This week Dr. Arnold's high school biology class learned about genetics. The students had fun creating a double helix with Twizzlers and marshmallows in order to better understand base pairs.

This week children in Morah Sandy's EC3A class learned all about Parshat Nitzavim and how Moshe said goodbye to Bnei Yisrael, and that they promise to keep the Torah. They also learned that when Moshiach comes his arrival will be announced by the shofar, and that we have free choice to make decisions. The kids made a craft demonstrating these 4 points and practiced what it is to make good choices.

Kindergarten students in Morah Tzippe's Judaic Studies class made and mailed Shanah Tova cards to their grandparents this week! They each decorated, wrote messages and put so much love into them!

This week in Mr. Simon's Third Grade class students began studying communities.  The class defined a community and gave examples of those they recognized, like our school, the JCC, and our synagogues. Afterwards, they began to learn about different landforms. They learned about the plains, hills, mountains, islands, peninsulas and so forth.

Not only is B the letter of the week, in Morah Aviva's EC4A class, but children also worked on their honey bee mats in preparation for Rosh Hashanah. The class began their Rosh Hashanah/Apples unit this week and one of the concepts learned was we eat sweet fruits and food so that we may have a sweet new year. Therefore, we dip apples into honey because honey is sweet. Morah also explained that Rosh Hashanah is the birthday of the world. Everyone thought that was pretty amazing! Morah also taught her students that a shofar is a ram’s horn. She explained that we listen to the sounds of the shofar because it is a sign that Hashem is telling us all to “Wake up!” and think about our choices and promise to do better in this new year. The children are also learning the different sounds of the shofar and love calling out the number of blows for each one. The class also had a blast during Share and Tell as everybody shared things they brought that began with the letter B.

This week students in Rabbi Ouzzan's 7/89th Grade Gemara class spent time learning all of the laws pertaining to finding lost items. Some items may be considered ownerless and kept by the finder, while some items might be left in a way that indicates that the owner intends to return and claim them, in which case the finder may not keep it.

This week children in Morah Tsippi's EC2B class worked on decorating a larger than life shofar for their classroom wall. Each child had the opportunity to color using special brown paint sticks. Next week the class will add another layer of brown with a different art medium. This activity helps the kids learn to take turns, work as a group, and develop fine motor skills.

EC3B's Rosh Hashanah learning is coming along. This week, children in Morah Clara's class had the opportunity to virtually listen to selichot at the Kotel. The kids also learned the different parts of an apple and had fun trying different varieties. They discovered that depending on how you cut an apple you can see a star. They also had so much fun baking challah and choosing fillings (apples, raisins or chocolate chips) and toppings sugar/cinnamon or honey. The class practiced how to say the Shehecheyanu bracha and practiced counting pomegranate seeds. Lastly they had amazing time working as a team to make honey cakes.