Metro in Oakland County! TomoTherapy ON THE COVER 50 And Counting from page A17 HI AR r "It was so nice to go back and 1: work with the teachers I had and had admired. I came away from I illel with a great educa- tion and Jewish background. Now I'm teaching the children of friends with whom I" attended 1-fillel." — Tami Brown, Hillel teacher and parent, whose mother, Leah Beurer, is a Hillel teacher Tomotheracy Targets Tumors: Avoids Healthy Ticcue! The Pontiac Michigan Radiation Oncology Center (MIRO), a 21st Century Oncology Affiliate, is proud to announce that they are the first in Oakland County to offer cancer patients treatment on the Tomotherapy Hi-Art Linear Accelerator. Tomotherapy Hi-Art was designed to turn advanced optimized radiation therapy concepts into reality. The Hi-Art (Highly-Integrated Adaptive Radiation Therapy) treatment system allows for efficient 3D CT imaging to help ensure the accuracy of treatment for every patient every day. The ring gantry geometry used in CT scanning for the delivery of the state-of-the art intensity-modulated t radiation therapy (IMRT) from all angles around the patient. Most conventional radiation therapy machines use 5-9 beam angles and were developed for 2D and 3D conformal therapy. The Hi-Art treatment system delivers radiation continuously from all angles around the patient. It feature _ s patented beam shaping technology created specifically for IMRT. More beam angles plus more precise beam modulation creates dose distribution that conform to complex tumor shapes like never before. Tomotherapy offers by far the most beams of any form of IMRT translating into some of the most precise conformal radiotherapy available. Tomotherapy provides some of the best cancer care anywhere. Ask your physician for a referral or call us directly to determine if Tomotherapy is appropriate for you. FOR AN APPOINTMENT WITH OUR PHYSICIANS WHO SPECIALIZE IN THIS TREATMENT, Dr Jeffrey Forman and Dr. Ahmed Ezz Please contact 248-338-0300 MIRO & MCCI w-ww.21stcenturyoncology.com 21st Century Oncology Affiliate Providing a full range of radiation oncology centers for more than 20 ews A18 May 29 • 2008 consultant from Independent School Management last August to prepare a strategic development plan. A new tradition began in 2006, with Hillel's first eighth-grade class trip to Israel, an idea instituted by Freedman. An anonymous donor provides funds to ensure all students can participate. "Observing and listening to our eighth-graders in Israel, it is clear that our graduates understand the impor- tance of Israel in their lives and for the Jewish people Freedman said. After Hillel About half of Hillel graduates go on to the Frankel Jewish Academy in West Bloomfield, with 10 percent going to private schools and the rest to public high schools. In an independent 2004 survey, Hillel alumni parents reported that their children are well prepared for the academic rigors of high school. Of the 67 graduating high school seniors in Hillel's class of 2004, 43 percent are going to the University of Michigan; 18 percent are going to Michigan State University. Graduates also have attended Harvard, Yale, Brown, Princeton, Northwestern and University of Pennsylvania, with oth- ers continuing their higher education in Israel. Stacy Brodsky's three children, Brian, 23, Tamara, 21, and Danielle, 16, are Hillel graduates. As Tamara gets ready to begin her senior year at U-M and apply to medi- cal schools, Brodsky of West Bloomfield said, "She feels the school truly molded her into who she is today. High school simply enhanced the excellent edu- cational foundation she had already acquired. Her college professors have always remarked on her writing skills and she attributes it solely to her Hillel teachers. She recognized that the dual curriculum truly honed all her skills and helped develop the moral and ethi- cal framework we were trying to instill in her as Conservative Jews." Brian returned from a Birthright Israel trip last week. "He led Shabbat services and his Hebrew was so good and his knowledge of Jewish history, culture and tradition so remark- able that he was offered a job as a Birthright counselor at the trip's con- clusion," Brodsky said. Said Freedman, "Our students leave Hillel not only well prepared academi- cally to succeed in high school and beyond, but more importantly, they know who they are and what they need to do to be God's partners in this world to leave it a better place. Through gemilut chasidim [acts of lov- ing kindness] and tzedakah projects, our students learn their role in helping others and looking beyond themselves, and are actively involved with JARC, Yad Ezra and many other community organizations. "Knowing who you are provides a bedrock foundation for negotiating the challenges of life he said. "Through the many rituals that our children master, they know how to participate in Jewish life. "Hillel graduates understand that they are in God's image, and as such, understand their responsibility to be respectful to others and to show compassion and concern. It is no sur- prise that so many graduates become leaders in the community and in their fields to serve others!" ❑ For information on Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit, access the Web site at hillelday. org or call (248) 851-3220.