Sonia Newell – Development Officer

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For parents who don’t know me or what I do at the School, just one of the many things I am responsible for as Development Officer is to prepare and produce two bi-annual newsletters.  One is for alumni (distributed by email only) and the other for our grandparents and friends, which goes out by email to the grandparents with an email address on our database, no matter where in the world they live, and by post to the others who live in anywhere in Australia.  However, there are many grandparents for whom we have no contact details at all. We would love to connect with them too, so please forward the newsletter to them and send their email/postal address to me at snewell@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au so they too can receive the newsletters and other correspondence direct, including invitations to Grandparents and Friends Day and other events we hold from time to time. I promise not to bombarded them with mail.

Here now are the links, so you too can see the latest newsletters:

www.emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Alumni-News_Volume_9_issue_1.pdf

www.emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/GF-News_Vol_9_issue_1.pdf

You can also read all past issues of these newsletters on: www.emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au/Gesher

I appreciate the updates and contributions that were sent my way by numerous staff members and others – too many to name individually, but they know who they are – thank you! 

A huge thank you to everyone for your continued support with these publications, which are just one of the many amazing ways to showcase our wonderful School and its close and connected community.

 BREAKFAST WITH EMANUEL SESSIONS POSTPONED

Our apologies for having to postpone our Breakfast with Emanuel sessions scheduled for Wednesday this week and for next Wednesday 9 August.  We will let you know new dates for the next sessions once they are confirmed.

Save the dates

Sunday 27 August – Grandparent Committee inaugural event, 2.30 – 4.30 pm in the Primary Library.  Guest speaker is Adi Gefen-Adler, UIA Executive Director/Shaliach (pictured opposite). Adi is a tour guide by profession, a Captain Reserve in the IDF and is married with two daughters. He specialises in speaking about Israeli history and comparative theology and his topics for our session are: ‘Is Jerusalem holy to Islam? What about the ongoing conflict on Temple Mount? What geopolitical issues exist with Jerusalem?’.  Parents and grandparents are all welcome to attend and you might like to then stay on for an enchanting hour and a half of beautiful voices, at our Emanuel School Senior Chamber Choir and Alumni Concert 2017. 

Sunday 27 August – 5pm to 6.30 pm, Millie Phillips Theatre – Emanuel School Senior Chamber Choir and Alumni Concert 2017

Friday 15 September – Primary Grandparents and Friends Day

Invitations will be out soon for this morning event which celebrates Shabbat and Rosh Hashanah, with time for grandparents to share in classroom activities with their grandchildren, followed by morning tea.

If you have news/photos to share with our community, please send to:  snewell@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au