MUS Letter from the Principal
March 5th, 2010 - March 11th, 2010
Dear Parents,

Purim
There was no shortage of fun Purim activities last Friday. All of the upper school started out the day in the Ulam. The students were treated to a hilarious Purim schpiel video made by SDJA faculty, in which they recreated Beyonce's "Single Ladies" video. Then the faculty competed in a costume contest, where Mr. McBaine was victorious for portrayal of Lady Gaga. Second place went to Mr. Kahn for his portrayal of the hip-hop star Flava Flave, and rounding out the top three was Ms. Bodziner as the late Michael Jackson. Following the contest, the 2010 Senior Class presented their Purim schpiel, a new tradition started at the SDJA this year. The Senior schpiel video left our students and faculty crying from laughter. After the morning assembly wrapped up, the 6th grade made hamentashen, while the 7th grade went on a school wide scavenger hunt and the 8th grade had a blast dancing and skating on their surprise field trip to Skate World.

Grades 9 through 12 continued their Purim fun at the Powder-Puff football game, in which the girls played football and the boys coached and performed as cheerleaders. In the first round, the Juniors won against the Freshmen, while the Seniors lost to the Sophomores. The final featured the Juniors and Sophomores competing for first place. The final tally put the Juniors in 1st place, Sophomores in 2nd, Seniors in 3rd, and Freshmen in 4th. It was an amazing, fun-filled day. Purim Sameach to everyone!

Click on the link at the bottom of the page or visit the SDJA Photo Gallery to see photos of the Purim activities.

High School Science Research Program
Congratulations to our students from the High School Science Research Program who successfully passed through the 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!

Athletics News
Congratulations to Drew Ferris on being selected as one of the University of Florida's top recruits! Drew was invited as a long snapper to join the Gators in fall practice, and will work to join the team during the season. We can't wait to see him play with the best football players in the country and in the SEC conference.

Seniors and Scholarships
Some of our seniors have already started receiving their college acceptances. To date our seniors have received $ 1,309,600.00 in merit scholarships. This number will likely grow even more over the next two months as more acceptances and scholarships are awarded.

SDJA Spring Book Fair
Our Spring Book Fair is approaching and will take place Monday, March 8th through Friday, March 12th from 7:30 am to 3:30 pm in the Beit Midrash. Please note that the Book Fair will be closing at 1 pm on Friday, March 12th. This year we are expanding our Book Fair to include a substantial selection of books for Middle School students. Please come in and check out our selection. Summer reading books will also be available for incoming grades 6 through 9.

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.

Volunteers Needed at Jewish Family Service of San Diego
Jewish Family Service is looking for volunteers to help members of our community find a job. Please help us become a JEN (Jewish Employment Network) Connector! You do NOT have to have a job available to help our Jewish community members. Our job seekers need your assistance to expand their networks, which will ultimately put them back in the workforce and provide resources to help them support themselves. Volunteers should expect to commit no more than 2 hours per month and meet one-on-one for 30 minutes with prescreened, preselected job seekers with experience relevant to your field.

Please reply to lindaf@jfssd.org or call Linda Feldman at 858-637-3358

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 on 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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