RS 2024-2025 (5785)

The religious school curriculum can be found on the curriculum page.

This page contains the specific activities that will take place each week throughout the respective school year.  Our 8th-9th graders help lead t'filah for the 1st-3rd grade classes.

Tots-K Grades (15 minutes)

Every class will comprise:

1. Selection of Shabbat songs

2. Selection of holiday/theme songs as appropriate per the calendar

3. Selection of Jewish little kid songs related to Jewish values and customs

1st-3rd Grades (20 minutes)

The basic structure each week is as follows:

1. Morning Ritual - Modeh/Modah Ani with Stretches

2. Kabbalat Shabbat Excerpts (e.g., Hinei Mah Tov, Shalom Aleichem, L'cha Dodi, etc.)

3. Call to Worship - Bar'chu

4. Sh'ma / V'ahavta

5. Redemption - Mi Chamocha

6. Holiday, Theme, and/or Just-For-Fun Jewish Songs

7. A Wish for Peace - Oseh Shalom

4th-7th Grades (30 minutes)

Melodies and prayers that align with the bar/bat mitzvah ceremony.

1. Morning Ritual - Modeh/Modah Ani with Stretches, Birchot haShachar

2. Call to Worship - Bar'chu

3. Love - Ahavat Olam

4. Sh'ma / V'ahavta

5. Redemption - Mi Chamocha

6. Hashkiveinu

7. Avot v'Imahot, G'vurot

8. Holiday, theme, and/or just-for-fun Jewish song(s)

9. A Wish for Peace - Oseh Shalom

10. Aleinu

Additional items that may be added as time permits include

1. Full Kiddush (blessing over the fruit of the vine)

2. Kedushah

3. Torah Aliyah Blessings

4. Prayer for Healing - Mi Shebeirach, Ana El Na