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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 "I will be...

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...

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...

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 that...

At the NEMJDS, students prepared for Rosh Hashanah in a plethora of fun and creative ways. Here is a small sampling.... We listened to the Sound of the Shofar each morning. We wrote and decorated Shana Tova (New Year) cards for our parents and members of the Jewish...

Hello! My name is Sierra Matthews and I am the new 1st grade teacher this year at NEMJDS. I have absolutely loved my time here so far, and I feel so welcomed by the staff, the students, and the community. We have had a busy start to the year already, and I am so...

Shapes, lines, texture, colors. In Kindergarten, we have covered a lot of these elements of art! Our latest project was to paint the wolf (heard in the musical composition “Peter and the Wolf” by Sergei Prokofiev that we studied in music class). We learned how to dip...

On Thursday, January 21, NEMJDS Spelling Bee Champion Eli Brook won the Private School District Spelling Bee, thereby securing a spot in the forthcoming Jefferson County Spelling Bee. Brook, a sixth grader, won the contest by correctly spelling the word...

You may have heard that we have quite a zoo in the science lab, with species ranging from reptiles to rodents. Last year, when I first met the animals, I walked into the science lab expecting nothing, and found out we had a snake and a lizard. Of course, the first...

When we think about doing a mitzvah, we think about the giving of ourselves, our time, and/or our money to others. But what about the act of doing something outside our comfort zone to benefit our school's kehillah? Students, staff, and faculty are required to wear...

To paraphrase an old adage, “an attitude is a terrible thing to waste”. A positive attitude helps all of us become the resourceful and resilient individuals that we are striving to be. So why waste the energy it takes to maintain a negative view of the world? The...