Classes
Each grade group has its own classroom and its own teacher. The day is the same shape for everyone, and Friday ends early so families can get ready for Shabbat.
Kindergarten and grade 1
Hebrew songs and letters, stories read aloud and a daily morning gathering.
Grades 2 and 3
Hebrew reading begins, with short texts and a weekly Torah story.
Grades 4 and 5
Hebrew conversation, Jewish history and a first research project.
Grades 6 to 8
Round-table discussions, lab days and a service project each term.
The office confirms class size at a visit.
Sample programs.
Subjects
Hebrew and Judaic studies sit beside the subjects every school teaches, in one school day.
Taught every day, from songs and letters in kindergarten to short readings and conversation in the upper grades.
Torah stories, holidays and Jewish history, by grade, with time for questions.
Reading groups, writing every week and a class library each student borrows from.
Math in grade-level classes, with number games in the early grades and problem sets in the upper grades.
A lab morning each week from grade 3, and a science evening for families in the spring.
Singing in every class, drawing and clay, and a concert for families before each long break.
Grades 6 to 8
Middle school students meet at a round table twice a week to read, argue and write about one text together. A teacher keeps the table and asks the questions; students bring theirs. Each term the class takes on one service project in Norman, chosen by the students. Math and science are lab-based, and a study hall closes the day for students who stay.
Two round-table discussions a week.
A lab morning in the science room.
A study hall after the last class.
Spend a morning in a classroom and ask the teachers what a week is like.