By Ms. Sara Berlin, Cherry Lane Social Worker What is a growth mindset? This week PreK-2nd grade students learned what it means to have a growth mindset and applied it to trying new things. They started off the lesson by watching a short clip about a character named Mojo. Mojo, a friendly monster, really liked …
By Lisa Weinstein, Director of Curriculum and Instruction While our students at North Shore Hebrew Academy have always been engaged with reading and writing on a daily basis, after a thorough analysis of the General Studies curriculum, we are implementing a formal writing curriculum this year that will explicitly teach students to write, by building …
“You are all equal in your power, but distinct in your gifts.” – Ama Karikari Yawson Our students have been learning about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s significance, legacy and the ways in which we can fulfill his dream. As part of that mission, we held a special program on January 28th for grades K-5 led …
By Lisa Weinstein Director of Curriculum and Instruction North Shore Hebrew Academy hosted its first WhoWas? History Bee this past Wednesday, coordinated by Lisa Weinstein, our new Director of Curriculum & Instruction. The WhoWas? History Bee is part of a national competition sponsored by Penguin Random House. It was the perfect challenge for our students …
By Sara Berlin, LMSW School Social Worker (Cherry Lane) Fear and anxiety are a normal and expected part of being a kid: Hiding behind a caregiver when meeting a new person for the first time. Asking for one more story or to be tucked in one more time, as to avoid going to bed on …
Picture this – a group of individuals meets each week to discuss the global economy, personal finance and investment strategy. No, it’s not a corporate finance team at Goldman Sachs, but rather a group of our 7th-8th grade students every Wednesday during Middle School Club Hour. Led by Rabbi Simon Basalely as their faculty advisor, …
By Ofier Sigal, General Studies Principal There is a story of a bus of more than 30 shochets going upstate New York for kosher slaughter on a farm. They would load a bus in central Brooklyn and went twice weekly. The shochets would cut and slice all day long. The men cleaned up and started …
Brought to you by the Pre-K Judaic Studies Team: Morot: Rebeka Ebrahimi, Gali Naftali and Connie Reichman Our Pre-K students are the youngest in the building here at Cherry Lane and our program balances a mix of play and the academics that will prepare them for the years ahead. Our goal is to use interactive …
What if you could learn 5000 years of contextualized Jewish History in a thought provoking and memorable way in three class periods? It’s something we’re working on here at NSHA as we welcomed back Mr. Ronnie Halibard and his Jewish History in a Flash program this week. The program was custom made for NSHA and …
By Ofier Sigal, General Studies Principal As a child of the 1980s, I, along with millions of other kids, was enthralled with video games. Game consoles like Atari, Sega, Nintendo all held us hostage to our televisions while our parents wanted us to spend more time being more “productive.” Now that gaming is increasingly untethered from …
By Morah Carrie Silberman, Director of Library Studies Research shows that students learn more when teachers and their school librarian collaborate. At NSHA our library program is fully integrated into our educational program so that I partner with students and teachers across all the Cherry Lane grades. When library skills are fully integrated with our …
By Mrs. Kim Bliss, English Studies Faculty Member and Dr. Alla Zhelinsky-Denyer, School Psychologist Grades 6-8 R.J. Palacio’s novel, Wonder, has inspired children and adults in what can be referred to as a global phenomenon. In the novel, we meet August Pullman, a fifth grade boy with a medical condition that has resulted in him …
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