K-7 Religious School

Our community engages in the endeavor to be lifelong students of Jewish history, ritual, tradition, and text, to encounter holiness, and to be passionate advocates for social justice and tikkun olam.

Our goal is to provide the best quality Jewish education for all children in a stimulating and nurturing environment. Our faculty strives to nurture each child in the context of the family and the community. We aim to build an atmosphere for every child that creates a desire to learn and understand.

The Temple Beth El curriculum rests on the firm foundation of Torah, from learning to practices to beliefs. The Temple Beth El curriculum is in keeping with the goals of Reform Jewish Education: to deepen Jewish experience and knowledge in order to strengthen faith in God, love of Torah, and identification with the Jewish people.

Our kindergarten-6th grade students will be using the ShalomLearning values-based curriculum.  Each grade will explore how to embody seven core values through the primary relationship focus of their age group. Units include relevant Hebrew vocabulary and prayers. The values are:

• T’shuvah—Repentance
• B’tzelem Elohim—Image of God
• G’vurah—Strength
• Acharayut—Responsibility
• Hakarat hatov—Gratitude
• Koach hadibbur—Power of Speech
• Shalom—Peace 

Kindergarten-First Grade: Students will explore the seven core values and holidays through their five senses. 

Second Grade: Students will explore the seven core values and holidays through their senses, with a special focus on Jewish art and artists from around the world.

Third & Fourth Grade: Students will explore the seven core values and holidays through their relationships with their family and the self.

Fifth Grade: Students will explore the seven core values and holidays through their relationships with their peers.

Sixth Grade: Students will explore the seven core values and holidays through their relationships with their community.

Seventh Grade: Students will develop their skill and experience reading the Torah as a sacred and very complicated text. They will explore how to find meaning in these ancient stories and look for the seven values of the ShalomLearning curriculum in the text of the Torah.