Teen Talk Newsletter
March 2025-Purim, Leadership, and MORE
Hello Madrichim & Parents -
First - and foremost -THANK YOU to ALL our teens who made it in ON TIME this morning despite it being Daylight Savings Time and losing an hour of sleep! We have some volunteer and leadership opportunities & general updates to share....
PURIM is THIS Thursday - 3/13. We hope you will join the congregation at 6:30pm for our Megillah Reading then join us for our JCY Teen Lounge Night afterward. We'll have Hamentashen, games and an opportunity to chill with your friends. This is a free event open to our 6th - 12th grade students. For planning purposes, we'd appreciate you register HERE in advance.
VOLUNTEER at the PURIM CARNIVAL next Sunday, 3/16! We're in need of teens to help run activities, help with food service, clean up and more. YES - you get a point for each hour you volunteer AND can count these for community service hours for school! Please sign up for a slot (or 2) HERE. Reminder - please select a slot that starts at or after 11am!
HAGBAH Volunteers needed! Are you interested in accepting the honor of lifting & holding the Torah at services? Any post-b'nai mitzvah student is eligible to accept this honor. We're working on scheduling a training DURING RELIGIOUS SCHOOL for interested teens. Please shoot me an email or text and let me know you'd like to be included.
MARCH MADNESS fundraiser to support YOU, our JCY teens is kicking, errr, TIPPING off this week. For an $18 donation, you can complete a bracket for a chance to win a great prize. Registration form will go live later this week. Keep an eye on our social media or grab the link at this weeks Purim celebrations. Shout out to Tyler & Zach Alderson for leading the charge on this project!
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL PURIM CELEBRATION is happening next Sunday - 3/16. Show your spirit by wearing a costume. With our spiel having a rock n roll theme, an easy idea is to be a rockstar! Spoiler alert - I'll be dressed as an 80s rock star! Dress up on Sunday and earn a point!
POINTS REMINDER (for 8th-10th graders planning to be confirmed as Sophomores)
You should be striving to earn 18 points a year. Volunteering at the Purim Carnival, attending Lounge Night and training as a Hagbah will earn you points! Volunteering in the community, attending jewish summer camp and participating in other jewish activities earns them as well. Please let me know about these things so I can track them for you. Questions? Let me know!
1:1 MEETINGS are going well. I've now met with more than half of you and have truly LOVED all of our conversations. For those I haven't yet met, I hope to finish up on or before 3/23. A reminder from my last email - if during that meeting you tell me what you had for breakfast, you will earn a special treat to be delivered to you at school on 3/30!
We have 3 weeks of school and then a long break in April. Stay tuned for information on Good Deeds Day, end of year activities and some exciting previews for next year!
Wishing you all a MARVELOUS MARCH & AWESOME APRIL!
B'ahava,
Mindee Trudell
Teen Engagement & B'nai Mitzvah Coordinator