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Welcome Back
26 Av, 5774 August 22, 2014
This Week at CJHS
New Students
Poem of the Year
New Staff
CJHS Camping Trip
Tefillin Symposium
Adventures in Anatomy Class
From the P.O.
Yearbook Photos
Alumni Trivia
A Taste of Torah
Save the Date
CJHS Welcomes 48 New Students
On Monday morning, the 37 members of the Class
of 2018 walked through the doors for the first time
Monday, Sept. 1
Labor Day: No School
Wednesday, Sept 3
Back-to-School Night
Thursday, Sept. 4
Student Activities Fair
New Links!
CJHS on Instagram
CJHS Tigers on
CJHS on Twitter
CJHS Tigers on Twitter
CJHS on Facebook
CJHS Alumni on
CJHS YouTube Channel
P.O. Corner
The P.O. is pleased to continue the gift card "Gelt" program. This program is designed to help families earn money toward their children's junior year Panim program and/or the Senior Israel Experience. Faculty and staff can also buy Gelt to support programs provided for the school by the P.O. By buying things you ordinarily purchase anyway, you can earn money which will be credited to your family or class for designated school trips. Contact Sheri Sandrof at ssandrof@cjhs.org or call her at 847.324.3723.
College Visits
as high school students, full
of energy and excitement.
The freshman class is
composed of 24 graduates of
Jewish day schools, one from
a secular private school, and
12 from public middle
schools. Our new students
come from Chicago and the
suburbs, and as far away as
New York and Brazil! Our
freshmen were joined on
Monday by 11 transfer
students from other public
and private high schools: five sophomores and six
new juniors!
Hats off to the 48
peer buddies who
opened the building to
reach out to our
newest Tigers!
Highlights of new
student orientation
included an improv
workshop led by
performers from
Improv Olympic, free
pizza, CJHS tefillah
training, and a tour of
the campus. Thanks also to new student activities
director Mr. Eskin, who treated the transfer
students and their peer buddies to lunch at Taboun.
Let's give a huge Tiger ROAR to our 157 students:
37 freshmen, 37 sophomores, 45 juniors, and 38
seniors. It's going to be a great new year!
CJHS is pleased to welcome the following schools this season:
College Date
Muhlenberg College 9/8/14 3:30 PM
University of Washington
9/10/14 10:52 AM
College of Charleston
9/10/14 1:26 PM
Case Western Reserve University
9/10/14 2:34 PM
Vanderbilt University 9/10/14 3:30 PM
Washington University in St. Louis
9/11/14 3:30 PM
Elon University 9/12/14 9:00 AM
Illinois Institute of Technology
9/12/14 12:44 PM
Tufts University 9/15/14 10:52 AM
Dickinson College 9/15/14
2:34 PM Indiana University at Bloomington
9/15/14 3:30 PM
Goucher College 9/16/14 9:00 AM
Grinnell College 9/16/14 2:34 PM
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
9/16/14 3:30 PM
Dartmouth College 9/17/14 10:52 AM
Haverford College 9/22/14 9:00 AM
Emory University 9/22/14 9:56 AM
Hampshire College 9/22/14 2:34 PM
University of Chicago
9/22/14 3:30 PM
Yeshiva University 9/23/14 10:52 AM
Bradley University 9/23/14
12:30 PM
DePauw University 9/29/14 12:30 PM
University of Wisconsin, Madison
9/29/14 3:30 PM
Yale University 9/30/14 12:30 PM
Clark University 10/6/14 9:00 AM
Swarthmore College 10/6/14 3:30 PM
Oberlin College 10/7/14
Flight 2015 A Poem for the Senior Class
Seventeen am I
And had I the hindsight of years hence
Today I would exit the fast lane,
Pull over to the curb,
And in the late afternoon light
Look back at the old house,
Its windows through which I first viewed my
lessons
And the swing set that lifted me
As close to heaven as I have ever been.
But being seventeen, I accelerate,
Coaxing my heart that the sun does rise
Day after day on the same earth
And I too will return this way.
And yet some insistent awareness,
Tutored by I know not exactly
Tells me that tomorrow and tomorrow
It is more the hurly burly of man and God,
All the servants of time.
So, as I say, I accelerate,
Watching for the signage to the airport curb
Where even now I imagine
Waving my farewells to long-held loves,
Entering the terminal,
Eyeing the departure board,
Racing through the concourses stretching into
eternity, To board and be lifted unto the
Unknown.
