College Reps Visiting Cardin

Every fall, college admissions representatives set out on their fall travel. During this time, the representatives visit high schools, attend college fairs, and promote their institutions. Here at the Cardin School, dozens of representatives come each fall to meet with interested 11th and 12th graders. This is a chance for interested students to learn more about each college and also for the representatives to get to know Cardin. College admissions is a multifaceted process that rests strongly on relationships formed between the high school and college.

The following colleges and universities have already visited Cardin this year:
Florida Southern College
Hood College
The Technion Israel Institute of Technology
Beloit College
UMBC
Hampshire College
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Washington University in St. Louis
University of Tampa
Yeshiva University
Emerson College
University of MD, College Park

The following schools will be visiting Cardin in the coming weeks:
Elizabethtown College
University of AZ
Drew University
Simmons College
Johns Hopkins University
Lehigh University
Young Judaea Year Course in Israel
Franklin & Marshall College
Dickinson College
Juniata College
Vanderbilt University
American University
Stevenson University
Clark University
Emory University
Binghamton University
Ohio Wesleyan University
Brandeis University
Muhlenberg College
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Goucher College
List College (JTS/Columbia/Barnard)
Ohio State University
The George Washington University
and more...

Thinking About Giving

Thinking about Giving…Many of our congregations rightfully take advantage of record attendance at services during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur to explain the myriad programs that they offer and then ask for financial support. At Cardin, as we plan for various needs, it important for donors and prospective donors to think about why they give, and what they hope the gift will accomplish. As a Jewish day school community, the best question to ponder when thinking about giving is what compels you to send your child to Cardin? Can you think of a particular moment when you knew this was the right choice?

The economic times are a challenge, but as you are aware our need is great. So, think about giving. In Psalms 106:3 it says, “Happy are those who act justly, who do righteousness (tzedakah) at all time. Be happy!

Margi Hoffman
Director of Development

Athletics Update

This week is a very exciting one for our athletics program. Today the boys’ soccer and our coed cross country teams will be traveling to Jemicy. This is a rivalry game for our soccer team and the opening meet of the season for our cross country team. The girls’ soccer team will also be opening their season today playing at home v Jemicy.

Lastly, we are pushing to have a high participation rate for Cardin athletes in the Race for the Cure on Sunday, October 18th. It’s a great opportunity for Cardin to get our name out to the community while doing a very good thing. Plus, when we get a bunch of the students, parents, and faculty to join in it becomes a fun activity away from the normal school related stuff. Sign-up before Oct. 1 to ensure that you get your t-shirt and race-day information in the mail prior to the event. And you don’t have to run, you can walk, jog, skip, or just hang out and eat the free food the vendors give away. The most important thing is that we sign-up. Our name is under T for The.
www.komenmd.org

Foye C. Minton, Jr.
Dean of Students & Director of Athletics

Chickens Strike

Catastrophic Chicken Strike Set to Hamper Repentance Efforts in Baltimore

Jews in Baltimore may be looking forward to the practice of Kapores, (ridding their sins by spinning a chicken above their heads), but many of the city’s chickens have had enough and are planning a strike. They are planning to protest in Cardin’s parking lot Friday at 2:30 right when dismissal is taking place and the bus with 9^th/10^th grade students will be leaving for their Shabbaton. The chickents want to draw as much attention to their plight as possible. Chicken Little, the new president of the Union of Kosher Chickens, told Rabbi Seltzer that “We are not going to take it anymore! We are going on strike! Down with Kapores! Freedom for fowl.” Chicken Licken told Mrs. Prince that “it’s bad enough they make us into soup and schmaltz and Shabbat dinner.” Henny Penny told Coach that she refuses to be used for Kapores anymore. As of blog time, not a single member of the Baltimore Jewish community reached out to a single chicken. Rabbi Seltzer said that the currently planned strike could mar this year’s repentance efforts and hopes that a resolution will be reached.

Rabbi Seltzer

Science can be FUN!

Dr. Seuss meets science…

Bartholomew and the Oobleck 1949

As the story goes: in the kingdom of Didd, King Derwin orders snow and rain to be replaced by Oobleck and it rains down as a sticky, gummy, green liquid that clogs up the whole kingdom. Well, you can make your own ‘Oobleck’ at home with 1 part water mixed with 2 parts cornstarch and a little green food coloring. The peculiar thing about Oobleck is its amazing ability to be both a liquid and solid. Classified as a ‘non-Newtonian’ fluid it actually has a varying viscosity. This type of ‘fluid’ has possible uses in body armor as it moves like a fluid and resists impact like a solid. Try it at home and see what you think about your own Oobleck.

