Sunday School

TBE Parents! This is our space to make connections and support each other.

Please use this group to:
-invite one another to family play dates
-share great Jewish parenting (or just parenting) resource finds
-seek advice in moving through Jewish life-stage events
-make arrangements (such as carpooling to TBE events) that will optimize our
families’ abilities to grow together!

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SUNDAY SCHOOL PHOTO GALLERIES

2020 Family Mural Tour

2020 Artist-in-Residence

Connecting to our Sunday school families...

Last week, a team of 7 delivery drivers including our 4 Madrachim, Stacy Conroy, Bridget Siegel-Fultz, and Sarah Grace Nadler set out to drop a total of 105 gift bags (90 for Sunday School Seekers) and 15 appreciation gifts for the members of the Sunday School Teaching Team! Our Madrachim really enthusiastically and professionally stepped up to help make this project happen in a safe and efficient way!! We are so proud of them! It was especially meaningful for everyone involved!

Blessing Page for Families

Care Package Note for Parents

Care Package Note for Seekers

The gift bags for the Seekers contained:
- A colored pencil set in a logo keepsake box
- A logo fidget cube (learning facilitation tool)
- A logo beach ball and/or an emoji squeeze/stress ball
- Cards from the "How Do You Jew" family Jewish conversation starter deck
- A card from the "Empowerment and Affirmations Deck for Kids"

The gift bags for the teachers included a small Sanservia plant (chosen as a symbol of their resilience and adaptability) and oe of the TBE beach balls.

A big THANK YOU to the Sher Family Endowment for Education, Innovation & Support!

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"In a time in history when so much exists only in cyberspace, and so much of our time is spent in the pursuit of academic and career-related pursuits, Temple Beth-El's Raymund Family Sunday School is our place to cultivate joy, peace, connection, and meaning. It is where you and your family can go to get more out of life, grounded in the same values that guided our ancestors through hardship and change. But, we will do that in a new way that supports the next generation's right to carve out their own niche of spiritual exploration. Together, this year, we are set up to hold space for evolution; honoring the magic that happens between "no longer and not yet" [Nancy Levin}."

- Sarah Grace Nadler, Director of Innovative Programing

OUR OPEN DOOR POLICY CONTINUES INTO OUR SUNDAY SCHOOL PROGRAM. WE WELCOME ANY NEW FAMILIES WHO WANT TO TRY OUT OUR PROGRAM FOR ONE YEAR WITHOUT COMMITTING TO JOINING TEMPLE BETH-EL. SO BRING A FRIEND!

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SUNDAYS, 9:30 A.M. - NOON

ENGAGING FAMILIES & BUILDING COMMUNITIES

• Make new friends and strengthen existing relationships

• Experience Judaism in both social and educational settings

• Family opportunities to learn together

HEBREW HOMEROOM

• Brings Hebrew Education back to TBE!

• Reincorporates modern Hebrew and fun Hebrew activities

• First 55 minutes each Sunday

• in Grade-level Groups

• New curriculum developed by Rabbi Michael Torop, experienced Hebrew teachers and Lay Leaders

• T'fillah will occur during Hebrew Homeroom monthly (K-2 & 3-7)

MIDWEEK HEBREW TUTORING

• 30-minute private instruction

• Grades 5-6: Seekers in other grades can request supplemental tutoring for support or enrichment

• Onsite or online

• 18 sessions per year included in fee (about 2 sessions/month)

MINYANIM

• 90-minutes each Sunday after Hebrew Homeroom

• Mixed age groups to increase connections and morale

• Cultural experiences occur during Minyanim time about 3-4 times/semester

• New values-based curriculum that explores each value through cultural-identity-building lenses

CAPSULE PROGRAM

• Open to seekers in 4th-7th grade

• Practice modern skills for thriving while grounding in Jewish values and character-building resources

• Optional. Parents can opt-in to be considered, but enrollment will be by invitation based on registration results

• Based on research about modern day Jewish family needs and interests and successful cultural change

CULTURAL EXPERIENCES

• 20-60 minutes

• Stand alone experiences

• Similar content to Electives (cooking, Krav Maga, yoga & more!)

• 6-8 times throughout the year

Our Sunday Seekers (grades K-6th) separated into teams (by choice) to tackle the creation of a collaborative Sunday School Newspaper! The newspaper, which spans Jewish traditions, values, critical thinking, questioning and creativity, is a culmination of their exploration at Sunday School this fall....for more, click the link below!