We’re excited to get more snow for our recess sledding. Stay safe on the roads this weekend!
Our fifth-grade scientists demonstrated their knowledge of kinetic and potential energy by creating Mars rovers! They designed and built self-propelled rovers to transport rock samples across Mars using the engineering design process.
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Our second annual Heilicher Alumni/Student Basketball Game was a slam dunk! 🏀 It was great to get together with current and former students and teachers — we're so grateful for this enduring community. 💙🧡💙🧡
Heilicher students get to practice all kinds of mediums in art class, including clay and glaze! First grade made clay animals and glazed them fun colors 🎨 #hmjdslions
The Great Heilicher Dreidel Spin-Off puts a spin on the classic dreidel game for the whole school to participate in. Students who spun their dreidels the longest advanced through the rounds.
Mazal tov to our finalists and winner, Oreen A. (Grade 2)!
First grade performed a Chanukah play, The Latke Is Too Big! It was complete with songs, a little Hebrew, and lots of giggles!
Kol hakavod (all honor/good job)! We can't wait to begin the Festival of Lights 🕎
Heading into winter break, we want to show our appreciation for all of the Heilicher teachers, administrators, and staff who have given their all this first part of the year.
They all got fun treats and gifts, and a few special teachers/administrators won raffle gift baskets!
The middle schoolers made bimuelos (Sephardic fried dough for Chanukah) for everyone to enjoy at All-School Lunch today. Todah rabbah! Thank you very much!
Third grade went to the Minnesota Zoo in preparation for the ZOOMS STEM Design Challenge. They learned about white-cheeked gibbons, met an armadillo, and took a class on developing enrichments to improve an animal's life at the zoo.
Some of our youngest community members joined us for a 🕎 Chanukah-themed 🕎 Heilicher Sunday Family Fun Day yesterday! They enjoyed festive crafts projects, sensory activities and holiday books with PJ Library. We had a full room full of schmoozing, refreshments, and fun!
Some of our students participated in a chess tournament and took home trophies. ♟🏆♟ Congratulations to both the fourth-grade and third-grade groups for winning first place!
Today we welcomed Beth El Aleph Preschool for a Taste of K! We enjoyed introducing the pre-kers to kindergarten with circle time and story time, song and movement in music class, and free play. We look forward to some of these students joining the Heilicher family next year!
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It was a close game for the Heilicher 7-8 boys team against Benilde-St. Margaret's yesterday as they opened their season. The girls also played their first game against Carondelet. 🏀
📸 Steve Teener
Our head of school, Dr. Dan, played his bass for first grade! He told the students all about his instrument, and each kid had the opportunity to pluck strings and make some music.
In addition to his Doctor of Education in Leadership, Policy, and Administration, Dr. Dan has a bachelor's and master's degree in music and has previously served as a music teacher.
Shabbat shalom! Wishing everyone a RESTFUL Shabbos filled with good FRIENDS and FAMILY. 🧡 Heilicher
🦁🏀 The Heilicher 5-6 basketball teams were a blur on the court! Both teams won their first games of the season yesterday! 🏀🦁
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Heilicher's School's Out Ozrim are putting together a donation drive this Sunday, December 8! Our donations will go to STEP: St. Louis Park Emergency Program.
Drop off items to the Heilicher dining room between 9 a.m. and noon on Sunday. If you can't make it, please bring your donations to the HaBonim room ahead of the event.
Please donate:
• nonperishable food
• hygiene products
• warm winter clothing
• new undergarments and socks
• home cleaning supplies
• bedding
• shoes
The Heilicher 2024-2025 basketball teams are getting ready for their first games this week! 🏀 Let's go, Lions! 🦁
As we close out National Native American Heritage Month, kindergarten learned about Native legends and crafts and made their own dreamcatchers out of paper plates, yarn, and beads. They wrote on them, using symbols from Native American early language.
Math class is getting us hungry for some pumpkin pie leftovers! What's your favorite Thanksgiving food?
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The fourth graders weighed and measured pumpkins to make estimates and solve math problems using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. After the students counted the pumpkin seeds, Chef Liz roasted the seeds for them to enjoy!
