Additional Teaching Tools
Because children learn in many different ways, we give our students the opportunities they need to reach their potential in the classroom and through special classes.
Prayer Partners
Parents of students in Grades 1 and 2 join their children two to three times per year in family activities designed to teach and reinforce the understanding of important Jewish prayers.
Art Partners
Parents of students in Grades 3 and 4 attend two classes per year, and together they create beautiful Jewish artifacts to have as family keepsakes.
Art
Art is incorporated into our teaching plans to provide another avenue for students to experience and learn about Jewish holidays, history and current events. At each grade level, our students are engaged in several meaningful art projects throughout the year. We use these projects as an educational tool by relating them to the topics they discuss in class or a timely Jewish holiday.
Music
Music and singing play an important role in almost everything we do: services, holidays and special events. It helps us keep in touch with our Jewish heritage and to express the emotions that accompany our various life cycle events.
We incorporate music into our Religious School curriculum on a regular basis. Our children are taught the traditional music that is integral to religious services, as well as the contemporary songs they are likely to encounter in Youth Group activities.
Hebrew School
Hebrew study is available immediately following Religious School at 11:35 am during the school year. Participation in these small and intimate classes is voluntary and designed to prepare children for their Bar/Bat Mitzvah ceremonies using an interactive prayer-based Hebrew program.