Save the Date
Monday, December 21 - Sunday, January 3
Winter Break Monday, December 28 - Wednesday, December 30
Francis Parker Winter Tournament Sunday, January 3 - Thursday, January 21
Senior Israel Experience Monday, January 11 - Friday, January 15
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P.O. Corner Parent Education The Parent Organization is very excited about our program for the upcoming year. The program is comprised of three strands: · Issues of Concern to Parents · The CJHS Book Group · Torah Lishma (Learning for its own sake) Please find the details about programs at www.cjhs.org/pdf/
parenteducation. Gelt ProgramThe P.O. is pleased to introduce the gift card "Gelt program" to our families. Faculty and staff who buy Gelt will help to support programs provided for the school by the P.O. This program is designed to help families earn money toward their children's junior year Panim program and/or the Senior Israel Experience. The program is a passive earning system, in which you buy the things you ordinarily purchase anyway and earn money which will be credited to your family for designated school trips. If you have any questions, contact Kim Frankel 847.373.1183 kfrankel0721@gmail.com or Sarah Budweg 847.710.1740 sbudweg13@aol.com. Need stationery? Holiday cards? Family tributes? Order cards from the P.O.! Click here for more information.
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Sponsor Breakfast  What could be better than a birthday celebration with friends? Celebrate your student's birthday or other milestone with a special breakfast at CJHS.
For a donation of $162 (9x chai), bagels, cream cheese, and orange juice will be served to everyone. An announcement will be made in Tefillah and in the dining hall, and the occasion will also be listed in our weekly E-News.
If you have any questions, please call 847.324.3713 or email ialtman@cjhs.org. Order forms are available online here.
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 For the past two years, the CJHS community has sponsored senior Jeremy Hipps as he represented CJHS as part of Team Lifeline in the Miami Marathon. This year, junior Jake Levine is joining Jeremy as CJHS's new Team Lifeline representative. Jake is now trying to raise a minimum of $3,600 for Chai Lifeline in honor of the 13-mile race. Jake and Jeremy continue to run in honor of Yali Derman (CJHS '09), our own cancer survivor, as well as several of Jake's close relatives whom he has lost to cancer.  Chai Lifeline is an international organization that provides year-round emotional, social, and financial support to more than 3,000 children and their families every year. To learn more about Chai Lifeline, visit its website, www.chailifeline.org. To contribute to Jake's cause, please visit his team web page at the Team Lifeline site or send a check made payable to Chai Lifeline to Jake Levine at 1095 Lake Cook Rd., Deerfield, IL 60015. |
CSI Deerfield - Holiday Special  Mrs. Murphy's anatomy class was once again in the crime lab at the beginning of December. Students broke out the brushes and powders to dust for fingerprints on various surfaces around the lab. Loops, arches, and whorls aplenty  were collected and analyzed. We also used ink to make a visual record of our prints on an FBI evidence card. Students now have a greater appreciation for the work of crime scene technicians. Class consensus was... "It isn't as easy as it looks!" 
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Recruitment News Over fifty families have taken advantage of the Early application deadline--a 15% increase over last year's numbers! There is a lot of diversity among the applying students. Many are musicians, athletes or artists. All are interested in CJHS because of our reputation and promotion of Jewish values. Many are from schools other than Schechter, including Anshe Emet Day School, Hillel Torah, and various public schools. We even have one application from Iowa!
Applications are still being accepted for the 2009-2010 school year. Visit our website, http://www.cjhs.org to download an application.
Save the Dates...
...for our last opportunity to take the Explore high school placement test on Sunday, January 10. RSVP to Ms. Agbodza, magbodza@cjhs.org ...for our annual Curriculum and Beyond Program, Monday, February 22 at 7 p.m. at CJHS. This program is for prospective and incoming freshmen, transfer students and their parents for the 2010 - 2011 school year. |
 Alumni Trivia
Which former CJHS teacher now runs Kibbutz Hannaton and has just had a beautiful baby girl? |
 You're The One That I Want!
 Congratulations to the newly-selected cast of Grease, including Maddie Klein as Sandy and Matthew Miller as Danny, with Arianna Rozen, Talia Stoehr, Lisa Wiznitzer, and Sara Schankerman as the Pink Ladies and Ari Eisenstadt, Jake Rudolph, Jordy Shapiro, and Noah Weinberg as the Burger Boys. If you want to be involved in crewing the show, please let Ms. Estes know. We need designers and operators of all sorts. The curtain goes up on March 21 and 22. Go Greased Lightning!
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 This Week in Sports
Tigers basketball has been pounding away this week, with the men's JV and varsity teams defeating Elgin Academy and losing hard-fought games to Northridge Prep and ICJA. Stay tuned for the big game in January when we try to reclaim our lost honor from the hands of our arch rivals!
 Our varsity and JV Lady Tigers beat Northtown Academy by 5 points and 21 points respectively, thanks to freshman Alana Stoehr's mighty 3-point shot right at the buzzer, which sent the game into overtime. These victories were followed by a tough loss to Christian Liberty on Wednesday and by Thursday's games against North Shore Country Day.  The Tiger Shark swimmers can be seen sporting their new sweatshirts as they prepare for their winter meets. The Ten-Pin Tigers are now home from their match at Loyola Academy and are preparing for the Gordon Tech Winter Invite next week. |
IC 2009  Congratulations to all our students who are organizing USY's international convention over break. To register as a chaperone, click here or email Dr. Miller at drmiller@cjhs.org. |
Mazal Tov  Mazal tov to proud uncle Gabe Rubin and alumnus Judah Rubin ('05) on the birth of their nephew last Monday. Congratulations also to Schechter alumnus Avi Rubin and Rachel Fleischer, the proud parents! |
Alumni Trivia - Answer  It's Ms. Debbie Jacobson-Maisels! She and her husband Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels made aliyah several years ago and now live on Kibbutz Hannaton, which they helped found. And in November, they welcomed Ella Hanna Levya Maisels to a life of Torah, chuppah, and good deeds. |
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Happy birthday to Lindsey Taussig, Dani Wolf, and physics teacher Mrs. Eliaser. Many thanks to their families for sponsoring breakfast.
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 Happy Chanukah Tonight marks the eighth candle of Chanukah. Let's go light a lot this week! Have a relaxing and enjoyable winter vacation. E-News will resume in January. |
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