ERKIEY

School District is the Oakland County school district where
personal excellence is achieved through a powerful community,
a true culture of caring, and extraordinary resources.

All Berkley schools are accredited by the North Central Association. Our
Early Childhood Education program is also NAEYC accredited, one of
only 8% of accredited centers in the nation.

JCRC, our New Year's agenda will see
us active in Israel advocacy, espe-
cially regarding Iran. On Sept. 10,
Council leaders joined Jewish leaders
from across the country to advocate
for legislation aimed at increasing
sanctions against Iran. We met with
senior officials of the Obama admin-
istration, congressional leaders and
members of the Michigan congres-
sional delegation.
This week, we have arranged an
intensive media itinerary for Alon
Pinkas, the former Israeli consul
general in New York. Now president
of the U.S.-Israel Institute at the
Rabin Center in Tel Aviv, he is com-
ing here as a special emissary of the
Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
to convey Israel's commitment to
peace with the
Palestinian Arabs
and the dangers
of a nuclear-
armed Iran.
On Sept. 24,
coinciding with
the opening of
the U N. General
Assembly and
Iranian President
Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad's
expected address
in New York,
Council will hold
a community
protest rally at
5:30 p.m. at
the Holocaust
Memorial Center
in Farmington Hills.
Also this month, we brought
William Daroff, vice president
for public policy at United Jewish
Communities, to Detroit. As UJC's
chief lobbyist in Washington, he
provided community leaders with a
legislative update of federal funding
effecting local agencies, strategies
for promoting advocacy on behalf of
these agencies and a general over-
view of health-care reform.
One of Council's important roles is
to bring policy makers and impor-
tant figures in the non-Jewish com-
munity to Israel. In October, we will
be taking Wayne State University
President Dr. Jay Noren on his first
trip to Israel. Accompanied by a del-
egation of other senior Wayne State
officials, he will meet with Israeli
university and business leaders,

seeking research and educational
partnerships.
This will be the first visit to
Israel for Dr. Noren and several of
the participants. They will see for
themselves that Israel is a modern
democracy struggling to survive in a
tough, hostile neighborhood.
Throughout the year, Council will
continue its ongoing media rela-
tions work. Council is the first place
reporters and editors turn to for
stories about Israel and the activi-
ties of the Detroit Jewish community.
And we will continue to promote
volunteerism through Mitzvah Day,
Bookstock and other programs
that strengthen our Jewish commu-
nity he opening of the U N. General
Assembly and Iranian President
Ahmadinejad's
expected address
in New York, and
our connections
with the general
community.
With influence
comes responsibil-
ity. The prominent
role our com-
munity plays in
local and national
affairs demands
that we are knowl-
edgeable and
reasonable when
making our voice
heard in the public
square. Because
the issues we face
are so difficult and
complicated, Council's board will not
only study them in depth, but also
provide resources and programs for
all concerned community members
to learn about them.
With that knowledge, you will be
better prepared to discuss the issues
with your friends, in congregations
and across the dinner table.
As Council's president, I ask that
you help us build a community of
Jewish activists. Through efforts
in our own community, and where
practicable through coalitions with
other ethnic and religious groups,
we can make meaningful progress
addressing issues so important to
the future and well-being of our and
all Jewish communities throughout
the world.

On Sept. 24, to
protest Iranian
President
Ahmadinejad's
expected address in
New York, Council
will hold a rally
at the Holocaust
Memorial Center.

Richard Nodel is an Orchard Lake resident.

Berkley High School offers 21 Advanced Placement (AP)
courses and ten Honors classes. A total of 222 stud-
ents took 413 advanced placement tests in 20 subj-
ects in 2009. The class of 2009 was also awarded
nearly $2.0 million in scholarships and financial
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colleges / com-'munity colleges in our area. In
addition, approximately 42% of our upperclassman
attend classes at CASA (Center for Advanced Stud-
ies and the Arts), and OSTC (Oakland Schools
Technical Campus).

We are mainly a district of neighborhood schools, although some of our
families exercise the option of attending schools outside their neighborhood
through our internal transfer program. They do this to take advantage of
specialized programs in other buildings, such as the Norup International
IB curriculum.

Norup International School is an IB World School offering both the Primary
Years Programme (PYP) for all students in Kindergarten-grade 5 and the
Middle Years Programme (MYP) for all students in
grades 6-8. Norup International is the only school
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