The Outcome
August 26, 2016
One day, you’ll be staring the results of your parenting in the face, and you’ll be smiling. I know, because I just had that moment. This past Tuesday, Jon and I moved our son, Gabe, into his college dorm room and watched him launch into...
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A Charge To Our Graduates
May 30, 2016
Graduates, the world has a lot to learn from you. Indeed, your Jewish journey since we merged has been the most profound of any group of Mirowitz students. When we became a pluralistic school, you were old enough to feel a sense of loss. You...
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Unwrapping Israel
May 17, 2016
This week, during moments both solemn and jubilant, students at Mirowitz experienced one of the many gifts of a Jewish day school education. It’s a gift they get to unwrap every year of their learning, and that becomes their culminating classroom for two weeks in...
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AN UNSPOKEN CONVERSATION
April 8, 2016
A Reform, a Conservative, an Orthodox and a Pluralistic Rabbi walked into a room. This may sound like the beginning of a bad joke, but it actually happened here at Mirowitz last night. And it was the start of a deep and heartfelt conversation that...
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HOW WE GROW LEADERS?
March 7, 2016
“Yasher kocheh, Stella! Mazel Tov, Jordyn! You were awesome!” It’s typical hallway chat for a Thursday— the day a student chants Torah and leads the student body in a discussion about its teachings. At Mirowitz, leading the Torah service is a rite of passage...
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HOW WE MEASURE SUCCESS
February 5, 2016
Someone asked me recently how we measure our success. Certainly we are proud that our alumni are thriving in rigorous high school environments, that they score well on college entrance exams (the middle 50 percent of last year’s seniors scored 31-33 on the ACT) and...
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Seeing the World Through Jewish Eyes
December 13, 2015
People are skeptical when I tell them that we integrate Jewish learning into every subject here at Mirowitz. Math? Yep! Science? You bet! Writing? That’s an easy one. P.E.? That, too! If you peeked into our classrooms this past week, you know that it’s all...
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ADDING GOODNESS, KINDNESS AND HOLINESS TO THE WORLD
November 20, 2015
Many tears have fallen around the world this week. The global community feels ever closer, and our hearts ache. The victims of terror include strangers and friends. Many of us have taken pause to reach deep within and ask ourselves, “What can I do to...
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OUR UNIQUE SCHOOL DEPENDS ON YOUR SUPPORT
November 2, 2015
Any school can teach science…but not like Mirowitz. At Mirowitz, scientific discovery inspires students to repair the world. Any school can teach social studies…but not like Mirowitz. At Mirowitz, social studies allows students to view our world through a Jewish lens. Any school can teach...
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CONFERENCES AND OUR SACRED PARTNERSHIP
October 26, 2015
Mirowitz teachers and parents are a team. Together we celebrate a child’s greatness, and together we workthrough challenging moments. Together we strive to give them an idyllic childhood and also to “teach them to swim.” The parent teacher conferences we held this week were an...
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