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| The weekend of January 27th was special for the girls of Desert Torah Academy. Those in third grade and up were invited for a special Shabbaton on the school campus. The program began with an hour of fun and games in the school gym. The young ladies were then brought to their hosts’ homes. Third grade were hosted by Rabbi and Mrs. Harlig, fourth grade by Rabbi and Mrs. Segal, fifth grade by Mr. Dov Ber & Morah Yocheved Shapiro, sixth grade by the Goldblatt Family, seventh grade by Rabbi and Mrs. Rodman and eights grade by the Karen family. After dressing in their finest Shabbos clothes, the students returned to the Chabad Center to light Shabbos candles. |
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| The Holy Shabbos is compared to a queen. It wouldn’t be fitting to have a queen visit your home and let her leave without a special “good-bye” party. That is why it has become a Jewish tradition to have a special meal, called a Melave Malka, on Saturday night when we are still feeling the lingering Holiness of Shabbos. |
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The middle school students of DTA recently spent two exiting days hiking in Zion National Park. This year the trip was done a little differently in that the boys and girls went on separate outings. In all other ways, the two trips were identical.
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On Thursday, October 27, Desert Torah Academy held a fire drill. Of course, this in itself is not unusual. After all, the Chabad School holds monthly safety drills. What was special, though, was that this was the first time that the Las Vegas Fire Department was in attendance.
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On Tuesday, October 4th, the students of Desert Torah Academy visited Lorenzi Park to perform the beautiful custom of Tashlich. Traditionally, on the first day of Rosh Hashana, Jews gather at a body of water containing live fish, to symbolically cast their sins “to the depths of the sea”. Of course, doing teshuva is not that simple. The Tashlich ceremony, however, helps to awaken within our hearts a true desire to return to G-d.
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Schools traditionally hold a staff orientation session before the beginning of each school year. The sessions last from two to five days and cover a variety of topics ranging from basic “housekeeping” (where the children lineup, who brings them to recess, etc) to complicated matters like a school’s core beliefs and academic philosophies. While all of these topics were covered at DTA’s 2011-2012 teacher orientation, the Chabad School chose to focus this year on the area of pupil safety.
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| DTA’s seventh and eighth grade recently returned from an exciting three day excursion to S. Diego. The trip was held to reward the students for a year of successful academic performance and great behavior. On the first day of the trip, the students were greeted by chaperones Rabbi Moishe B. Rodman (school principal), Mrs. Sarah Sherman (Judaic teacher), and school parents Eli Goldblatt and Phil Scheinman. Everyone quickly loaded the vans for the five hour ride to S. Diego |
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Nevada Senate Bill 289 mandates that each school have a Crisis Response Plan. The law applies to both public and private schools. Now that DTA has moved into its beautiful new 65,000 square foot educational building, the school administration realized that it was time to upgrade and revise its plan.
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Inclusion of all students is a major goal in the learning process today. At Chabad’s Desert Torah Academy, this challenge is met on two distinct but equally important fronts. Mrs. Dina Harlig, the school’s director explained, “Children who would like to attend a Jewish Day School are often excluded either because their parents can’t afford the tuition or because they have a learning challenge. We try to help families with both of these problems.”
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