Remember, Honor, Vote: Marking Israel’s National Days and Shaping the Future
April 28, 2025
As we journey from Pesach toward the end of the school year, we mark three powerful days on the Israeli national calendar, moments that reflect some of the deepest lows and the most inspiring highs in Jewish history. Yesterday, our students commemorated יום השואה – Yom HaShoah, Holocaust...
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Roots and Wings: A Mirowitz Celebration
April 7, 2025
Last Sunday, we held our revamped gala, now titled A Mirowitz Celebration, at Reverie, a new venue in Chesterfield. I hope you enjoyed the evening if you were able to attend. If you were unable to attend, I hope you will come next year. I’m...
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Building a Bright Future: Exciting New Programs for our 25-26 School
March 9, 2025
The latest news of our evolution to a K-6 has been difficult. You must know we remain committed to providing an extraordinary childhood to all our students. Our school’s strong foundation will continue to be a place of academic excellence, where children grow to be...
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A Letter from Coach Gary and Alayna Lerner
February 10, 2025
My wife, Alayna, and I have two children. JJ is now 21 and a senior at Maryville University, and Hayley, now 20, is a sophomore at the University of Missouri. Both flourished as honor roll students at Whitfield and Parkway Central, respectively, and we owe...
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Why Mirowitz?
November 18, 2024
Some parents have their children’s educational path mapped out from day one, whether homeschooling, private school, or public school. That’s amazing, and I commend their commitment! But this article is for the rest of us—the parents who wrestle with school decisions every year and constantly reevaluate...
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Shared Connections
November 4, 2024
I often find myself singing our school song in my head: “This is our Kehillah, our community…” Building our Mirowitz Kehillah is my job and has become my passion. After October 7th, while I was caring for a newborn, a toddler, a partner, and myself,...
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Why Mirowitz?
August 19, 2024
Dear Mirowitz Families, As we embark on another exciting and engaging school year, our faculty and staff are filled with immense joy and anticipation welcoming your children into an environment where they are cherished, nurtured, and inspired. Our faculty and staff are not only committed...
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Separating Light and Darkness
March 14, 2024
At Mirowitz, we seek every opportunity to construct knowledge through real-world experiences. So you can imagine how excited we were months ago to learn that a solar eclipse would be visible from Missouri — the last of its kind during our students’ childhoods. And we...
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No Place for Hate
February 20, 2024
“Do not stand idly by if you witness injustice.” Elie Wiesel spoke those words at the 150th commencement ceremony at Washington University in 2011. The Holocaust survivor and human rights activist was paraphrasing Leviticus 19:15 in which God insists we not be bystanders, but rather...
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What Will Your Impact Be?
November 13, 2023
We hope our annual appeal reached your mailbox and that you were inspired by the way generations of Mirowitz students answered that question. Who would have known, when we were preparing that mailing, that world events would take such a horrific turn, and that it would...
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