ETON Biweekly e-newsletter of Community Day School | 12 January 2017 14 Tevet 5777 Issue #9 |
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Head of School Message “How lovely it is that my 4-year-old son came home yesterday and was so excited to tell us all about Ruby Bridges. Without being prompted, he told me that Ruby Bridges was an upstander and could explain exactly what that means. Later he did something not nice to his big sister, and when I asked him if he was being an upstander, he said, ‘No―I am being a downstander.’” This e-mail came to my inbox this week on Tuesday afternoon after I had walked visitors through the building and by chance encountered, in three separate rooms, our 4-year-old students in small book groups preparing an MLK-themed presentation on the topic of women who made a difference, including Ruby Bridges. Our Pre-K students’ three book studies will be presented during a multi-age lesson planned for Monday. As impressed as our guests and I were with the discussions we happened upon earlier this week, even more impressive is the immediate and enduring impact of the values we teach at CDS as evidenced in the e-mail shared above. We expect a deepening of those values in our students ages 3 through 14 as we look ahead to Monday, when Community Day School will be in session for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Instead of taking the day off, we will be taking on the essential themes of this important day together as a school and with the broader Pittsburgh community in a meaningful way to honor the life and legacy of Dr. King. The guiding theme for this year’s experience will be “Women in Civil Rights” as we continue the vital work of achieving equality in our country. The educational program will help our students develop a more nuanced understanding of the ways in which civil rights have been jeopardized throughout our country’s brief history―as well as the ways in which it is possible to work for positive change. The day will begin with special morning tefillah from 8 to 9 a.m. with an inspirational address by award-winning author Bettina Love, associate professor at the University of Georgia College of Education. Her research focuses on hip-hop education to build more engaged, equitable classrooms in elementary schools. Join us that morning as an observer―and mark your calendars for this Sunday, January 15 at 7 p.m., when Dr. Love will present “Hip Hop Education for Social Justice” at the next event in the CDS Parent Association “Race and Parenting” Speaker Series. Her talk is free and open to the public. From 9 to 10 a.m. on MLK Day, parents and community members are also welcome to join the Intermediate School and Middle School as a panel of female professionals discusses the role of gender in their careers and how they hope their work changes the world. Moderated by our Facing History and Ourselves Innovative Schools Partner Network liaison Emily Weisberg, the panel will feature:
Once again, MLK Day truly will be a day set apart from “business as usual” at CDS. Bells will be shut off. Students and teachers will eat together family-style in the Ulam K’lalee together with their Tribes to build community. And all grades will spend the day participating in developmentally appropriate lessons and activities about Women in Civil Rights. For example, Intermediate School and Middle School students will choose among various “seminars,” such as Women of STEM, (S)HEROES (unsung heroes from the Civil Rights Era), Notorious RBG (about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg), The History of Hip Hop, and more. Students in Grades 1-3 will join together for a peaceful march in the gym in the afternoon. And there’s so much more on the schedule! I hope you will join us for morning tefillah and the discussion panel, and we encourage you to also attend events at Repair the World Pittsburgh for MLK Day. I’m so very proud of our staff for creating what promises to be a relevant, challenging, and impactful day for your children that brings together our CDS community ―and looks beyond our walls―to get closer to Dr. King’s vision of liberty and justice for all. Our 2nd Annual MLK Day at CDS will be another transformational day of learning, community-building, and growth | ||||
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GRANTED! Awards Announced By Eva Gelman, Parent Association Board The CDS Parent Association GRANTED! Program enhances the CDS educational experience by affording all teachers, students, and families the opportunity to apply for grants to fund projects that will enrich the school community. Throughout the month of October, nearly 15 applications were submitted and in December, more than $10,000 was granted by the PA to the following initiatives:
We look forward to seeing how these projects come to life and enrich our classrooms, campus, and students’ learning experiences. If you have a great idea to enrich a classroom, students’ education, the school grounds, an extracurricular activity, or anything else related to the CDS experience, the GRANTED! program is a great way to move that idea to a reality. Keep an eye out next fall for the next application cycle! Great ideas to enrich the CDS experience are coming to life through the PA GRANTED! program | ||||
School Counseling and Social Emotional Support at CDS We first met April Artz several years ago, when Jewish Family and Children’s Services reached out to see if Quest Camp could rent our school for its summer program. April Artz oversees the Quest Therapeutic Program, which provides both summer camp and after-school programming to youth ages 6-18. We watched in wonder as students and counselors blossomed under her leadership. When we learned that April could offer school-based consultation through a partnership between JF&CS and CDS, we opted in! April and her intern Kristen Horn now spend a total of six hours per week at CDS, interacting with students, parents, and teachers in informal and more formal settings. Just recently, April and Kristen conducted a seminar for our Middle School students on neurodiversity―how we’re all wired to be different. They spend time in classrooms, on the playgrounds, and with families and teachers, helping everyone to navigate the sometimes challenging emotional landscape of life at school.
