An Overview of our Curriculum.
Shalom School teaches both Hebrew and Judaic studies. Hebrew is taught through seventh grade and includes liturgy and synagogue skills. Our Judaic studies curriculum through grade six includes Bible, Israel, prayer, history, holidays, tzedakah, contemporary Jewish issues, Jewish current events, ethics and values, and life cycle events. Consistent with the ages and developmental levels of children, some of these areas are covered with different emphasis and intensity each year, while others are assigned only to certain grades. Music and Art are integrated into the program at all grade levels.
Our Middle School and High School students (grades seven through ten) study one Sunday a month, and many prepare for Confirmation at each of our Congregations. Our students take courses in Bible, Jewish history, law, philosophy and ethics, comparative religion, Jewish community life, Jewish current events, Judaism and ecology, and other topics. Field trips, including visits to the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. and Jewish sites in the south, are integrated into the program.
Please click on your child's grade to find the major subjects established by our School Board that he or she will be learning this year at Shalom School, as well as the texts we will be using (including links to the publishers).
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