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My how time flies when you’re having fun! We cannot believe that we only have 6 more days until the end of the school year.

Grades 1 and 2 enjoyed a special tallit presentation by Larry Brook, editor of the Southern Jewish Life magazine.

Bon appétit! This is what you can read (in Hebrew) when you enter our school where all those colorful food trucks are displayed. 

The sixth through eighth graders have had a very exciting few weeks! For the second year in a row, these students have competed in the Letters About Literature contest run by the Library of Congress.

6th grade Hebrew class has just completed their food unit, and it was definitely a class favorite!

I hope you had a chance to attend our first Health Fair presented by the NEMJDS Health and P.E. Department. This event was organized by the leadership of Dr. Sarah Kunin, NEMJDS Board Member.

This sixth graders recently had the opportunity to experience our state like never before. They spent the week exploring the state from Selma to Birmingham with students from Jewish day schools in Greensboro, Omaha, Rochester, and New Haven.

Hebrew lessons are accompanied by a lot of singing. It’s an excellent and fun way to learn vocabulary. In addition to the usual frontal learning, adding the songs enriches learning and helps to practice.

As a teenager, I remember my favorite way to study for an exam was to teach the material to someone else. At the time, though, I didn’t fully understand or appreciate the effectiveness of this study technique; I just knew that it seemed to work well.

This week, NEMJDS K-2 students are participating in the NEA’s (National Education Association) National Read Across America week. Read Across America Week is a reading initiative that began back in 1997. This is a week to celebrate all things literacy and reading, and...