The First Read Aloud
October 19, 2014
THE FIRST READ ALOUD At Mirowitz, our students appreciate the opportunity to sink back into a beanbag chair and enjoy a delicious read-aloud. Little do they know that the read-aloud is not the creation of modern literacy educators, but of our ancestor, Ezra, who is...
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A MODEL COMMUNITY
October 13, 2014
Every year on Sukkot, I make an effort to find myself outdoors…eating in a Sukkah, hiking in the woods, riding my bike. No matter what I’m doing, spending time immersed in nature inspires me in the same ways: I gain perspective that I am part...
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Learning From Children
September 28, 2014
Each year during the High Holy Days, we sink into a deep reflection of ourselves. We humbly try to unravel the kind of person we want to be. Lately, I have discovered how to do this every week, all year long, and I’m going to...
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Sum Greater Than Its Parts
September 21, 2014
A SUM GREATER THAN ITS PARTS Those of us who claim that we are “not math people,” are mistaken. This outdated idea comes from an assumption that we have a natural ability to learn or not learn mathematics. In reality, what matters more than natural...
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Cultivating Reading
September 15, 2014
Cultivating a Love of Reading Books take us to distant times and spaces, quench ourdesire to learn, relax us and energize us, and they fill our neshamot, our souls.At Mirowitz, cultivating a love of reading is among the most important things we do. How do we do it?...
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Tekiah Gedolah
September 8, 2014
What will be YOUR Tekiah Gedolah? The best part of being a rabbi’s daughter was listening to my dad’s inspiring sermons. One year on Yom Kippur he spoke about the tekiah gedolah, the great shofar blast. He challenged everyone in the congregation to think about creating their...
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Immersion
September 2, 2014
I often ask myself, “What would happen if children spent their time thinking about world issues that needed their help? What if children recognized the power that they have to make a positive difference?” Our middle school trips are designed to do just that…to focus...
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Tending ponds and children
August 25, 2014
Our Kindergarten students have a big responsibility. They are guardians of the school’s pond,and this week, they began learning how to nurture it. They enlisted the help of Middle Schoolers who tested the pond’s water quality, identifying balanced Ph, clear turbidity, but too little oxygen. With...
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Ideas that Color the World…
August 20, 2014
Ideas that color the world… The grown-ups in the room didn’t have to say a word. Given the opportunity to share their insights, our students said it all. If you’d been at our opening assembly Thursday, you would have witnessed it, too. A second grader...
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