In This Issue
 
 
  • HaYidion: The Prizmah Journal
  • Letter from the Editor
  • Update on the Jewish Community Response and Impact Fund (JCRIF)
  • Send Us Your Videos and Pictures for Our #DynamicDaySchools Campaign
  • Now Accepting Applications for the New YOU Lead Cohort
  • HaYidion Featured Articles
  • Upcoming Online Gatherings
 
HaYidion: The Prizmah Journal
 
 

Take five, or thirty, to sink into the latest issue of HaYidion, on the theme of Time. Articles consider ways that schools and their stakeholders rethink time, reconfigure the clock and calendar, and do the things we need to do better by changing the way we allocate time. We offer several options for accessing HaYidion:

Enjoy the issue, share articles, and let us know what you think! Write us at [email protected] to give us feedback.
 
Letter from the Editor
 
 

Magazines, like schools, undergo planning a year in advance. When
we planned for this issue on the theme of Time, we naturally had
no inclination that the world would be plunged in the middle of
a pandemic at the time of publication. Perhaps we should have
renamed the issue Timing, according to the old expression: Timing
is everything. With no other issue has that been more true! more...
 
Update on the Jewish Community Response and Impact Fund (JCRIF)
 
 

Many of you have been eagerly awaiting more details on the recently announced Jewish Community Response and Impact Fund (JCRIF), a $90 million aligned grant and loan fund. Prizmah will be conducting a webinar on Wednesday, May 13th at 12pm ET / 9am PT to discuss the program in more detail and to address any questions that you have. We will be joined on the webinar by Felicia Herman and Shira Hutt, two of the professionals leading the impact fund.

Register for the webinar here. Prizmah expects to publish information related to loan requirements as well as a detailed intake form prior to the webinar.
 
Send Us Your Videos and Pictures for Our #DynamicDaySchools Campaign
 
 
 

We want to show the world how amazing YOUR SCHOOL is! Join our #dynamicdayschools campaign by posting videos and pictures of the innovative, caring, and meaningful things your school is doing to social media using the #dynamicdayschools hashtag and emailing them to [email protected] as well (your parents or teachers can also send these directly to us). We would love testimonials, videos your students made, pictures of online learning--anything that makes you stand out!

Our first video on community and online rituals and celebrations will be coming soon--make sure your school is included by sending us your photos and videos (raw footage preferred). To find out more about this campaign, visit us here.

Don’t forget to use the #dynamicdayschools hashtag and tag @prizmahcjds
 
Now Accepting Applications for the New YOU Lead Cohort
 
 

Effective school leadership has never been more important.

Take the next step in your leadership development with YOU Lead. Designed to meet the needs of day school professionals, YOU Lead will support your leadership growth through 1:1 mentorship, cohort based support, and asynchronous learning. Learn more and apply by June 30th. For more information, contact Yael Steiner at [email protected].
 
HaYidion Featured Articles
 
 


School Schedules that Reflect Values and Priorities
by Lena Kushnir



Time Management Tips For Frazzled Day School Heads
by Ari Segal
 
Upcoming Online Gatherings
 
 
COVID-19: Admission and Marketing Webinar: Recrutiment & Retention

Thursday, May 7, 2020
3 - 4pm ET / 12 - 1pm PT
LEARN MORE & RSVP HERE
Rituals From Afar: Shavuot, Lag BaOmer, Yom Yerushalayim

Thursday, May 7, 2020
3 - 3:45pm ET/12- 12:45pm PT (Grades K - 8) 4 - 4:45pm ET/1 - 1:45pm PT (Grades 9 - 12) 
LEARN MORE & RSVP HERE
 
 
 
All About the Jewish Community Response and Impact Fund
 

Join us for a webinar about the Jewish Community Response Impact Fund (JCRIF). We will provide an overview of the loan program, and discuss how we will work together to address day school needs through the aligned grant program. The Prizmah team will be joined by the two professionals overseeing the program—Shira Hutt of JFNA and Felicia Herman of the Natan Fund—will be available to answer questions from the field.

Wednesday, May 13, 2020
12 - 1pm ET / 9 - 10am PT
 
RSVP HERE
 
 
 
Head of School
Weekly Check In

Every Friday
12 - 1pm ET / 9 - 10am PT
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Head of Small Schools
Weekly Check In

Every Wednesday 
3 - 4pm ET / 12 - 1pm PT
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Director of Technology Weekly Check In

Every Friday
11:30 - 12:30pm ET / 8:30 - 9:30am PT
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Visit our gatherings page often for new and updated offerings!
 
 

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