TheLehrmanLinkJanuary 28, 2013 • 17 Shevat 5773 Insight Inside the Lehrman Difference Volume 14, Number 9

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Linda K. SchaffzinDIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS

Dear Parents,In his classic masterpiece Democracy

and Education, the great American philosopher and educator John Dewey makes the distinction between training and education. Training, he says, is simply transferring subject matter from one person to another. On the surface that is, of course, important. Just the term implies that—the subjects—the accumulated knowledge of a culture or a group, matters because it helps perpetuate the group. Where would we Jews be without the study of our texts and transmission of our way of life from generation to generation?

But what if the subject matter is simply poured into the children’s brain, to be measured by high-stakes tests like an F-CAT? That is simply training. If, however, the child is changes and grows, then it is education. In the 2nd grade owl pellet dissection project, for example, students discover the bones of small rodents left undigested by the predator owls, and compare them to their own skeletons, learning about the wonder and complexity of living things, the logic of their own biology, and the community of life on earth. In our MaToK Bible curriculum, students go beyond a survey of Bible stories and delve into skills that enable them to see the development of Hebrew from an ancient language into the modern tongue they study in TaL AM, thus getting a sense of its perseverance. They also confront existential human dilemmas in those stories—why did God say “Where are you?” to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden? Doesn’t He know all? Was it right for Abraham to drive Hagar out of his family? Confronting these questions

indicates how Judaism can be relevant to their lives, beyond the fun of dressing up for Purim or dipping apples in honey.

Project Based Learning has brought to life real world, interdisciplinary issues related to their subject matter in many ways.

On the athletic fields and courts, Coach Aaron educates daily through practice, example, and word, the skills of the athletics, but also the sportsmanship and ethics he constantly brings home to the students. I marvel how after so many games when I try to get the score to publish in our publications, the kids know who won, but they seldom know the numbers. They love winning—that is how it should be. They remember who made the good plays and they remember that everyone got a chance to play; they never complain about that. It is to be expected. They are a team. That has changed them—for the better.

We work very hard at Lehrman to make subjects matter and to educate your children. We call that The Lehrman Difference.

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Head of School CouncilJana & Roger MillerJeffrey Miller

Head of School CabinetTania & Robert BassanLee Casty Family FoundationRenee & Stephen GansKim & Eric MendelsonJane & Michael SabetLenore & Adam Sender

Mentor’s Club Jaclyn & Adam BergmanDeborah & Neil BienstockRochelle & Bobby FinvarbLaura & Ronny FinvarbMonica & Joel HoppensteinNancy & Kobi KarpSuzanne & Richard LeedsCarla & Chris SloanCarrie & Jason Wiesenfeld

Dean’s ListThe Ansin FoundationDeborah Bussel & Stephen GoldinJenifer & Michael Caplan-BernsteinMelanie & Eric GreenwaldJennifer & Alberto GrossRosalind & Saul LanesDr. Dara & Oren LieberDana & Tim Martorella

Suzanne & Brad MeltzerTracy & David MoretJodie & Richard RozencwaigJuliana & Marc SeitlesAllison & Jerry SokolRachel & Dovid TkatchNatalie & Mark WeiderNikki & Randy WeisburdJaya & Joseph Zebede

Honor RollAdam Ben-Shalom Abima Corp.Perla & Jay AbramowitzIves BarroukhDee Dee & Richard BerkowitzMaria Briceno & Domingo AlvarezJodi & Rick BruceLorena & Gil DezertzovMichele & Jeffrey ErezMara & Adam GeronemusAnje & Joe Hark-MinoreAmy & Steven HurwitzJudy & Michael KapiloffRebeca & Rafael KravecElisa & Graeme LemmerThe Lehmann/Kim Charity Fund– Jean & Marc LehmannBella LehrmanCarmen & Jay LeonardBeth & Walter LugoGail & Robert Newman

Allyson & Mathew PapunenJanet & Michael RappMichelle & Jason RubellValeria & Ozzie SchindlerIvonne & Carl SchulmanBonnie Segal & Sam BejarNicole & Michael SimkinsGary SnyderAmy & Richard StokesSol Taplin Charitable FundAarti TaubmanRonit & Steve WasersteinRenae & Robert WinerPhyllis & Alan Wolpert

FellowsRita & Jack BarouhDiane & Marc BreslowScott EvansSuzanne & Roderick FaithJill & Harold GaffenThe Russell & Ronalee Galbut

Family Foundation Jodie & Andy GlennRomina Grinberg & Alejo ChouelaMichelle & Patrick MaloyMariella & Roni MualemJennifer Rapp & Alex FerroLinda & Stephen SchaffzinKaren & Jonathan SepsenwolEmilie & Rodrigo Veloso continued…

