Parashat Nitzavim
by Raizy Lichtenstein, Jewish Studies Teacher In Your Mouth and in your Heart: What the Talmudic Sages Ate on Rosh Hashanah The book of Deuteronomy…
by Raizy Lichtenstein, Jewish Studies Teacher In Your Mouth and in your Heart: What the Talmudic Sages Ate on Rosh Hashanah The book of Deuteronomy…
by Rabbi Josh Buchin, co-Dean of Students This week’s parsha contains one of the most beautiful and fascinating rituals in all of the Torah, the…
by Rabbi Josh Buchin, co-Dean of Students This week’s Torah portion, Ki Teitzei, contains a collection of laws that provide a blueprint for how to…
by Joe Gindi, Jewish Studies Teacher Thirty three years ago I was called to the Torah for the first time to chant Parashat Shoftim. As…
by Rabbi Josh Buchin, Dean of 11th & 12th Grades In this week’s Torah portion, Moses delivers his farewell address to the Israelites as they…
by Rabbi Howard Jacoby Ruben, Head of School My childhood rabbi used to tell the story about Ben, a boy lost in the woods. He…
by Joseph Gindi, Jewish Studies Teacher Bamidbar, this week’s Torah portion, opens with the following verse, “And God spoke to Moshe in the wilderness of…
Gratitude for the Half Measures by Rabbi Shua Brick, Jewish Studies Teacher It is quite fitting that we read the Torah portion about counting the…
Innovation Mindset: Chutzpah & Humility by Rabbi Howard Jacoby Ruben, Head of School The Torah reading cycle this summer draws our attention to humility. From…
by Rabbi Josh Buchin: Co-Dean of Students, Jewish Studies Teacher This week’s Torah portion, Achrei Mot-Kedoshim, contains a series of laws about holiness. Most of…
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Tuesday, August 23 | Freshman Welcome Retreat |
Wednesday, August 24 | Transfer Orientation |
Thursday, August 25 | First Day of Classes |
Monday, September 5 | No Classes – Labor Day |
Thursday, September 8 | Back to School Night/New Parent Orientation |
Friday – Sunday, September 23-25 | All-School Shabbaton |
Monday – Tuesday, September 26-27 . | No Classes – Rosh Hashanah |
Wednesday, September 28 | No Classes – Professional Development Day |
Tuesday, October 4 | Virtual Day – 2:20 Early Release – Erev Yom Kippur |
Wednesday, October 5 | No Classes – Yom Kippur |
Monday – Tuesday, October 10-11 | No Classes – Sukkot |
Monday – Tuesday, October 17-18 | No Classes – Shemini Atzeret/ Simchat Torah |
Thursday, November 10 | No Classes – Faculty Meeting Day /Fall Parent-Teacher Conferences (Evening) |
Friday, November 11 | No Classes – Fall Parent-Teacher Conferences |
Monday, November 21 | Virtual Day – 3:20 Release – Thanksgiving Week |
Tuesday, November 22 | Virtual Day – 3:20 Release – Thanksgiving Week |
Wednesday – Friday, November 23–25 | No Classes – Thanksgiving Break |
Monday, December 19 – Monday, January 2 | No Classes – Winter Break |
Tuesday, January 3 | Classes Resume |
Monday, January 16 | No Classes – MLK Day |
Thursday, February 16 | Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences (Evening) |
Friday, February 17 | No Classes – Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences |
Monday, February 20 | No Classes – Presidents Day |
Sunday – Monday, March 5–20 | Journey (Grade 11) |
Sunday – Thursday, March 12-16 | Journey (Grades 9, 10 & 12) |
Friday, March 17 | No Classes for Grades 9, 10 & 12 – Journey Recovery Day |
Tuesday, March 21 | No Classes for Grade 11 – Journey Recovery Day |
Monday – Friday, April 3–14 | No Classes – Pesach Break |
Friday, May 26 | No Classes – Shavuot I |
Monday, May 29 | No Classes – Memorial Day |
Friday & Monday – Thursday, June 2 & 5-8 | Final Exams (Grades 9-11) |
Thursday, June 8 | Graduation |