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Our final week of school is here! To be perfectly honest, I am astounded we made it. An entire year of in-person school seemed an impossible dream when we opened our doors to your children in August. The obstacles were enormous. They took their toll on our faculty and staff. But we made it! 

 

The recipe was simple.

We are mission driven. Fifty-one faculty and staff showed up every single day to fill your children’s days with meaning. They showed up even though we were scared for their lives. Why? Because they were fiercely driven to enact our values. 

They know that if we all do our jobs right and raise our students to be curious, ethical and kind, the world will be a better place. 

We believe in science. Using our expert medical advisors, the St. Louis County Department of Health, the CDC and countless educational webinars from our local and national networks, we learned how to best protect our students and faculty. 

Our medical team helped us discern between opinion and data, and to understand how to keep this mysterious virus from interrupting learning for your children.

We had YOU! Our parents, our board and our community lifted our spirits with unprecedented support, with PTO gifts and coffee truck events, with personal notes, with partnership and gratitude. 

Thank you for your patience with a day that was shorter, a program that was pared down, and a faculty and staff that was under tremendous stress. Thank you for caring about Jewish day school education and sticking with us even though you probably felt less connected than ever. Thank you for the hours you volunteered and for remembering us in your philanthropy.

Mix up these ingredients, and It all adds up to an extraordinary year, where 185 students enjoyed in person school, profound education, memorable moments and social interaction. Let’s close the year with joy, love and gratitude for the faculty and staff, for our students and for each other!

 

Shabbat Shalom,

Morah Cheryl
May 25: 5th grade Moving Up Ceremony
               Zoom link. Password: MazelTov.
May 26: 8th grade graduation 4:30 p.m.
               Zoom link. Password: MazelTov.
May 28: Last Day of School. Talent show @ 9:30 a.m. 
               Watch on Reb Scott's Zoom.
Show your Mirowitz pride this summer! We've added shorts and a few other items to our Spirit Wear Store. 
 
The store will be open through Wednesday, May 26. We cannot accept late orders! Your spirit wear will be shipped to your house in June. 
PTO is buying lunch for all Mirowitz students and staff at no cost on Thursday May 27th. Please place your order here by Friday, May 21.
 
PLEASE NOTE: If you had previously ordered lunch through Bistro Kids, those orders have been canceled. Please order again!

An extra entree is available for $2 to those who have a funded Bistro Kids card.
Zoom: 510 824 6376
Password: MazelTov
If you have any Mirowitz library books floating around your homes, please return them to school next week so we can take inventory. 
 
Todah rabah!
Safranit Fran
One of the exciting parts of having a ShinShin at our school is that Mirowitz families get to be host families for a few months. Part of their learning is spending time with American Jewish families. The Bialecki, Goldenberg and Neiss families have offered a home away from home for Gilad this year! 
 
Would you like to be a host for our 21-22 ShinShin, Shelly? Here are the qualifications:
- Host familes must have a dedicated bedroom for Shelly.
- Host families should not have high school-aged boys at home. 
- Host families will feed their guest and have mealtime together. Shelly will also join family outings.
- Host families should be American with kids attending Mirowitz.
Sound exciting? Let Becky know.
We recognize that many families have had to adjust their child's Bar or Bat Mitzvah dates. Please help us maintain an accurate, up-to-date listing of where and when your family will be celebrating your children sending an email to Reb Scott with the following information:
     1. Your child's name
     2. Month/Date/Year of bar/bat mitzvah
     3. Synagogue/Temple/Institution
Did you open your Jewish Light to the Ohr Chadash page this week? If so, you'll see that EVERY article was written by a Mirowitz student or alumnus. 
Jordan Eisen and Ilana Boyer wrote a story about the Mirowitz 8th grade camping trip! You can read it here.
Mirowitz 8th grader Daniel Shanker wrote a story about teens looking forward to summer camps reopening. You can read it here.
Noah Sentnor's (class of 2018) article about how gardening nourishes the soil AND the soul.
We are so proud of our students who use the writing skills they honed at Mirowitz and the voices we encouraged them to use in their reporting about their ideals and perspectives.
 
And Kol Hakavod also to their advisor, Mirowitz Mom Caroline Goldenberg. 
 