April is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who has been working with children and their families for more than 16 years in varying capacities. She worked in the wraparound (BHRS) field for more than six years as a Therapeutic Staff Support, Behavior Specialist Consultant and Mobile Therapist, and provided support to children in their homes, schools, and communities. She has several years of experience related to designing curriculum for and running play-based and therapeutic social skills groups for children on the autism spectrum. She was also a clinician at WPIC's Merck outpatient clinic. Currently, April wears several hats at Jewish Family & Children's Service where she provides school consultation services to the JCC, Hillel Academy, and CDS, sees children and adults for outpatient therapy, and provides consultation services to businesses that are looking become more inclusive. We are benefiting tremendously from April and Kristen’s regular presence on our campus, and look forward to continued learning and growth in this crucial component of life at CDS. A session on neurodiversity for our Middle School students was a real brain teaser! | ||||
Great Explorations By Sarah Glascom Morris, Early Childhood Co-Director The New Year means plenty of exciting new explorations in our 3-year-old classroom. For example, over the past two weeks, using our magnet tiles, we’ve seen fantastic collaborative work creating spaceships, Batcaves, “fancy houses,” towers, and geometric designs. It's exciting to see the evolution in the children’s constructions progress from being 2D to 3D, as well as symmetrical. Hurray for math! In addition, we filled the sensory table in our classroom with dry rice and hid many small objects inside. The children had a blast sifting through the grains and scooping with cups and cans. Who knows what will be hiding in there next week? The rice-filled table has also become a lesson in problem-solving. The problem we have been working to solve is rice spilled all over our floor. This challenge became an opportunity to devise ways to clean up our space in more efficient ways. We began by taking rice, grain by grain, and walking it across to the trash can. Arbel then suggested we bring the garbage can closer to the table. Molly and Neta opted to try a broom, while others used cardboard to scoop up the rice. Ultimately, we decided to stop cleaning and make rice angels in the piles of grain on the floor. An everyday situation became an experience in social negotiation, independence, responsibility, and of course, fun. Our next problem to solve: we only have half the rice as we did when we started! Our 3-year-old friends are also using their Hebrew language skills on a daily basis. Every day during Morning Meeting, we greet each other by name. As the year has progressed, we've transitioned from saying the greeting in English to Hebrew. At this point, they can all say, “Hello, I am ______,” or “Shalom, ani _____.” Using the letter Peh on an Israeli sevivon as a visual, we learned the word “po” means here, as in “a great miracle happened here.” Our new favorite game is to play hide and seek in Hebrew. One person will hide, and the rest of the group asks, “Eyfo _____?” or “Where is _____?” Then the person hiding jumps out and yells, “Ani po!” or “I'm here!” Maybe they'd like to play with you at home! There’s no crying over spilled rice in the 3-year-old room! | ||||
Pre-K On The Job By Jessica Pindzola, Early Childhood Educator The students have been helping out in the classroom all year and many have suggested that we make a system for assigning jobs. A new job chart has been implemented on the wall that includes each student's name and picture next to a space where they can place the labeled picture for the job they choose. Each day we will have a job meeting to choose our jobs for the day. The students came up with a list of jobs that would be helpful to the flow of our days. Some choices include: Snack Helper, Tefilot Leader, Door Holder, Floor Sweeper, Hug Helper, and Safety Helper. We talked about what jobs are and how to earn them. "If you don't do it, you could get fired," Anthony explained. We know that in order to choose our own job, we need to be in control and show that we are prepared for the responsibility. We also need to know what the job description is so that we can do our job right. "The Mensch Helper puts the Mensch Card away if someone gets a Mensch Card," Gal explained. Finally, we need to remember what our job is and pay attention to what is going on in the classroom, so that when our job is needed, we are ready to help. We are seeing the students step into their responsibilities with pride and enthusiasm. They know that every job is important and are working to do their best to fulfill their positions as members of our Pre-K community. "I like a lot of jobs. I like that we take turns every day to pick a job," Shoshana said. The students are also keeping their eyes open for more jobs to add to our chart. There are so many ways to help, we wonder how many job options will we have to choose from by the end of the year? From Floor Sweeper to Hug Helper, there are so many ways to contribute in Pre-K | ||||
