Simcha Preschool

Calendar of Events:

September 2: FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
September 7: TEMPLE BETH EL TEMPLE SCHOOL FAMILY PICNIC - 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM - All Simcha families are invited -- food and drinks provided, come socialize and join the fun!
September 14: TEMPLE BETH EL OPEN HOUSE - 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM - Simcha will have a display at the Temple's Open House (held in the Social Hall). Volunteer to help and take care of those first months' parent participation credits!
September 16: SIMCHA PARENT COMMITTEE MEETING - 6:30 - 8:00 PM - Please join us from 6:30 - 8:00 pm in room 6 for our monthly parent committee meeting. We will be discussing important program issues, and getting to know each other and our children's program better. Childcare and snacks are available. Please RSVP for childcare.
September 23: BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT - 6:30 PM - Help us celebrate the new year and welcome all families. This is a chance to take a look at your child's classroom environment and get to know everyone. Please RSVP for childcare.
September 30: SIMCHA CLOSED for Rosh Hashana
October 9: SIMCHA CLOSED for Yom Kippur
October 17: SUKKOT PARTY
October 21: SIMCHA PARENT COMMITTEE MEETING
November 7: TOT SHABBAT
November 18: SIMCHA PARENT COMMITTEE MEETING
November 27 - 28: SIMCHA CLOSED for Thanksgiving
December 7: SIMCHA BOOK FAIR
December 16: SIMCHA PARENT COMMITTEE MEETING
December 19: SIMCHA HOLIDAY PARTY
December 22 - January 2: SIMCHA CLOSED for Winter break

Program Participation:

Here is a needs list for families who need additional Participation Credits:

Kids Love Simcha!

"My daughter has been attending Simcha for four months now. Both she and I absolutely love it. In fact, she often cries when I pick her up and tell her it's time to go home!"
Marina Chicurel, Simcha Parent

Donations of exhaustible materials, items like corn starch, or shaving cream, film / disposable cameras, collage materials, plastic bags, etc.
Donations of fruits and veggies from your garden.
Brita filters...always!
Grant writing opportunities - Help us develop a plan and write grants for building awnings, replacing the sandbox in the middle yard, expanding size of Toddler room, etc.

What's Happening in the Classrooms?

Stay tuned for details of winter and spring in our classrooms.

Simcha Kids Say the Most Amazing Things...

Last month at our Tot-Shabbat, 4-year-old Matthew sat next to Ali for the childrens service. As Rabbi Paula sang Open Up Our Eyes, he listened very intently, and sang aloud to the last line of the song which tells us about G-D: And we will know that you are one. As the song ended, Matthew leaned in and asked "So Ali, does that mean that G-D is only one years old?"

Out on the playground, our 4-year-olds were talking about religion, discussing how some of the kids at Simcha are Jewish, and some of them are not. Hearing this, 4-year-old Luna says to her friends, "I am glad that at this school we can have some kids who are Jewish, and some kids who are from different realities!"

While 2-year-old Lily was playing in the Toddler yard, she announced to her friends "C'mon everyone, lets all get together! Were going to have a birthday party and then eat some snack, yumm"

...And So Do Their Parents!

"Our child is absolutely blossoming at Simcha - the program is such a good fit for our family!" Sandy Lubkin

"I walked in one day and the kids were taking apart a bicycle! What a great way to teach them about materials, tools, construction and how things work." Mark Silberstein