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Our Religious
School has many wonderful opportunities for our children to grow. We offer
programs for children from kindergarten through seventh grade in a
conservative synagogue setting.
Primary School
The Primary
School meets once a week on Sunday mornings. It includes children in
kindergarten, first and second grades. The Primary Program*
is
composed of two parts: Judaica and Hebrew.
Judaica—The
emphasis of the Primary curriculum is on the Jewish Holiday Cycle. This
includes the individual holidays, their rituals and laws, the richness of
our traditions and important lessons about values. Thematic units are also
part of the curriculum including: the Torah and family relations, study of
the synagogue and study of Israel.
Hebrew—During
the three years of Primary, the students are exposed to the Hebrew letters
and sounds, building on each year of learning. By the end of the
Primary Program many of our children are reading simple Hebrew words.
*Synagogue
membership is not required to attend Primary Program.
Religious School
Our Religious
School is a three day a week program for five years for grades 3through 7.
The program is composed of two parts on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons,
Judaica and Hebrew. On the third day the children attend a special Shabbat
morning service.
Judaica—Our
program focuses on the following subject areas: Hagim (holidays), Tanach
(Bible study), Jewish History (from Biblical Times to present), Israel (to
foster a love of Israel), and Mitzvot (God’s Commandments ).
Hebrew—Our
newly developed multi-level programming has the children working together to
learn and to help each other learn, always guided by our professional staff.
After learning to decode letters and words, they move to learning to read
and write Hebrew, to simple and complex vocabulary and conversations in
Hebrew. The students then move on to Siddur based skills, finally mastering
the entire Shabbat service. Our students daven daily.
In addition to our Religious School programming we have:
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Support staff available for those children who need a little extra help or
need to learn a little differently.
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Ozrim: Students who have completed our Religious School program are invited
to serve the school as teacher assistants, storytellers, Tefila leaders and
songsters.
Special Programming
Our Religious
School also offers then following special programs:
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Tefila (Prayers) Honor Club
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Holiday Celebrations
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Trips
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Rabbi Visits
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B’nai Shalom Library
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Computer Lab
The goal of
our school is to foster an atmosphere that will allow each child to have a
strong sense of Jewish identity, to love learning, and to be a “mensch”. In
order to reach such a goal, Jewish knowledge is essential. Our curriculum is
continually re-examined to assure our goals and the goals of our students
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