9:00 AM University of Michigan
10/7/14 3:30 PM
Amherst College 10/8/14 12:04 PM
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
10/13/14 1:28 PM
Northwestern University
10/13/14 3:30 PM
Drake University 10/20/14 2:34 PM
Hofstra University 10/20/14 3:30 PM
University of Kansas 10/22/14 1:26 PM
Skidmore College 10/27/14 9:00 AM
Franklin and Marshall College
10/27/14 1:26 PM
Community News and Events
Rosh Chodesh Elul Tuesday August 26 - Wednesday, August 27
Sponsor Breakfast
What's better than a birthday celebration with friends? Celebrate your student's birthday or other milestone with a special breakfast at CJHS.
For a donation of $180 (10x chai), bagels, cream cheese, and orange juice will be served to everyone. Announcements will be made in Tefillah and in the dining hall, and the occasion will also be listed in our weekly E-News and on the school announcement board. If you have any questions, please call 847.324.3713 or email idrazin@cjhs.org. Order forms are available online here.
Oh, the Janus I am,
Perplexed as I am,
Being seventeen.
Dale Griffith
English Department Chair
CJHS
More New Faces
Behind the desks and at the front of the room. CJHS
is delighted to welcome Talmud teacher Mr. Joel
Goldstein, Bible and math teacher Ms. Candace
Mittel, English teacher Mr. Paul Grossman, CP
Chemistry teacher Mr. Tom Koenigsberger,
Hebrew teacher Dr. Tamar Berman, Spanish
teacher Sra. Denise Eisenberg, social studies
teacher Ms. Stephanie Gladstein, chorus director
Ms. Ellen Singer, drama coach Ms. Rebecca
Fletcher, director of admissions Ms. Riv Lynch,
and tech guru Ms. Abigail Kime. We are also
delighted to welcome back our athletic directors
Coach Martinez and Coach Dello from last spring,
ready to start the year off with another season of fabulous fall sports. Go Tigers!
CJHS Camping Trip
Quick Links
Our Website
Online Calendar
Trumba Tips
Lunch Menu
2014-2015 Dates
:: 847.470.6700
Way to go Zev Mishell, Mollie Kramer, and Jack
Rubinstein for blazing the trail for our newest
students! Last
Thursday, ten
intrepid students
headed
downstate to go
camping with Mr.
Griffith, Mr.
Baumstark, Ms.
Michelle
Friedman, and
Rabbi Silver.
After setting up
tents at the Starved Rock campground, the group
headed down the road to the Mathiessen State Park
to hike down into canyons. Sophomore Itamar
Broekman quickly established himself as a
champion climber while Jack Rubinstein
impressed everyone with his talents at skipping
rocks of all sizes across each stream they
encountered.
Chefs Eli Ecanow and Joey Schrayer, and sous-
chef Rose Johnson cooked up a fabulous double-
chili dinner, followed by a roaring fire and the
essential camping trip s'mores--thanks to Mr.
Griffith and
Mr.
Baumstark
for the great
firewood
expedition!
Jack led the
group in
singing
around the
campfire
under a clear
night's stars,
visible all the
way to the horizon line.
Following morning tefillot, the camping team
headed back to Lake Cook Road, refreshed and
ready to begin another year of building the CJHS
community. CJHS Camping: We're Intense! We're
looking forward to another adventure next year.
The Uniforms of Tefillah
You wouldn't play a big game on any team out of
uniform, would you? During the first two weeks of
school, CJHS students and faculty are studying
about the uniforms Jews wear during daily prayer:
tallit and tefillin. School began on Wednesday
morning by studying the four Biblical texts that
make up the scrolls of tefillin, examining how these
texts are arranged in the head and arm tefillin, then
looking at the klafim (parchments) themselves. On
Thursday, students focused on the meaning of the
mitzvah, writing intentions for how they relate to
the idea of wearing ritual objects. They will return
to these ideas throughout the year. On Monday, we
will continue with this program when we welcome
rabbis in the community to teach us about the
intersection of gender and the mitzvah of tefillin.
Senior Science Kicks Off
School may just have begun,
but Mrs. Levinson's AP
Chemistry class has been
back in the saddle for over a
week, revving up the
spectrophotometers in the
lab. AP Physics C is loading
up the calculus for another
go at the motion sensors,
while AH Biology is mapping
out the course of evolution
on this planet. Ms. Murphy's
anatomy and physiology
students started the year
with a "Tour of Anatomy" lab practical. Moving
around the room to different lab stations, they were
asked to try to identify various specimens
representative of the units to come. "Was that a
buffalo mandible?" "Did I see a deer pelvis?" "I
think this is a real heart!" The seniors are definitely
ready for a year of new adventures!
