| Throughout the curriculum at Shalom, a philosophy of learning within and outside the classroom walls is maintained. Curriculum related trips, planned about six times a year per class, enhance these studies. Additionally, Spelling Bees, Science Fairs, Newspaper in Education Months, class presentations, yearbooks, Read-a-thons, Mitzvah Fairs, etc., have become annual events. All of these activities keep the students motivated and enrich their work. We believe that each child is a special individual and we strive to cater to each child's needs through our enrichment program. |
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| Trips Many trips are
planned throughout the year in the belief that
seeing is believing,
seeing is understanding. Cultural centers,theatrical productions,
nature trails and various science, history and see and touch museums
help bring the subject material out of the text book and classroom and
into real life applications. Visiting a Torah Scribe, attending the
Jewish Children's Expo and visiting the US Holocaust Museum are a few
of the trips that help portray
our heritage and build Jewish pride.
The over-night trips to
Washington, DC and Boston and of course,
the Shabbatone weekends, are always highlights of an enjoyable school
experience. See Curriclum
for more details.
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| Hebrew Transition Program A special
program is provided for students
joining grades 2 - 8 who have no prior Hebrew knowledge. By catering to their individual needs, each
child is taught to read and write Hebrew on a level where he or she can
be mainstreamed for all subjects. Without isolating the students from
their classmates, the new student is guided through the adjustment
period with utmost consideration.
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| Bar-Bat Mitzvah As the children
in Shalom advance through the elementary grades, they master all the necessary skills to prepare for their Bar or Bat Mitzvah. During
the year prior to the Bar or Bat Mitzvah, Shalom provides
individualized instruction to prepare each student for their religious
service.
Bar Mitzvah boys are trained to lead Synagogue services, read from the Torah, recite their Haftorah, deliver a message to the congregants and any of the other traditional practices performed at the religious service. Bat Mitzvah girls are trained to read the prayers and recitals at their special Bat Mitzvah ceremony. Shalom also conducts the actual religious service in their own synagogue or at other specified locations with no membership requirement. |
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| Helping
Hand As students
learn about the world, its people and their needs,
responsibility and caring for others is stressed. Participating
in community projects suchs as the American Heart
Association
Jump-a-thon, Multiple Sclerosis Read-a-thon, and Chai Lifeline Camp
Fund, teaches a child compassion for the less fortunate. The
gratification a child experiences by making the elderly smile at a home
for the aged or by raising funds to feed the homeless, encourages him
or her to pursue a life of giving.
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| Shalom
Torah Academy 639 Abbington Drive - East Windsor, NJ 08520 PH: 609-443-4877 FX: 609-443-3493 |
