BIRS Calendar

CLICK HERE for the BIRS Calendar in Google Calendar format. Why not add our calendar to your own?  (Click here for a Sunday-only BIRS calendar for K-1 families.)
                                          
BIRS Days of School (Bold=Sundays)
September 22 [Opening Day & Open House], 25, 29 [FAMILY ROSH EVENT].
October 9, 16 (erev sukkot), 20 (Sukkot celebration), Thursday 24  [Simchat Torah celebration with families starting at 6:00pm. No class.], 27, 30
November 3, 6, 10, 13, 17, 20
December 4, 8, 11, 15, 18 [Note December 6th is Camp Style Shabbat]
January 8, 12, 15, 22, 26, 29
February 2, 5, 9, 12, 19, [Note February 21st is Camp Style Shabbat] 23, 26
March:  2, 9,Thursday March 13 (4:30pm BIRS Purim celebration, 5:20pm Purim Play, 5:45pm Teacher Appreciation, 6:05pm BIC Purim event.) Then:  16, 19
April 2, 6 (Passover Event),[Note April 11th is Camp Style Shabbat]9, 16, 23 (last Wednesday), Saturday April 26 SCHOOL SHABBAT, 27 (last Sunday)

Special Dates:

September 20:  Backyard Family Erev Shabbat Picnic
September 22: Opening Day (Parents and kids)
September 29:  Rosh Hashanah Young Families Program (Last hr. of BIRS, parents welcome)
October 20:  Sukkot celebration following BIRS (Event for all BIC families)
October 24:  Young Families Dinner & Simchat Torah!  All BIRS families expected to attend.
December 6: CAMP STYLE SHABBAT with our kids co-leading prayers
December 15:  Pre-Hannukah Activities
January 19:  No BIRS (MLK Weekend)
February 9:  World Wide Wrap                                                                                                                                February 21: CAMP STYLE SHABBAT with our kids co-leading prayers
March 13:  BIRS Purim celebration with Carnival, Purim Play & Teacher Appreciation (Parents and Kids), followed by BIC Purim event
March 23-30: AAPS School Break
April 11: CAMP STYLE SHABBAT with our kids co-leading prayers

26: SCHOOL SHABBAT! (All families expected to attend.)                                                             

April 27: Final Day of BIRS including Student Awards (Parents and kids)

Help us plant the seeds of friendship in our Gan Katan by enrolling your preschool-aged children here so they can play, sing, create, & learn together! 

September 22th, 2024

October 20th, 2024

November 3rd & 17th, 2024

December 15th, 2024

January 12th & 26th, 2025

February 9th & 23rd, 2025

March 16th, 2025

*Please join us for the Passover Experience on April 6th, 2025

• Gan Katan meets on Sundays during BIRS, from 10-11am in our fabulous play-room. After class, please "stay and play" with your Gan Katan friends.
• Also, join us for Tot Shabbat on Saturdays.  *Dates are listed here.