An ongoing reflection of our community’s commitment to Lehrman…

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Scholars Nicole AbelsonErica AlbertElizabeth & Andy AlloccoKaren AlvarezLilian & Dale AratenAmy & Andrew AtkinsMelissa & Tommy BabilDominique & Harold BallarinSandra & Doron BaranesBela & Joseph BarnesMichele BaronPenny BarrKelly & Michael BeltranEti Ben ShalomAlexandra & Andres BermanDebra & Israel BichachiRabbi Avraham BilletSilvia BinkiewiczShani & Jose BitonMarta & Neb BrankovicDebbie BrownSofia CalvoStephanie & Michael CariglioSilvia CattanSilvina & Mario ChomerStacey & Jonathan ChoppSandi & Matthew CooperAaron CorlissLucia CortavarriaTina DanzanskyMichael DayHeidi & Yehuda DeutchKathy DiamondJessica & Sharon DomfrochtCamila & David Dubay-AronowGuido DuekTracey & Joel EllisonBecky EmmanuelLaurie FarberJanet & Barry FeinGeraldo FeldmanLisa & Andy FeldmanLori Feldman

Carolina FerdmanJudi FishkinMiriam FolwellDiana FrancoJoseph (Papa) GalliotteJessica & Eric GavaraDebbie & Roger GoldenbergNancy & Brad GouldRachel GozlanCarolyn & Stanley GreenfieldEvelyn & Ben GruberKim & Dan HaberJenn & Josh HammelJulia Hanan & David ShapiroStephanie & Laurent HarariLee & Joshua HareHagar HayounElana & Lance HellringTina HernandezAriela & Ernesto HesDanielle & Michael HollandAna HormillaVanessa Hudson & Ben SmithDoron JungerDianah KazazAlejandra & Javier KitaigorodskyAitana & Haim KleinMichelle & Jacobo KligmanJamie KreisbergDeborah & Neal LakeHarry LaveauJose LaverdeLeslie & Seth LaveyMarissa & Jason LeibowitzDr. Judi & Steve LevinsonTali & Tal LevinsonBetsy LevyAnnia & Oscar LopezLinda LuBowDeanna MalaraNiki & Anthony MarkofskyTiki MarksCaryn MatatofKarin & Peter Matos

Betty MatzMichelle & Ian MavorahEsther MeyerGalina & Boaz MishievApril MossAshleigh & Mark MuhlradAretusa NachmaniAlissa NelsonSarit OrenJacky PatinoSandra & Franz PinzonScott PodvinShea PolakowGail & Joe PolakowRuth QuintanaLiora Ramati-GironSylvia RamirezMaria RangelJennifer Reed & Kieran MasekJulie & Jeff ResplerJackelyn ReveszJudith RichardLinda Rivas & Eleazar LopezMichelle RocheYamileth RodriguezHannah RodriguezVanina & Leonard RoitmanAdriana & Joey RosenBaylie & Marvin RosenbergLisa & Jaime RosenbergMelissa & Charles RosenbergRoberto RosenfeldLili RotholzRussell RywellJulie & Diego SaalHarilee SaltzmanAlvaro SanchezAmy & Ed SanchezElana SasiLinda & Stephen Schaffzin, In Memory of Brookes JacobsCheryl & Matthew SchechterDana & Michael SchimmelNina & Justin Schwerling

Bianca SenkerDema SeoaneJennifer SerettiMorgan & Michael ServetnickLilla & Jerry SherAmy SiamaBarbie SidanSharon Singer & James StephensonAmy & Ben SmallNoe & Carlos SolisLee & Eric SolomonDjamille & Dan SragoviczRenee & Eddie SteinmanSusie & Shmuel SternSusie & Shmuel Stern, In Memory of Brookes JacobsHope & Daniel SternNina & Kenneth StoweOrit TahanDiane TaubSarah TeryhedenGrettel & Freddy ThompsonMeredith TrattlerPaula TucciTheresa & Thomas TurchinPeter TzanetatosZuleika Vela (Willis)Jose VelazquezNatalie VolovelskyRachel & Ethan WassermanJackie Weiner & Simon StojanovicChloe & Maxwell WiesenfeldRubina WilliamsMarianna ZaliganAyala & Shlomo ZeevDemi & Nicholas ZeitlinMark ZhukDana & Peter Zuckerman

as of 25 January 2013

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Play Ball!Aaron Corliss, Director of AthleticsThere is always something for everyone in a PE class at Lehrman: stretching, balance and coordination for the little ones, fundamental skills for the middle years, and teamwork, sportsmanship and fair play as they grow older. The Athletic Department’s goal is to make a long-term contribution to the health, physical fitness, motor skill development, and academic success of your children. In physical education class your children will participate in individual activities as well as team sports that are age-appropriate and always played in a positive and supportive environment.

