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Religious School Facts
Number of students 100
Number of teachers 15
Grades we teach - Pre K-7
Community Wide Hebrew High School Program
Classes held Wednesday 4:30 - 6:00 PM for children in Grades 3-7; Sunday from 9:30 - 12:00 noon for all grades
Activities and Projects
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Special Sunday morning programming, including specialist for art and music.
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Tikkun Olam/community service based curriculum including year-long mitzvah and tzedakah projects for each classs.
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Students contributed over $1,000 annually in tzedakah for local, national and international charities, both Jewish and secular.
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Weekly canned food drive is donated to Jewish Family Service Food Pantry.
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Special contributions by Religious School children at Chanukah to feed hungry clients at local soup kitchen.
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Outstanding, committed faculty provide engaging activities in a loving, nurturing environment.
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Each child is unique; special learning concerns addressed.
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Parallel Education for parents on Sunday mornings.
SPECIAL EVENTS
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Shabbat student-led services each month
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Interactive Family education programming (Kindergarten Sh'ma program; 2nd grade Hebrew name program; High Holiday, Chanukah, Tu B'Shvat, Passover special events, participation in community-wide Purim carnival, and more).
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Yom Hashoah programming
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Israel Programming
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Annual Woldorf memorial program- On Sunday, October 24, 2010, acclaimed Jewish singer Sheldon Low will present a concert at 11:00 AM.
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7th grade has unique "Community as a Classroom" curriculum which includes visits to local Jewish communal institutions such as mikvah, Jewish Group Homes, other synagogues, and Jewish funeral home; community service; volunteerism at Jewish Home, local soup kitchen, Holocaust monument.
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Second half of 7th grade year includes intensive unit on Holocaust ending with a visit by a Holocaust survivor and a family trip to US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.
Barbara Plesco
Religious School Chair 2009/2011
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