The B'nai Moshe Kindergarten class has filled their room this year with song, prayer, stories and art. We have focused our studies on the Jewish holidays and our Hebrew Alef Bet. We get together each week with the first grade class for our mini service, which includes the Sh'ma among a huge repertoire of songs and prayers. There is always an accompanying art project to the lesson of the day. Some of our favorite activities included the mezuzah hunt, Pesach toss, and a Shabbat with our parents showing off our handmade candlesticks, Kiddush cups and challah covers.

Beth Rosenfeld

During the school year, students in Kitah Alef became familiar with many Bible stories from Creation to Daniel in the Lions' Den. They also worked on recognizing the letters in the Alef-Bet, as well as Hebrew words associated with them. As our culminating project, each student put together their own Alef-Bet book. Students enjoyed learning about the Jewish holidays and their rituals. The students also learned about the mitzvah of tzedakah. By donating some spare change each week, our class donated funds to YAD EZRA to feed the hungry. We also planted a tree in ISRAEL through JNF. It was a fun-filled and memorable year!

Marilynn Yarbrough

Kittah Bet had a very successful year. They spent the year learning the Aleph Bet in both block and cursive letters, writing in three workbooks, learning tfilot (prayers), learning about Israel, doing art projects, learning about the holidays, decorating our new siddur covers and preparing for the siddur party. We could not have been more engaged in our studies! I take great pride in acknowledging the students accomplishments.

Ahuva Newman

The third and fourth grade Judaic program was wonderful this year. We studied all the Jewish holidays and learned of the countless Jewish traditions and customs. Our class discussions varied from the Parashat Hashavuah to the spirit of Israel and the Jewish people around the world. The students enjoyed the curriculum and the many projects and games. At the end of the year, new students and old, all feel like a part of the B'nai Moshe family.

Tal Gutkovich

As we are fast approaching the end of the school year, I would like to take this opportunity to inform you of the material that we have covered in class.

We continue to practice reading Hebrew in the Primers. In Kitta Gimel we have covered lessons 1 thru 10 in the Hebrew and Heritage New Siddur Program, Book 1. In Kitta Dalet we have covered lessons 1 thru 9 in the Hebrew and Heritage New Siddur Program, Book 2. We made great progress, covering a large amount of material this year.

Each week we enjoyed, approximately 30 minutes participating actively in our school's Shabbat services and had creative fun approximately every other week in Art class. We played many reading games each week, and looked forward to the special game of “Jewpardy” during each holiday.

I have had a great year so far with your children and I am looking forward to the rest of the year.

Nurit Sallen

It was a great pleasure exploring many subjects pertaining to Judiac ideals and history with the 5th and 6th graders this year. In particular, the 6th grade enjoyed the “Why Be Different?” material, which focused primarily on Jewish values and relationships with G-d. Without hesitation, the 5th grade's favorite book was “Mah La'asot”. This presented students with various ethical dilemmas, to which they were asked to make a choice (“What should I do? Or Mah La'asot?”). During the year, each student was challenged to take part in group activities, as well as creating and performing skits reflecting the topic of the day. I truly enjoyed working with each and every person, and wish them all a happy and healthy summer.

Herschel Poger

In the fifth grade, every Saturday this year, we focused on the Parsha and parshat Hasavuah. We discussed a summary of the Parsha (portion), learned Divrei Torah and studied Midrash. At the conclusion of each parsha discussion, every child read a part in Hebrew. Hebrew reading fluency practice was continuous in class. We learned new Hebrew vocabulary and studied the Jewish Holidays throughout the year.

We focused on Hebrew conversation in the sixth grade. We studied the Parsha of the week, every Saturday through stories and discussion. We learned about the stories in the Torah, and how they affect and impact us today. We learned about Israel, blessings, holidays and traditions. We studied the Hebrew calendar and learned about the Holocust.

Orit Hamburger

Our Students are becoming more confident with fluent reading and comprehension of modern Hebrew and prayers. Some children are working on basic reading fluency and some are working on preparing for their Bar or Bat Mitzvah. There is much progress and pride from the new students who had no prior knowledge of Hebrew. All of the students who use the resource room should be proud of their achievements, as we are proud of them.

Tutors: Dora Goldstein and Tamar Mishory

The Opening the Doors Program at B'nai Moshe helps those children with special learning needs and enables every child with the opportunity for a Jewish education. I work in the resource room and also consult with other teachers in the classroom. All of the students in the program get one to one attention and a modified lesson plan if necessary. One goal of the program is to make the students feel comfortable and gain more self confidence, which helps to make learning less stressful. Students also participate in regular classroom activities .

Students have made terrific progress this year. They are proud of themselves and we are proud of them.

It has been my pleasure to work in this program and see the fruits of our labor.

Judy Pearlman

The L.I.F.E. Program has had another successful “creative” year. Students have enjoyed many art projects covering the Jewish holidays, Jewish themes and traditions, and Torah stories. We've also done some cool Judaic crafts for Shabbat and our Jewish homes. It is great to see the children's enthusiasm and creativity for art every week!

Sheryl Markel-Ellenstein

Every Saturday, we hold a 45 minute service for 3rd -6th graders. In this service we pray, learn discuss and enjoy Shabbat. There is an abridged prayer service surrounded by discussions about the Torah portion and other Judaic subjects. Around the holidays, we sing special songs or have open forums regarding that special day. In addition, some children volunteer for various roles including Rabbi, Cantor, and usher. Students are often very excited when they get the chance to kiss the Torah or enjoy multiple renditions of the prayer “Emet”. All in all, services are a special experience.

Gabe Pachter