Getting ‘Rooted’ in Torah By Tzippy Mazer, Head of Lower School and Hebrew and Jewish Studies In their Torah studies with Mrs. Baxter, our 3rd Grade students are learning Parashat Noach, in which God instructs Noah to build a large wooden teivah (“ark”) that will float upon the water, sheltering Noah and his family and two members of each animal species from a great deluge. The students are working groups to develop critical thinking questions about the Parashah that could not be answered directly from the Torah itself and writing collective essays addressing their questions, drawing on their knowledge of Judaism, Noah, opinion, and research. During one of their class discussions, the students talked about Noah sending the raven, followed by the dove, to see if the water had subsided. Of course we all know that the dove returned with an olive branch in her mouth. The story tells us that the water had started to subside, and the dove was able to bring back some evidence to that effect. One of our students raised an excellent question: How could the dove bring back an intact olive branch? Weren't all the trees destroyed in the chaos of the flood? This question presented a great opportunity to come up with some hypotheses and devise an experiment to test them. As a result of this discussion, 3rd Grade students will be conducting a scientific experiment at home. They are going to try to recreate some of the conditions of the great flood by placing a plant in water and following the conditions that were described in the Torah (e.g., vigorous shaking). This experiment will last for 40 days and 40 nights just like in the Torah, and we will anxiously await to hear what they discover! Science and Torah are coming together in 3rd Grade Hebrew and Jewish Studies | ||||
Learning Hebrew Can Be Delicious By Tzippy Mazer, Head of Lower School and Hebrew and Jewish Studies In Morah Tal’s 1st Grade Hebrew class, the Aleph-Bet is jumping off the page...and onto the plate! Each week, her students participate in a creative activity that helps bring to life their new Hebrew vocabulary as they work their way through learning and putting to use the letters of the Aleph-Bet. Today, as they studied the letter “tet,” the students read a story about a chef (tabach) who is making toast, but is distracted by the TV (televizia) and burns the bread. The students read and then acted out the story as a class. Next, they donned chef hats adorned with their new Hebrew words and personalized with their Hebrew names―and enjoyed a special treat of toast! Of course, they had to put their Hebrew skills to work to indicate whether they wanted their toast black (shachor) or yellow (tzahov) or with jelly or chocolate. The young chefs (tabachim) also learned the grammar rule for masculine and feminine words and practiced it while enjoying their toast (the beaded necklaces they wear in Hebrew class are a gentle reminder not to speak in English). As these 1st graders will tell you, learning Hebrew vocabulary can truly be a fun and delicious experience! A treat of toast brought to life the letter “tet” for the 1st Grade Hebrew class! | ||||
Lives In A Can By Lisa Naveh, 2nd Grade teacher In 2nd Grade, we began a series of independent book projects involving literary genres. Students are asked to choose a book from the assigned genre that they have never read before and that includes some challenging vocabulary. They then create a unique project about their book to share with the class. In a favorite CDS 2nd Grade tradition, the first genre was biography project, where each student chose to read a biography about someone that intrigued them and about whom they wanted to learn more. Students chose from a range of biographies―historical figures, athletes, authors, and artists, to name just a few. Each student had a time to share some of the most important and relevant facts that they learned about their person and also share the “Biography Can” they created to represent their choice. The cans are coffee cans beautifully decorated to represent the people featured in their biographies. The class practiced the skills necessary to be a good audience―listening, paying attention, and asking related questions to the presenter―while each student had the chance to deliver their information and take questions at the end. We had a wonderful time learning about so many interesting people and loved seeing the creativity and strong effort put forth into making the cans. Please stop by the Karen Rachel Hurwitz Library at CDS to view these wonderfully creative Biography Cans where they will be on display for the entire school community to enjoy! Famous lives came to life in these 2nd Grade biography can projects | ||||
