ALIYAH Program K-12
REGISTRATION FORMS:
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ALIYAH Jewish Learning Program (K-12)
Kindergarten -2nd Grade Program:
- Yom Rishon, our exciting, updated Sunday program from 9:00am-12:00pm offers children Ivrit (Hebrew),
Chugim (rotating activities such as art, music, yoga, drama, and technology), and Yahadut (the building blocks of Jewish life from holidays to Torah stories to Mitzvah projects). - Monthly youth-led Shabbat programs for K-2 offers kids a camp-like, social and meaningful Shabbat experience with a larger group of peers. Parents are welcome to stay for the youth service and parent-time is incorporated into the morning! Each class also participates in two family-oriented Erev Shabbat (Friday evening) services and dinners per year.
3rd-6th Grade Newly Designed Program:
- Yom Rishon, our newly designed Sunday program from 9:00am-12:00pm offers children Yahadut (the building blocks of Jewish life from holidays to Torah stories to Jewish lifecycle observances); Chugim (elective activities such as art, music, Jewish D&D, creative writing, yoga, and technology); and a hands-on, project-based mitzvah/tzedakah curriculum.
- Monthly youth-led Shabbat programs for 3rd-5th grades offers kids a camp-like, social and meaningful Shabbat experience with a larger group of peers. Parents are welcome to stay for the youth service and parent-time is incorporated into the morning! Each class also participates in two family-oriented Erev Shabbat (Friday evening) services and dinners per year.
- 6th grade attends on alternating Shabbat and Sunday mornings to focus strongly on the Torah service and b'nai mitzvah preparation.
- Shavua means weekday, and includes either Mon/Wed or Tues/Thurs classes, from 4:15-5:45pm. This is the time during the week when the children focus primarily on Ivrit (Hebrew) which they use in speaking, reading, writing, understanding Jewish ritual, and tefilah (prayer). In addition, each grade will focus on one Jewish value throughout the year, which will be woven through the curriculum in meaningful projects and discussion.
- Hebrew Immersion: In 3rd-5th grade on Mon/Wed, children have two choices of classes: Hebrew Immersion or Traditional Hebrew. Hebrew Immersion is geared toward children who have a certain level of Hebrew proficiency and enjoy immersion-style learning in which the primary language of instruction in the classroom is Hebrew.
- Shabbaton: 3rd-5th graders come for a super-fun weekend camp experience together in the spring! 6th graders AND parents attend an amazing, relaxing, inspiring and bonding weekend with all of the other 6th grade families in the fall. Wonderful opportunities for our children to bond with each other in the relaxed and spiritful environment of beautiful Camp Solomon Schechter.
Tichon (grades 7-12) meets on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8:30pm. An optional dinner is served from 5:55 to 6:25pm. A dynamic cadre of teachers and clergy offer teens a socially and intellectually stimulating array of core courses and electives. Core courses provide a strong identity-building background for teens as they focus on Jewish history and Jewish peoplehood, from "Tzedek: a Jewish approach to Justice" to "Shoah: A Contemporary Look at the Holocaust." Electives range from skill-building options such as our new "Youth Leadership" course designed for Teen Aides (Madrichim) to Cantor Bletstein's "Musical Theater" program to "1,000 Mitzvot" inspired by congregant Linda Cohen's new book. 7th and 12th Grade Seminars offer special meaning to the milestone years of these teens. Conversational Hebrew for teens wanting to continue their studies is offered for high school credit.
Teen Madrichim
Teens have the opportunity to assist teachers and gain great leadership skills in our ALIYAH program classrooms on Sundays, Shabbat, and weekdays. Madrichim are encouraged to take the Youth Leadership course in our Tichon program. Applications are available. Parent volunteers appreciated for all ALIYAH programs.