Mr. Whitfield

Science & Math Department Chair

You Make A World of Difference

“You Make a World of Difference.” That’s the quote on the pencil holder sitting on my desk. I received the pencil holder as a thank you at the end of one of my many years of teaching religious school. It was a simple thank you gift, but one that reminds me on a daily basis how important it is to let people know that we appreciate them and their help. So let me take this time to let you all know how appreciative I am for your help and that I think that “you make a world of difference.”

Recruiting for Cardin is a community effort. I would like to let you know how much I appreciate all that you do to help our recruiting effort at Cardin. Thank you to:

Parents who volunteer to make phone calls.
Parents who come to recruitment programs to talk about their Cardin experience.
Students who wake up early on Sunday mornings or stay out late on weeknights to be Cardin Student Ambassadors.
Faculty members who stay late or come in on Sundays to help with Open Houses, special events, and other recruitment activities.
Families who open up their homes to host parlor meetings.
Board members who are caring and committed to the mission of our school.
Cardin office staff who prepare, set up, and clean up our recruitment programs.
All who will take a yard sign advertising our Open House and display it in their yard.

I know that I will have lots more opportunities to say thank you over the course of this year. Please be on the lookout for a unique way that we will say thank you to families for helping to recruit new students to Cardin. In the meantime, please remember that all your help really does make a world of difference.

Anne Tanhoff Greenspoon
Director of Admissions

Development News

Last Wednesday as part of our regular minyan series, the Cardin community had the privilege of hearing Lee Hendler speak about philanthropy and why it is a Jewish imperative. I am glad that I was able to take a break from planning the Vision in Action celebration honoring Marlene and Stuart Greenebaum, to hear some inspirational words of Torah. Her message to the students about helping others because it is the right thing to do, stimulated thoughtful questions and conversations. It was wonderful to watch as the students absorbed her spirited words describing her experiences as a philanthropist growing up in a non-observant Jewish family; a family who took great personal joy in helping others. As we educate the next generation of leaders for our community, it is my hope that they internalize and appreciate the kind of exchange that took place and that they too consider the needs of others now and in the future.

Marjorie R. Hoffman
Director of Development and Marketing

Race for the Cure

Have you registered to be a part of The Shoshana S. Cardin team on Sunday, October 18? Go to www.komenmd.org and look for us under teams! We need you!!

Please call Margi Hoffman at 410-585-1400 extension 220 with questions.

Athletics Update

This weekend Coach Minton helped run a baseball clinic with the Orioles.

Cross Country continues training by working on their long distance pace and finishing sprints for the first cross country meet next Tuesday.

Girls Soccer will open its season at home against Cristo Rey tomorrow at 4:30pm across the street at Baltimore Hebrew. Thursday’s game v Beth Tfiloh has been cancelled. So for the remainder of the week the girls will be practicing.

The boys’ soccer team will practice through the week preparing for their face off with BT on Thursday at 4:30pm at Summit Park Elementary School.

Last week’s game v Queen Anne School was a close one, but the boys couldn’t quite pull it off. Final score was 4-2.

Please come out and support our students as they continue to positively represent our school.

Thanks,

Foye C. Minton, Jr.
Dean of Students & Director of Athletics

The Sounds of Silence

On the day before Rosh HaShanah our tradition instructs us not to sound the shofar.
Instead we listen to the silence.

When Rosh HaShanah falls on Shabbat we do not sound the shofar.
Instead we listen to the silence.

Maybe our tradition is teaching us to pay attention to the silence, to listen to the silence, and to honor the silence.

The silence of a friend who lost a loved one
The silence of a student who doesn’t have a friend
The silence of deep mysterious space
The silence of a student who is afraid to ask a question
The silence of someone is embarrassed to ask for help
The silence of the poor
The silence of peace
The silence in the house when a baby is sleeping
The silence at a play just before something dramatic happens
The silence when the television goes off
The silence when the cell phone battery dies
The silence between two people who are very comfortable with each other
The silence at dawn
The silence in between the shofar notes
The silence of repentance
The silence of compassion
The silence after apologizing
The silence after accepting an apology

Rosh HaShanah is almost here, so we must be silent a while longer, to appreciate the silence and what it means to end it.

