Thur, Nov 11 Veteran’s Day-Dress Up! Uniform bottoms, red or red/white tops

Thurs, Nov 11 Basketball Game - 4:15 pm Grace Presbyterian on Beltway 8 and Westheimer-10219 Ella Lee Lane

Fri, Nov. 12 Early Dismissal begins 3:15 pm - Please be Prompt!

Wed, Nov 17 Basketball Game 5:00 pm “Love & Logic” 7:30 pm

Fri, Nov 19 Spaghetti Lunch (NII-8 gr) $5 Wed, Nov 24 Noon Dismissal-all grades Thur-Fri, Nov 25-26

Thanksgiving Holiday School Closed all grades

Wed, Dec 1 Hanukkah Begins! Light 1st candle after 5:22 pm

Thur, Dec. 2 Save-the-Date! Preschool- Parent Hanukkah Event

TORAH DAY SCHOOL Thursday Thunder 10900 Fondren Road Houston, Texas 77096

(713) 777-2000 www.tdshouston.org

4 Kislev, 5771

ה”ב

November 11, 2010 Parshat Vayetze

מדות טובותGood Deeds!

Congratulations to Shalom Lazaroff for being chosen as a Prudential Spirit of Community Award winner for his volunteer work at Aishel House. He is now being considered for state recognition.

Light Shabbat Candles 5:10 pm

FATHER & SON LEARNING 5771 There will not be Father and Son learning this week,

due to the Basketball game. We will resume next week IY”H on

Thursday 11 Kislev/November 18th @6:30pm. All fathers and sons from grades 1-8 are welcome.

Appointments? Leaving Early? If you must pick up your child early, please send a note in advance. It is very disruptive to the class when the office needs to call the class regarding these last minute changes.

Carpool Changes ? All carpool changes must be made between the carpools. Please inform your child of any changes before the school day. In case of last minute changes, make sure the parent picking up is aware of the change.

Homework! If your child misses school and would like to get his/her missed homework-please contact his/her teachers directly by emailing them! (first initial, last name@tdshouston.org)

NOVEMBER-DECEMBER CALENDAR

We are pleased to announce that American Friends of Lubavitch will once again be sponsoring the National Menorah Essay Contest, and we have been invited to participate in this exciting program.

The contest is open to students in two divisions: 3-4 grade and 5-6 grade. One winner is chosen from each division.

Students are asked to submit a 250 word essay titled "What Chanukah Means to Me". Our school will then choose the top 3 essays from each category. All essays are due by next Wednesday, November 17th. (Please e-mail them to Mrs. Fishman.)

The winner will present their essay at the National Menorah Lighting Ceremony in Washington, DC on December 1. Transportation and accommodation are arranged for the winner and one accompanying adult. VIP tickets are provided for any family members that wish to attend the event.

The winner also receives a $250 gift card towards Jewish books and materials.

STUDENT SERVICE CLUB The Girls in the student service club have been busy! Ahuva Grosman and Sima Goldstein put together a wonderful student newsletter called "TDS TXT 2 U" and Chaya Israel and Tonia Lazaroff made a beautiful Chanukah bulletin board.

Box Tops for Education Thank you to everyone who has been collecting Box Tops. The school has earned $270 so far. The money will be earmarked for preschool tricycles. Thank you to Mrs. C. Kaufmann for taking this on as a project. We are now trying to collect more than 1500 box tops and we are tracking the progress in the lobby on the chart. See our progress on the chart in the hallway! Bring those "tops" in!

Mesibos Shabbos - NEW TIME!! For Boys grades 2-6 4:15 – 5:15 pm

This Shabbos - Eli Cagen’s house 7822 Candle Lane

(The boys will go to Mincha together with their Madrichim)

Thank you to Mendy Donin, Gal Doron and Elan Leonard for doing such a wonderful job last week.

Basketball Schedule Thurs, Nov 11, 4:15 pm Grace Presbyterian on Beltway 8 and Westheimer-10219 Ella Lee Lane Wed, Nov 17, 5:00 pm vs Trafton at Chancellors Wed, Dec 15, 4:30 pm vs Trafton at Chancellors Tues, Jan 4, 4:30 pm vs Beren Academy at Beren Academy

Come & Cheer for the TDS Titans!

Love and Logic "Love and Logic" sessions continued last night. Karen Miller, the facilitator, introduced more behavioral strategies to take the “anxiety” out of parenting. Over 40 parents participated. If you are interested in joining the workshops, come next Wednesday, November 17 from 7:30-9:30 pm. You will learn how to take the "anxiety" out of parenting.

TDS FOOD DRIVE The students are very enthused about the "Thanksgiving Food Drive” to help less fortunate in the Houston area. They are collecting kosher canned and packaged goods to bring to the Food Bank. They will learn how the Food Bank distributes the food and helps others in the greater community. At Torah Day School, students learn the importance of giving back to the community. A school wide competition will promote classroom unity and hunger awareness. From Monday, November 8 through Friday, November 19 . Donate kosher canned or packaged foods and the students will bring the collection to the food bank.

Mazel Tov to: … Rabbi & Mrs. Marinovsky on the engagement of their daughter Feigy to Shlomo Horwitz of Kfar Chabad, Israel. ...Dr. Avvi & Yehudeet Shabat on the birth of a baby girl! ...Dr. Stuart & Sheina Cagen and family upon the birth of a grandson to Yechiel & Ita Cagen of Brooklyn, NY! Thank you to: ...Miriam Fishman for conducting the hearing screening on your students. We are grateful to Mrs. Fishman for performing this service every year. ...Mrs. Holzer, Mrs. Harosh, Mrs. Greenstein, Mrs. Israel and Mrs. Dobin for helping with pizza lunch this week. The next pizza lunch is Tuesday, Dec. 7. Please make sure your money is in before 9 am on that day. ...Mrs. Schwartz and Mrs. Cohen for working so hard to make such delicious and successful spaghetti lunches. The next spaghetti lunch is Friday, Nov. 19. ...The Seventh and Eighth grade girls had a wonderful time on their Shabbaton to Chabad of Pearland. Thank you to Rabbi and Mrs. Zaklikofsky for hosting, to Esti Gavin for chaperoning, and to Mrs. Cohen and Mrs. Ohana for driving.

May we continue to share simchos!

There are lots of sweatshirts with and without names in the coat closet off the lobby. If you are missing a garment, please look in there. The only sweatshirt you can wear to TDS,

inside or outside, is the TDS regulation sweatshirt from Land's End. All other sweatshirts will be put away until the end of the year. This is a long standing rule to which we adhere to. We have 2 Child XL sweatshirts for sale-call the office if you’re interested.

IMPORTANT!

PLEASE READ!