Science Fun

How many drops of water can you fit onto a penny? Ten, Twenty, Thirty? Do you have a guess? Try this experiment at home in your kitchen. All you need is a dry coin, an eye dropper, and some water. Drop one bead of water at a time onto the middle of the penny slowly and build to as many as you can. Try different techniques and locations on the dry pennies. When you are done, go ahead and do a little research into cohesion and adhesion of water. For a twist, try rubbing a drop of dish soap (ahead of time) onto a penny and challenge a friend to match you drop for drop (they get the dish soap penny).


For more activities and fun with coins visit the U.S. mint website under educators:
http://www.usmint.gov/

~Dean Whitfield
Science and Math Department Chair

As Time Goes By

May it be Your will, Lord Our God and God of our ancestors, to renew this year for us with sweetness and happiness.

In a bit of coincidence, two students who asked me to write college recommendations, mentioned that I had known them from birth. This means that I have been around here for a pretty long time and it has got me feeling a little nostalgic. So, this year, as I dip my apple slices in honey, I will think of:

~Young students of mine who have fallen in love and asked me to officiate at their weddings
~Students who I once advised, advising me
~Families gaining generations before my eyes
~Cardin graduates who keep in touch
~The constant evolution of my understanding of Torah and Judaism
~Hiring my mentor, Rabbi Zaiman, who once hired me, and seeing his students thrive in his classes.
~Apples dipped in honey every year!

~Rabbi Stuart Seltzer
Dean of Judaic Studies

Back to School, Again

There’s a certain “something” about going back to school, and one can feel it almost palpably at Cardin. For myself, this is my 45th (!!!) back-to-school in my life, 29 of which have been “on the other side of the desks” – but it’s still exciting and a little nerve-wracking (after all these years, I don’t sleep well the night before, so full of anticipation). There are “new school year’s resolutions” (be more organized, keep on top of things better, and so forth), new supplies (nothing like the smell of freshly-sharpened pencils), new classes (tend to be quiet at first, then quickly become more confident at this school), and so forth. For those of us who’ve been around the institution for a few years (I was part of the founding faculty), there are “old” faces to greet (how did your summer go?) and “new” faces to meet (hi, welcome to Cardin). An anecdote: you know what a special place Cardin is when graduates of the opening class (’07) come back to see old faculty, and to help set up the school, as happened with me this past Sunday. This year, things are a little weird – just over a week’s worth of classes, and then 4.5 days off for Rosh Hashanah – a somewhat foreshortened week thereafter, for Yom Kippur, and then two very short weeks for Sukkot and Simchat Torah….and then September’s over! I wish everyone the best of luck for the coming school year – may it be a year of learning and growing, challenge and opportunity, sweetness and laughter!

Leslie Smith Rosen
Dean of General Studies

The First Day of School

Welcome Back Cardin Community! This new school year, like all that I can remember, is filled with fresh clean notebooks, confusing locker combinations, and of course, excitement. Our first day started with a school-wide gathering in Minyan and ended with a school-wide gathering that included ice cream sundaes, laughter, and reflection. I imagine our freshmen parents dropped their kids off feeling a mixture of emotions – enthusiasm for what’s to come, and sadness for the loss of their “little ones”. I know a lot about this blend of feelings first-hand since I brought my youngest child to school for her first day of kindergarten today. I’m sure we also share a comfortable feeling of relief knowing that our children are in really capable hands.



Jackie Villet
School Counselor

Rabbi Chaitovsky blows
the shofar for Elul.

A wave hello from the Cardin community.

Ruach!!

Miles Greenspoon, Shira Glushakow-Smith,
Leah Prince, and Adina Golub are happy to see each
other after the summer break.

Adina Shanholtz, Yeri Robinson, Ze'ev Beleck and Joey Danick
pose for the camera.

Deena Lucas and Dora Safanova

Back to School Picnic

Last evening CAPTS, Cardin's parent association, sponsored a picnic for the Cardin community.  Cardin faculty, students, families, and some alumni celebrated the beginning of the 2010-11 school year.  The picnic capped off a successful day of new student orientation, leadership training, and a senior class luncheon. Thank you to CAPTS for helping to set the tone for a wonderful new year.

Mrs. Prince and Coach Minton welcome everyone to Cardin.

Ms. Villet visits with Cardin alum Sam Auerbach.

Freshman Jordana Lachow
enjoys her first picnic.

Jessie Garber, Beverly Rogers and her mom Miriam enjoy the food.

Shira Glushakow-Smith, Arielle Bodner, and Kate Scher
pose with last year's yearbook.

Daniel Solomon, Zevi Lowenberg, and Rubin Warach
celebrate the beginning of their senior year.

New Hebrew faculty member Morah Maimon enjoys the picnic with her daughter.

Beth Zaleon enjoys the evening
with her dad, Jeff Zaleon.

Awards Ceremony

The Shoshana S. Cardin Awards Ceremony took place on Tuesday, June 8th. Many students were recognized for their accomplishments and achievements over the course of this school year. Below are a selection of pictures from the ceremony.

Mazal Tov!!

Kehillat Kodesh- Community of Sacredness

Adin Reisner, presented by Rabbi Yaakov Chaitovsky

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    Kehillat Kodesh- Community of Sacredness

  Zevi Lowenberg, presented by Rabbi Yaakov Chaitovsky

Chesed- Service & Action

Bobby Weinstein, presented by Ms. Jacqueline Villet

Female Athlete of the Year

Mollye Lipton, presented by Coach Foye Minton

Keter Shem Tov- Crown of a Good Name

Kayla Reisman and Mollye Lipton, presented by Mrs. Barbie Prince

Keter Torah- Crown of Torah

Gabe Baraban, presented by Rabbi Stuart Seltzer

Restaurant Fun From The Science Department

For some family fun while you wait for your food I offer the following demonstration:

Set the Stage:

1. Place an ice cube from your drink on the table.

2. Offer the following challenge to your loved ones: “Can you pick up this ice cube with only this string (cotton works best)?”

3. Watch with glee as they struggle.

The Solution:

1. Soak the string in your water glass.

2. Lay the wet string across the top of the ice cube.

3. Poor salt liberally over the top of the ice cube covering the string completely.

4. Wait 20-30 seconds.

5. Lift the ice cube by pulling up on both ends of the string.

6. Be sure to ask the following question: “What’s happening here?”

The Learning:

Salt and many other compounds have the ability to lower the freezing point of water. This is called Freezing Point Depression. We add salt to road ways, anti freeze to cars, and rock salt to ice cream makers all to lower the freezing point of water. The water in the string actually freezes to the ice cube because you have lowered the temperature of the now salty, water slush, on the top of the cube.

~Dean Whitfield
Math and Science Department Chair