“The best kind of learning — the kind that happens every day at Schechter — involves both learning and doing,” says Rabbi Jonathan (Yoni) Berger, Schechter’s Head of School. “Back in September, we focused on bringing the holidays to life. In every grade, students enjoyed building sukkot, whether with fun snack foods or recycled materials. And with this comes the bigger questions: Why all these fall holidays? What does it all mean? Ultimately, the answers come from good teachers and inquisitive Torah study. After our middle school students studied sources from the Mishnah, they helped assemble the walls and supports of our school’s actual sukkah."
“We've welcomed 27 new students and their families to New England Jewish Academy this fall,” shared NEJA Director of Admissions Batsheva Oberstein. “We are also excited to announce some new programs. With generous funding from the Jewish Community Foundation, our Early Childhood Center is transitioning to a Reggio Emilia-inspired program, where young students pursue individual areas of curiosity and interest while we document their progress and communicate regularly with parents. Meanwhile, our lower elementary school students have built and programmed KIBO robots to walk in a square around the bimah and shake the lulav! And with support from Federation, we've strengthened a new partnership with Jewish Family Services. JFS is providing social work services and wellness programming to our students to ensure their personal health and academic success."
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