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JEWISH SENIOR LIFE
20 January
27 * 2011
413 Jewish
Federation
of Metropoiiton Derr:4 :
WE 'RE PART OF THE TEAM
Atlanta school headed by former
Detroiter gets a big win.
David Geffen
Jpost.com
from its final push, just before and
then right after the Shabbat of Nov. 5 6.
-
Buckman composed a letter to the par-
Atlanta
ents delivered on erev Shabbat, placing
everything in a Jewish perspective.
he Greenfield Hebrew Academy,
"Soon we're going to be taking a brief
headed by the former
time-out from the Bing competition:'
Frankel Jewish Academy of
he began. "As the sun sets and we light
Metropolitan Detroit head of school,
Shabbat candles tonight, we will be dis-
Rabbi Lee Buckman, recently received a
connected from e-mail and technology.
very large contest prize.
We will reconnect with friends, family
A representative
and ourselves:'
of the Bing Search
Shabbat, he reminded the parents,
Engine Corporation of
"is a time to go from the busy-ness of
Microsoft presented a
the work week to the work of our inner
$100,000 award to the
souls:' Buckman had an opportunity to
school for winning the
offer a lesson and he did.
national innovative
As much as we are racing to the top
educational competi-
for this Bing prize, Shabbat comes to
-. ,:ti.r&
Rabbi
tion in which schools
remind us that at least one day a week
Buckman
across America par-
we should focus not on what we can
ticipated. Greenfield
create in the world but on the creation
triumphed with the slogan "raise its roof,'
of the world. And it is a time to develop
pointing out in word, song and dance that our relationship with the creator of that
a new roof was required to halt the leaks
world. In fact, more than the Jews kept
and make sure the students were dry for
the Shabbat, Shabbat has kept the Jews,"
their studies.
he wrote.
To prepare for the contest, the third-
"The competing schools may surpass
graders checked out all the water damage us on Shabbat. On Saturday night, they
throughout the 23-year-old building.
may falsely conclude that Greenfield has
Second, the science students examined
given up. But they will be surprised to
the roof closely using three custom-built
find out Sunday morning that we were
boxes with different types and colors of
simply carving out an island of holi-
roofing materials. They checked each of
ness for 25 hours. Once those three stars
the materials needed to protect the roof
come out, our refreshed Greenfield voting
and keep all the moisture outside and not teams will turn on their computers and
inside.
put us back on top."
Then the school's finance committee
Buckman was correct. The next few
was asked to see how much the replace-
days, the final ones of the competition,
ment roof would cost; $100,000 was the
saw the Greenfield Academy's vote tally
answer. Applications had to be submit-
grow and reach a total of 24,000.
ted by Oct. 24; a massive 700 schools
Members of the vote-soliciting squad
participated.
from the school also had connections
The Greenfield students, led by the
with Israelis: Greenfield alumni, former
school's music teacher, Ori Salzberg, did
Atlantans and friends.
what so many students do today: they
Winning was not enough. Now
wrote a rap to express their feelings.
Greenfield will work hard to help three
They performed it with all their hearts
other schools it had selected and had
and souls as it was recorded and cap-
pledged to aid whether or not it tri-
tured on a DVD.
umphed in the Bing. They are the James
The Bing evaluators selected 30 final-
Singelton Charter School in New Orleans,
ists; by Oct. 29, a shorter list of 15 were
in need of musical instruments for its
chosen and voting began. Through Nov.
students; the Jessie Beck Elementary
9, anybody could vote by sending in a hit
School in Reno, Nev., which the
or multiple hits for the Greenfield entry
Greenfield Academy is assisting with a
or its rivals.
grant for the purchase of books; and the
Bear River Charter School in Utah, which
Putting Shabbat First
will be receiving aid to buy electronic
Greenfield's success may have stemmed
scales, CD players and dictionaries. 1
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