Parsha Comes to Life

Morah Sandy’s EC3A and Morah Clara’s EC3B students have been bringing the weekly parsha to life through hands-on learning. From packing “suitcases” for Avram’s journey in Lech Lecha to exploring hachnasat orchim (welcoming guests) and bikur cholim (visiting the sick) in Vayeira, students connected Torah stories to real-life experiences while building fine-motor, language, counting, and pre-writing skills along the way.

Current Events

Morah Klil’s 4th and 5th grade Advanced Hebrew students connected language learning with current events through a unit on democracy and elections. Students explored concepts including citizens’ rights and responsibilities, majority rule, and the differences between democratic and authoritarian systems. They then put those ideas into practice through mock elections and majority-vote classroom decisions. Students also gave presentations in Hebrew introducing political parties and discussing issues such as education and security before casting private classroom ballots based on what they had learned. It was a meaningful way to combine Hebrew, critical thinking, and experiential learning.

Built to Function

Ms. Deese’s 6th grade Science students are taking a closer look at how living things are designed to support themselves. By comparing structures in plants and animals, students are exploring how roots, stems, bones, muscles, and other systems help organisms maintain shape, move, grow, and function effectively. The unit is helping students see that structure and function are closely connected, and that the way a living thing is built plays a major role in how it survives and interacts with its environment.

Torah, Music & Connection

Beren High School welcomed Rabbi Daniel Kalish of Waterbury Yeshiva, musician Shlomo Ghoori, and several yeshiva alumni for a special afternoon of learning and connection. Rabbi Kalish spoke with students about the privilege and responsibility of being Jewish, followed by spirited singing that filled the room with energy and ruach. The visit wrapped up with lunch and some friendly three-on-three basketball, bringing together Torah, music, and camaraderie in a memorable afternoon for our High School students.

🤍 HAKARAT HATOV

Recognizing the Good

We are so grateful for all our volunteers this week!

A huge shoutout and thank you goes out to:🎉

Shoshana Azran, Debbie Ebner, Orly and Andrew Feigenblatt, Jacqueline Guttman and Zach Englander, Alex Herr, Melissa Leisorek, Shosh Ludmir, Sara Masarsky, Elisheva Meisel, Jesse Rubenfeld, Regina Shamooelian, Klil Wulkan

🎉MAZAL TOV

Mazal Tov to Gabrielle and Ahron ('12) Guttman on the birth of their daughter, Reese Emma on October 21. Mazal tov to older siblings Oliver and Taylor.

Mazal Tov to grandparents Rick and Dorit Guttman, Marty and Lori Schlakman; great-grandparents Hava Wolf, Chaim and Shelley Presby, and Harry and Elaine Schlakman; uncles and aunts Zack Englander and Jacqueline Guttman ('09), Shayna Guttman ('16), Nathaniel and Carly Schlakman, and Nadav and Fiona Bensadoun; cousins Sonny (2nd Grade), Milo (K), Trudy (EC2), and Archie Englander, Asa Schlakman, and Elad Bensadoun.

Mazal Tov to Yaniv and Eden Popik on the birth of their son on October 26.

Mazal Tov to big sister Miel (EC2).