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Back by popular demand! HBHA Grandparent's and Grandfriend's Day! Please join us for breakfast, songs and hugs on Tuesday, November 10 at 8:00 a.m. in the JCC Social Hall. You will be entertained by talented HBHA students, and later join them in their classrooms. We look forward to seeing you there.
Shabbat Shalom,
Howard Haas
Calendar Reminders
October 23 - Pink for the Cure
October 26-28 - Red Ribbon Week
October 26 - March of the Living Meeting
October 27 - Tucker High Ropes - Seniors only
October 27 - 7th Grade TRUE Blue Science Field Trip (Rescheduled from 10/22)
October 28 - Coffee and a Chat with the Head of School
October 28 - One Homeless Night Parent and Student Meeting 5:00 pm in the Library
October 29-30 - No School Parent Teacher Conferences
November 2 - Genetics Conference
November 3 - PLAN Test - 10th Grade Students
November 6 - Go Green Day
November 9 - Barnes and Noble Book Fair
For all important information and events, go to our web site, www.hbha.edu.
You can click here to view the monthly printable calendar, which is updated daily.
HBHA News and Events
Report Cards
Report cards will be sent home with Lower School students and mailed to Middle and Upper School students this Friday. We hope you like the new format of the Lower School reports. We updated benchmarks to better parallel the curriculum and worked as grade level teams to prepare the reports. We would appreciate your feedback regarding the new report card format. Please send comments or questions to ggray@hbha.edu or call 913.327.8167.
Picture Retake Day
We are having another picture retake day on Monday, October, 26th at 8:30 a.m. The photographer will be here from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. that day. Lifetouch is only a pre-paid company. You must pay for your pictures prior to having your picture taken. You may pick up an envelope in the main office.
HBHA H1N1 Vaccination Site
As you may have heard, a new influenza virus, called the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, was first identified in the United States in late April 2009. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has recommended that children and young adults aged 6 months through 24 years be vaccinated against 2009 H1N1 as soon as the vaccine is available.
Vaccination is the best way to protect your child from this potentially serious disease. The state and local health departments are working with HBHA to give the 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine to children at school. HBHA has become a vaccination site. The Health Coordinator, Elisa Pener, will send you more information about the virus and the vaccine when we are assigned a date. You will also receive a form that will include options allowing you to either accept or refuse the vaccination for your child. If you refuse, the vaccination will not be given to your child. Children (5-9 years) are expected to need two doses of vaccine spaced about 3 weeks apart. There will be no cost to you for this vaccine if you choose our site for vaccinations.
In the meantime, if your child is sick, please keep them home to reduce exposure. Please remember to contact Nurse Pener and let her know your child’s symptoms.
Calling all HBHA Students!
If you are interested in participating in our Civic Service Award Dinner on May 2, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center, please sign up with Pat Caldwell before October 23rd. Only 20 students in Grades 4-12 will be able to participate in this exciting evening. There will be two big production
numbers during the evening's program. Both will involve singing and dancing, and several rehearsals will be required. If you agree to be part of HBHA's most important fundraising event, it is necessary that you be at rehearsals. Please keep this in mind when signing up.
Your participation in the 2010 Civic Service Awards program really helps make the evening special. Your talent, energy and enthusiasm will help us have a strong and financially healthy 2010-2011 school year.
If you have more questions, please contact event coordinator Paul Lerner by email or at 913-649-0457, or development director Martha Atlas by email or at 913-327-8156.
HBHA students gathered together on Sukkot.
Click here for photos of this and more.....
Parent-teacher conferences will be held Thursday, October 29th, 12:00 PM-7:40 PM and Friday, October 30th, 7:50 AM-1:50 PM. To sign up, contact Pat Caldwell (Lower School) or Jean Bratt (Middle and Upper School).
HBHA going Pink for the Cure®
Because the need to end breast cancer is so urgent, pink is the color we'll wear to accomplish our goal! Participating is simple. Just wear pink and your favorite acceptable non-distressed jeans on October 23rd and make a donation of $5 or more to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the leader of the global breast cancer movement. If you'd like to contribute online, please use the link below. In return for your contribution, you'll get the satisfaction of helping to move us closer to a world free of breast cancer. Please contact Elisa Pener if you have any questions about our event. Thanks in advance for your help and for showing your true colors by going Pink for the Cure on 10.23.09!
HBHA pink for the cure
Support our 7th grade!
The 7th grade class is selling Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy "Chosen Brew" coffee to support their trip to Arizona. Free coffee tastings will be held from 7:30-8:00 am every morning outside Pat's office. A pound of coffee beans sells for $12.50, ground is $13.00, decaf beans are $13.50 and decaf ground is $14.00. These bags of coffee will make great gifts for the holidays. Interested in ordering and don't know a 7th grader? Send an email to Laura Hewitt and she will have a 7th grader contact you.
HBHA Celebrates Red Ribbon Week
October 26-28
Each year Red Ribbon Week provides us with an opportunity to renew our commitment to a healthy and drug-free lifestyle and to show our dedication to education and prevention efforts in our school. The national weekly celebration, Red Ribbon Week, allows us to focus on the work being done to stop the spread of drugs and to draw attention to the growing millions who have pledged to live drug free. To help make this week effective and memorable our calendar of events for students and staff are as follows:
• Monday: All Academy students will be able to wear a red shirt in recognition of Red Ribbon Week
• Tuesday: Hugs not Drugs Day, lower school students are invited to bring in a new stuffed animal to be donated to Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
• Wednesday: We all CAN say no to drugs. Students are encouraged to bring one can of food to be donated to Harvesters
Grandparent Volunteers
We are developing a list of grandparents who would like to volunteer at HBHA. You don't have to commit to a weekly time period and there may be things you can do even though you live out of town. Click here for more information.
Limited number of RAMS spirit t-shirts available. First come, first serve. Click here for the order form.
March of the Living
In the spring of every other year, our 11th and 12th grade students are able to participate in the March of the Living, an international educational program that brings Jewish teens from all over the world to Poland on Yom HaShoah and then to Israel for Yom Ha'atzmaut. Planning has already begun for this trip, with an introductory meeting to be held on Monday, October 26 at 7:00 pm in the Jewish Community Campus Board Room. For more information, contact Amy Rosenfeld at 913-327-8145. A deposit to reserve your child's spot is due November 15.
HBHA Graduate Displays Leadership
Boris Abramov, class of 08, has started a UMKC Hillel. It is the only Jewish Hillel in the Kansas City area and students from other area colleges are invited to join. To read more about Boris and his efforts, click here>>>>>
Fuel Up to Play 60!
Our school is partnering with the Midwest Dairy Council to create a healthy school and encourage healthy lifestyles for the students within the school! Starting October 15, your child will be able to go online and track their progress with pursuing a healthy lifestyle. The program is called Fuel Up To Play 60, and it motivates students to exercise at least an hour a day, and eat healthy foods throughout the day. More information>>>
The Lost and Found will be set up outside Pat's office during conferences.