3/11/22 Second Grade Classroom Blog
2nd graders in Judiac Studies started the week with a big concert for the Holocaust survivors. The survivors enjoyed the interactive activity 2nd grade created for them. Sharing their knowledge about Purim, performing songs and daily Teffilot. The children were amazing. 2nd graders learned about the importance of the relationship with elderly people and we all had a blast. Thank you Week of 3/9/22 Pajama day was a blast! The kids had so much fun and said that they wished they could have pajama day every day! During writing we wrote about our special stuffies and lovies and made up... Read More
Interview with the 2021 Covenant Grantees: Jews of Color Engagement, Within and Beyond our Walls
The New Class: Interviews with the 2021 Covenant Grantees in The Covenant Foundation’s online journal, Sight Line. Hannah Senesh Community Day School – To create a culture of belonging for Jews of Color by developing curricula, community programming, and a multicultural camp through the lens of equity and inclusion. What sparked the idea for this grant project? “Community” is more than our name—it’s our identity. Since 1995, Senesh has been committed to creating a community that reflects the evolving Jewish world where all Jews feel a sense of belonging. This work has matured as we’ve deepened relationships and intentionally worked to... Read More
Senesh Receives Prestigious Grant
We are thrilled to share that Hannah Senesh Community Day School is a recipient of a Signature Grant from the Covenant Foundation of $135,000 over the next three years. This grant will fund our initiative: Jews of Color Engagement, Within and Beyond Our Walls, which aims to create a culture of belonging for Jews of Color by developing curricula, community programming, and a multicultural camp through the lens of equity and inclusion. Senesh is again in the company of 302 other Signature Grantees and 94 Ignition Grantees that have received Covenant Grants during the past 30 years. (We had been a recipient... Read More
First Grade News
Dear Families, It was so lovely to get to welcome you all into our building to celebrate our first grader’s learning so far this year. It was truly wonderful to walk around the room and get to greet you all and express how proud we are of them—better yet, we got to see how proud they are of themselves as they presented their portfolios. In case you missed it, photos from the event can be found in this album: Shabbat Shalom, Talia, Ilana, Liz, and Noa
Kindergarten Blog 11/12
The biggest event of the week was certainly getting to see our Fourth Grade Buddies again. Activities included Fourth Graders reading stories to the Kindergartners, playing a game of Sharks and Sailors, and Kindergartners teaching the hand motions to and singing This Land is Your Land. We look forward to seeing the Buddies again soon. We continue to love singing each morning and are working on singing one of our favorites, This Pretty Planet, as a round. Here is a link to Tom Chapin singing it. We listen to this frequently at snack time. This Pretty Planet In preparation for... Read More
Senesh Head of School Nicole Nash Featured on The Jewish Education Project’s Podcast, Adapting: The Future of Jewish Education
Check out Senesh Head of School Nicole Nash on The Jewish Education Project’s podcast, Adapting: The Future of Jewish Education! Nicole and The Jewish Education Project CEO and Senesh Parent and Board Member David Bryfman discussed the amazing work Senesh teachers and staff have done throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. She also shared some fascinating ideas about the future of Jewish day schools. “Educators, school leadership, and parents and students have become more comfortable with this idea of being flexible, adapting, and thinking out of the box. I think that is going to stay.” —Nicole Nash It’s a great listen for anyone who loves Senesh and feels passionately about... Read More
Senesh Granted Accreditation by the New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS)
Hannah Senesh Community Day School has been granted accreditation by the New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS) (Brooklyn, June 15, 2021) – Nicole Nash, Head of School, announced today that Hannah Senesh Community Day School was recommended for accreditation by the NYSAIS Commission on Accreditation and approved by the NYSAIS Board of Trustees at their meeting. The New York State Association of Independent Schools is authorized by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York, “to evaluate and accredit nursery schools, kindergartens, elementary and secondary schools operating within the State of New York... Read More
HaYidion: Nicole Nash and Judy Schoenberg—The Head and Board Chair Partnership
by Nicole Nash and Judy Schoenberg HaYidion: The Prizmah Journal on Leading Together The Head and Board Chair Partnership: Recipe for Success A conversation with Hannah Senesh Community Day School’s head of school Nicole Nash and board chair Judy Schoenberg. There’s no question this year was hard on Jewish day schools. In challenging times, leadership is put to the test, and the quality of the board-head partnership has the potential to either promote resilience or compromise the school’s health. The two of us are notorious for hosting board conversations in the form of periodic “fireside chats” as a way to... Read More
Conversations@Senesh and the Parent Diversity Committee Present: Culinary Historian and Writer Michael Twitty on Black and Jewish Food Traditions
Culinary Historian and Writer Michael Twitty on Black and Jewish Food Traditions Please join us on May 3, 2021 at 8:00pm for a virtual conversation with two-time James Beard Award-winning culinary historian and food writer Michael Twitty moderated by WNYC and NPR Journalist Matt Katz. Mr. Twitty will discuss what food tells us about our lives and our histories, reflecting on the culinary intersections of Black and Jewish food traditions and on his own Black, Jewish, and gay identities. As a special treat, Mr. Twitty will explore a Senesh family recipe and share some of the historical context for it. To submit a family recipe,... Read More
Grants for Girls/Non-Binary Students Entering 3rd Grade in 2021-22
Hannah Senesh Offers Grants for Girls and Non-Binary/Gender Nonconforming Students Entering 3rd Grade in 2021-22 School Year Families Awarded Grants Will Pay Tuition of Only $15K Per Year for Three Years Jewish families with girls and non-binary/gender nonconforming children who are in second grade this year and will enter third grade in the fall of 2021 have a unique educational opportunity—the chance to send their child to Hannah Senesh Community Day School at a significant discount on tuition. A grant has been established to create equitable gender representation for the class of 2027. Families who receive the grant will only pay $15,000... Read More