by N. E. Miles Jewish Day School | Nov 18, 2021 | 2021-2022 Newsletters
We have been working very hard in first grade. We have learned all the short vowel sounds and long vowel sounds! We can say where a sound is in a word (phonemic awareness). We are working on personal responsibility and our “because” sentences. I will say...
by N. E. Miles Jewish Day School | Nov 18, 2021 | 2021-2022 Newsletters
Rafi was a student at Maimonides School, a K-12 Modern Orthodox institution in Boston. He was studying the “R’faeinu” (“Heal us”) prayer for health in the Shemoneh Esrei which includes the words “bring complete recovery for all our ailments . . . [God] heals the sick...
by N. E. Miles Jewish Day School | Nov 18, 2021 | 2021-2022 Newsletters
Singing, playing, moving and listening are the four activities we do at every music class in kindergarten. We sing our song of the week, mostly call and response to get the pitch right, and we always find a few instruments around the music room to help us. Keeping the...
by N. E. Miles Jewish Day School | Nov 18, 2021 | 2021-2022 Newsletters
My name is Katharine Henley and I am the new Kindergarten teacher at N. E. Miles! I graduated from the University of Mississippi in 2020 with a degree in Elementary Education with English, Mathematics, and Special Education endorsements. This is my second year of...
by N. E. Miles Jewish Day School | Nov 18, 2021 | 2020-2021 Newsletters
At N. E. Miles Jewish Day School, our mission is to send well-educated “mensches” into the world, to make it a better place (Tikkun olam). In pursuit of that mission, the students at the Day School have asked themselves, “What should we expect from ourselves, so...