Shanah Tova U’metukah!

Rabbi Seltzer

(I want to thank the members of Cardin’s Reform and Conservative minyanim for helping me to make this list)

L'shanah Tova!

Tikkun Olam and the New Year

As Rosh Hashanah approaches, our school has conducted special minyanim relating to Tephilah Tzedakah, and Teshuva. In contemplating these essential aspects of Jewish thought and practice, I would like to share inspiration that pertains to Tikkum Olam. The New Year provides an opportunity to contemplate how we can repair our world, and I look for models that provide a framework of possibilities.

My brother and his wife contemplated the plight of abandoned children in Oregon, and petitioned Social Services to request adoption of children that were currently in foster care. They made the decision to adopt to start their family. This was a life changing decision, and they were ready for the commitment.

After two years of bureaucratic madness, they grew quite frustrated in that no children were assigned to them in the adoption process. Finally, Oregon Social Services contacted them and made a request. They were seeking an adoptive family for three children, all siblings: two brothers and a sister. Their ages were four, three, and one. Can you imagine being middle aged and suddenly going from no children to three? They accepted for adoption the three children and an instant family was their reality.

I visited my family in Portland, Oregon this summer and enjoyed meeting my two new nephews and niece. They had great energy, were all smiles and full of laughter, and were well on their way to the adjustment of foster care to an adoptive family. I was overjoyed for all.

I am not suggesting that we seek adoption of three children as a Tikkun Olam moment, but hope Rosh Hashanah generates the opportunity to find a way to determine what Tikkun Olam means to us individually as Jews, and to the greater benefit of humanity as a whole. My brother has provided me with much to contemplate, and I admire and respect his decision. I hope this New Year we find the path to Tikkun Olam that works best for us all.

Bob Cantor
Social Studies Chair
Psychology and History Instructor

Postsecondary Paths

Last night, several parents and students came together for the annual College Night program. As a group, we learned from Mrs. Karen Felton, the Senior Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions at the University of Maryland College Park. After leaving this event, I reflected on the diverse post-secondary paths taken by Cardin students over the last three years.

Although nearly 100% of Cardin graduates are bound for four-year colleges, I think it is important to recognize that there are several ways of getting there. Some students may begin at a community college. Contrary to previous public opinion, the community college option is actually an academically rigorous path where students can pursue various courses of study and cultivate their passions. Furthermore, this path is often a less expensive option than traditional residential four-year colleges. Sometimes, beginning this way can help financially prime a student for later academic endeavours.

A second popular post-secondary option for Cardin students and other students around the world is a gap year. A gap year is a year between high school and college where the student typically defers enrollment to college to travel, intern, work, etc. Cardin students who have pursued this option have done so through gap years in Israel such as Young Judaea and Israeli yeshiva study programs. This year, The Cardin School will be hosting a MASA Gap Year in Israel Fair on November 3 from 5-7pm. This event will be open to the surrounding community and will feature representatives from numerous gap year programs and Israel/Jewish studies college programs. For more information on gap years in Israel, visit www.masaisrael.org.

No matter how the student gets there, post-secondary education is becoming a hot topic in our society. I have started a college counseling blog that comments on contemporary issues in college counseling. Every child is unique and there is no single path toward future success. For some students traveling in Israel for a year will help them mature and prepare them for rigorous academic studies in college, while other students may just dive right into a campus experience. No matter their path, I am confident that Cardin students will succeed and thrive.

Hallie Schein
Director of College Counseling

Vision in Action

Dewitt Jones is a renowned National Geographic photographer whose work reflects his enormous skill. His patience in capturing the world around him is result of goal-setting and refusal to settle for less than the best shot. He has said” It is passion that gives us the energy we need to creatively tackle the challenges before us. When we couple passion with solid techniques and craftsmanship, we can make our vision come to life.”

In the Cardin development world, our vision is clear, our techniques are proven, and we work consistently to maintain the energy needed to pursue that vision. Our inaugural Vision in Action dinner, honoring Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum for their commitment to our school takes place on Wednesday, October 21. We are hoping that you will join us as we continue to bring our own vision to the forefront in the Baltimore community.

