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Changing the World

November 7, 2015Byadmin

In the middle school we go to a different place every month to volunteer and help people who need it. This is a program called TOPs. TOPs stands for Tikkun Olam Program.

Like many schools, Gross Schechter has an expressed goal of ensuring that our students learn effective, proficient and fluent use of technology. We all know that developing and honing this skill is a necessary part of a 21st-century, outstanding education, and, yet, there is sometimes a barrier of fear.

A Well Rounded Education

November 7, 2015Byadmin

Through a rigorous integrated curriculum, our students gain mastery in both General Studies and Judaic Studies at Schechter. Our students benefit personally from a deep immersion in the second language of Hebrew, the language of our shared heritage and history.

Music to My Ears… Building Mind, Body and Soul

November 7, 2015Byadmin

by Rory Sanders, Music Teacher, K-8 Music accesses the part of ourselves that is soul-worthy. To reach the “specialness” that each of us represents, we sing, emote and dance rhythmically to express melody and the beat. We can connect through song in a way that transcends differences, which is one of the reasons music is so powerful. The way I...

Week in Review – November 6, 2015

November 6, 2015ByRachel Lappen

Enjoy highlights from another spectacular week at Gross Schechter!

Schechter Endowment Doubles with $1.5 Million in Gifts

Endowment Growth In the News! Gross Schechter Day School in Pepper Pike has doubled its endowment, enabling the coed school to improve its programming for years to come, according to Ari Yares, head of school. School officials recently announced that the Jewish school received major gifts to its endowment at the end of the school year: more than $1.5 million....

The Siren Heard Across the Country

June 5, 2015Byadmin

The Siren Heard Across the Country Today it is Yom HaShoah, the day we commemorate the Holocaust. We were in traffic when we heard the siren that is heard across the country that makes us all stop and remember. We also went to the camp of Atlit. After the war refugees would try to get to the land of Israel...

Middle School Menches of the Month

June 5, 2015Byadmin

Morris Davidov: Morris is always smiling while exuding a positive attitude. He consistently offers his help and assistance to classmates and teachers. He is ready to lend a hand with homework, holding doors, putting books away and more. Morris really listens when people talk to him and is polite and respectful. He apologizes when he is wrong and works to...

Kabbalat Tikun Ceremony

May 28, 2015Byadmin

Kabbalat Tikun, a special moment for our 4th grade students The fourth grade celebrated their skill as Torah readers on Wednesday evening, May 27, at their Kabbalat Tikun ceremony. In addition to chanting a verse from the Torah, each student shared an insight about how a Torah scroll is created and what the Torah means to us as Jews. The...

Working with the elderly in Beit Shean

April 20, 2015ByDanielle Shainker

For our eighth grade journey to Israel, we had the amazing opportunity to be paired up with another eighth grader who lives in Beit Shean. Recently, after months of emailing, we were able to spend the past two days meeting and getting to know our pen pals! Not only did we become close friends with our individual pen pal, but...

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