Religious School
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Course Description and Tuition
Elementary School Division
Kindergarten (one day a week – Monday, 4:15 – 5:45pm) $1130
Our Kindergarten is our entry program into our Religious School. Our curriculum includes Jewish music, Jewish art projects, Torah lessons and Holiday education. Tuition includes all books, materials and snacks. Drop off and pick up are from the classroom itself.
1st grade (one day a week – Monday or Tuesday, 4:15 – 5:45pm) $1130
Our 1st grade program continues to develop the foundation for Jewish religious understanding recognizing the increasing cognitive skills of our students. Our curriculum expands the knowledge of our students in the areas of Jewish music and the arts. Along with Torah lessons and holiday education we introduced four new important topics: the synagogue, sacred ritual objects, Israel and basic Hebrew blessings. Tuition includes all field trips, snack, books and materials.
2nd grade (one day a week – Monday or Tuesday, 4:15 – 5:45pm) $1130
Our 2nd grade program is built around our Chai Judaica Curriculum which begins to establish basic Jewish literacy for our children instilled in a joyful manner. The programs also include Jewish music, arts and crafts, and Jewish holiday enrichment. Tuition includes all field trips, snack, books and materials.
3rd grade (one day a week – Monday or Tuesday, 4:15 – 5:45pm) $1130
Our 3rd grade program is built around our Chai Judaica Curriculum which begins to establish basic Jewish literacy for our children instilled in a joyful manner. The programs also include Jewish music, arts and crafts, and Jewish holiday enrichment. Tuition includes all field trips, snack, books and materials.
4th grade (two days a week – Monday and Wednesday, 4:15 – 5:45pm) $2030
Our 4th grade program is an integrated two day a week program built around our Chai Judaica curriculum and our Mitkadem Hebrew curriculum. Students must attend both days of classes. Tuition includes all field trips, snack, books and materials. A rich program of Judaic studies, Hebrew, Prayer, Music and Enrichment programs are offered on both days.
5th grade (two days a week – Monday and Wednesday, 4:15 – 5:45pm) $2080
Our 5th grade program is an integrated two day a week program built around our Chai Judaica curriculum and our Mitkadem Hebrew curriculum. Students must attend both days of classes. Tuition includes all field trips, snack, books and materials and membership in our 5th & 6th grade youth group. A rich program of Judaic studies, Hebrew, Prayer, Music and Enrichment programs are offered on both days.
6th grade (two days a week – Monday and Wednesday, 4:15 – 5:45pm) $2080
Our 6th grade program is an integrated two day a week program built around our Chai Judaica curriculum and our Mitkadem Hebrew curriculum. Students must attend both days of classes. Tuition includes all field trips, snack, books and materials and membership in our 5th & 6th grade youth group. A rich program of Judaic studies, Hebrew, Prayer, Music and Enrichment programs are offered on both days.
Middle School Division
7th grade (one day a week – Thursday, 4:15 – 5:45pm) $1175
This class has a special importance in our Religious School curriculum. The course is entitled: Do Not Stand Idly by: A Study of the Holocaust and Moral Decision-Making. The class is in addition to receiving Bar/Bat Mitzvah instruction with an enrichment Hebrew instructor and the Cantor prior to the child’s Bar/Bat Mitzvah ceremony. Tuition includes all field trips, snack, books and materials and membership in our 7th & 8th grade youth group.
8th grade (one day a week – Thursday, 5:45 – 7:00pm) $700
Religious School becomes unconventional in our 8th grade class with our unique 4-track curriculum: Leadership Training (Hadracha), Social Action, Israel, and Youth Group. Our workshop-style classes are interactive, informal and use a variety of new materials and technologies. For this year, we will also be offering a social action class trip to New Orleans in January. This class is vital if you would like to be a teaching assistant within our Religious School (you can be an assistant from 9th grade). Tuition includes materials, dinner and membership to the 7th/8th Grade Youth Group.
High School Division
9th grade (3 x a month – Thursday, plus a 1 x a month youth group program) $780
Program meets 3 x times a month from 5:45 to 7:00pm. Tuition includes materials, pizza supper, membership in Youth Group, and retreat and/or trip. The program is entitled: Judaism and the World Religions. Rabbis Buyer and Rabbi Gelfand are the instructors. Guest speakers will be woven into this program. In addition to the class there will be youth group once a month from 5:45 – 7:00pm.
10th grade (3 x a month – Thursday, plus a 1 x a month youth group program) $1015
Program meets 3 x times a month from 5:45 - 7:00pm. Tuition includes materials, pizza supper and membership in Youth Group. The program is entitled: Judaism and the World Religions. Rabbis Buyer and Gelfand are the instructors. In the 10th grade, the students also celebrate their Confirmation Ceremony (Kabbalat Torah) and have the opportunity to spend a weekend performing social action in Washington, D.C. In addition to the class there will be youth group once a month from 5:45 – 7:00pm.
11th - 12th grades (1 x a month) $280
Tuition includes monthly supper with Rabbis and membership Youth Group. This monthly dinner seminar will deal with important issues for high school students applying to college and planning their futures as young Jewish adults. These students are also part of our senior Youth Group, ManhaTI.