• TEMPLE KOL AMI

    RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

Vision

Temple Kol Ami’s vision is to provide students with an engaging and innovative educational experience by incorporating interactive and experiential components in both the traditional classroom setting as well as our online eBrew program.

Mission

The TKA Religious School mission is to ensure that students feel empowered by their Jewish Identities to continue learning and growing as members of the Jewish Community and into adulthood.

Our Philosophy

Temple Kol Ami’s philosophy is that Judaism is more than just being Jewish, but, more importantly, it’s doing Jewish. “Doing Jewish” is not only understanding the importance of tzedakah and mitzvot, but collecting tzedakah and performing mitzvot; Not only is Judaism knowing what food we eat on the holiday, it is making the food, tasting it, and celebrating with our friends and families. In addition, we encorporate Social Action and Mitzvah Projects into our curriculum and youth group events, as well as teaching our students core Jewish Values and “Mensch-like” qualities that will help them “Do Jewish” in their every-day lives.

What does a Sunday Morning schedule look like for a Temple Kol Ami student?

Kindergarten – 3rd Grade

9am-10:15am – Arts and Crafts Project (Ex. Making a Tzedakah Box, Painting a Mezuzah)

10:15am-10:30am – Music

10:30am-10:50am – Snack/Recess

10:50am-11:05am – Rabbi Time (K-2 will have intro to the Hebrew Alphabet with Rabbi Schneider)

11:05am-12pm – Judaic Themed Activities (Ex. Braiding a Challah, Hearing and Re-enacting the story of Purim)

11:30am-12pm – 3rd Graders will attend a T’filah service with our 4th-6th Graders

12pm – Dismissal

4th – 6th Grade

9:00am – Chug (Students electives of cooking, music, art, etc….)

9:40am – Hebrew

10:30am – Break

10:40am – Judaica

11:30am – T’fillah

12:00pm – Dismissal

To help enrich student learning with additional exposure to prayer and Jewish community, students are expected to attend Shabbat services at least once a month.

Religious and Hebrew education are incorporated into Shabbat services, and attending will help students learn and prepare for becoming Bar/Bat Mitzvah.   Attending Shabbat (and other Temple events outside of Religious School) foster friendships and social relationships between Kol Ami children and their families, and making life-long friends is a big part of the Religious School experience at Kol Ami.

Religious School Programs

K – 3rd Grade

We offer innovative and hands-on learning for our K-3rd graders. Sunday mornings focus on Jewish traditions, Values, Holiday celebrations, Prayer, introductory Hebrew, Jewish cooking, arts and crafts, and more. Classes are on Sunday mornings from 9am-12pm.

4th – 6th Grade

In fourth grade, students transition to our Bar/Bat Mitzvah prep and advanced Jewish Studies curriculum. Students will participate in advanced Judaica study, taking a deeper look at Jewish ethics and values, Jewish history, lifecycle events, Israel, holidays and traditions, and Torah study. Through participation in experiential learning, 4th-6th grade students will develop a deeper Jewish identity as they prepare to become a Bar/Bat Mitzvah. 4th-6th Grade Students will also participate in more advanced Hebrew learning on Sunday mornings and have additional mid-week study via our online eBrew program.  Sunday morning classes are from 9am-12pm.

Madrich Program (7th – 12th Grade)

7th-12th grade students are invited to participate in our Madrichim (Teacher’s Assistant) program on Sunday mornings. This is a great opportunity for students to develop leadership skills, get credit for community service, and serve as a role model for our Temple’s youth. 

NO SCHLEPPING MID-WEEK!

NEW ONLINE HEBREW (eBrew) COMPONENT

We understand that families are busy. Don’t worry about driving your student to Hebrew lessons in the middle of the busy school week. Our 4th-6th grade religious school students will receive weekly ONLINE ONE-ON-ONE TUTORING with a LIVE TUTOR! Click here to learn about our innovative eBrew program.

CONTACT

Please contact us for more Temple Kol Ami Religious School & Youth Program information.

telephone

(480) 951-9660

email

carly@templekolami.org