Joe GoldbergDebbie & David GorenLea Grinberg-Korczyn & Oded KorczynCate & Adam KossHeather Cahan & Kartik KrishnanJudy Bornstein & Tom LennemannMarlene and Fred LevinsonElissa & Scott McQuaidIrene & Stephen MoffShani & Larry PascalPeninsula Temple Beth ElBenna & Keith Posehn Rebecca & David RodnitzkyLori SilversteinAmy & Wayne SosnickElizabeth Clarkson & Brad SuttonDiana Hardy & David VinerAlison Morantz & Dan WohlCristina Breen & Jonathan WornickCynthia & Ken Wornick

$540-$1,799 MENDELSSOHN CIRCLEAnonymousAdrienne & Howard AbramsMaury AlcheckDaphne Kaufer & Ram BartovSarah & Jordan BlakeAnn BornsteinMichal & Jeff BrakerMina & Dan BresslerJudy & Michael CanningTami & Moris ChenRoxanne & David CohenRochelle & Mervyn DankerMandy & Rabbi Dennis EisnerBarbara Engler

Gail & Harvey GlasserThe David B. & Edward C. Goodstein FoundationJoanne & William GreenspanMiriam & Nadav GrossingerGina Vasiloudis & Dan HermanHolly & Steve HeymanLee Lior & Udi HoffmannDana & Marty IzensonAnnie O’Donnell & RM KarrSusan KoretDavid Lefkowitz, CPAEllen Dunn-Malhotra & Ripu MalhotraRobin & Eric NedziPeninsula Sinai CongregationDorothy SaxeGoldie & Martin SosnickTracy & Shaun SteingoldAnne & David SteirmanTaube Foundation for Jewish Life & CultureKatrin TchetchikHava & Raziel UngarMargie & Rabbi Irvin UngarCyndi & Scott UrmanMichael WachtellThe Ernest Weiner z”l Philanthropic FundEllen Weinstein & Fred WeinerKaren & George WolffLaura & Gennady Yanovsky

$1-$539Anonymous (9)Erika & Stephen Abbott Joel AbramovitzMarcia & Bob AbramsMartha & Michael AdlerEla AlexanderMarci & Alex AndermanKeren-Or Reiss & Erez AngelJoanne & Bernard ArfinLily & Gideon AvidaEdna AvrahamCara & Jonathan BakerNorma Adjmi BakerInbal & Ziv Bar-Yossef

Ruth BarackMarcia & Steve BarkoffJoyce & Joseph BeharElise & Ariel BeliakCelia BenavidesDana Spanger & David BergerJack BergerShannon Klagholz & Aklile BerhanuBetsy & Michael BermanSally BernsteinDeena & Robert BertolinaVici BlackmanLynn BlankfortValeriya Pasynkova & Gennadiy BlinderEmily & Henrik BlixtRita BlumNadin Mayblum-Boaz & Yoav BoazMiriam & Arthur BodinPam & Douglas BodinDeborah BoehmHolly & James BoginBeverly & Richard BoitanoSusan BrandesCourtney BrennerJudy & David BresslerCorine BrouwerAlison BrownJessica ChamberlainJulie ChaseThelma ColvinLiza & Stuart Cristol-DemanRebecca DavisRima and Levan DevyRuth & Stephen DicksteinNina & Robert EngelJosephine & Asher EnglerRebecca Schwartz & Roger FeigelsonPhoenix & Josh FeinbloomFisher Weisman DesignAdeelee & Alex FoxIrina Belobrov & Steve GaysinskiyMartha & Jim GellerEsther & Troy GilletteSarah GitmanOlga & Seth GoldbergMichelle & Miles Goldstein

This list reflects total giving made between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018.

THANK YOU TO OUR 2017-2018GENEROUS DONORSYour investment in Wornick supports excellent education, inspires teachers to dream big for their students, and makes our community stronger. We cannot thank you enough.

Audra & Drew GreenspanMerav & Yair GrindlingerDana & Gabe GrossAnnette Rivlin-Gutman & Bruce GutmanDalit & Roy GvirtsmanShoshi Naymann & David HabibSimona & Isaac HabibNicole & Michael HaireCarmit & Amit HallerSusan HamlinBarbara HardyHeather & Curtis HechtJenny Ackerman & Rabbi Corey HelfandSamantha HendricksonJennifer & Chris HeplerJennifer James & Arthur HeplerLaurie HeplerBarbara & Herbert HermanSherry HeymanRiva JacobsChristy & Eric JeckJenny Balestrini & Luis JugoStacy & Ron KahnJessica Hare & Moshe KazimirskyAnna & Konstantin KelensonRita & Adam KingJudy Thalheimer & Brian KirshnerLinda & Robert KissCandee & Jack KleinHa Nguyen & Cary KletterDiane & Richard KossMerle KovtunMimi & Lee KravetzChristine KrenosNetta & Ziv LachishKatherine & Benn LancmanMara & David LangerSheri & Jerry Langer

Natasha Kehimkar & Derek LauAllen LeeMariamne Leung-Zippert & Aric LeungNoa Levran-KaminitzCaroline LevyDiana Starr & Oren LevyCorinne & Paul LipmanSherry & Brian LipsonRu Chen & Chris LucInbal & Hagay LupeskoSarina MadnickRobin Will & Dennis MaineHeidi & Matt MaldenJoanne & Michael MandelChelsea MandellPurnima ManiElizabeth & Richard MarchasinLilach Mousseiri & Ariel MargulisAdina MichaelRaul MichelLois Horwitz & Bill MontagueSimon MotamedNilu Motiwala & Ashish MotivalaDena & Darren MyersRenee & Dave NeedlemanKatie NuñezTami & Robert OsheroffJackie & Jeff PalmerBeth & Chuck PascalSharon Golan-Paz & Sagi PazCynthia PellegriniLiza & Adrian PercerSara PetersonCharles RashallMichelle Mandel & Simon ReadingKristen ReeseAmy RichardsMargie Shafer & Cliff RobbinsDonna & Robert Rodnitzky

