Thread by @JewWhoHasItAll

Dear Teachers,

We have exciting plans for our schoolwide end-of-year/holiday celebration!

Our schoolwide celebration this Sivan will feature games, foods, and activity stations. Parents and guardians are encouraged to take a break from Yom Tov prep and help out.

1/13

The holiday cheesecake bake-off will have dairy & vegan categories. All dairy should be chalav yisrael in accordance with our #PublicSchool’s kashrut policy.

2/13

Cheesecake entries should be dropped off tomorrow morning for our judges; winners will be announced at our pre-Shabbat gathering.

3/13

At the holiday cupcake decorating table, we will be making cupcake mountains with flowers and clouds!

Students may also choose to add secular legal tablets to the top of their mountain.

4/13

Bring plenty of tissue paper, pipe cleaners, old buttons, and clean plastic bottles, because we will be making beautiful flowers out of household items!

Students may use their flowers for a festive centerpiece, a crown, or a napkin ring to use at home this holiday season.

5/13

At the safrut table, students will have a chance to try their hand at calligraphic writing on real parchment with a quill! Light boxes will be used to help students trace the special stam forms of the Hebrew letters.

6/13

Make a bookmark to hold your place during your Shavuot learning!

7/13

Several traditional texts will be available for copying at the calligraphy station, but gentile students may choose to bring their own Hebrew text to copy, or they may simply write their name in Hebrew at this station.

8/13

The coloring station will offer paper placemats with various fun seasonal designs!

Students may choose from mountains, flowers, or the seven species; these designs come pre-printed from the supplier.

9/13

We have found that gentile students usually do not make use of the alternate holiday symbols provided to them, such as firs at Pesach time. Therefore, gentile students who want another design may turn over the placemat and draw their own seasonal design for their holiday.

10/13

Since the Sivan celebration will be held around lunchtime, delicious dairy & vegan lunches will be served outdoors. Enjoy blintzes, lasagna, kezadas, and of course, plenty of ice cream!

Shomer treyf students may eat at the separate table with a purple tablecloth.

11/13

As a reminder, since we are a #PublicSchool, all activities must remain secular to keep our environment welcoming to our non-Jewish students.

Non-Jewish students may feel free to read quietly in the library if the celebration violates their beliefs.

12/13

However, we understand that Christian students celebrate Christian Shavuot (called “Pentecost” in their tradition) so we don’t expect our Christian students to exclude themselves on this occasion.

I know we’re all going to have a great day, and Chag Sameach to EVERYONE!

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