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Preschool Calendar 2011-2012

View the Preschool 2011-2012 Calendar as a pdf

The Bill and Sid Rubin Preschool operates on a traditional school calendar. We are closed for Winter and Spring Breaks as well as Jewish and legal holidays. Class hours are 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., except Junior Kindergarten, which ends at 3:00 p.m. Extended care is available from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (5:00 p.m. on Fridays).

September
 1 New Parent Orientation 9:30-10:30am
 2 Tot Shabbat Service BYO Picnic
 6 Individual Parent-Teacher Chats
 7 “Meet the Teachers” and BYO Picnic 10:30am-12pm
 8 FIRST DAY OF PRESCHOOL
18 150th CBI Anniversary Celebration Party 2-5pm
21 Back to School Night (adults only) 7-8:30pm
28 Erev Rosh Hashanah 1:00 DISMISSAL/NO AFTERCARE
29-30 Rosh Hashanah Jewish New Year

October
 2 My Family & Me (Sukkot)
 7 Erev Yom Kippur 1:00 DISMISSAL/NO AFTERCARE
 8 Yom Kippur Day of Atonement
10 Preschool Parent Committee Meeting 12:45pm
12 All school Sukkot Potluck Dinner 5:00-7:00pm
13 First Day of Sukkot NO SCHOOL
13-19 Sukkot Festival of the Harvest
18-19 SCHOOL PICTURE DAYS (No Make-Ups)
20 Simchat Torah NO SCHOOL
28 Grandparents Shabbat Breakfast

November
 4 Tot Shabbat Service and Dinner 6-7:30pm
  6 My Family & Me (Tzedakah & Mitzvot)
11 Veterans Day NO SCHOOL
14 Preschool Parent Committee Meeting 12:45pm
16 Open House for Prospective Parents 9:30am
23-25 Thanksgiving Vacation NO SCHOOL

December
 5 Preschool Parent Committee Meeting 12:45pm
 7 Open House for Prospective Parents 9:30am
11 Preschool Chanukah Program 4:00-7:00pm
17 Winter Break NO SCHOOL Dec 17-Jan 2
20 First Night of Chanukah
21-28 Chanukah Festival of Lights

January
 2 Staff Development Day NO SCHOOL
 3 School Resumes
 6 Tot Shabbat Service (No Dinner)
 9 Preschool Parent Committee Meeting 12:45pm
11 Open House for Prospective Parents 9:30am
16 Martin Luther King Jr. Day NO SCHOOL
25 SNOW DAY - Bring mittens and boots to school!

February
 1 Parent-Teacher Conferences (by appointment)
 NO SCHOOL but childcare provided during your conference
 3 Tot Shabbat Service and Dinner 6-7:30pm
 5 My Family & Me (Tu B'Shevat)
 8 Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day)
10 Father's Day Shabbat Breakfast
13 Preschool Parent Committee Meeting 12:45pm
15 Kindergarten Readiness Evening Presentation
20 President's Day NO SCHOOL

24 Pajama Pancake Breakfast



March
 2 Tot Shabbat 
 Faces of our Preschool Fundraiser
 7 Purin; Preschool Purim
11 CBI Family Purim Carnival
12 Preschool Parent Committee Meeting 12:45pm
25 My Family & Me (Passover)
 
April
 4 Passover Program 11:30am 1:00 DISMISSAL/NO AFTERCARE
5-13 Passover/Spring Break NO SCHOOL
7-13 Passover/Pesach Festival of Freedom for Jews from Egypt
16 School Resumes
19 Yom Ha'Shoah Commemoration of the Holocaust
22 My Family & Me (Yom Ha'Atzmaut)
26 Yom Ha'Atzmaut Israel's Independence Day
30 Preschool Parent Committee Meeting 12:45pm

May
 4 Tot Shabbat Service and Dinner 6-7:30pm
 9 Lag Ba'Omer
11 Mother’s Day Shabbat Lunch 1:00 DISMISSAL/NO AFTERCARE
14-18 Teacher Appreciation Week
20 My Family & Me (Shavuot)
26 Shavuot Harvest Festival/Giving of the Torah
28 Memorial Day NO SCHOOL
30 Parent Volunteer Breakfast

June
 1 Tot Shabbat Service (No Dinner)
 6 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL/SHALOM PARTY 11:00
 1:00PM DISMISSAL/NO AFTERCARE
18 Camp Beth Israel begins

 

Erev Shabbat Services

erev shabbat servicesClergy-Led Friday Evening Services

Join us every Friday evening to welcome Shabbat with song, prayers and blessings. These services often feature notable speakers and the beautiful music of our Youth and Teen Choir, Adult Choir and Chai Band.

Judaism for Everyone

chanukah-classJudaism for Everyone

Our mission is to extend warmth and hospitality to every person who chooses to enter our doors. Whether you are curious about Judaism, returning to Judaism, converting to Judaism, raising Jewish children, or sharing Judaism with loved ones, you will find many CBI programs to introduce you to the warm celebration of Jewish life and support and guidance for those in interfaith relationships.

Shabbat Services

torahs sanctuary congregation beth israel Clergy-Led Shabbat Morning and Afternoon Services

Most Saturdays Congregation Beth Israel holds Shabbat services in the mornings at 10:00 a.m. and afternoons at 4:00 p.m. in our beautiful Glickman-Galinson sanctuary. These services celebrate the Bar/Bat Mitzvahs of our members and are open to the entire community. Please join us and celebrate Shabbat!