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Over the last seven years, HALB and its Early Childhood Program, Lev Chana, have fully integrated “Blended Learning” as their driving educational model, moving away from desks and frontal teaching. The HALB Lev Chana Blended Learning model successfully integrates academics and technology while enabling our students to get a personalized educational experience of small skill groups. Mr. David Marks, Director of Blended Learning and Education Analytics, emphasizes the benefit our children receive from an increase in teacher/student interaction, positive feedback, support, and ongoing informal assessment. Additionally, Mrs. Felecie Akerman, Co-director of Lev Chana ECC, notes that Blended Learning enhances the teacher’s understanding of our children, enables teachers to make stronger, more valuable connections with children, and helps to build confidence in our children as they successfully complete the skills. The teachers think about their student’s needs as well as their underlying skills as they plan their groupings. While half of the class is working on specific skills with their teachers, the other half is fully engrossed with one of the four educational technological programs. An initial diagnostic assessment determines the level at which the student will begin the program. Teachers have the ability to go into the program and reassign skills based on the child’s performance and the in-house developed custom reports that assess the child’s performance: their strengths and areas of concern. 

Seniors in MTA’s Names, Not Numbers elective course are combating the rise of anti-Semitism by creating their own Holocaust documentary. Talmidim interviewed incredible survivors and are sharing their compelling stories with the world to make sure that these heroes are never forgotten.

For the fifth year running, Rabbi Zev Meir Friedman was invited to present at the National Conference of Educators of Blue Ribbon Schools. The Rambam Mesivta, which was chosen as a school of excellence, has historically been the only boys yeshivah high school in the country to have been so named. Last month, Rambam was pleased to learn that they were chosen once again and are part of the few elite schools in the country that have won twice!

At the Yeshiva of Central Queens (YCQ), preparing for Thanksgiving and Chanukah has been a school-wide extraordinary adventure. Morah Yaffi Salek, Grade 3 teacher, says, “This time of year is special for my students. The Chanukah spirit is felt when they play a nightly Hebrew interactive game that they’ve created. The game is played while the menorah is burning.”

The email sent to the students of the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls on the second night of Chanukah read “Dress warmly.”

“Amazing!” “Incredible!” “Thanks so much!” These were just some of the reactions to Rambam’s 21st annual Alumni Shabbaton in Israel.