In the Community
The two dates for the PSAT to be given this year are on Shabbat and the second day of Sukkot. High schools were offered the opportunity to request the alternate date of October 29, but locally only White Bear Lake High School and Bais Yaakov High School requested that alternate date. After intervention by Tamar Fenton, the College Board has now granted St. Louis Park High School the option to offer the test on October 29 in addition to the original dates, but the October 29 option can be chosen only for religious reasons, not illness or other conflicts with the original dates. St. Louis Park has ordered 50 extra tests for this purpose but school counselors, not individual students must be in touch with Joan Brinkman at St. Louis Park High School as soon as possible to arrange for their students to take the test at St. Louis Park on October 29.
The Tychman Shapiro Gallery at the Sabes JCC presents a new exhibition, Mama Loshn, running September 11-October 23. The exhibition is inspired by Yiddish language and culture, developed through connection to history, folklore, songs, and literature. Mama Loshn means Mother Tongue and is another name for Yiddish. The artist included in the exhibit is Debra Olin.