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At
KI, we plant the seeds for Jewish life.
What do you want for your child’s Jewish education?
A FUN, ENGAGING
experience where kids LEARN the values and traditions of Judaism
from CARING teachers and DEVOTED clergy who make Judaism come alive.
VISION STATEMENT
“and you shall teach them diligently” Deut. 6:7
The Religious School of Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel strives
to help its students and families develop comfortable, enduring
approaches to contemporary Jewish living rooted in the experience of
a welcoming synagogue community, meaningful worship and knowledge of
Jewish values, customs and history. Our school seeks to instill in
all of our students a love of the Jewish people and the State of
Israel and to enable them to lead services and read from the Torah.
Our religious School values both tradition and innovation and is
firmly committed to the work of Tikkun Olam through mitzvah-based
projects and the pursuit of social justice.
Thinking of Religious School
at KI?
Click here for a
Letter
from our Director about our religious School
Schedule
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Lower
School
Pre K – 2nd
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Sundays
9:30 AM – 12:00
in Elkins Park
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Thursdays
4:00 – 6:00 PM
in Blue Bell
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Upper
School
3rd – 6th
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Sundays
9:30 AM – 12:00,
and
Tuesdays 4:30- 6 PM
in Elkins Park
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Mondays and
Thursdays
4:00 – 6:00 PM
in Blue
Bell
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Confirmation
Academy
7th
– 10th
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Tuesdays
6:30-8:30 PM in Elkins Park
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Thursdays
6:15-8:00 In Blue
Bell
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Curriculum
Lower
School
From topics such as Where is God to Who is a
Jewish super hero? our lower school curriculum fosters the students
sense of awe and wonder while building on knowledge of holidays and
Hebrew. Each week
classes join in hands on Jewish learning supplemented by music, art,
special prayer time with our Rabbis and the KI Puppets and modern
Hebrew. Kids in our
lower school love seeing their KI friends each Sunday morning, being
warmly welcomed by the clergy and their teachers, and form deep
lasting connections with their friends and the synagogue community.
Upper
School
Students in grades learn about the key elements of Judaism (Torah
(Bible), Avodah
(worship) and Gimilut Chasadim (Acts of Love and Kindness) through
the Reform Movement’s Chai curriculum.
This curriculum is an interactive learning experience and
encourages independent critical thinking.
Each year features special projects and year long activities
that ensure students connect their Jewish learning to their everyday
lives.
Hebrew
study is a major focus of the upper school curriculum. Through
games, computer learning, and recitation students learn to read the
Hebrew alphabet and become familiar with the prayers of the Friday
night, Saturday morning and Havdalah service.
Hebrew instruction is done in small groups and trained
tutors are available for each class to help
students with special needs Our students regularly lead services on
Shabbat, in Jr. Congregation as well as at our bi-monthly learner’s
minyan.
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KI’s Religious
School
is the only
Religious
School in the Area that
is Accredited by the National
Association of Temple
Educators.
This is the Reform Movement’s “Gold
Star” of excellence for Religious
School
Education.
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Resources
for our Students:
4th Grade Prayer
CD
5th Grade Prayer
CD
6th Grade Prayer
CD
Resources for our Parents:
2009-2010
Full Religious School Calendar
2009-2010 Religious School Handbook
(Elkins
Park)
2009-2010 Religious School Handbook (Blue
Bell)
FORMS
AND FLYERS:
New
student enrollment form
2010-2011 Registration form (for all students)
2010-2011 Tuition form (one per family for
returning students) Pending
2010-2011 Tentative School Calendar Pending
2010-2011 School Year Flyers
Pending
Scholarship
form for
Camp
Harlam, and
Gratz Jewish
Community
High School
NFTY
Events
Pending