Marjorie R. Hoffman
Director of Development and Marketing

Congrats AP Scholars!

The Shoshana S. Cardin School is proud to announce the AP Scholar Awards for 2009 (as identified by the College Board) in recognition of exceptional achievement in AP exams. The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program (AP) provides motivated and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. About 18 percent of the nearly 1.7 million students worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to also earn an AP Scholar Award.

AP Scholar – Granted to students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams
Adin Reisner ‘10
Zachary Wildhorn ‘09

AP Scholar with Honor – granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams
Jeremy Hiken ‘09

AP Scholar with Distinction – grated to students who receive an average score of at least 3/5 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams
Nathan Krasnopoler ‘09
Matthew Marcus ‘09
Mark Rogers ‘09
Sophie Solomon ‘09

Congrats to all students who took AP exams last spring.

Hallie Schein
Director of College Counseling

Athletics Updates

Boys and Girls Soccer teams are preparing for their seasons.

Boys soccer start their season with a home game v Queen Anne School at Baltimore Hebrew on Thursday at 4:30pm. The boys team is led by Head Coach Drew Walker.

While the girls team will continue to practice to play on Tuesday of next week. Coach Minton is taking over the coaching duties for the girls team this year.

The Cross Country team started practices last week and continues to grow in numbers. Coach Larry Waskow and Mr. Whitfield will be handling the cross country team again this year.


Foye C. Minton, Jr.
Dean of Students & Director of Athletics

Notes from Rabbi Seltzer

This Saturday night, we will gather in our synagogues to recite special poems and prayers called “selichot.” Selichot focus on themes of reflection and forgiveness and move our preparations for the High Holy Days into high gear.

I always think of my Bubby on Selichot. Because she didn’t drive on Shabbat and was not healthy enough to walk to our synagogue, the Selichot service was one of the only times we could sit together in shul. Once I had my driver’s license, Selichot became our date. I would pick Bubby up and we would go to shul together. I always knew how happy she was to spend time with me, and I was equally happy to spend the time with her. I would watch her be uplifted by the service. I was moved by her faith, her love of God, and her love of being in the synagogue. Our time together was very special. Despite the difference in our ages, we seemed to share many of the same values. So, every year, during Selichot, I think of my Bubby.

My Bubby, Tamara Katzman, who survived the pogroms of Russia and the floods of Ansonia, who fled her home and family, who lost her husband at a young age, never lost her joy in living or the miracles of every day life. I can still hear her voice: “Look, at that beautiful rabbit, Stuie, or listen to those birds or her obligatory, eat, eat, as she filled my soup bowl to the brim.” When I used to come home from college, I would visit with my Bubby daily. Each time I left my Bubby’s home, we exchanged the following words. “Bubby, stay well. I will come visit you tomorrow.”

“I hope so,” she would immediately respond, and then she would bless me in Yiddish, “Go in good health, be in good health, and come in good, health.”

One Friday night, before leaving for shul, I stopped by to visit her. I told her that I would definitely come to visit with her on Sunday.

Before leaving, she gently instructed me, “Stuart, you should never say that you will come to visit without saying the words – “I hope so.” You never know what tomorrow brings. We shouldn’t take life for granted. Live every day like that.”

Perhaps her words encapsulated the most important message of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur: “We shouldn’t take life for granted. Live every day like that.”

So, on this Friday, before Selichot, I am thinking about my Bubby, and how grateful I am to be alive.

Rabbi Stuart Seltzer, Dean of Judaic Studies

Favorite Grammatical Errors

Favorite Grammatical Errors
Episode One

One of my favorite grammatical errors is the misplaced or dangling modifier. This is the error that sometimes makes writers into unintentional comedians.

Here’s an example:

“Racing toward class, my book flew out of my backpack.”

Sound okay to you? Read it again: the sentence is written as if the book is racing toward class, instead of the student.

Here’s a correction, which clarifies the subject of the opening phrase:

“As I raced toward class, my book flew out of my backpack.”

I still laugh about one of my favorite examples from my graduate student days, when a new student wrote about entering her first college classroom:

“Walking into the class, twelve pairs of eyes turned toward me.”

Wow, I didn’t know eyeballs had legs! It’s sure creepy how they walked into the class room!

What she should have written: “As I walked into the classroom, twelve pairs of eyes turned toward me.” Less goofy, and certainly less scary!