Many of you may already know that the Athletic Department here at Lehrman has a new ‘acquisition’ named Coach Brandon Shea, our ECD Physical Education Specialist. Coach Brandon’s energy and enthusiasm is contagious and we are very fortunate that he is on our team. Having Coach Brandon, a great asset to Lehrman, ensures that each

child in every grade has ample physical education classes throughout the week.

Coach Brandon and I work together to improve your children’s

physical characteristics including strength, endurance, balance, flexibility, and coordination. An emphasis is also placed on teaching your children

Above:Coach Brandon keeps in shape, along with his students.Left:Coach Aaron, in traditional garb, leads Pre-Kers through their paces.

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appropriate social skills, health and fitness, teamwork, and most important, sportsmanship.

Research shows that school-aged children who participate in physical activity on a regular basis perform better academically. According to The Journal of School Health, the more physical fitness tests children pass, the better they do on academic tests. It is our goal that when students leave Lehrman they leave not only with a great education, but with a healthy attitude towards physical fitness and the tools to lead a healthy lifestyle.

Interscholastic Athletics at Lehrman The Interscholastic Athletic Program,

for grades 4-5, offers competitive opportunities that research shows help students achieve higher self-esteem and develop leadership qualities.

Lehrman co-founded and is a member of the Jewish Athletic League for Jewish Day Schools in Miami-Dade County. Boys and girls teams include flag football, basketball, and soccer. Our students relish meeting students

from other Jewish day schools in this community.

Students play individual and team sports that are age-appropriate and always in a positive and supportive environment. Children who incorporate fitness into their daily routine tend to develop regular exercise habits—important elements of physical and mental health—ensuring they will make healthy lifestyle choices in the future.

“There can be bad winners as well as sore losers,”says Coach Aaron. “Of course we play to win, but no matter what the outcome, we strive to be good winners and good losers.”

Coach Aaron in his “away” uniform.

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Coach Aaron received this letter from former Lehrman Head of School Seth Linfield, currently Executive Director, Yeshivah of Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York.

Aaron, last night, Joe submitted the last of his college applications. As I read the essays of this strapping 6’3” young man before me and talked with him about his dreams of making a difference in global health, I kept flashing back to the 10-year-old boy, anxious about his first day of school in a new city, and the teacher who reached out to him on that day. You did more than welcome him—from that first day onward you conveyed optimism and an awareness of life’s possibilities which Joe has continued to run with to this very day. His sense of calling, his work ethic, his focus on doing the right thing in the right way, are but reflections of what he learned with you.

Wasn’t it yesterday that Joe was a 5th grader suggesting to you that just maybe he could play point? You gave him a chance - and then motivated him to improve his game daily. Your role modeling is the wellspring for the confidence Joe displays today, inside and outside the classroom. I don’t know if the Jewish day school league you formed gives out a Coach of the Year award, but for Joe, you are the Coach of a Life…

Joe: Before (2008) and After (2013)

Jewish Athletic LeagueFlag Football

Champions2012

“Of course we play to win…”COACH AARON

…and we did! Fifth grade flag footballers celebrate their 33–19 victory.

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reminders^GWed January 30 Dress Down Day!

Thu January 31 Art Exhibit ends • Sifriyat Pijama at the MBJCC

Thu Feb 7 100th Day of School!

Fri Feb 8 Nursery Shabbat

Tue/Wed Feb 12-13 Willy Wonka ✪

Mon Feb 18 NO SCHOOL President’s Day

Wed Feb 20 1st Grade Haggigat ha-Siddur

see our complete calendar online:LehrmanSchool.org/calendar ✪

The Ball’s in Our (New) CourtA generous gift from the Waserstein Family will enable us to design, fabricate, install and maintain a state-of-the-art basketball court on the existing court area facing 77th Street.

The Waserstein Family Court, dedicated by Alan & Traci Waserstein in honor of his parents Charles & Marta Waserstein and their children Jessica, Brittany, Jake and Alexis Waserstein, and Steve & Ronit Waserstein in honor of his parents Charles & Marta Waserstein and their children Noah and Talya Waserstein, will feature adjustable fiberglas backboards, a newly surfaced court area—including the Lehrman Lions logo!— and an electronic scoreboard.

In keeping with the thoughtful and generous commitment of previous donors, the Waserstein Family perpetuates the legacy of our founder Rabbi Irving Lehrman k"z and his investment in our children’s future.

Outside the BoxBe Prepared!Ed Steinman, husband of Ms. Renee, our intrepid Administrative Assistant, was honored by the City of Miami Beach when it named January 16th Ed Steinman Day. Ed was recognized for over 30 years of volunteer service to the Boy Scouts of America as Scout Master of Troop 65, which is sponsored by PAL.

Spreading the WordNicole Abelson, School Counselor, and Linda Schaffzin, Director of Admissions, will be presenting at the upcoming Community Learning Partnership conference at Miami Country Day School.

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