Teacher Feature: Rachel Unger
Introducing Rachel Unger Rachel Unger, our beloved 4th and 5th Grade teacher, has been a Miami Beach resident since she was 2.5 years old. She graduated from Ransom Everglades High School and attended the University of Miami, graduating in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science in Education and earned a Master of Science in Education […]
Fairchild Tropical Garden Challenge 2023
Our elementary learners had a strong year of participation in the Fairchild Tropical Garden Challenge 2023. The Fairchild Challenge is an award-winning, interdisciplinary, environmental science competition designed to engage students to explore the natural world. The program has been recognized as a benchmark for exceptional STEM education and for empowering PreK-12th grade students to become […]
Embracing the Tattletale
Dear Families, Does my statement “embracing the tattletale” cause you to pause and ask what? I bet some of you – like me – grew up being told that you should not tattle on others and that tattling is not nice! After years of working closely with children and adults, I believe that we have the moral responsibility […]
Kennedy Space Center Overnight
This weekend I had the absolute pleasure of traveling with our Fourth and Fifth Graders and their incredible educator, Ms. Rachel Unger along with her daughter Ellie, our superstar chaperone, to Kennedy Space Center for an overnight field trip. We arrived on Friday afternoon and were given a private two-hour guided tour of the home […]
Earth Summit
On March 1, our elementary-level learners held the first annual Earth Summit Learning Exhibition. We were joined by Mayor Gelber and Commissioner Mikey Steinberg who declared March 1st as Innovative School Day and honored our school with an official Miami Beach Proclamation for our dedication to making the world a better place! The Summit was the […]
It’s Tu Bishvat
Tu Bishvat or the “New Year of the Trees” is Jewish Arbor Day. Check out our Newsletter from our Jewish Resource Specialist Jen Katz-Burk
First Grade Career Day
This was an extremely fun week in the Seagrape class! We have been learning all about our community, and all of the goods, services, and jobs that help a community run smoothly. Since we were learning about community helpers, we had some actual community helpers come in and share all about their jobs! Gavi’s dad […]
Our Jewish Calendar
“Time on earth is a pattern of wheels within wheels – the day, the week, the seasons, the year – and on each of the wheels Judaism has set its stamp.” These are the words of famous author and Pulitzer prizewinner, Herman Wouk. The Jewish holidays, our Torah, and Israel connect us to our Jewish […]
Fifth for Fifth
Each school year, the passing of time always amazes me. So much has happened this year, but at the same time, how can it already be the end of another incredible year? Our elementary level celebrates its fifth year anniversary and next year we will complete our school with our first graduating fifth grade class! […]
We are on the right track!
“It does not require a great leap of imagination or profound insight to recognize that the values and visions that have driven education during the first quarter of the 20th century are reappearing with a vengeance today. We look for “best methods” as if they were independent of context; we do more testing than any […]