Sonia Newell – Development Officer

Please note, our Family Barefoot Bowls event scheduled for this coming Sunday 10 March has been cancelled.

Former NSW Jewish Board of Deputies President Jeremy Spinak (Emanuel alumnus, Class of 2000), who passed away last year aged 36 from cancer, was inducted into the Honour Roll at the Premier’s Harmony Dinner last Thursday night in front of 1500 people. Jeremy’s wife Rhiannon Spinak received the award from Premier Gladys Berejiklian: 

www.jewishnews.net.au/another-example-of-the-legacy-he-leaves/87166

www.facebook.com/NSWJBD/videos/376756666241288/

We love to hear about achievements of members of our School community and so it was great to read that Emanuel parent and artist Talya Brookman, mother of Griffin, Year K and Stella Chimes, Year 1, has been selected to exhibit at the upcoming The Other Art Fair presented by Saatchi Art, Australia’s leading art fair from 14 to 17 March, where Talya is one of the 100 very best emerging artists: http://sydney.theotherartfair.com/ 

Talya (Brookman) Chimes

So many of our students are involved in volunteering for a variety of organisations and causes, and they would be most worthy candidates to be nominated for this year’s Jewish Changemaker Awards. See categories for Youth (under 18) and please nominate your child/children accordingly. Nominations can be made online: www.jnf.org.au/changemaker

The World’s Greatest Shave is coming up soon and our Emanuel team would love your support: http://my.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/emanuelschool

Please keep those grandparent contact details coming through for our database update. Send to snewell@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au to ensure they receive invitations to various events throughout the year, and also so they receive our bi-annual Grandparents and Friends newsletters which are a great way to read about what’s happening at school no matter if you live around the corner from our campus or on the other side of the world.

NSW Friendship Circle will be hosting a private screening of the award-winning documentary My Hero Brother at 7 pm on 4 April at Events Cinema, Bondi Junction. The movie follows a group of young people with Down Syndrome who embark on a demanding trek through the Himalayas with their brothers and sisters. Spaces are limited so head to their website to secure your tickets: My Hero Brother Movie Tickets

If you have photos and/or news to share, please send it to: snewell@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au