Religious School

Welcome to the 2020-2021 Temple Emanuel Religious School year. Our staff is very excited about the upcoming year. Due to our current health situation and temple reopening guidelines we will be beginning our year with virtual instruction for our students in kindergarten – grade 8. Our teachers have been busy planning interactive, creative and engaging lessons for their students. Each week all of our students will have a Zoom meeting with their Hebrew and Judaica teachers, as well as have an opportunity to meet with Rabbi Mark. Class sessions will be between 45 -60 minutes in length. Please contact Bobby Stern, Religious School Director, at educationdirector@templeemanuelws.com or 336- 722-6640 (ext. 102) if you have any questions.

 | Our Schedule |

Our virtual weekly schedule will be similar to our in- person religious school schedule.

9:30 – 9:50am

• K-3 students and parents meet with Rabbi Mark

10:00am

• K-3 students meet with Katy Levy or Rona Klein

9:30 – 10:15am

• Grade 4 meets with Miss Naomi for Hebrew
• Grade 5 meets with Mr. Backfield for Hebrew Grades 6 – 7 meet with Mr. Stern for Judaica

10:30 – 11:15am

• Grades 4 – 5 meet with Mr. Stern for Judaica
• Grade 6 meets with Mr. Backfield for Hebrew
• Grade 7 meets with Miss Naomi for Hebrew

10:00am

• Grade 8 meets with Mrs. Jaffe

11:30-11:50am

• Grade 4-8 students and parents meet with Rabbi Mark

| Curriculum – Judaica Focus |

Kindergarten – Grade 1 – A study of holidays and symbols in our synagogue

Grades 2 and 3 – A study of the Bible from Sinai to the nation of Israel

Grades 4 and 5 – A study of the traditions and celebrations associated with Jewish life cycle events

Grades 6 and 7 – An in-depth study of the Jewish holidays

Grade 8 – A study of Israel and an opportunity to explore and discuss ten classic debates from Jewish history including Abraham and G-d, the five daughters and the twelve tribes, and Herzl and Wise.

| NEW THIS YEAR – Mishpacha Sundays |

Our staff is very aware that many of our students will be involved in virtual online instruction during the week. In order to reduce the amount of screen time for our students, we have included two Mishpacha (family) Sundays in our calendar in

place of our regular religious school class days. The Mishpacha Sundays will be on October 25 and November 15. We encourage our families to plan a special family activity on each of the Mishpacha Sundays. We hope each family will share photographs with us to highlight how they are working and playing together as a family. As we approach the first Mishpacha Sunday I will put additional links in the weekly schmooze.