Religious School
:: Washington Hebrew Congregation Religious School
Academic Calendar 2011-2012
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September, 2011 |
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September 9-11 |
9th Grade Retreat |
off site |
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September 14 |
Family High Holy Day rehearsal: 4-5:30 |
Temple |
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September 18 |
Opening Day: |
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K-2 Tefillah |
JBSC |
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3rd Grade Parent Meeting: 11:00 |
JBSC |
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7th Grade Parent Meeting: 9:30 |
JBSC |
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September 20 |
Hebrew School begins Upper School begins |
JBSC |
| September 21 | Hebrew School begins | Temple |
| September 23-25 | Confirmation trip to NYC | off site |
| September 23 | Selichot | |
| September 25 | 7th Grade Parent meeting: 9:30 a.m. | Temple |
| 3rd Grade Parent meeting: 11:00 a.m. | Temple | |
| K-2 High Holy Day Centers | Temple | |
| K-2 Tefillah | Temple | |
| September 27 | No Confirmation Class | |
| September 28 | Erev Rosh Hashanah: No Hebrew School | |
| September 29 | Rosh Hashanah | |
| October, 2011 | ||
| October 2 | Pre-K Gan Program | Temple |
| 6th Grade Walking Tour of D.C. | off site | |
| October 7-8 | Yom Kippur | |
| October 9 | DELAYED OPENING: 10:00 a.m. | Temple and JBSC |
| K-2 Leftover Brunch 10-10:30 a.m. | Temple and JBSC | |
| 7th Grade Kayam Trip | off site | |
| October 12 | Erev Sukkot | |
| Sukkot family picnic: 5:30-7:00 | Temple | |
| October 13 | Sukkot | |
| October 14 | Sukkot | |
| Confirmation Shabbat dinner | Temple | |
| October 15 | Sukkot | |
| October 16 | Sukkot | |
| 4th Grade Orchard Trip | off site | |
| October 17 | Sukkot | |
| October 18 | Sukkot family picnic: 5:30-7:00 | JBSC |
| Upper School: Alexandra Robbins 7-9 | JBSC | |
| October 19 | Sukkot | |
| October 20 | Simchat Torah | |
| October 21 | Consecration Service | Temple |
| October 23 | 8th Grade trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | off site |
| Carrie Simon House Dance-a-thon | Temple and JBSC | |
| October 25 | NO UPPER SCHOOL | |
| October 30 | Professional Day: NO SCHOOL | |
| November, 2011 | ||
| November 6 | 5th Grade B'nai Mitzvah program | Temple and JBSC |
| November 8 | 10th Grade Krystalnacht program | Temple |
| November 11-13 | 9th Grade Retreat | off site |
| November 13 | 2nd Grade Family Religious School | JBSC |
| K-2 Tefillah | JBSC | |
| November 15-16 | Tefillah | JBSC and Temple |
| November 20 | Pre-K Gan Program | Temple |
| 2nd Grade Family Religious School/Tefillah | Temple | |
| November 22 | NO CLASSES: Hebrew School, Upper School or Confirmation | JBSC |
| November 23 | NO CLASS: Hebrew School | Temple |
| November 24-27 | Thanksgiving Break: NO CLASSES | |
| November 29 | 9th Grade Parent Meeting with the Mirons | JBSC |
| December, 2011 | ||
| December 2-4 | 9th Grade Retreat | off site |
| December 4-6 | Sisterhood Hanukkah Boutique | JBSC |
| K-2 Tefillah | Temple | |
| 7th Grade Spanish Inquisition Quest | Temple | |
| December 9 | Service honoring Rabbi Hessel, Rabbi Shankman and Cantor Bortnick at 7:00 p.m. | Temple |
| December 10 | Rick Recht Tot Concert at 4:00 p.m. | JBSC |
| December 11 | Rick Recht Concert for all Grades 3-7 (busses provided, during Religious School hours) | JBSC |
| December Concert 7:00 p.m. | Temple | |
| December 13-14 | Tefillah | JBSC and Temple |
| December 23 | Shabbat Hanukkah | Temple |
| December 18-January 2 | Winter Break: NO CLASSES | |
| December 20 | First Hanukkah Candle | |
| January, 2012 | ||
| January 3 | Classes resume | |
| NO Upper School or Confirmation | ||
| January 6-7 | 7th Grade Sleepover | Temple |
| January 6 | Clash of Classes | Temple |
| January 7 | Clash of Classes | JBSC |
| January 8 | Tzedakah Read-a-Thon/Children of the Book begins | |
| K-1 Family Religious School | Temple | |
| K-2 Tefillah | Temple | |
| 3rd Grade Family Religious School | JBSC | |
| Chagigah begins | Temple and JBSC | |
