Our students will be engaged in relevant and meaningful learning with our team of educators. The faculty at RSNS is dedicated to creating Jewish learning which stimulates, challenges and engages every learner, encouraging them to truly understand and embrace what it means to live as a Jew in the modern world. The faculty meets regularly for ongoing professional development and skill-building. We have an integrated approach to curriculum with a strong emphasis on building relationships. We believe that relationships emerge between learners, families, children and congregants by learning together in age groupings and by weaving a network that creates a caring community within our school, which reflects our congregation.
KINDERGARTEN, FIRST GRADE/ALEF
Tuesdays, 4:15 - 6:15pm
Members: $470 Non-Members: $700
We join in song and prayer with our youngest students, welcoming them into the Synagogue School community. Through a holiday-based curriculum, Hebrew as a living language, and family involvement, we integrate our youngest learners into the larger RSNS community. Each family participates in the class by bringing a special ritual object from home for “show and tell.” Start date 9/13 (Tuesday)
SECOND - SIXTH GRADE/BET – VAV
Members ONLY: $905
Students will learn in grade groupings. They will receive Hebrew instruction and attend school holiday experiences. Each student will have the choice to access prayer in mixed-aged groupings through different modalities like storytelling, social action, yoga, and art. There will be an emphasis on Torah, Jewish Values, and Acts of Ethical Kindness.. Start date 9/13 (Tuesday)
Families must choose one of the following options:
Option 1: All In Person Learning Tuesday and Thursday
Tuesdays, 4:15 - 6:15pm, All students attend IN PERSON
Thursdays, 4:15-5:30 pm, All students attend IN PERSON
This option has a focus on building relationships between the learners, their teachers and the community
Option 2: In Person Tuesday and Remote Thursday Learning
Tuesdays, 4:15 - 6:15pm, All students attend IN PERSON
Thursdays, 5:30-6:15 pm, All students attend REMOTELY
This option addresses the need for flexibility in families’ schedules but because of its abbreviated time may not align with all aspects of in person learning.
Please note that based on our recent survey sent out to all Synagogue School families, we will be supplementing the weekday learning with the following experiences to encourage family participation:
FRIDAY NIGHT FAMILY SERVICE and SATURDAY MORNING B’YAHAD
KINDERGARTEN - SIXTH GRADE/K-VAV
Each grade will participate in one Friday Night Family Service and one to two Saturday morning B’Yahad programs a year. We still feel that it is essential for our students to develop prayer Hebrew literacy, as well as a familiarity with Shabbat services.
Friday Night Family Services: Once a month at 7:30pm
B’Yahad: One Saturday a month, from 9-11am
At B’Yahad, parents learn with Rabbi Jodie,Cantor Eric, or Morah Rebecca about how the weekly Torah portion can apply to our lives today, while the kids engage in fun, interactive learning with one of our skilled synagogue school teachers. At 10:15am we come together for a brief Shabbat morning service which ends at 11am.