Shabbat Hebrew School at Shomrei

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Change is in the air at Shomrei Emunah’s Jewish Learning Center (the Hebrew School)! This fall, Shomrei will introduce a new method of learning for our children. The JLC is reinventing itself to better meet our children’s needs and maximize the advantages of a small learning environment, using proven strategies for experiential and small group learning drawn from educational research.

Learning will be focused on the individual child and their interests and needs. Instruction will utilize project-based, progressive education methods. Children will be engaged intellectually through innovative projects, artistically through music, art, and drama, and physically through movement-based learning.

Gone are the desks and the teacher lecturing in the front of the room. Your children will have new learning stations, peers to create with, and energetic teachers trained in new methods of progressive education theory.

The new JLC will have two classrooms: A Lower School: grades K-2 and an Upper School: grades 3-7. STOM (grades 8-12) will remain separate.

We will also be changing the school days and times to launch the new program:

  • The Lower School will meet on Shabbat mornings from 10am-12pm. Our youngest students will also have the option of a Hebrew language immersion program on Wednesdays. More details to come!
  • The Upper School will still meet Wednesdays: 4-6:15pm and Shabbat mornings from 10am-12pm. It will no longer meet Sundays.
  • STOM will still meet on Wednesday evenings: 6:15-8pm.
  • Children who are attending a Jewish day school may also attend our Shabbat program at a separate tuition rate.
  • Speaking of personalized attention for your children: we know that Saturdays can be busy. We will work with you and your children to create independent study opportunities if a child cannot attend JLC on Shabbat due to sports or other extracurriculars.

 

New Programming for Parents and Families

We want to make your Shabbat special too, and we welcome you to join your children!

  • There will be a coffee corner to meet other families when you drop off your kids. Come in, schmooze, connect with other Shomrei families, and meet new friends.
  • We will create special learning sessions for adults on a wide range of subjects. Here’s just a few ideas: parenting tips, “Judaism 101” or yoga. We’d love to know what you’d be interested in, please make suggestions!
  • Twice a month, Hinei Mah Tov (our family Shabbat service) will be held in conjunction with the JLC school.

Questions?
We’re going to organize a get-together/BBQ for food, drink and questions (and some fun!) soon. Stay tuned!

Get ready to embark upon a journey of discovery with us that will engage our children’s hearts and minds and open a new world of Jewish learning and living.

For more information, contact:

Heather Brown
Education Director, Shomrei Emunah
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(973) 746-5031 x4

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  1. great that we can at long last do such innovation. Would love to hear more about the hebrew language immersion program!

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