We have a very strong and generous PTA which allows us the financial flexibility to enrich our curriculum in several ways. Hebrew students have an all-school music time once a week with Amy Ripps. She developed this program and it has become a staple of the school and an excellent way to enhance Hebrew reading and prayer and holiday skills. On Sundays, Osnat Nyska meets with each class and accompanied by piano or keyboard, makes beautiful music. Our art curriculum is ongoing in all classes on an age appropriate level.
Most grades have projects built into their curriculum.
A goal is to have our students make ceremonial and ritual objects that will be used by them well into adulthood. An example of this is our seventh grade tallit work shops. Students make and decorate a silk tallit of their own design. They learn the history and ritual surrounding tallit and tzitzit, as they tie the tzitzit for their own tallit. Paying careful attention to all details, they even march into the sanctuary to Jewish music that they have selected.