Students in Morah Esther's 3rd grade Judaic Studies class were introduced to the famous quote "Mitzvah gedola lihyot besimcha tamid" (It's a great Mitzvah to be in total happiness). The class discovered that the letters in the two Hebrew words בשמחה (with happiness) and מחשבה (thoughts/ mind) are exactly the same! By noticing this fact, they understood that everyone has a choice regarding their own happiness every day. They learned that their minds can help with their emotions that their intellect can help them achieve better and happier moods.

2nd grade students in Morah Tzippe's Judaic Studies class had fun drawing superhero "vav"s like the Vav Hahipuch that switches verbs from past to future and future to past.

Students in Morah Aviva's ECE4-A class learned about Parshat Toldot and focused on Yitzchak's twin sons, Yaakov and Esav. Students worked on creating their own double sided Yaakov and Esav puppets.

Students in Morah Tsippi's ECE2 class worked on strengthening their fine motor skills this week by squeezing glue bottles to make a shapes collage.

It has been a busy week in Mr. Polanski's middle school science classes. Students in 6th grade worked on models of cells in Life Science. Students in the 7th grade Earth Science class studied models of landforms, and students in the 8th grade Physical Science class are preparing their individual science project presentations.

Students in Mrs. B's ECE4-B class began working on the letter F this week. The students worked hard on decorating the letter F with flowers and sharing the various words that start with the letter.

Students in Ms. Rantz's 3rd and 4th grade art classes have been studying symmetry in art. Presented in the images above are bilateral oil pastel rubbings and radial marker compositions.

This week in Morah Miranda's ECE15 class, students learned all about colors! The students worked on matching up colors and building on their fine motor skills by practicing opening and closing clothes pins.

Students in Ms. Rantz's 1st grade art class embarked on a colorful journey all about Color Theory this week. The artwork shown above is centered around hot and cold colors as well as monochromatic landscapes.

Students in Morah Sandy's ECE3 class learned all about Parshat Toldot this week. The students learned that Esav sells his birthright to his twin brother Yakov for a bowl of red lentil soup. The students colored and made their own pretend soup with real lentils.

We were thrilled to have author Sheila Aron come read I'm Glad I'm Me to our ECE4 through 1st grade students this week. The students were engaged in learning about self-compassion. The book is actually a parenting book that is disguised as a children's book. It teaches parents and children to express their feelings under any circumstances and learn to do so by being kind and respectful. Each student was also given a book to take home and share with their family. Thank you, Sheila!

Students in Morah Rinat's 4th grade Hebrew class enjoyed a balloon party to celebrate 100% of the students bringing in their Hebrew packet on time and doing a fantastic job! Coincidentally, Astros colors were represented!

This week students in Ms. Bigham's lower Montessori class worked on Mountain Math, learning that focuses on long term mastery of concepts via review.