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 […]
Chag Sameach! Happy Passover! 
Dear School Community, Chag Sameach! Happy Passover! We enjoyed sharing our school wide Haggadah Presentation with all of you. Everyone had such a great time reliving the Passover Story as our amazing team dynamically presented this ancient account. The old adage, “A picture is worth a thousand words,” might be restated to say, “An experience is worth a thousand […]
School Garden Challenge
In conjunction with Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens, grades Pre K- Fourth Grade have entered The Fairchild Tropical Gardens School Garden Challenge. 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 […]
Deep Studies
“When we focus on learners—connecting to their interests, needs, and goals—we can create experiences that ignite curiosity, develop passion, and unleash genius.”-Katie Martin (Learner-Center Collaborative)
In spite of Covid, Monet happened…
Please do not be too quick to dismiss this narrative, even if it has that very, unfortunately familiar, and uncomfortable word that has been the culprit of total world disruption and disturbance for the past two years. I can assure you that in this story, Covid is not the protagonist but rather a secondary character. […]
Where We Live
First graders engage in deep studies around the social studies arc “where we live.” As learners study their school neighborhood, Miami Beach, they develop many social skills, including problem solving and collaboration. In the first grade class, our students learned about the bedrock that is the foundation of their school’s neighborhood, Miami Beach. During this […]
Mystery Readers Return
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