Ashley Cohn – Year 7

Week 10 in Szenes House

We farewelled Year 12 Szenes on Tuesday 22 September 2020, whilst the rest of Szenes House ‘zoomed’ in! Our House Madrichim, Lexi and Jess organised for each Tutor Group to complete their section of the House Dance for their Music Concert, which unfortunately was cancelled due to COVID-19. Year 12 Szenes enjoyed not only the dance but also the pre-recorded sibling farewell speeches. Students were given Szenes momentos, including the traditional mug with a COVID-19 reminder, a T-shirt with a group photograph taken during Chavayah, a succulent to nurture and last but not least our traditional yellow gerbera.

Items bought for the cancelled House Music Concert made an appearance, including the purple and yellow velvet scrunchies and glow sticks, much to the delight of Year 12, especially our previous House Madrichim, Tali and Issy. A special thank you to Ms Genc, Year 12 Tutor for the past six years – thank you from not only your Tutor Group but from Szenes House for all of your care and support.. 

We asked some Year 12 students, what their plans were for next year and beyond:

Miriam: My plans for next year are still undecided at the moment. I will either be going on Shnat or go to university. I would like to go to University of Sydney and get an Arts Degree or maybe an Arts Education Degree.

Issy: My plan next year is to get a job and go to university. I think I want to study at UNSW and do something in the business/social science area. Hopefully once COVID-19 is over I can travel!

Asha: I plan to take a gap year to (hopefully) travel, work and invest more time in volunteering for The Me2U Foundation. For 2022, I hope to study Interior Architecture and International Studies at UTS.

Erin: I plan on going to TAFE to complete my beauty course and then work at a beautician. Then in 2022 I am going to start my course in Nutrition and Sport science at ACU. 

Tali: Next year I plan to go to Israel for nine months on a gap year program (hopefully!). If this doesn’t go ahead I will likely work and hopefully begin a degree of International Studies and Political Science at UTS. 

Claudia: I plan on going to university. I am not saying which one because I am superstitious. I also plan on working. I want to learn how to take blood so I can work at the Red Cross Blood Bank while I am at university.

A message from our House Madrichim, Jess and Lexi

Farewell Year 12 Szenes

This week, we are congratulating the Year 12s on finishing school and finally graduating! The Year 12s have been absolutely amazing and have had an incredible impact on the rest of the School. They have not had the easiest circumstances, but they have constantly pushed through and have done an outstanding job. Their astonishing leadership skills have enabled them to rise above any challenges and have definitely been an inspiration to the other Year levels.

We especially want to mention the amazing House Madrichim of 2019/2020, Issy Reichel and Tali Blackman. They have been outstanding House Madrichim who made every House assembly enjoyable and worked so hard to make Szenes House as amazing as possible! We also want to thank Miriam Itzkowitz who was the Kol Szenes Editor. She did an exceptional job, making Kol Szenes so interesting and something that both parents and students always looked forward to reading. The effort that all the Year 12s put in has definitely not gone unnoticed. The Year 12s will definitely be missed and have been excellent role models to the rest of us.

We wish them all the best for the future and know that they will all go on to achieve some incredible things!

Mazal tov 

Mazal Tov to Sarah Manoy and students who participated in the fundraiser – Endure for a Cure!

Sarah wrote:

On Sunday 13 September 2020, I organised for a group consisting of ten Year 7s and two Year 5s to ride their bikes around Centennial Park. All together we rode 421km. The ride was to raise money and awareness about Children’s Cancer. The aim of the ride was to do as many laps as you could endure, hence the name, and get sponsored for how much you ride. We ended up raising $1,892.00 and we are still collecting. I felt very proud of myself and all the participants for completing so many laps and getting involved. I am so happy that we raised so much money and that everyone had a lot of fun on the day.

Announcements

• Term 4 begins on Tuesday 13 October 2020
• Hats to be worn whilst outside in the sun
• Summer uniform is worn throughout Term 4
• If you are not wearing the correct uniform, please ask your parent to email: uniform@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au 
• Be responsible – lock your locker
• COVID-19 current information – Department of Health 
• Follow @szeneshouse on Instagram for some wellbeing and study tips, memes and just general Szenesian spirit.
• Also follow your madrichim on @es.madstagram for some updates, challenges, wellbeing and overall fun times.

Birthdays

Happy Birthday to the following Szenesians who have recently celebrated their birthday or will be celebrating their birthday over the break:

• Claudia Burman 
• Alexis Joffe 
• Dean Klugman
• Meika Laishevsky
• Sari Laishevsky 
• Tara Linker 
• Jessica Linker 
• Phoebe Narunsky
• Issy Reichel 

Quote of the week

“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” 
Ruth Bader Ginsberg

We hope everyone has an enjoyable and safe end of term holiday.