Learning Through Discovery

Across Early Childhood, students are learning through art, movement, sensory exploration, and hands-on discovery. From exploring the seven days of Bereshit through light, color, counting, and fine-motor activities to expressing creativity through stories and art, our youngest learners are building skills while making meaningful connections to the world around them.

Know a family who may be interested in RMBA’s Early Childhood program? Please share our October 25 EC Open House and invite them to RSVP for the Early Childhood Open House.

Stronger Together

Ms. Nicole joined 4th grade for a Social Emotional Learning lesson about collaboration and the value of different strengths. Students explored how people, like everyday tools, can each serve a different purpose and still be essential to the whole. Through discussion and peer interviews, they reflected on what makes each classmate unique and how those differences can help a group work better together.

Physics in Motion

Ms. Richter’s 8th grade Physical Science students put physics to the test by designing and building their own marble roller coasters. As they experimented with potential and kinetic energy, friction, gravity, and speed, students tested and adjusted their designs while comparing which coaster could achieve the lowest average speed. They even got to share their creations with other grades, turning classroom concepts into something they could build, test, and see in action.

A Question at the Beginning

Rabbi Herzig’s 9th and 10th grade Jewish Thought students tackled a classic question from the story of Creation: if Adam and Chava only developed an inner inclination toward wrongdoing after eating from the Eitz Hadaat (Tree of Knowledge), what led them to make that choice in the first place?

Drawing on the Rambam, Ramban, Chizkuni, and Arizal, students explored different approaches to this puzzle and considered what the discussion can teach us about free will, temptation, and the challenges of the human condition. Hear more in Rabbi Steve Gueller’s shiur.

🤍 HAKARAT HATOV

Recognizing the Good

We are so grateful for all our volunteers this week!

A huge shoutout and thank you goes out to:🎉

Debbie Ebner, Cheryl Hirsch-Ginsberg, Jacqueline Guttman, Laura Volshonok

🎉MAZAL TOV

Mazal Tov to Leora Geralnik ('18) and Tal Ershler (US Judaic Studies Teacher) on the birth of a son on October 10. Mazal Tov to grandparents Pablo and Tova Geralnik, and Michele Faudem and Jeffrey Ershler. Mazal Tov to uncle Eitan Geralnik and aunt Noa Geralnik ('23).

Mazal Tov to Devorah and Rabbi Johnny Ouzzan (US Judaic Studies Teacher & HS Coordinator) on the birth of a son on October 12.