| NO 7th GRADE CLASSES | ||
| January 10 | NO UPPER SCHOOL OR CONFIRMATION | |
| Oral Assessments | JBSC | |
| January 11 | Oral Assessments | Temple |
| January 15 | MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY: NO CLASSES | |
| January 17 | Tefillah | JBSC |
| NO UPPER SCHOOL OR CONFIRMATION | ||
| January 18 | Tefillah | Temple |
| Oral Assessments | Temple | |
| January 20 | 2nd Grade Religious School Shabbat | JBSC |
| January 22 | Pre-K Gan Program | Temple |
| 3rd Grade "checkups" | Temple and JBSC | |
| 5th Grade Life Cycle Rehearsal | JBSC | |
| 7th Grade trip to the Ratner Museum | off site | |
| 4th Grade Retreat Day | JBSC | |
| Chagigah | Temple and JBSC | |
| January 24 | Oral Assessments | JBSC |
| NO UPPER SCHOOL OR CONFIRMATION | ||
| January 25 | Oral Assessments | Temple |
| January 27-29 | Confirmation Retreat | off site |
| January 27 | 2nd Grade Religious School Shabbat | Temple |
| January 29 | 5th Grade Life Cycle | JBSC |
| 5th Grade Life Cycle Rehearsal | Temple | |
| 3rd grade "checkups" | Temple and JBSC | |
| Chagigah | Temple and JBSC | |
| January 31 | Oral Assessments | JBSC |
| 9th Grade classes begin | ||
| NO CONFIRMATION | ||
| February 2012 | ||
| February 3-5 | 8th Grade Retreat | off site |
| February 5 | 5th Grade Life Cycle | Temple |
| 7th Grade Tu B'Shvat Seder | JBSC | |
| Chagigah | Temple and JBSC | |
| February 7-8 | Tu B'Shvat | |
| 7th Grade Commencement at 5:15 | JBSC and Temple | |
| February 10 | Confirmation Shabbat | Temple |
| February 12 | 2015 Covenant Program | Temple and JBSC |
| Chagigah | Temple and JBSC | |
| February 14 | NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL CLASSES | |
| February 19 | NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL CLASSES | |
| February 21 | Tefillah | JBSC |
| February 22 | Tefillah | Temple |
| February 24-25 | 5th Grade Shabbaton | Temple |
| February 26 | Pre-K Gan Program | Temple |
| K-2 Tefillah | Temple | |
| 6th Grade B'nai Mitzvah meeting | Temple and JBSC | |
| Final Chagigah | Temple and JBSC | |
| NO 5th GRADE CLASSES | Temple and JBSC | |
| Religious School Open House | ||
| March, 2012 | ||
| March 2-4 | 8th Grade Retreat | off site |
| March 4 | 3rd Grade Family Religious School | Temple |
| March 6-7 | Tefillah | JBSC and Temple |
| March 7-8 | Purim | |
| March 9 | Shabbat Purim and 4th Grade Religious School Shabbat | Temple |
| March 11 | Purim at Religious School | |
| Purim Carnival | JBSC | |
| March 18 | 7th Grade Passover Decathalon | Temple |
| March 25 | Pre-K Gan Program | Temple |
| K-2 Model Seders | Temple and JBSC | |
| March 27 | 4th-6th Grade Passover Preparation Program | JBSC |
| NO UPPER SCHOOL | ||
| Confirmation: 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. | Temple | |
| March 28 | 4th-6th Grade Passover Preparation Program | Temple |
| April, 2012 | ||
| April 1-9 | Spring Break: NO CLASSES | |
| April 6 | First Seder | |
| April 10 | Hebrew School resumes | JBSC |
| April 13 | Religious School office closed | |
| April 15 | K-1 Family Religious School | JBSC |
| K-2 Tefillah | JBSC | |
| April 17 | Confirmation 6:00-9:00 p.m. | Temple |
| April 19 | Yom HaShoah | |
| April 22 | MITZVAH DAY: NO CLASSES | |
| April 24-25 | Yom HaAtzmaut/Israeli Dance | JBSC and Temple |
| Yom HaShoah Assemblies for 5th-6th Grades | JBSC and Temple | |
| April 27 | 3rd Grade Religious School Shabbat and Siyum Sefer | Temple |
| April 27-29 | 8th Grade Retreat | off site |
| April 29 | Pre-K Gan Program | Temple |
| May, 2012 | ||
| May 1 | Upper School at TEMPLE ONLY | |
| Confirmation: 6:00-9:00 p.m. | Temple | |
| May 6 | K-2 Tefillah | Temple |
| 3rd Grade Oral "checkups" | Temple and JBSC | |
| May 8 | Last day of Upper School classes | |
| May 10 | Lag B'Omer | |
| May 13 | 3rd Grade Oral "checkups" | Temple and JBSC |
| May 15-16 | Last Days of Hebrew School/end of year "checkups" | JBSC and Temple |
| May 18 | Confirmation Shabbat and Teacher Recognition | Temple |
| May 19 | Confirmation rehearsal 12:30-4:30 p.m. | Temple |
| May 20 | Last Day of Religious School | Temple and JBSC |
| 3rd Grade Oral "checkups" | Temple and JBSC | |
| Confirmation | Temple |