Extra! Extra! Read all about it in the IS Gazette! By Nicole Cerilli, 4th Grade Language Arts During December, the Community Day School 4th Grade was inspired to create its own class newspaper in Language Arts after reading about kids who create a school newspaper. The students were so excited to listen to CDS Director of Marketing and Communications Jennifer Bails talk about her experiences as a general assignment reporter, science reporter, and freelance science journalist. Mrs. Bails gave the students helpful advice about researching, interviewing, and writing articles. The children asked excellent questions (e.g., How do you know when to use quotes and when to paraphrase? What is the proper structure of a newspaper story? How do you prepare for an interview?) and were fascinated when they had the opportunity to look through binders of articles Mrs. Bails wrote. Next, each student was assigned a story, just like reporters are assigned articles. They carefully gathered the facts and information before they headed back to the newsroom to write. It was challenging to find answers to their questions. As they’ve been learning in Language Arts, the cub reporters used revision and proofreading lenses to refine their work before sending it off to their editors on a tight deadline. Hot off the presses is the IS Gazette! Among some of the top headlines: ‘A taste of music at Community Day,’ ‘Kindergarten and Fifth Grade collaborate on stage,’ ‘Ms. Carole’s cooking,’ and ‘What do you do for fun, Fourth Grade?.’ You can pick up your complimentary copy of the IS Gazette at your nearest newsstand, in the CDS lobby, or wherever books and magazines are sold. Or since print newspapers seem to be becoming a thing of the past, you can simply click here to read your free copy online! You’ll find all the news that’s fit to print in the IS Gazette! | ||||
Drama Club Begins Rehearsals By Elke Cedarholm, Intermediate School Drama Club Adviser The excitement and enthusiasm coming from the Intermediate School Drama Club are nothing short of amazing. During the 1st Trimester, I fielded countless questions from students who simply couldn't wait for Drama Club to start, and now that it has, the participants have shown a tremendous amount of gusto! Drama Club meets every Monday during lunch and recess. While we spent the first few sessions creating the right environment for us to hone our skills, the time has finally arrived for us to get to know our plays. This year in Drama Club we are facing a wonderful challenge―we have even more participants than parts! To give everyone the opportunity to showcase their inner thespians, we will be performing two different one-act plays. One play will be the classic story, The Wizard of Oz, while the other will be a new take on an old tale, Rumpelstiltskin, Private Eye. With just one session of looking at our plays, I already have students who are coming up with costume designs, thinking about stage backgrounds, and (of course) considering part(s) for which they would like to audition! I am so incredibly pleased and thankful to be working with such avid young actors and actresses! I know that they are going to be working very hard to create some phenomenal plays. Intermediate School Drama Club will be performing The Wizard of Oz and Rumpelstiltskin, Private Eye | ||||
Better Together, Indeed! By Allan Dalfen, Director of Middle School Jewish Life and Learning Our 6th and 7th graders at CDS are truly fortunate and blessed to participate in the Better Together Program in partnership with the Jewish Association on Aging. This program aims to sensitize students to the needs of older adults and instill in them a sense of obligation and responsibility to care for this generation. Through Better Together, our Middle School students are developing a concrete understanding of Judaism's ethics and expectations regarding the elderly and learning that they have as much to gain from the seniors as they have to give. They are also gaining confidence and acquiring real-world life skills through their interactions with the seniors. So far, our students have visited two JAA residences—Charles Morris and Weinberg Terrace—a total of five times. Through these experiences, friendships have been established and wonderful interactions have taken place. For example, during an October visit to Charles Morris, 6th Grade students interviewed the seniors using interview models they had been taught in class; they recorded the rich stories the seniors shared and took many photos to document their visit. In December, they sought out their new friends and continued their interviews, while helping the seniors in a Chanukah arts-and-crafts program. This week’s January meeting was, as the students called it, “awesome.” JAA Director of Resident & Community Services (and proud CDS grandparent) Sharyn Rubin first shared a brief video of an Alzheimer patient coming to life when given an iPod and music. She talked about age-related disabilities and then distributed eyeglasses smeared with Vaseline. Mrs. Rubin challenged the 6th graders to read through these glasses, simulating cataracts or macular degeneration. Next, the students donned plastic gloves and taped several fingers together, simulating arthritis or joint problems. Then they were asked to pick up the eyeglasses, fold them, and put them in a bag. Other students inserted cotton balls in the gloves and were asked to do other activities, including maneuvering a wheelchair. This exercise surely gave the students more compassion and empathy for people with age-related disabilities. The 7th Grade visited Weinberg Terrace in October and November and will be returning next Thursday, January 19. During the first session, our students prepared a slideshow introducing themselves to the residents and then interviewed the residents while beginning to establish friendships. The November visit involved some baking together, and our students and the seniors decided to put together a cookbook that would have recipes from the seniors and from our own 7th Grade families. Our group has been busy putting together a cover for the cookbook, as well as cover pages for the entree and dessert sections. Hopefully we’ll get a chance to try these recipes, and enjoy the cookbook for years to come! Residents of the JAA and our Middle School students are truly Better Together! | ||||
