This week in Morah Sandy's ECE3A class students learned about how the Kohanim and the Kohen Gadol were required to wear special clothes to work in the mishkan. They read a book about people who wear uniforms in our community and realize many people wear special clothes and have special equipment to do their jobs. They made their own Choshen Mishpatim, (Breastplate of Judgement), practicing their fine motor skills and counting the 12 gems representing the 12 Tribes of Israel.

Mr. Simon’s Third grade class has been studying the Powerful Pivotal Playful... World of the Prefix! The students learned that by adding a prefix perfectly it changes the root word.

This week in Mrs. Traxler's Women's Seminar class the students had a chance to experience mind mapping, speed chatting, and debriefing all about the very first of our Imahot- Sara Imeinu. The students gained lots of new insights and perspectives. The discussion continued with how women are links in the chain connecting back, specifically through the inheritance from Sara by virtue of three special mitzvot, focusing on Shabbat candle lighting.

Yee-haw! Early Childhood and Lower School students enjoyed celebrating the start of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo coming to town last Friday. Students enjoyed a variety of activities including line dancing and playing games. ECE students enjoyed introducing their favorite stuffed animals during an animal award show, and eating a delicious breakfast of Texan Toast and Beans. Best of all everyone enjoyed dressing up in their finest western gear. Click here to access the photos from the photo booth that the students enjoyed souvenirs from.

This week 8th grader Alyia Blumenthal presented her Navi project in Mrs. Pollak's class. She wrote in great detail and described the facts and strategy of Shlomo HaMelech; applying his strategic solution to who was the real mother of the child in Chapter 3 of Melachim 1.

To celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday, Mrs. Schneider's First grade class made fruit kabobs in the same pattern as Cat in the Hat. It was great timing because the class is learning about patterns in math!

Students learned all about Parsha and Purim this week in Morah Aviva's ECE4 class. From Raashanim (graggers) to 3D hamantashen, our ECE4 friends are eagerly preparing for Purim. Additionally, they each created their own Choshen Mishpat (Breastplate of Judgement) after learning about the Bigdei Kohanim (kohanim's clothes) in this week’s Parshat Tetzaveh. This activity reinforced their counting and number recognition skills and shape recognition. It also allowed for individual creativity as they each chose their own special colors and stones for each square on the breast plate.

Students in Morah Oshrat's 6th grade Chumash class have been learning all about the Mishkan. Students worked in groups to recreate the Mishkan using household items.

Students in Ms. Morrison's 2nd grade class celebrated Super Hero Accessory Day by making spelling word masks or crowns. It was an excellent activity to increase fine motor skills, practice spelling, and social skills. After the activity they decided that they were all superheroes of spelling!

This week lower school students enjoyed a Shiur Tzionut (Zionism Class) activity with our Bnot Sherut Talya and Moriya. They learned all about the importance of giving and sharing how these important acts connect to the mitzvot of Purim.

This week in STEAM students had so much fun celebrating and getting ready for Purim! The students made confetti poppers and a kaleidoscope. They also started to make mishloach manot baskets to give away.

Congratulations to all our lower school students participating in the School Marathon project for reaching the 10 mile marker this week. We are so impressed by the students commitment to running a mile each day during lunch recess! Enjoy your cool new shades.

Thank you to our generous sponsors who help make this program possible: Core Chiropractic, Crossfit Central Houston, Tanglewood Foot Specialists, and Yoga2gather.