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🎓 Mazel Tov to the Class of 2025!
Congratulations to our Class of 2025! Your hard work, heart, and dedication have brought you to this moment, and we can’t wait to see what you do beyond Kehillah!
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🎉 Celebrating The Best of Times at the Yearbook Party
We came together yesterday to celebrate the end of the school year at our annual Yearbook Party — and it truly was The Best of Times!
| | Hosted by the Yearbook Team and Digital Media Teacher Karla Chouhan, the event brought students and faculty together to pick up their yearbooks, enjoy some sunshine, and share laughs over pizza and snacks. It was the perfect way to wrap up a year full of memories and welcome the summer ahead! | | Updates and Announcements | | ✅ We Hit the Match! What’s Next Is Even More Exciting | |
We are thrilled to share that, thanks to many, many donors, we have successfully met the $75,000 matching requirement for our E.E. Ford Foundation grant!
This milestone is not just a financial achievement — it’s a powerful testament to our shared commitment to a Kehillah experience rooted in building empathy, engaging in dialogue, and fostering civil leadership:
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Building Empathy: Learning to genuinely understand and share the feelings and perspectives of others, cultivating compassion and emotional intelligence. This reflects the Jewish value of chesed (loving-kindness) and recognizing the inherent dignity and worth of every individual.
Engaging in Dialogue: Developing the skills to have open, respectful, and meaningful conversations across differences — listening actively, speaking thoughtfully, and seeking common ground. It echoes the tradition of machloket l’shem shamayim and dialogue grounded in a search for deeper understanding — a hallmark of Jewish learning and community building.
Fostering Civil Leadership: Preparing individuals to lead with integrity, respect, and a deep sense of responsibility to the broader community. This embodies tikkun olam (repairing the world) and arevut (mutual responsibility), fundamental Jewish principles that call us to leadership rooted in justice and service.
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In short, this is about preparing our students to lead with both heart and mind, as individuals who can listen, understand, and guide others with empathy, courage, and wisdom.
Importantly, this grant also positions Kehillah as a leader among independent schools, allowing us to share what we learn and develop with other schools committed to advancing civil discourse and empathetic leadership. Our next step will be to engage the right person to shepherd this important work, and we will begin that process over the summer. We look forward to sharing more details with you in the fall.
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💼 Faculty Professional Development
Friday, June 6 to Wednesday, June 11
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🤝 6th Annual Juneteenth Community Festival (Justice Vanguard)
Saturday, June 14 from 11:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Hillview Park, Los Altos
Kehillah has been partnering with Justice Vanguard to bring educational workshops on race, equity, and social justice to our students. Join us at the 6th Annual Juneteenth Festival in Los Altos, where Kehillah students' Zines will be sold to celebrate Juneteenth and support student creativity. This free event is open to all, offering a chance to engage in meaningful conversations on these important topics.
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🤝 Juneteenth
Thursday, June 19
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📣 Calling Parents/Guardians of the Classes of 2026, 2027, and 2028!
The Kehillah Parent Association (KPA) is building its Board for the 2025-26 school year, and we’re looking for Parents/Guardians who are interested in getting more involved! The KPA Board meets regularly to help lead efforts that support our students, faculty, and community throughout the year. We are currently seeking 2-3 volunteers from each grade level to join the KPA Board. Meetings are typically held over Zoom and last between 30-60 minutes. Whether you’re a longtime member of the KPA or new to our community, we welcome your involvement and fresh perspective!
If you’re interested or have any questions, please email kpa@kehillah.org. We’re excited about what’s ahead and would love for you to be part of it!
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📰 N-EWESpaper Update
This is our final N-EWESpaper of the 2024-25 school year! Keep an eye out for updates on summer assignments, book lists, class schedules, and more information for the 2025-26 school year.
Have a ram-tastic and safe summer — we hope it’s full of ewe-time and sunshine! ☀️💙🐏
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