Beachwood PTO Clipboard The Beachwood PTO congratulates the staff, students and families of Hilltop Elementary on being named a 2015 National Blue Ribbon School! BOXTOPS: Please remember to save your box tops and drop them off at the elementary schools. GARAGE SALE: Start saving your belongings now – the Beachwood PTO garage sale is returning spring of 2016. Fairmount Early Childhood Center Chanukah Celebration Come join Jewish National Fund and Alexander Muss High School in Israel (AMHSI) for a special Chanukah menorah lighting, latkes, and an informational session on semester-abroad programs in Israel for Jewish high school teens, at Park Synagogue East on Monday, Dec. 7, at 6:30 pm. For more information, contact Mindy Feigenbaum at 216.292.8733. The Fairmount Early Childhood Center is a private, district-sponsored learning center, offering a full school-year calendar as well as a summer preschool camp. Registration Preschool and Camp Preschool/Camp Parent Information Night Thursday, January 7, 2016 • 7 p.m. The Fairmount Early Childhood Center Non-Categorical (Special Education) Preschool is seeking typical peers (role models) for the 2016-2017 school year. This program offers four mornings or afternoons per week at significantly reduced rates. Rabbi Joel Chazin Birthday Celebration Free and open to the community. Please join us for a joyful afternoon of music and celebration as we honor Rabbi Joel Chazin on his 20 years of service as Montefiore Chaplain and his 80th birthday. The event takes place Sunday, Dec. 20, from 2:30 – 4:30 pm in Montefiore’s Maltz Auditorium, One David N. Myers Parkway. Visit montefiorecare.org, click on “Make a Donation” at the top and select “Montefiore’s Rabbi Fund” to help all the great life-enriching programming Montefiore offers residents. For more information or to RSVP, contact Denise Pease, foundation assistant, at 216.910.2350 or email dpease@montefiorecare.org by Friday, Dec.11. Preschool and Camp Registration Residents Wednesday, January 13, 2016 • 3:30 p.m. Open Enrollment Wednesday, January 20, 2016 • 3:30 p.m. New Young 5's Class 5 days per week • 9 am - 3 pm Must be 5 years old by Dec. 31, 2016 Call Karen Leeds today for more information, 216-292-2344. Learn how Fairmount Preschool will prepare your child for Kindergarten and Ohio's new 3rd Grade Reading Guarantee. Celebrate Chanukah at Fairmount Temple Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple (23737 Fairmount Blvd., Beachwood) will celebrate the upcoming Chanukah season with a Chanukah Shabbat Service on Friday, Dec. 11, at 6:15 pm. All are welcome! The Fairmount Temple clergy will be joined by a Chorale and the Hava Nashira Jr. Choir for a service to celebrate the Chanukah season with music, song and light. This festive service features a new take on popular songs, including some from Taylor Swift and James Taylor. Following the service, please stay for a free, festive Chanukah oneg (reception) with potato pancakes and more. Families with preschoolers are invited to a free Holiday Happenings Program on Sunday, Dec. 6, at 9 am. Children (pre-K and under), accompanied by a parent or grandparent, are invited to learn more about Chanukah through craft, song and story. To RSVP, contact Elizabeth Kleckner at 216.464.5890 or Ekleckner@fairmounttemple.org. Fairmount Early Childhood Center • 24601 Fairmount Blvd. www.beachwoodschools.org/fairmount.aspx December 2015 n Beachwood Buzz 13