From the P.O.
Welcome back! We hope that
everyone had a wonderful
summer. We're extremely
excited for the year ahead!
Our CJHS P.O. Board and
chair positions for this year
are taking shape. It's our
pleasure to introduce
Debbie Copley as P.O. Vice-
President and welcome back
Rachel Gruenberg as
Treasurer. The CJHS P.O. got
an early start this year with
a Back to School Parent Breakfast on Wednesday,
August 6 at the home of Karen Ecanow. Thanks to
everyone who attended this lovely program.
The freshman class and
their parents kicked-off
the school year with their
Grade Get-Together this
past Sunday evening, at
the Geifman
home. Many thanks to
Grade Get-Together Co-
chairs, Maryl Dayan and
Amy Mishell, for planning
this event and to all of
the families who
attended. It was a huge
success!
Please feel free to
contact us with questions
or if you're interested in
volunteering with the
PO. We'd love to hear
from you!
Karen Ecanow & Liz
Geifman
CJHS PO Presidents
po@cjhs.org
Find the CJHS Parent
Organization on
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/ChicagolandJewishHighS
choolParentOrganization
Upcoming Grade Get-Togethers
Sophomore Class:
Sunday, September 14
at the Ecanow home, Highland Park
Junior Class:
Sunday, September 7
at the Kharasch home, Bannockburn
Senior Class:
Sunday, September 21
at the Kaplinsky home, Highland Park
Check your inbox for your email invitation.
Sponsorship opportunities at any level are
welcome!
Introducing the CJHS P.O. Book Club
Our first book is here at last!
October 20, 2014, 7:00 p.m. at CJHS
Once We Were Brothers
by Ronald Balson
Join us for an
engaging evening
with Ronald
Balson. Mr.
Balson will read
from his novel,
which is partially
set in Chicago's
North Shore, and
discuss his
inspiration for
writing this book. Once We Were Brothers is the
compelling tale of two boys and a family that
struggles to survive in war-torn Poland. It is also
the story of a young lawyer who must face not only
a powerful adversary, but her own self doubts."
For more information about the book or author, visit
the webpage here.
Yearbook Portraits
Attention parents: to order pictures for
your student, please return the form
your student received to the front office,
along with a check payable to E Image
Chicago. Forms are due by August 30. For
questions, please contact Stanton Kramer at E
Image Chicago at stanton@ eimagechicago.com or
at 847.831.0338.
Seeking Alumni Trivia!
Shabbat shalom to founding
CJHS social studies teacher
Ms. Sharna Marcus and
CJHS alumnus Geoff Levin
('07), who met up in Israel
this past week! Sharna, her
husband Lior Chacham, and
her daughter Maya, live in
Netanya. Stay strong,
everyone! We wish a
Shabbat of peace and
strength to all our alumni
living and visiting in our
homeland.
Are you studying abroad? Making headlines? Making
aliyah? Serving in the armed forces--or as a
barefoot bread baker for social justice? Next week,
our regular Alumni Trivia will be starting up again!
Send fun facts, life updates, and parental kvelling to
your returning editor Mrs. Shira Eliaser, seliaser@cjhs.org.
Sponsored Breakfast
Happy birthday to Gavi Schankerman
and Arthur Sredni. Many thanks to
their families for sponsoring tasty bagels for breakfast!
A Taste of Torah
"We must devote our attention both to halakha and
aggadah, to keva and kavanah, the Rabbinic
schools of Ishmael and Akiva, to science and
religion. In these terms, reading one item to the
exclusion of another perhaps is more than
ignorance, but a modern formula for heresy of the
highest order. Reading one pole as the sole element
in any part of life limits God's power and the human
being's capacity to encounter her own potentials."
--Rabbi Zach Silver Read Rabbi Silver's first day of school address here.
Shabbat Shalom
Candlelighting this week, parashat
Re'eh, will be at 7:25
p.m. Shabbat Shalom!
בצרה וב שביה אחינו בית י שראל, הנתונים כל ,
ביב שה, המקום ירחם עליהם העומדים בים ובין בין ,
בוד לה, ויוציאם מצרה לרוחה, ומאפלה לאורה, ומ שע לגא
בעגלא ובזמן קריב .ה שתא
While we enjoy the excitement of a new school year, we pray for the peace and
security of all our brothers and sisters everywhere.