Well the school year is almost over and the classrooms are bustling with students preparing for summer and trying hard to concentrate on their studies! Just after Spring Break, students helped clean up the trash around the synagogue and in the process found one of the missing stained glass protector panels and lots of bottles and cans for recycling. Thanks for all your hard work!
Lilyan Cohen and Harriet Manaker are working together to complete the 25 tefillah for the grand prize of a $25 gift certificate from Borders and are well on their way to becoming Tefillah Champs! Nathan Manaker, Elise Linn, and Aubra Linn are pulling up close, too! Keep up the good work! Thank you to all the parents who encourage our youngsters to become the best they can be and who are helping them to reach their tefillah goals by spending time with them explaining what each tefillah means and how important these prayers are to us. Thank you, too, to the teachers who are really encouraging the students to study these and to work together so that everyone benefits.

A huge thanks to an anonymous donor of a new TV with the necessary hookups for us to be able to watch some of the awesome videos and DVDs that the Hebrew school library has received! We will be setting some dates for some movie nights in the near future! Please feel free to suggest Jewish-related movies that we might want to feature on some Saturday or Sunday evening.

In this past school year we have gone through all the holidays together, celebrating and learning, and looking forward to doing some of the same things next year. Lag B'Omer and Shavuot have come and gone and brought with them memories of bonfires and blintzes. We are at the end and looking forward to some summer fun like the Luau at the Stern camp, the 4th of July Celebration that will take us from CBI to Craig Pond in Orland for swimming and a picnic, to the hill overlooking the Penobscot so we can watch the fireworks, and to the August Western Roundup where you will get the chance to dress up in your cowboy duds and eat some BBQ! Learning doesn't stop when we break for summer. There are Friday

night and Saturday services to rev up your spirit and weekday minyans to put power in your prayer life! Parents, this is the time to encourage your children to look at establishing regular times for prayer and to learn new prayers with them. How about setting a goal of learning the Birkat Hamazon with your kids? This is a great way to add joy to your daily meals and to introduce them to new songs and prayers. Don't forget that there are websites available for your children to practice what they have learned. Berhman house has links to many great sites that will help your student stay on top of their Hebrew studies so that when we come back in September, they will be ahead of the game.

Just a reminder, Hebrew school Year End Celebration will be on June 15th at 4pm. Students will be making their final presentations and will receive their award certificates. Please join us as we celebrate their accomplishments!

Have a Great Summer!

Morah Avigayil (Corrin Miller)