MetroWest Rishon Lior Tamir discusses Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha’atmaut in this week’s edition of The Israel Page.
The Israel Page, a newsletter by MetroWest Rishon Lior Tamir, discusses tidbits of Israeli culture and holiday observance. Take a look at the latest edition.
A number of scholarship opportunities are available to current and prospective Golda Och Academy students for the 2012-13 school year.
In its second year, GOA is proud to offer the Golda Och Academy Merit Scholarship, open only to current and prospective students entering grade 9 in 2012-13. The Golda Och Academy Merit Scholarship is the school’s most prestigious award and is based on academic merit. Those students deemed GOA Merit Scholars will be awarded four full years of tuition for High School.
Golda Och Academy is also offering the Eric. F. Ross Scholarship, open to both current and prospective students entering grades 6 and 9 in 2012-13. Recipients of the Eric F. Ross Scholarship will be awarded $1,800 per year for either three years for Middle School or four years for High School. These scholarships will be awarded to those students who demonstrate extraordinary qualities in one or more of the following areas: outstanding academic achievement, citizenship, the potential for outstanding leadership, or passion for the arts, science, mathematics, music, or literature.
For more information and applications, please click on the links below:
If you have any questions, please contact Gail Shapiro at GShapiro@GoldaOchAcademy.org or 973-602-3626.
Cost: $60 – 8 sessions
Aleph Bet Music will incorporate developmentally appropriate songs, finger-plays, creative movement and instrument play. Songs for Shabbat and the holidays will be included in the weekly classes.
The class will be taught by Babette Davis, who has been teaching music in Jewish preschools for over 20 years. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Voice Performance and has a Master’s Degree in Music Therapy.
In an effort to further bolster the academic excellence of the area’s Jewish day schools, the MetroWest community and private donors are investing $1million in the professional development of teachers.
The four-year program, known as “The Quest for Teaching Excellence,” will support and enhance the work of every teacher in every classroom in each of three Jewish day schools: Golda Och Academy in West Orange, Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy/Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School in Livingston, and Nathan Bohrer-Abraham Kaufman Hebrew Academy of Morris County in Randolph.
A new program at Golda Och Academy promises to make Jewish day school education accessible to students with no day school background. Through its new GO Connect program, students with no prior day school education will be gradually transitioned into the Judaics curriculum at any grade level. The school plans to implement the GO Connect program in the Upper and Lower School campuses for the 2012-2013 school year.
Special day for Golda Och Academy grades K-5. Friday, December 9, Leon & Toby Cooperman JCC, West Orange. $65 for the day. Let the games begin! For more information, click here.
Super Sunday, a day when the community comes together to raise funds that support programs and services that help people in need in our community, will be held this year on Dec. 4. At United Jewish Communities of MetroWest, the following events will take place during this year’s Super Sunday event: fundraising phone-a-thon, interactive storytime, and Rock and Wrap. To learn more, click here. The following events will take place at the Jewish Federation of Central NJ during Super Sunday: mitzvah projects, Israel advocacy, and family fun. To learn more, click here.
Golda Och Academy is currently planning for a redesign of its High School Judaics curriculum. Beginning with the 2012 – 2013 school year, GOA will have multi-grade Judaics electives and a flexible and innovate curriculum that stresses academic rigor, critical thinking and students’ personal connection to our rich Jewish tradition. We look forward to sharing more information with you in the future. In the meantime, a more detailed overview of the plan is available below.
On Nov. 23, the National Honor Society will be sponsoring our 15th Annual Walk for Life to raise money for bone marrow testing. Each year
thousands of people are diagnosed with fatal blood diseases; 25 of those people die every day. For those who continue to fight, their only hope is a bone marrow transplant, for which only 30% of those in need find a compatible donor within their own families. Meanwhile, the rest must search for a suitable, outside donor, a process that includes the expensive task of organizing and financing blood-testing drives. It is especially hard for Jews and other minorities to find a match, because the best chance of finding one lies within the same ethnic background as that of the patient. In an effort to help alleviate the financial pressure of the search process, GOA students at each of the campuses will be participating in a symbolic Walk for Life. Each walker is asked to invite as many sponsors as possible to donate money in multiples of chai (18). Our goal is to have 100% participation within the GOA community with as many sponsors as possible giving $18.00 or more. Time is running out for many in need. We encourage you to continue to fulfill the mitzvah of pikuach nefesh, the saving of a life. For more information, click here.
Lower School
Renovation Project
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A new program for students
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