Oak Park Temple
B'nai Abraham Zion

1235 N. Harlem Avenue
Oak Park, IL 60302
(708) 386-3937

Religious School

Calendar September 2007-May 2008

• September 7 Family Shabbat service, 7:00, September birthday blessings
• September 9 Religious School begins for gan through 6th grades, 9:30-12:00;
  9:00 new parent meeting
  10:00 Sukkah decorating planning team meeting
  10:30 Room parent orientation
  11:00 6th grade parents to 6th grade classroom
  11:20 gan, 1st and 2nd grade parents to classrooms
  11:40 3rd, 4th and 5th grade parents to classrooms
• September 11-12 No Hinsdale or Wednesday Hebrew classes
• September 12-14 Rosh Hashanah
• September 16-19 No Religious School
• September 21-22 Yom Kippur
• September 23 Religious School, gan – 6th grades 9:30-12:00;
• 9:30 Gan Chuppah Workshop
• 11:15 Traffic Team meeting
• September 25 No Hinsdale class
• September 26 6:00 Sukkah dinner and decorating for all Religious School students and families
• September 30 Religious School, gan – 6th grades 9:30-12:00;
• October 2 No Hinsdale class
• October 3 7:00 Simchat Torah celebration & Gan Consecration for all students
• October 7 Religious School, gan – 6th grades 9:30-12:00;
  Walk/bike/Carpool to religious school day (walk to school week)
  9:30 Helping Hands team meeting
  11:15 Book Fair team meeting
• October 9 First Day of Hinsdale, 7:00-8:00
• October 10 First Day of Hebrew School at Oak Park Temple, 7:00-8:00;
• October 14 Religious School for gan through 6th grades 9:30-12:00
• Youth social Action Initiative meeting
• Religious School begins at 12:30 for 7th through 10th grade students
• October 16, 23 and 30 Hinsdale class meets
• October 17, 24 and 31 Wednesday Hebrew classes meet
• October 21 Religious School classes meet, Oak Park Temple’s 50th Anniversary Weekend
• October 28 All Religious School classes meet, gan – 10th grades
• 9:45 5th grade parent B’nai Mitzvah meeting
• November 2 Family Shabbat service, 7:00, October & November birthday blessings
• November 4 All Religious School classes meet, gan – 10th grades
  Book Fair 10:00-2:00
• November 6, 13 and 27 Hinsdale Class meets 7:00-8:00
• November 7, 14 and 28 Oak Park Temple Hebrew school meets 7:00-8:00
• November 11 All Religious School Classes meet
  Youth social Action Initiative meeting
• November 18 All Religious School Classes meet
  9:30 Latke team meeting
• November 20, 21 and 25 No Religious School Classes
• December 2 All Religious School Classes meet
  Used Book Sale
  Maccabee Market
• December 7 Chanukah Shabbat service, 7:00, 3rd grade consecration & December birthday blessings
• December 4, 11 and 18 Hinsdale Classes Meet, 7:00-8:00
• December 5, 12 and 19 Oak Park Temple Hebrew school meet, 7:00-8:00
• December 9 All Religious School Classes meet
  Latkes to classes
• OPTY spaghetti dinner, 6:00
• December 16 All Religious School Classes meet
• December 23-January 5 No Religious School Classes
• January 6 Classes resume, All Religious School classes meet
• January 8, 15,22 and 29 Hinsdale Classes meet
• January 9, 16, 23 and 30 Oak Park Temple Hebrew school meets
• January 13 All Religious School classes meet
• 12:30 – 1:00 College student panel: Jewish life on campus
• January 18 Shabbat Family Service, 7:00, January birthday blessings
• January 20 and 27 All Religious School classes meet
• January 25-28 10th grade trip to Washington DC
• February 3 All Religious School classes meet
• 11:15 Purim Carnival planning meeting
• February 5, 12, 19 and 26 Hinsdale classes meet
• February 6, 13, 20 and 27 Oak Park Temple Hebrew School meets
• February 22 Shabbat Family Service, 7:00, February birthday blessings
• February 10, 17 and 24 All Religious School classes meet
• March 2 All Religious School Classes meet
• March 4, 11 and 18 Hinsdale class meets
• March 5, 12 and 19 Oak Park Temple Hebrew School meets
• March 7 Shabbat Across America
• March 9 Gan – 6th grades meet 9:30 – 12:00.
• 7th through 10th graders work at Purim Carnival, no afternoon classes
• Purim Carnival
• March 14-16 Oak Park Temple retreat at OSRUI
• March 20 Purim Shpiel at 7:00
• March 23-March 30 No School
• April 1. 8. 15. 22 and 29 Hinsdale class meets
• April 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 Oak Park Temple Hebrew School meets
• April 6 All Religious School classes meet
• April 11 Shabbat family service, 7:00, March & April birthday blessings
• April 12 All Religious School classes meet
  9:30 picnic team planning meeting
  Teacher Appreciation lunch
• April 19 Pesach, First Seder
• April 20 No Religious School
• Pesach, Oak Park Temple congregational Seder
• April 27 All Religious School classes meet
  9:30 gan orientation
• May 2 Family Shabbat service at 7:00 and dinner at 6:00, May birthday blessings
• May 4 Walk With Israel for Israel’s 60th birthday
• May 6 and 13 Hinsdale class meets
• May 7 and 14 Oak Park Temple Hebrew school meets
• May 11 All Religious School classes meet
• May 16 7:30 Kabbalat Torah Shabbat Service, 10th graders participate
• May 18 All Religious School classes meet, final session, End of year picnic