We hope this summer is bringing you renewal, relaxation, and fun! We are thrilled to welcome the year 5784 with the start of Ohev Beth Sholom Religious School. You are so very important to us, and we hope this will be a year of learning, growth, and new connections for every member of your family.
We have some exciting plans in the works for this coming school year! Here are some things to look out for:
Living our Judaic Values: We will be using a Jewish values based curriculum designed by ShalomLearning. Each lesson will be theme-based using a wide variety of student-friendly activities that will reinforce an understanding of our Jewish identity, our history, our traditions, our holidays, and our deep-rooted code of ethics. ShalomLearning provides us with many ways to engage our students and their families to be able to continue to learn and grow outside the classroom. We look forward to welcoming parents to learn together with their children at various points throughout the year. It is important to note that our program will be geared toward children of various religious backgrounds and traditions.
Hebrew Learning: Our students in grades 3-7 will become familiar with reading Hebrew and participating in Shabbat and holiday services through the curriculum of JLearn Hub. Music and technology will play a big part in accomplishing our goals. Students will benefit from the ability to work at their own levels in the classroom and will have multiple ways to access their lessons to practice their Hebrew at home.
Enhanced Communication: Look forward to receiving regular summaries from your child’s teacher detailing classroom activities and your child’s progress.
Opportunities for Parental Involvement: We welcome all members of our Religious School community to assist our students in many of their activities during the weekly sessions. If you have any special talents that you can share, the children will certainly benefit from your expertise. Enclosed in this packet is a form for you to list those ways you might be able to share your skills or your time.
You will also find several important forms that require your attention as soon as possible. At this point we are in the throes of finalizing all aspects of the program. Therefore, we request the completion of all information requested on our forms by August 27, 2023. We are grateful for your cooperation.
We are excited to have deeply committed teachers and several enthusiastic teen madrichim to guide our students as well as Rabbi Berman and the rest of the Ohev Beth Sholom staff to provide support. Please don’t hesitate to contact any of us with questions at any time. We all look forward to meeting you very soon.
We are thrilled to have our Religious School enrollment open for all eligible students!