Lower School

While teaching our Judaics curriculum, we try to engage the students and to foster their love of Judaism and Israel. 

This is a brief overview of what is covered in our Hebrew and Judaics curriculum.

Siddur

1st grade - Siddur Presentation

Safa
3^rd grade -A continuation of the Tal Am (Ivrit to Ivrit)
4^th grade – Tal Am

Chumash
2nd grade - Chumash Presentation

3^rd and 4th grades –Chumash is integrated into the Tal Am program

In Parsha, students learn the name of each week’s parsha and its context (i.e., the verse from which the parsha derives its name) and the names of all the parshiot in their proper order in each book of the Torah. At the beginning of each week, students are given a series of grade appropriate questions on the parsha to answer as homework and complete by Thursday.
All instruction is text-based, that is, we teach “peshuto shel mikra.” To the extent that Midrash is used, it is always be linked to text.

The Chaggim curriculum is designed to help students learn about the Jewish holidays – their rituals, laws and customs – using a text-based approach which focuses on selected rituals and halakhot of each holiday. Students in 4th grade will learn about each of the major chaggim on the Jewish calendar. 

Support Services are available for both General and Jewish studies.