Mirowitz alumni, we celebrate you, your self-assurance, your strength of character and your ability to make wise decisions. We wish you continued success as you matriculate to these fine universities and programs:
 

Lucas Bernstein: Amherst College

Eitan Fredman: Washington University

Lucas Kazmierski: Colorado State University

JJ Lerner: Maryville University

Isaac Ohrenstein: Harvard University

Danny Sallis: Stanford University

Zoe Shacham: Vanderbilt University

Naava Simckes: University of Hawaii (Manoa)

Ari Gottesman: University of Michigan

Sela Roth: University of Kansas

Faith Faro: University of Maryland

Alana Fulsom: Loyola University in New Orleans

Ari Horwitz: California Politechnic State University

Nikki Kaplan: Santa Monica College

Daphne Levy: Wheaton College

Etan Meir: GapYear in NYC to study photography

 

And to these alumni who are returning
from a Gap Year in Israel

 

Jonah Boyer: Tulane University

Kobi Recht: Indiana University

Levi Rose: Washington University

Nate Rosenberg: University of Kansas

 

(Kobi and Levi are in the photo below.)

 

And to these alumni who is starting
esteemed graduate programs:

 

Michelle Bennett: Harvard University

Noa Rose: Sackler School of Medicine in Tel Aviv

 

(List as of May 21. We will continue to update
as we hear from more of our seniors.)

 

In Honor of

Morah Leiba, Morah Sagit
and Morah Sallie.
Thank you for a great 1st grade year!!

From: Mia Sherman 


In Honor of

Morah Becca, Morah Aimee
and Morah Val
Thank you for such a fantastic year! Naomi is lucky to have had such dedicated teachers. 

From: Naomi Sherman 


In Honor of

Morah Betti,
Mrs. Burack
and Coach Lohmann
Thank you for a great year!
See you next year!

From: Mia & Naomi Sherman 


 

In Honor of

Patrick & Eva Thimangu
In appreciation of their help this year!.

From: The Cohen Family 


In Honor of

Zev & Edan
Mazel Tov on reading Torah so beautifully! So proud of you!

From: Mom, Dad, Asher and Emmet


In Honor of

Edan Shoghi
Excellent job reading Torah this week! We are so proud of Zev too! Thanks to all the Mirowitz teachers too!

From:  Mom, Dad and Liam
5th and 6th graders had a modified version of Machaneh Ivrit (Hebrew Camp) this week! They played Israeli games, cooked shakshuka, potatos and pita over the fire Israeli style, and spoke only in Hebrew for a few hours! Next year, we look forward to bringing back this treasure of a 5th grade overnight!
Mirowitz alumni often say that one of their most defining childhood moments happened in 3rd grade when they chanted Torah for the first time!
 
Kol Hakavod to 3rd graders Edan and Zev who led the entire school in Torah study Thursday!
And to AJ, Sydney and Caleb who read Torah in the Middle School.
to Leora Dean
who will become
a Bat Mitzvah this weekend. (Throw back and recent photos below.)

Your lovingkindness, envelop it in Your peace, and bestow Your light and truth upon its leaders, ministers, and advisors, and grace them with Your good counsel. Strengthen the hands of those who defend our holy land, grant them deliverance, and adorn them in a mantle of victory. Ordain peace in the land and grant its inhabitants eternal happiness.
I am collecting dance shoes and costumes to give to dancers in need. I am partnering with the organization Donate 2 Dance.
 
In the vestibule, you will find a bright pink box where you can put your donations. Please rubber band dance shoes together and put costumes in ziplock bags. (There are rubber bands and bags in the box.) Donations will go to the Boys and Girls Club of Greater St. Louis and other local dancers in need. If you would like to donate money instead of dancewear, please Venmo my Dad (@JeffreyWax) and put "Donate2Dance" in the memo line. 
 
I appreciate your support of this project! 
 
Thank you,
Eliana Wax, 6th grade
 
Jewish Federation of St. Louis President and CEO Brian Herstig will moderate a virtual discussion with Michael Koplow, policy director of Israel Policy Forum.

They will explore the developments of the Israel-Gaza conflict, as well as facts and framework from which to have critical conversations with our family, friends and neighbors.

 

Michael Koplow writes Israel Policy Forum’s weekly Koplow Column and edits the Israel Policy Exchange, which is a leading source for commentary and analysis on Israel and American Jewry. 
Join the B'nai Amoona community in celebrating Mirowitz Alumni Mom and board member Paulie Rose on May 23. Learn more and register here.
 
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