Dare to Compare By Mark Minkus, Head of Intermediate School and Middle School Pop Quiz:
If you chose ‘b’ for all three answers, then you are are one smart cookie―or a student in Ms. Ison’s Comparative Anatomy Exploratory. Every Thursday, this Exploratory group has the opportunity to dissect grasshoppers, earthworms, starfish, crayfish, perch, and more. Why is this end-of-the-day awesomeness called “Comparative Anatomy?” Isn’t anatomy something that only has to do with the human body? Comparative Anatomy is the study of similarities and differences in the anatomy of different species. This is closely related to evolutionary biology and phylogeny (the evolution of the species). Comparative anatomy has long served as evidence for evolution; it indicates that various organisms share a common ancestor. As the students dissect their specimens, Ms. Ison challenges them to identify commonalities among similar species and even some similarities between grasshoppers and humans! The two major concepts of comparative anatomy are homologous structures (body parts that are similar in different species that have common descent) and analogous structures (things that are similar in different organisms because they evolved in a similar environment, rather than being inherited from a common ancestor.) When watching 11-year-olds delve into these biological concepts, one might think that all of this might be over their heads. Then you hear Ms. Ison ask a student “So, does your grasshopper have a segmented exoskeleton?” and you remember, “Oh right, this is CDS Middle School.” There are many more specimens in the “Coming Soon Jar” for the students to explore in the weeks ahead. They might even learn that a crayfish can eat hot dogs or cat food, and its three most common colors are red, blue, and white. But that sounds like a pop quiz for another day! There’s plenty more to explore in the “Coming Soon Jar” in Ms. Ison’s science lab! | ||||
High School Information Night By Mark Minkus, Head of Intermediate School and Middle School High School! Those two words often cause a visceral reaction when heard by adults. I think back to Bruce Springsteen, parachute pants, and girls with big hair and leg warmers. Regardless of how you remember it, you are now on the other side of this experience, and one day, your child here at CDS will be enrolling at one of the great high schools in the Pittsburgh area. Perhaps this decision is many years away for your family. Or maybe some of these questions are already on your mind: What is the right high school experience for my child? How will I know what high school options are available? What is CAS anyway and why is everyone talking about it? How does CDS help my child with the high school admissions process? On Thursday, January 19 from 7-8 p.m. we will be holding an informational session with experts from CDS and the Pittsburgh Public School District, where parents can learn about the wide variety of options available through PPS and the ways in which CDS will guide your family through the admissions and enrollment process. At this Destination High School event, we will be talking about all of the public high school options and answering parent and student questions about what to expect. We will also be talking about the many ways that Community Day School’s staff can be of tremendous service to you and your future graduate. Perhaps your family is already leaning towards one of the many fine private high schools in the city. We can help guide you through that process as well! One day your child will stand on the stage in the Ulam Sport and receive a hard-earned CDS diploma. Meantime, if you have questions, please contact Destination High School Director Allan Dalfen at adalfen@comday.org. No matter how far away that day might be, rest assured that we are ready to assist your family and help you navigate this important decision-making process! High School Information Night is next Thursday, January 19 | ||||
