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Shabbat Attendance Requirement & Procedure

One of the goals of our school is to prepare the children to participate comfortably in temple life. This includes worship. By attending services, our children are able to experience the skills they learn in class. This will prepare them for “real life” encounters with prayer. We find that students who attend services on a regular basis are more comfortable at Shabbat Services, able to follow along, and, in many instances, have contributed greatly to the service itself with prayers and songs.

Kol Tikvah School of Judaic Studies students are required to attend Shabbat Services at Kol Tikvah in order to give them the opportunity to celebrate Shabbat with Rabbi Boxman, Cantorial Soloist Malcolm Arnold, and the Congregation. The Shabbat Service attendance requirement must be fulfill only at Congregation Kol Tikvah. It is our goal to have our families become comfortable and familiar with our temple family and the worship service of our temple.

We invite you to make Shabbat a "Family Affair." Children learn best by example. Try attending Shabbat Services together throughout the year and create Jewish memories. Your children will see that being Jewish and practicing Judaism is important to you. This will have a strong impact on your children. We urge your family to attend Shabbat Services together as often as possible. This provides our students with great spiritual knowledge, and allows them to really feel a part of our congregation and the Jewish community at large.

GRADE	REQUIRED ATTENDANCE
Kindergarten, First, Second	2 Services per year
Third	3 Services per year
Fourth	4 Services per year
Fifth	5 Services per year Of the five Services ONE (1) service is to be fulfilled on a Saturday. You may attend either the morning or afternoon service
Sixth	6 Services per year Of the six Services TWO (2) services are to be fulfilled on a Saturday. You may attend either the morning or afternoon service.
Students who will become Bar/Bat Mitzvah this school year	1 Service Per Month (9 Services/school year). THREE (3) of the nine services are to be fulfilled on Saturday. You may attend either the morning or afternoon service.

Shabbat Service Attendance Procedure

There will be 2 file boxes labeled (A-L, & M-Z) Friday Evening (SALMON index cards) and/or Saturday Morning (BLUE index cards) on the table just outside the Sanctuary. Alphabetically inside the file box will be an index card with EACH child’s name. When students attend Shabbat Services, they are to find their card, and hold onto it. At the conclusion of the service, they are to take their file card to Rabbi Boxman, Cantor Arnold or Debbie Hafetz, say Shabbat Shalom, and give the card to this person.

A list will be maintained throughout the year of each student’s Shabbat Service Attendance. Periodically parents will receive notification about their child’s Shabbat attendance from their child’s teacher. Teachers will contact parents if a student is not on track with their Shabbat Service attendance.

Students who will become Bar/Bat Mitzvah this school year