Have you considered an Israel experience for your children or grandchildren?

Participating congregations and the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford want to help make this possible.  Enroll your children or grandchildren in the Passport to Israel incentive savings program, and your family will immediately receive a 50% return on your savings – your contribution of $200 per year results in an added $50 from participating congregations, plus $50 from the Federation.

Please click herePassport to Israel flyer for more information or you may contact Karen Trager at the Commission on Jewish Education & Leadership (ktrager@jewishhartford.org or 727-6135).

Thanks to our loyal volunteers and members of the faculty and staff for

making Catch A Rising Star! and Grandparents/Special Friends Day so memorable. These events and other school activities do not happen without your involvement. I appreciate all that everyone does on behalf of SSDS and hope that the entire community enjoyed themselves on Sunday, June 7 and Monday, June 8.  

With the school year coming to a close,

I want to report the following (preliminary) results for FOSS. More information will be included in next week's final Shabbat Shalom newsletter. Thanks to all participants, and please remember that there is still time to make

an annual fund gift. The current SSDS Fiscal Year ends on Friday, July 31, 2009. Members of the board and myself will begin making final calls next week.    

Preliminary Annual  Fund Giving Participation Rates, Fiscal Year 2009. Thank You!

• Board, 100%
• Faculty and Staff, 69%
• Current Parents, 34%

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