2007 - 2008 BESTT Calendar-at-a-Glance

Subject to Change

Date	Event
August
29	BESTT HSJS Social Event, dinner
September
3	Labor Day
4-5	First Days of BESTT classes
8	First Day Jr. Congregation
9	10:15 am First Sunday of BESTT classes; Men’s Club/
	Sisterhood Brunch/ Parent Program: “Love and Logic”
13-14	Rosh HaShanah
16	7th Grade Family Education Program
22	Yom Kippur
26	Early Dismissal from BESTT 5:30 pm
27	Sukkot, no BESTT classes
October
3	Early Dismissal 5:30 pm, No BESTT High School
4	Shemini Atzeret, no BESTT classes
17	HS Dinner
20-21	Grades 3-5 Shabbaton. No BESTT classes for grades 3-5
28	Bring Your Parents to School Day
31	Early Dismissal 5:30 pm; No HS classes
November
9	Jr. Congregation Family Shabbat
11	6th Grade Family Program
21-25	Thanksgiving Recess
December
5-12	Hanukkah
7	6th and 7th Grade Shabbat
9	BESTT Hanukkah Activities; Youth Scholarship Concert
11	B’nai B’rith Annual Bible Quiz
19-31	Winter Break
January
1-5	Winter Break
6	BESTT Classes resume
9	High School Resumes
21	No Classes, MLK Day
February
1-3	Kadima Shabbaton (grades 6-8) at 4H Retreat Center
3	5th Grade Family Program
16-18	No Classes or Jr. Cong. President’s Day Weekend
24	3rd Grade Family Siddur Program
29	4th and 5th Grade Shabbat
March
14	Jr. Congregation Family Shabbat
20	Purim Megillah Reading
20	Dinner served to grades 5-6 for Megillah Reading
23	USY Carnival. Early dismissal at 11:30 a.m.
30	5th Grade Play
April
6-21	Spring Break, Pesach
22	BESTT classes resume
27	No BESTT
30	Community Yom HaShoah program at Beth Israel
May
3	3rd Grade Class Shabbat
10	Last session Jr. Congregation and K’tantan
11	4th Grade Wedding
17	BESTT Graduation grades 7 and 12
18	Last Day of BESTT