The third graders presented their schoolwork to their families at their curriculum night. They got to show off their zoo enrichment ideas and more!
Today we celebrated 💯 days of school! Kindergarten and first grade dressed up and enjoyed activities using the number 100.
Tu B'Shvat higiya, chag la-ilanot! Tu B'Shvat has arrived, the festival of trees!
Happy Tu B'Shvat. Yesterday the seventh graders led us in a Tu B'Shvat seder at all-school lunch!
“We see kids come home who are amazing self-advocates and all of a sudden are motivated to do their own self-care and plan their day.”
Our very own Student and Teacher Resource Team Director Beth Shapiro was interviewed by the Star Tribune about sleepaway camp readiness. Beth has lots of expertise as a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist. She is also a mental health consultant for Herzl Camp.
Heilicher eighth graders got a taste of college at the University of Minnesota today!
Thank you, Minnesota Hillel, for welcoming us. The students got to tour Hillel as well as the university physics department. They visited the Upper Midwest Jewish Archives and even took the campus connector!
Fourth grade led a beautiful Havdalah ceremony Saturday evening. Families joined us for Havdalah and a celebration of learning, where students presented songs and classwork, including the glass Havdalah drip plates they made — see our earlier post of the students making the plates!
In addition to studying for Math Masters, Math Club students work on architectural projects each week. They used architectural diagrams and measurements to create working windmills.
Sometimes a field trip means getting to have a picnic lunch! Today K-2 went to the Children’s Theatre Company and then enjoyed lunch in the auditorium.
Seventh grade is displaying their knowledge and creativity!
To wrap up their study of the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries, seventh graders designed board games that reflect their knowledge of the Industrial Era, immigration, technological advancements, the Gilded Age, and the Progressive Era. In small groups, students combined historical evidence, game strategy, and creativity to create: Boom and Bust, The Hull House Project, Oligopoly, and Rags to Riches.
Lots of action on the court as Heilicher‘s Grades 7/8 boys basketball team won 39 to 9 last week! Go, Lions!!! 🦁
The sixth-grade students have begun a long-standing Heilicher tradition: The B’tzalel Project. This project brings together the creative arts, Jewish studies, and the students’ personal spiritual journey.
Each student is designing and creating a talit (prayer shawl). They have started planning the artwork for the four corners of the talit.
Three talented Heilicher students won Minnesota Scholastic Art Awards in photography! They won nine awards between them. Mazel tov to Carmela C-L., Elnatan J., and Lila M.
1. Reflections by Elnatan J.
🥇 Gold Key Award
2. Up There by Lila M.
🥇 Gold Key Award
3. Fireflies by Carmela C.-L.
🥈 Silver Key Award
4. Look Deeper by Lila M.
🥈 Silver Key Award
5. My Aunt by Elnatan J.
🏅 Honorable Mention Award
6. Umph by Carmela C.-L.
🏅 Honorable Mention Award
7. City Lights by Lila M.
🏅 Honorable Mention Award
8. Sunset Cityscape by Elnatan J.
🏅 Honorable Mention Award
9. Tower to the Sky by Lila M.
🏅 Honorable Mention Award
Fourth grade is further preparing for their Havdalah Ceremony and Celebration of Learning with the help of Heilicher grandparent and glass artist Claude Riedel These beautiful mosaic pieces will become drip plates for their havdalah candles.
Are Heilicher students prepared for high school? Find out on the Heilicher Blog: https://www.hmjds.org/news-events/heilicher-blog/heads-up-blog/~board/all-blog/post/are-heilicher-students-prepared-for-high-school
Our kindergarten class has a special family bond within our larger Heilicher family. Each student and teacher chose a color to represent themself, and they all have bracelets made up of beads of each of those colors — one for every family member.
Our very own staff from Heilicher and around the Barry Family Campus have their artworks displayed in the Minnesota JCC’s Tychman Shapiro Gallery! Stop by the gallery to see beautiful pieces of different mediums, and you'll recognize artist names such as Victoria Thor, Aimee Orkin, Deborah Getsug, Jackie Smith, and more.
Heilicher students have been learning about the Civil Rights Era in class, and in honor of the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Heilicher had a day of service last week in support of various organizations. Our students ...
🖍 sorted crayons for The Crayon Initiative, which recycles crayons for children in hospitals to use.
🛏 tied fleece blankets for My Very Own Bed, which provides new beds and linens to children who need them.
💌 made cards for isolated seniors, via Friends & Co.
🥧 made cards for Sweet Potato Comfort Pie to include with its pies as it uses "baketivism" to promote social change.
🍞 Our seventh grade students also went out into the community to help at PRISM. (More on that in our next post 👀)
Special shoutout to our eighth graders for leading their fellow students in the projects! And thank you to the parents who donated items, time, and skills to make these projects a success.
In addition to the service projects completed at Heilicher in honor of MLK Day, the seventh-grade class went to PRISM Golden Valley, MN to clean and prepare the food shelf for shoppers.
PRISM supports families in need with food, clothes, housewares, housing assistance, and the means for celebrating birthdays.
#hmjdslions #HeilicherPride #MLKDay
Running into the long weekend like ...
Shabbat shalom!
Math is everywhere, even in spaghetti! Algebra students tested the strength of spaghetti as they explored scatterplots and lines of best fit.