Leadership Unplugged By Jackie Goldblum and Ronit Pasternak, Student Council advisers What could be better than a meeting where student leaders in our Middle School interact with other leaders from all across the Pittsburgh area? The District 3 PASC (Pennsylvania Association of Student Councils) Annual Conference will be held on Friday, March 17, at Northgate High School. Student Councils from throughout the region come together at this annual conference to collaborate and learn new and effective ways to run Student Council. At this year’s conference, the theme is “Unplugged: The Human Connection,” meaning that there will be absolutely no technology used that day. At the conference, there will be student-led workshops covering topics anywhere from communication and public speaking to poster techniques and fundraising methods. This year, Sophia Levin and Naomi Kitchen will be leading a workshop about the different qualities of a leader and helping everyone embrace their personal leadership attributes. Their workshop is entitled “All Aboard the Leader-Ship.” In their workshop, they are including an activity that helps the delegates learn about their own leadership style, as well as others. Participants will learn how to work with other leadership styles in their own Student Councils and how to include and incorporate everyone’s unique ideas. Sophia and Naomi chose to lead this workshop because they feel that our Student Council at CDS and our school as a whole do an exceptional job at including everyone and embracing different types of leaders. They are excited to present to other middle schoolers in District 3 and share skills that conference-goers can use for their Student Councils and for the rest of their lives. CDS Student Council members will present a workshop on leadership at a regional conference in March | ||||
Lion Pride By David Thyberg, Assistant Athletic Director As we bring in the New Year here at CDS, our Lions basketball squads look forward to a new set of games for the second half of the winter season. Having already travelled all over the Greater Pittsburgh area to face off against a wide variety of the region’s best-known private schools during December, the Lions Varsity teams are now battle-tested and hungry to move on to the remaining fixtures in January and February. Suffice it to say, these student-athletes are playing with Lion Pride. Coming into this week, the Boys Varsity team has posted an impressive 7-2 record with wins over local rivals such as Sewickley, Falk, St. Edmund’s, Aquinas, and Hillel. Coach Thyberg and Coach Valinsky are enjoying their run with the team, and they are proud of the development each player has shown thus far. The Girls Varsity has grown by leaps and bounds as well. Coach Amy has the Lady Lions running the floor and driving to the basket with great confidence. Lest we forget, the JV Lions teams have been having some fun of their own. In addition to several official matches, our younger developmental teams have the chance to square off amongst peers in a new feature this year: the CDS JV intrasquad series. This additional slate of two home games allows the teams to gain extra playing experience as they challenge each other in a competitive self-scrimmage, complete with refs and cheerleaders (much the same as universities do with traditional preseason events like the Pitt “Blue and Gold” football game). The final CDS Blue and Gold intrasquad game is scheduled for Tuesday, January 24, with the girls tipping off at 3:45 p.m. and the boys getting underway at 4:30 p.m. We hope to see as many of our supporters as possible at the intrasquad games, as well as all of our teams’ remaining home and away matchups. Please make sure to stay informed with the weekly mailing updates and check out all the latest pictures and news on our school sports Twitter feed @CDS_Sports. We’ll see you on the court. Let’s go Lions! With big Varsity wins over Sewickley Academy, the Lions are on the prowl! | ||||
Alumni Profile: Nickolay Lamm We love nothing better than to hear from our alumni! Send news about your whereabouts, families, simchas, and career and education accomplishments to Jenny Jones, Director of Institutional Advancement.
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Party Like It’s 1972 Because CDS is 45 Get ready to party like it’s 1972 at Community Day School’s “Nosh and Groove” Winter Gala on Saturday, February 4, 2017. The 7th annual gala fundraiser will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the August Wilson Center at 980 Liberty Avenue in Downtown Pittsburgh. The Winter Gala is the school’s largest fundraising event of the year, and it is expected to bring together nearly 400 community members in celebration of the school’s 45th anniversary. All money raised will go directly to support educational programs at Community Day School and to provide tuition assistance for families in need. Guests will enjoy a short video program with a slam-dunk cameo from a CDS alum and “man of mystery”, dancing with funkadelic beats from DJ Soy Sos, and gourmet dinner stations. The “Nosh and Groove Like It’s 1972” theme will evoke the style of the early 1970s (when the school was founded), and you are encouraged to dress in fashions of the era. The focus of the evening will be on four CDS honorees:
A luxury raffle at the gala will include a basket of fine spirits, a gift card-filled treasure chest worth more than $1,500, a fitness package, and diamond earrings. Raffle tickets are on sale in advance, and gala attendance is not required for purchase. Click here to purchase raffle tickets Corporate underwriters of the gala to date include Apter Industries, Inc., The Giant Eagle Foundation, Key Bank, UPMC Health Plan, Allegheny Health Network, and The Wilson Group. Event tickets can be purchased online at comday.org/wintergala. For questions or sponsorship information, please contact Jenny Jones at 412-521-1000, Ext. 3207 or jjones@comday.org. | ||||
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