Are English teachers the only ones who care about such things? I don’t think so: most of us like to make people laugh on purpose, rather than by accident!

Dr. Norman Prentiss
English Department

Meet Darius

Who is Darius and why should we meet him? Darius is a teenager who lives in Athens, Georgia. What makes Darius special is that he has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is the most common fatal genetic disorder to affect children around the world. Children with DMD cannot produce dystrophin, a protein necessary for muscle strength and function. As a result, every skeletal muscle in the body deteriorates. Although Duchenne is the most common fatal genetic disorder to affect children, there is no cure. Here are some stark facts about DMD:

• DMD has a 100% fatality rate.
• Most DMD kids die in their late teens or early twenties.
• Most boys with DMD are in a wheelchair, most between 10-12 years old.
• DMD is associated with respiratory failure, heart failure, and debilitating orthopedic complications.

Darius is featured in a multi-award-winning documentary called Darius Goes West. In this documentary fifteen-year-old Darius Weems and eleven of his best friends set off across America with the ultimate goal of getting his wheelchair customized on MTV’s Pimp My Ride. The result is a rarely seen testament to the explosive idealism of today’s youth, as well as a vivid portrayal of adventure, of brotherhood, and of the character and strength it takes to shed light on an uncertain future. Not only does Darius Weems bravely face his own inevitable fate with DMD, but through his unflinching humor and his extraordinary laugh, he sparks a revolution in the lives of everyone who crosses-and then shares- his courageous path. Part revolution, part revelation, this film proves to people of all ages how life, even when imperfect, is always worth the ride.

The Shoshana S. Cardin School will be screening Darius Goes West for the entire teen community (families are invited too!) on Sunday, November 15, at 5:30 pm at Beth El Congregation. Following the screening we will have an opportunity to chat with Darius. Please mark your calendars for this very important event. Over the next few weeks I will be giving everyone more information about Darius, DMD, the screening and how you can get involved.

Anne Tanhoff Greenspoon
Director of Admissions

"Vision in Action"

"Nothing in life just happens. It isn't enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them to survive."

These words, spoken by one of my heroes, Golda Meir, resonate as we embark on a new year and the challenge of advancing all that is outstanding about Cardin. Our supporters are many and include families and professionals from all constituencies in the greater Baltimore community. As I was addressing envelopes inviting guests to the inaugural "Vision in Action" gala event honoring Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum for their leadership and commitment to our mission, I thought about how rewarding it is to be a part of this enterprise. I encourage everyone affiliated with Cardin to spread the word , keep believing and have the stamina to move us forward.

Don't forget to register for the Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure, Sunday, October 18.- Go to www.komenmd.org and look under the team listing for The Shoshana S. Cardin School. Thanks!

Margi Hoffman
Director of Development

Cardinal sports update

The fall sports teams are preparing for an exciting season. Currently, the girls’ and boys’ soccer teams are practicing and getting ready to start playing games. The boys’ soccer team will have the first athletic event of the 2009-2010 school year when they have their home and season opener vs The Queen Anne School at Baltimore Hebrew on Sept. 17. Game time is 4:30pm. The following Tuesday, Sept. 22 the girls have their home and season opener vs The Cristo Rey School at Baltimore Hebrew with a start time of 4:30pm. We also have an exciting opportunity to support another local school by having some of The Waldorf School students participate on both soccer teams.

Although the Cross Country athletes are training on their own, the first official practice in on Sept. 9 from 4:30pm – 5:30pm at the Cardin School. Cross Country will start begin their season on Tues, Sept. 29 at The Jemicy School’s new campus in Owings Mills off of Garrison Forrest Road. All of the cross country meets will be at The Jemicy School on every Tues from Sept. 29 through Oct. 27.

Foye C. Minton, Jr.
Dean of Students & Director of Athletics

Pictures of our first week

Here are some pictures from our first full day back at school. We ended the day with cake celebrating summer birthdays. On Friday, we celebrated Mr. Neft's wedding by having a community Sheva Brachot celebration in honor of Mr. Neft and his new bride, Leia. Congrats to Mr. and Mrs. Neft!

Shabbat Shalom!

