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Things To Know
Grades
Kindergarten through 7 meet Sunday mornings from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm.
Students attend the Sunday morning service at 9:30 am in
the Sanctuary, led by the Rabbi and the Cantor.
Hebrew
Class for grades 4, 5, 6 and 7 meet on Wednesdays from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
Family
Services are usually held the first Friday of each month at 7:30pm.
Students are required to attend six Family Services per year. Students must participate in
their class family service.
Each class
is scheduled to have one Shabbat Dinner per year.
Attendance
is taken on a weekly basis. Any work missed due to absences will need to be
made up.
Tzedakah is
collected every Sunday. At the end of the year donations are made to various
Jewish organizations.
Students in
grades 3 through 7 may join the Junior Choir. Our Junior Choir meets weekly on
Sunday mornings at 8:50am to
rehearse. They sing at all family services as well as holiday services.
Students in
grades 4 through 7 may join our Junior Youth Group.
Pre-school classes are held twice monthly from 9:30-10:30.
Thank You,
Ruth Berg,
Religious School Chair
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CURRICULUM:
Listed below is a brief
description of the curriculum for each grade.
Pre-School:
Students will meet twice a month. They will learn
about the Jewish holidays,
Israel,
and biblical characters. Stories,
crafts, and music are included
in the curriculum.
1st Grade:
Students will study the symbols and themes for
Jewish
holidays. They will participate in mock celebrations. The blessings
for
the candles, wine, and bread will be taught. Other areas of study
include Bible stories, Mitzvot,
the Synagogue, and Israel.
2nd Grade:
Students will study concepts behind Jewish holidays and reasons for their
celebrations. Students will participate in mock
celebrations. Biblical characters and how
their stories relate to modern life will be explored and discussed. Other areas
of study include Israel, Tzedakah, and Hebrew letter recognition.
Grades 3 through 7:
Students will use the CHAI: Learning for Jewish Life – Jewish Family
Education curriculum. These programs are designed to provide an engaging
and enriching family experience that will enable parents to strengthen the
Jewish identity of their families while becoming Jewish teachers and role models
for their children.
The
programs in the curriculum fall into four categories: holiday-based programs;
g’milut chasadim programs; Reform Judaism programs; and Curriculum Core
family education programs.
Holiday-based programs (Volume 1):
Each of these five programs focuses on a different holiday. They vary in format
and age group.
G’milut chasadim
programs (Volume 2):
These three programs are designed to be conducted prior to a family g’milut
chasadim activity.
Reform Judaism programs (Volume 2):
This is a three-program
series designed to teach families about the history and principles of Reform
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Curriculum Core family
education programs (Volume 2):
These programs represent the
family education component of the CHAI grade-level Curriculum Core. The
family education lessons are built around the materials and ideas of the
Curriculum Core.
The CHAI learning sessions utilize the principles of Understanding by
Design, an advanced approach to curriculum design. The purpose of this approach
is to ensure that learning activities are developed with a particular end in
mind, and that each lesson is evaluated according to its success in
communication an “enduring understanding”.
Music
Kindergarten through fourth grade
students meet weekly with the Cantor for music class.
Trope Lessons
Students in grades six and seven study Trope with the
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