K Blog 12/3
Dear Kindergarten Families, What an eventful couple of weeks it’s been! Following Parent-Teacher Conferences, we prepared for our Kesher Day activities and enjoyed showing off our singing and morning meeting routines to the grandparents of Kindergarten. We also worked on our own diaries, and shared one time we were brave for the Hannah Senesh Tekes, honoring our school’s namesake. After that, our focus shifted to preparing for our big Hanukkah event in which we sang for the whole school, and of course, put together and practiced for our much-anticipated Publishing Party. One book that we had fun reading as... Read More
3rd Grade: 12/3
We have had a busy past few weeks! Judaics- Celebrating Chanukah! We had a full week of celebrating Chanukkah in third grade! From classroom lighting, to leading the school in lighting on Thursday, third graders were active celebrants. In Judaics class we learned not only about Chanukkah, but also about additional winter light festivals from other cultures. On Thursday we had a virtual field trip with the Jewish Museum where we saw examples of varied types of chanukiyot as well as artifacts from other cultures, such as a diya used during the Hindu holiday of Diwali and a kinara used... Read More
December 3, 2021 — Chag Sameach everyone!
Hebrew with Rimma 4th graders were so excited to rehearse and to present their play. They enjoyed singing it again and again at the end of every Hebrew class. If you missed our production that aired this morning, please click on the link below to watch it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06UxeXA58-w Some reviews seen and heard throughout the day: Fantastic performances all around! Its so funny and beautiful. So impressive kol hakavod!!! bravo! This is amazing!!!! ❤️ Mazel tov!!! Love it! This looks like a Broadway show! A+!! Amazing ❤️❤️❤️ Best costumes, best choreography, best delivery! Bravo!!! Amazing! Seeing the joy in preparing... Read More
First Grade News
Hello Families, In Hebrew, we learned the letters kaf, chaf and chaf sofit as well as a new vowel, which makes the “Oo” sound. We wrote lots of sentences using the verbs ochel/ochelet (to eat) and ohev/ohevet (to love). We also learned how to say the symbols of Chanukah in Hebrew and used those words in our writing. We had a very special week together! We played with dreidels, sang Chanukah songs, and read Chanukah stories. In Tefila, we learned a new prayer from the amidah called chanun hamarbeh lisloach. We spoke about the importance of apologizing to people when we make mistakes and forgiving others after they say that they are... Read More