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Our Religious School serves Kindergarten through B'nai Mitzvah and Confirmation.

We turn no one away for any reason!

We are a FULL-SERVICE Congregation

Shabbat Services every Friday evening at 7:30 pm

Please come check us out!

Once you visit and hear us in action,

you will feel right AT HOME!

ALL current students MUST RE-REGISTER FOR RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

with a $50 deposit

ALL NEW MEMBERS may join at this time

with a $125.00 deposit per adult

You may register your children for religious school

with a $50 deposit at this time

Call us for further info or to visit at another time

(561) 968-0688

This offer applies to new Family Memberships only

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PARENTS OF ALL

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL STUDENTS

This is a reminder that

Religious School Classes

begin as follows:

Sundays 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Wednesdays 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Teachers will begin teaching on time

It is important that your child(ren) be in class and ready to learn

promptly at 9:30 a.m. on Sundays and 6:30 .m. on Wednesdays

Late arrivals disrupt teaching and learning -

Please be considerate and bring your student(s) in time to get them into class on time!!!

Please sign your child(ren) in on each arrival

and sign them out on each departure

PLEASE PICK YOU CHILD(REN) UP ON TIME

PLEASE DO NOT DROP THEM OFF IN THE PARKING LOT

PLEASE DO NOT EXPECT TO PICK THEM UP OUTSIDE

we require that they remain INSIDE until a parent picks them up!

Thank you

Darrell Schwartz

President

Holocaust Memorial & Museum TripDarrell Schwartz, President This past December the Confirmation Class along with our Chaverim took a special trip down to Miami Beach to visit the Holocaust Memorial and the Jewish Museum. Our L'Dor Va-Dor Religious School students where most certainly awed, moved, touched and inspired by all that they saw on this trip. Some of the students stated they believe they will remember this trip forever. These are 14 students who are 13 years of age and older. They attend the Confirmation classes in our Religious School. Most had never visited the Jewish Museum or the Holocaust Memorial. It was an "eye-opening" experience.

The Holocaust Memorial Trip by Suzanne Burstein

The Holocaust Memorial in Miami gave an enlightening perspective of what it felt like to be a Holocaust victim. First, we saw a movie that depicted what the victims endured and how this memorial came into existence. A great deal of work went into creating the statues. The first statue portrayed a woman protecting her two children. Then we walked through a narrow passageway with pictures on the wall, which showed how the victims suffered in horrible conditions. Somber music played throughout the exhibit. An eternal light burned in the center of the passageway. In the center of the courtyard, stood a giant statue of G-d's hands surrounded by statues of horrific scenes of Holocaust victims. A wall surrounding this statue listed the names of the Holocaust victims. Upon exiting the courtyard, another passageway showed more pictures of the suffering and humiliating circumstances that the victims endured. A trellis was above the passageway to depict the railroad tracks. They built several small slits in the wall to recreate the feeling of how it felt to be in the crowded railroad cars. From behind the wall, we saw a lake with a reflection of G-d's hand. A statue at the end showed that the woman and her two children from the first statue had died. The Holocaust Memorial made me appreciate my life and freedom!

I reflect just a bit to the beginning of this school year. Congregation L'Dor Va-Dor Religious School was met with a wonderful challenge. Several new families joined us and we had students enter our upper grades having little or no Hebrew or Religious training. These students and their families and our L'Dor Va-Dor Family made a commitment to "catch up" on all of the missed education.
Their education began with the obvious...the parents promise to bring the students to class every week. With regular tutoring from our dedicated volunteers, Sharon Leibowitz and Debbie Brass, wonders were worked! In addition, to the Hebrew tutoring, these students also attended regular religious school classes to learn history, traditions and life cycle events from Mr. Kagan and Mrs. Hirschberg.
Shalom,
Roni Ennis
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Dress Code
Dress code mimics the local school districts. No spaghetti straps, tube tops, midriffs. No baseball caps. No t-shirts with offensive phrases or designs that interfere with learning.
Conferences and Shadowing Students
Conferences are encouraged. If you would like to shadow your child please contact the principal prior to your visit.
Tzedakah
Students are encouraged to bring a contribution to the Tzedakah fund each Sunday. Monies donated will go toward a project on which the students will vote.
Field Trips
Parents will be notified of trips. Permission forms will need to be signed before students are allowed to leave the facility.
School Cancellation
In the event of inclement weather, or due to unforeseen reasons, the teachers or administration will use every means possible to contact a parent of a student. If you would like to be on an e-mail cancellation list, please make sure the school office has your e-mail. Cancellations will also be posted on the temple Website.
Attendance Policy
It is anticipated that all religious school students attend our Religious School according to the published Calendar. Attendance requires not only the student’s presence, but TIMELY presence throughout the course of the ENTIRE scheduled session. Students are considered tardy if they arrive after 9:30 a.m. on Sundays and 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. Our Congregation requires that students complete their religious school training to become a Bar/Bat Mitzvah. Attendance counts toward that requirement. Parents, please assist in setting an example for your children by assuming responsibility for their timely attendance. Please note that the Religious School requests students to attend Services as per the section titled, Worship Service Attendance.
Worship Service Attendance
Students in grade 7 should attend Services twice a month. Students in grades 3-6 should attend Services once a month. Students in the lower grades are encouraged to attend Services as often as possible. This is a great place to practice prayers.
Drop Off and Pick Up
Parents must accompany all students into the synagogue and sign them in each time they attend.
Parents must come into the synagogue and sign their child(ren) out each time they pick them up.
WE DO NOT ALLOW STUDENTS TO REMAIN OUTSIDE THE BUILDING FOR PICK-UP.
Thank you for your full cooperation. This is for the safety of all of our children.
Please review the procedures each year with your child as they are subject to change