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SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 | The Jewish Home
Around the Community
Yeshiva Har Torah Gets a Special Visitor
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he Yeshiva Har Torah Kitah Aleph journey to learn to read and write in Ivrit (Hebrew) kicked off with an exciting start. After meeting the characters of their virtual classroom, the children received a special surprise visit from Ariot the Lion. Ari-ot traveled all the way from Eretz Yisrael to wish the children a warm mazal tov upon beginning their journey. He presented each student with a new choveret (workbook) that each child proudly accepted with anticipation and excitement. We look forward to what will surely be a year of tremendous growth and success for our first graders at YHT.
A Great Beginning to the School Year at Gan Chamesh
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he school year at Gan Chamesh, Chabad’s Early Childhood Center is off to a great start. To begin the year, the teachers and staff took part in an awe-inspiring trip to the Ohel, the burial place of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, z”l. This presented a perfect opportunity to daven and ask Hashem for a successful and meaningful school year. The teachers and staff met with parents at an informative parent orientation
program on Wednesday evening, September 6. Everyone had an opportunity to hear about the unique philosophies of the school. The evening highlighted some of the innovative, multisensory Reggio inspired programs that Gan Chamesh has implemented. Gan Chamesh runs elaborate and exciting enrichment programs revolving around the yamim tovim. The children enjoyed a hands-on,
fun filled Rosh Hashana fair that provided them with a vast array of educational experiences. They painted with pomegranates, picked apples from an apple orchard, sorted apples by color, measured their height in apples, listened to different shofar sounds, and visited a Tashlich pond that had real fish, among many other interactive stations. The staff and administration of Gan Chamesh look forward to implementing other
inspiring programming and working together with the parents to ensure that the children have a great, successful year at Gan Chamesh. Wishing you all a shana tova u’metuka! For more information about Gan Chamesh, Chabad’s Early Childhood Center, please contact Susy Adler or Suzanne Wallin, the program directors, at 516 295-2479.