Temple Shalom’s religious school offers a curriculum that supports a large emphasis on project-based learning. The school’s mission is:
Through education to build an intentional Jewish community in which all ages: acquire knowledge; develop Jewish identity and values; and participate in and live a meaningful Jewish life.
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Religious School Staff
Rabbi Ira Rosenberg is our Rabbi Educator.
For questions about the Temple Shalom Religious School, please call the School Office at (301) 587-2273 or email our school administrator at school@templeshalom.net.
Temple Shalom Education Programs 5781
Goals:
- Develop a connection with the Temple Shalom community
- Experience and engage in Jewish life, learning, and ritual through the Jewish calendar
- Connect in areas that are exciting to our students.
- Participate in small group engagement
What our students will experience:
- Joyful Judaism!
- Connections with their peers and teachers.
- Experiential Jewish learning.
- An active session of online learning and experiences.
- Small group engagement.
- A variety of choices to “Jews” one’s own Zoom-venture every Sunday.
The “Jews Your Own Zoom-venture” Experience:
- Students in pre-K through 9th Grade will choose from a variety of program offerings to participate in every Sunday.
- All programs will last 6 weeks. We will offer multiple 6 week sessions through the year.
- All programs will be catered for specific age groups and touch upon appropriate curricular benchmarks.
- All programs will provide Hebrew exposure and application.
A “Day in the Life” of Jews Your Own Zoom-venture
Kids’ Time (infants - Pre-K and Parents)
- Sunday mornings from 10:00-11:00am
Pre-K - 2nd Grade (Sunday Mornings)
- 9:30-9:50: Sunday Morning Ruach
- 9:50-10:10: Zoom-venture offerings
- 10:10–10:30 Zoom-venture offerings
3rd-6th Grade (Sunday Mornings)
- 9:30-9:50: Sunday Morning Ruach
- 9:50-10:25: Zoom-venture offerings
- 10:25–11:00 Zoom-venture offerings
7th Grade (Sunday Mornings)
- 9:30-9:50: Sunday Morning Ruach
- 9:50-10:25: Zoom-venture offerings
- 10:30–11:15: 7th Grade Curriculum
Chai School (8th and 9th Grade)
- We will be offering electives on Sunday evenings from 6:30-8:00pm as well as additional offerings on weekday evenings throughout the year.
In addition, there will be monthly family & age specific programming centered around the holidays & Hebrew calendar
Hebrew School (3rd-7th Grade)
Tuesday OR Wednesday from 4:30-5:30 (with optional elective until 6pm)
- 4:30-5:00: T’fillah
- 5:00-5:30: Hebrew Group Learning
- 5:30-6:00: Hebrew Electives