Dear Parents,

Screen on the Green: "The Sandlot"

Fifth through Twelfth Grade Families are invited to SDJA's First Annual Screen on the Green movie night on Sunday, March 21st at 6:00 pm.

Location: Upper School Small Field

Come watch "The Sandlot" under the stars. Bring low lawn chairs, blankets and a dairy picnic dinner. Classic movie concessions will be available for purchase (proceeds to benefit SDJA Senior Class Trip).

Admission is FREE, so come and enjoy a night out with your family and SDJA friends.

Please RSVP with Mrs. Cohn at acohn@sdja.com

Grandma's Seder Passover Food Drive
Why is this food drive different from other food drives? You already know the answers to the Four Questions at your Passover Seder, but what you might not know is that 8.2 % of the people who need food assistance at Hand Up Youth Food Pantry are Jewish. Help the Hand Up Youth Food Pantry meet the challenge of ensuring that everyone in the Jewish community is able to celebrate Passover nutritionally, ritually and with pride of heritage.

Please donate the following items:
Gefilte Fish
Macaroons
Jarred/ Canned Matzah Ball Soup
Matzah Ball Soup Mix
Kedem Grape Juice
Kosher for Passover Candies
Haggadot
* No matzah please. We have enough already

DONATION BINS ARE LOCATED: Upper School Office

High School Science Research Program
Congratulations to our first students from the High School Science Research Program who successfully passed through screening for the Greater San Diego Science Fair. Students Samantha and Alexandra Viterbi, Amy Shoemaker and Daniel Friedlander were all successful and will be joining our middle school students to compete at the Greater San Diego Science fair on March 24th. We wish them well!

The 50th Anniversary Production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound Of Music
Directed by Joey Landwehr
March 4 -21, 2010

David & Dorothea Garfield Theatre located at the Lawrence Family JCC, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS in La Jolla.

Performance Dates:
Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
Friday, March 5, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. - School Show!
Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. & 4:30 p.m.

Friday, March 12, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. -School Show!
Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. & 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. & 4:30 p.m.

The following SDJA students will be appearing in this production:
Annie Charlat
Michelle Guefen
Shira Simhon
Dina Steinlauf
Ali Viterbi
Rachel Kornberg
Rebecca Penner
Hannah Rodriguez
Rachel Rozenfeld
Daniel Penner
Ben Weissman
Michael Tyler

For tickets call the JCC Box Office at 858-362-1348 or purchase them online from the link at the bottom of the page. The J Company Youth Theatre is part of the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture.

Parent Tours
I encourage all parents to take advantage of this unique opportunity to see SDJA classes in session and get a glimpse into a typical day on campus. If you haven't already signed up, please contact my assistant Brittany Hudson to reserve your spot on one of the following upcoming tours:

Wednesday, March 17
Tuesday, April 20

The tours will be limited to 10 parents each and will run from 8:15-9:15 a.m. on the dates listed above.

Every Child Campaign Opportunity Drawing!
Back by popular demand, SDJA is now offering Opportunity Drawing Tickets that benefit the Every Child Campaign. Prizes include a one week cruise to Mexico or the Caribbean, a 4 day luxury stay in Los Cabos, a private wine tasting for 12 at your home and many other fabulous prizes.

Click the link at the bottom of the page to purchase tickets.

B' Shalom,

Jeffrey Davis, Ed. D.
Principal, Maimonides Upper School

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