Cake on Friday

My first week back to school is almost over and I am looking forward to cake on Friday because cake on Friday means that Shabbat is only hours away. This Friday we are celebrating summer birthdays. As soon as the school day ends, I am going to the Giant to fill my cart, shopping with an abandonment that I would never permit myself during the week: pistachio nuts, Hagen-daz ice-cream, watermelon, chocolate tops, Fritos, Pariser’s chocolate babka, Goldman’s peach pie, just a few of my favorite treats. On the other days of the week, I check prices carefully. But these treats are for Shabbat, and I give myself to it totally, without worrying what things cost, because who can measure the rewards that come from guests at your Shabbat table. Our Rabbis taught: On the New Year, the amount of a man’s sustenance is fixed, all except what he spends on Shabbat, Festivals, and New Moon Festivals, and the amount children take to the house of the teacher. Why in matters of Shabbat and education is the amount not fixed? Why in these instances, the more you spend, the more you receive? It is a recognition that both Shabbat and education exist in a realm different from the everyday. It is also a recognition that to truly enter Shabbat, one must immerse oneself in it without holding back, to let it envelop you, to let it be the air you breath. Education, too, should be an act of total immersion of oneself in the experience. You cannot put a price tag on either one. So, there is no price tag on Shabbat, and there is no price tag on education. And now I am really tired and I can’t wait for Shabbat!

Rabbie Stuart Seltzer, Dean of Judaic Studies

Parents, and Teachers, and Students, OH MY!

Last night, the Cardin community came together for the annual CAPTS (Cardin Association of Parents, Teachers, and Students) Back to School BBQ at the Owings Mills JCC fields. What a great evening reconnecting with friends and gearing up for the new school year. A big thank you to the CAPTS leaders who planned an outstanding event. As I reflect on last evening, it is heartwarming to think about the close bonds felt by everyone in our Cardin community. Last night, I watched students from different grades interact, parents dine with Board members, and teachers talk to parents of students that may not even be in their classes this year. You can really tell how caring of a community we have at the Cardin School.

In other news, we are happy that all students returned to school today and are hopeful that this year will be another outstanding year at Cardin. Coach Minton has even cleaned out his office to prepare for a great year. The desk looks great, Coach!

Hallie Schein

Director of College Counseling

Shoshana Cardin on WYPR

Last May, Shoshana Cardin was interviewed on WYPR about her book, Shoshana: Memoirs of Shoshana Shoubin Cardin, and her life. Today, WYPR replayed that interview. During the interview and even on the WYPR website, Mrs. Cardin mentions how proud she is that our school carries her name. We are blessed to be named after a woman who has contributed so much to the Baltimore community and the world-wide Jewish community.

To listen to the WYPR interview click here: http://www.wypr.org/MD_MORNING.html#090209B

Anne Tanhoff Greenspoon
Director of Admissions

Welcome new students!!

On Monday the 31st, I got to meet all of the new students. What a sweet group of kids. We had a great time discussing Cardin’s support services, the advisory program and the important topic of self advocacy. They also spent some time creating cards that describe who they are and their goals for the year. What a diversity of passions – from music to sports to world cultures. I’m looking forward to getting to know more about them and watching them take off here at Cardin.

--Jackie Villet
School Counselor

Welcome to the World of Development and Marketing

Let me re-introduce myself to the Cardin community. I am Margi Hoffman, formerly the Director of Admissions. Following an adventurous year of travel in an Airstream trailer, I returned 5 weeks ago to assume the position of Director of Development and Marketing. In this capacity, it is my challenge to engage the greater Baltimore area Jewish population with our school. It is my goal to encourage generous support for the myriad programs we provide for the students we enroll. Using this blog as forum, I will inform the interested and potentially interested of the many ways in which a Cardin education is the only choice for high school student in the area!

Please feel free to contact me with questions, contacts and thoughts about advancing the mission of The Shoshana S. Cardin School.

I encourage you to read this wonderful article which was posted in the Baltimore Jewish Times this past Friday.

It heralds the generosity and leadership of Jacob Sokoloff and his sister, Mrs. Ethel Blumenfeld, in contributing 4.5 million dollars in scholarship funds over a 90 year period. http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/local_news/cardin_school_recipient_of_long-term_gift/



In addition, please join us for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure on Sunday, October 18. Watch the website and e-newsletter for details about how to register.



“Those who turn the many to tzedakah shine like the stars” Daniel 12:3



Marjorie R. Hoffman

Director of Development and Marketing