Curriculum

Plato Said:

“Education’s First Stages Determine A Person’s Future Life.”

This means that we, parents and teachers, are affecting eternity. The education we provide our children today affects them forever. What an awesome responsibility we are carrying!

What constitutes a quality education? Surely, in this age of information, a good education is not only about building knowledge or honing skills (though that is surely important too.) The ever important goal is to build the child’s identity, the child’s sense of self. For it is with our fundamental sense of self that we approach every aspect of our lives. For Jewish children, their sense of self is intrinsically bound to their Jewish identity. It stands to reason: If a child needs a positive self-image, a Jewish child needs a positive Judaic image.

Our Primary Objective in Hebrew School

GOALS OF OUR PROGRAM

To foster positive feelings towards Judaism and a feeling of pride, familiarity and love for being Jewish, and a sense of belonging to the Jewish community, the Jewish people and Israel.

To build knowledge of mitzvot and Jewish traditions, Torah stories, and Jewish values with hands-on experiences and discussions.

To gain the skill of Hebrew reading.

To encourage students to express their opinions and ask questions about the Torah in today’s day and age, finding relevance to their lives.

Hebrew Reading Curriculum

Gan

Kindergarden: Mitzvos I Can Do

A fun and interactive curriculum geared to engage and teach young children how to perform various Mitzvot using the different parts of their bodies. Each topic is brought to a child’s relatable level complete with songs, stories, art and activities

Kitah Aleph

TORAHpedia

TORAHpedia is a cleverly constructed curriculum, focusing on one mitzvah for each letter of the aleph-bet. The students have fun as they learn 22 fundamental Jewish lessons. TORAHpedia places special emphasis on Mitzvot Are For Action! TORAHpedia brings real-life relevance to key Jewish concepts, demonstrating how Torah's lessons are applicable to the students’ actual lives.

Kitah Bet

Bereishit - Genesis

“In the beginning, Gd created the world” and filled it with people. But, oh, the journey was not so smooth. Meet the personalities of the 1st Book of the Torah, the Book of Genesis. Learn their stories and think about the choices we would make in their situation. We make a creative scrapbook to go along.

Kitah Gimmel

My Jewish Home

My Jewish Home is designed to discuss the mitzvot involved in creating a Jewish home, such as Kosher, hospitality, Mezuzah, etc. The students grasp that this is the center of Jewish life - ‘home is where the soul is’.

Kitah Daled

Jewish Heroes

With engaging activities, projects, and worksheets per hero, the Jewish Heroes curriculum provides students with the opportunity to become Jewish Hero pros as they learn about the many heroes in Jewish history beginning with the first Jew Avraham until the present day.

Kitah Hey

Hang with the Ten

The Aseret Hadibrot are often translated as the 10 Commandments. But these ten are really so much more; they are a framework for all Judaism. All mitzvot and Jewish values are derived from these ten. It's a full, interactive and engaging way to discover the deeper meaning behind the 10.

Kita Vav

What is...Shabbat, Kosher, Brachot?

The 6th grade class delves into these four important topics over the course of the year, taking adeeper look into the meaning of these important Mitzvot.

Bar/Bat Mitzvah Division

Time of My Life

At Chabad Hebrew School, we view Bar/Bat Mitzvah as a means to an end, not an end in itself.When a child turns Bar or Bat Mitzvah, it is the beginning of a lifetime journey into Judaism. Wehave therefore created a very unique curriculum for our B’nai Mitzvah, our goal being to fosterawareness that this milestone is only the beginning of Jewish life, not the end, and to help ourstudents attain a greater appreciation of the responsibilities of a Jewish adult.

Hebrew

Grade K
Our Kindergarten class is introduced to Hebrew Reading through games, crafts, songs,and stories. Each letter and vowel takes on a fun ‘personality’ which is used as a meansto help the child remember the letter’s shape and sound. As we slowly integrate lettersand vowels, our students learn the patterns of Hebrew, and how to sound short words.We use multiple strategies, thereby accommodating all types of learners.

Grades 1-3:
Younger division ALEPH CHAMP
Aleph Champ, modeled after the Karate Martial Arts system of motivational coloredlevels, breaks up the Hebrew reading process into bite sized motivational levels whichmakes it more kid friendly and exciting.
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Students start as a white Aleph Champ learning half of the aleph bet. Each Aleph Champ level has a color coded book, flashcards, workbooks and a medallion which isawarded once a level is passed. All of these work together to create the motivationneeded to progress in their own way.

Grades 4-8:
older division ALEPH CHAMP
The older division Aleph Champ is run similarly to the younger division. The students are learning at their own pace rather than together as an entire grade. The older division uses workbooks and has a slightly longer period for Aleph champ.