Support the Thousand Turkey Challenge to collect and donate at least 1,000 frozen turkeys for low-income families. Donate ($18 per turkey) online or by texting TURKEY to 56512. The 7th grade students put on plastic gloves and hairnets and excitedly began bagging loaves of bread and piles of onions. Earlier this week they were volunteering at the West Side Campaign […]
At Schechter Manhattan we aspire for our students to develop the skills and dispositions to be active citizens in American society. This year, as every year, we are engaging students in study of the election cycle. The current midterm election campaign has reflected the contentious nature of politics in recent years and emotions are running […]
Dear Schechter Manhattan Community, The tragic shooting in the Tree of Life Or L’Simcha Congregation in Pittsburgh on shabbat morning is incomprehensible. How do we understand a society in which worshippers at prayer are the victims of senseless violence? How do we respond to the unimaginable? So sadly, we have grappled with similar questions many […]
The sixth grade students were dressed in togas. They were gathered in the Humanities room in groups- the poleis (city-states) of Athens, Sparta, Corinth, and Delphi. They then presented anthems they had written and banners they created representing what they had researched and learned about their assigned polis. As they presented, they cheered each other […]
A Kindergarten student, a fourth grader, and an eighth grader, huddled together around a table. They were working together to create an art project reflecting their hopes and dreams for the coming school year. The older students talked with the younger students, asking for their input and offering help when needed. They all appeared to […]
One of the best parts of my role as Head of School is the regular opportunity to pop into the classrooms at Schechter Manhattan. This past Monday morning I walked through the Schechter Manhattan classrooms and saw students engaged deeply in all sorts of learning. As I walked into the Gan, the students were singing Naomi […]
Police Officer Torres recently dropped by Schechter Manhattan to chat. He is the youth office for the 24th Precinct and he comes by school every couple of weeks, to check in and make sure everyone is safe. PO Torres asked me how the school year had started and reminded me to be in touch with him any […]
Grades 2-5 enjoyed a very special community Sukkot Tefilah service this morning. Each of the grades prepared a special part to lead the community and it was a joyous celebration Shabbat Shalom and Chag Sameach! Benjamin Mann
Kids like to shake the lulav. Over my years at Schechter Manhattan I have found this to be invariably true. Give students a lulav and etrog and smiles emerge, faces light up. Shaking a lulav is fun. It makes us happy. This is year is no different, and as students began learning the liturgy and […]
As we gathered together for tfilah on Thursday morning, the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students were already in their seats when the 2nd grade arrived. As the 2nd grade students made their way into the room I was touched to see many of the older students calling to them, “Come sit by me! There is a […]
