6/7th Grade Wednesday Program resumes January 10th

6/7th Grade Sharing Shabbat resumes Saturday, January 20th

Mark your calendar now!

7th Grade Parent/Student Program

January 31, 5:45-6:45PM*

*Note that students arrive for Workshops at the regular 5:15 time.

Parents please join your 7th Grader in the Social Hall at 5:45.

7th Graders participate in workshops in rotating cohorts based on BMitzvah dates as they study trope (the musical notations used for chanting Torah), writing a D'var Torah (the speech delivered at their BMitzvah), or bemah skills (brushing up on prayers). Students who have been in D'var Torah, Trope or Bema Skills Workshops in December have one more session on January 10. Details for the next Workshop cohorts (which begin on January 17) will be sent via Remini in January.

Students not scheduled for a workshop meet in the Ulam at 5:15 for social justice projects, team building and engaging with our Israeli shinshinit, Noy Laufer.

Since the last newsletter 7th grade have been spending their 5:45pm-6:45pm class time engaging with curriculum to learn about the many facets of life in Israel including famous people, the Knesset, competing in the Amazing Israel Race among the 7th grade cohorts and Chanukah in Israel. Our rotation will culminate on January 24 with a chance for students to pose questions to our Israeli JLL teachers during Ask the Israeli.

The 6th Grade Shabbaton is February 2-3, 2024

The Shabbaton is always a highlight of the 6th Grade year! Families begin to examine the many aspects of the B’nei Mitzvah celebration when the entire 6th grade community joins together to celebrate Shabbat and explore the simcha.

This month, 6th Graders have been engaging with a curriculum to learn about Israel. Topics included famous Israelis, the Knesset, Chanukah in Israel and a chance to Ask an Israeli: a panel discussion with JLL resident Israelis Noy Laufer, Noam Vinokor-Meinrath, and Ziva Green.

6th & 7th Grade students have the opportunity to learn with our Shinshinit, Noy Laufer, an Israeli teen who is will be at WRT all year. Noy is living and working in Westchester during the gap year between high school graduation and her IDF service. Her goal is to connect with our community and bring Israel to life for our students.

We are focused on building

community, relationships, learning and fun!

Strategies we are using to promote this goal include

Requiring students to "park" their cellphones for the duration of the evening
Re-shuffling cohorts as necessary to create an environment conducive to learning and general enjoyment for all involved
Posting weekly updates and class happenings on Remini