Deborah Postal & Scott RoseAvi RosenmanEllen & Jerry SalimanScott SanderDaniel SansonSuzan Negip-Schatt & Dan SchattLisa & Ellis SchoichetFlorette & William SchwartzMichelle Hudson & Joel ScottMary & Ed SebanSarah SebanKarin & Marlin SegalHila & Tzach SegalDebbi & Ron SeligmanNoa & Gil ShapiraJocelyn & Cantor Doron ShapiraMaia Tchetchik & Amnon SharirMelissa & Daniel SheferNatalie Melamed & Alexander ShoykhetLuba Kisilyuk & Russ ShturmanDanielle & Marat ShubSimina & Claudio SimionNelly & Alex SiragusaNounie SiyPolina & Roman SlepnyovGinger & Steve SlonakerHadas Dvory SobolRonit SolomonSusie & Rich SorkinDeborah & Leor SternLara Druyan & Tom StuartBrian SwensonJulia Galperin & Felix TarnariderJen & Marc TaxayMarcy Kawadler & Daryl ThomasJorge VenegasYifah Yaroh & Steve VillarealeBarb VinerKaren Wagshul

Greta WatermanKaren Alexander & Ross WeinerIlana & Ryan WithopBarbara & Zev YaroslavskyBarbara & Robert ZimmermanSabina & Joshua Zimmerman

COMPANIESAbsolute ElectricalAcura of FremontAdobeAnonymousAppleBurlingame PropertiesCalifornia College of the ArtsCamp TawongaClif Bar & Co.Clover by CloverDZH Phillips/Squar Milnar LLPFirst Republic BankGenentechGlobal MaintenanceGoogleHUB InternationalKern Jewelers, Inc.O’Melveny & Myers LLPOraclePayden & RygelPrizmah Center for Jewish Day Schools SalesforceSymantecUS Marketing Decisions Group Veracross, LLCVisaWal-Mart FoundationWells Fargo

We have tried to be as accurate as possible and apologize for any errors that may appear in our listings. Please contact the Development Office at 650-378-2629 or development@wornickjds.org. for changes to future listings. Thank you.

Ann Bear z”lRoxanne & David CohenRebecca Schwartz & Roger Feigelson

Judy & Tom FisherNylda GempleBarbara & Joel GereboffEsther & Troy GilletteSharon & Scott Hartley

Deborah Kelman & Rabbi Marvin GoodmanJoelle & Neal KaufmanLindsay & Ilan KopeckyEva Lokey z”l

Larry B. SchlenoffLori SilversteinFred WeinerAnita & Ron Wornick

THANK YOU TO OUR LEGACY CIRCLE DONORS. BY INCLUDING WORNICK IN YOUR ESTATE, YOU ENSURE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR INSTITUTION FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

2018 REVENUE

Tuition/Fees: 72%Development: 24%

Other: 4%

2018 EXPENSES

Educational: 13%

Debt Payments: 8%

Organization & Property Management: 15%

Compensation: 64%

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ANNUAL FUNDThe annual fund, or Chai Excellence Fund, is a community effort to support everything you love about Wornick – every year. Chai Excellence allows us to keep class sizes small, create state-of-the-art programs, and address the needs of children with many learning styles. Give to this fund each year to sponsor excellent education, inspire teachers to dream big for your children, and bolster this fabulous institution.

SIGNATURE EVENTSSpecial events like Feast Your Mind help to strengthen and build innovative programs every year that are not covered as part of the annual operating budget. Join us on February 23, 2019 for a fun-filled gala featuring silent and live auctions with a Purim Katan theme and Persian food! Your support of events like this will ensure the on-going excellence of a Wornick education.

SUSTAIN THE SPIRITRuach means spirit in Hebrew - join us in Sustaining the Spirit or Ruach of Wornick as we launch this new campaign to augment our vital tuition assistance fund and other key programs. We want to make a Wornick education available to more families, but we can only do it with your help.

STOCKS AND SECURITIES If you hold securities that would incur a tax on capital gains if sold, your outright gift to Wornick could mean significant savings. You obtain a tax deduction for the full fair market value of the gift, and you may avoid a tax on the increase in value.

MATCHING GIFTS Many companies offer employer matching gift programs as a benefit to employees. Please check with your employer to see if you are eligible.

PLANNED GIVING Legacies created by donors who have remembered Wornick in their estate plan play a crucial role in securing our future. Planned gifts include: placing Wornick in your will, making Wornick the beneficiary of a retirement account or life insurance policy, creating a charitable gift annuity, or making a gift of real estate.

You can give online at www.wornickjds.org/giving or by mailing a check made payable to: Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day SchoolAttn: Development Office800 Foster City Blvd., Foster City, CA 94404

If you are interested in learning more about how you can support Wornick, please contact the Development Office at 650-378-2629 or development@wornickjds.org.

WHY IS GIVING TO INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS LIKE WORNICK SO VITAL?Independent Schools are non-profit institutions that rely on tuition and donations, rather than government funding, to operate. The best independent schools in the country try to keep tuition down by finding other ways to generate revenue, mostly by fundraising. In fact, almost all of these schools have tuition rates that do not cover the actual expense of educating the child. Your generosity bridges this gap.

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