By Shira Jacobson, Curriculum and Programming Coordinator, and Deanna Stecker, Coordinator of Learning Support Finish your writing and get ready for math. Take out a pencil Take out your folder Take out 3 different colored highlighters Think about what we learned yesterday Answer the question on the board Share your answer with your partner Listen to […]
In this column, published in The New York Jewish Week, Head of School, Benjamin Mann, contends “that if young people will be able to do something about the growing divisiveness all around us, then schools must nurture the skills and dispositions needed for students to really know people different from themselves.” What Jewish Educators Can Learn […]
As I walked through classrooms at Schechter Manhattan earlier this week I saw students busy writing across the grades. The gan student were practicing building block skills of how to write each letter, even as they used their emerging skills to express their ideas. Fourth graders were working in groups to write different types of […]
By: Benjamin Mann, Head of School As I stood in the voting booth on Tuesday morning I found myself contemplating the news that a White supremacist in Colorado had been arrested for plotting to bomb a synagogue. The moment felt complex, reflecting for me both how amazing and how challenging it is to be a […]
On Monday evening, energy filled Schechter Manhattan at our Kindergarten Open House, where prospective families came to learn about our special school from faculty, alumni, current parents, and students. They left having felt the warmth and passion our parents and educators have for our school, many commenting to me that “I had heard good things […]
Mazal Tov to Aliza Weinstock, Schechter Manhattan teacher, on the birth of a baby boy. Wishing Aliza, her husband Stu, and new big brother, David, much joy and pride. Check out this slideshow of what we’ve been up to at Schechter Manhattan
By Debbie Nehmad, Fourth Grade Teacher A few weeks ago in a fourth grade Theme class on the Lenape Indian tribe, students engaged in an impassioned discussion. One student had referred to the Lenape society as “primitive,” and others argued that their architectural feats were actually even more impressive than our own because they were […]
Written by: Kobi Cohen, A Schechter Manhattan Parent (English version below) מה לישראלים חילוניים ולחינוך יהודי בארצות הברית? היגרנו לארצות הברית לפני תשע שנים. כמשפחה צעירה עם שני ילדים קטנים שהגיעו זה עתה מישראל לארץ חדשה, היינו צריכים להסתגל – גם אנחנו וגם הילדים. למהגרים יש טרדות רבות כמו-גם דאגות רבות. כיצד נשתלב בסביבה? כיצד […]
This week we started a new year on the Jewish calendar. In Jewish tradition, this time of year, the High Holiday period, is not only a time for looking forward to the year ahead but also a time of personal reflection. We take stock of ourselves, through a process of heshbon hanefesh, personal accounting. And once […]
This week’s Reflections are from Schechter Manhattan Board President Julie Sissman’s remarks at this week’s Curriculum Night. Please email Julie at [email protected] if you’d like to be in touch. ______________________________________________ This is such an exciting moment to be a part of the Schechter Manhattan community! I want to share two highlights of why I think it’s an […]
