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First Graders Reflect on Veterans Day
November 17, 2016 by
JPDS-NC students from Pre-K to Sixth Grade participated in an annual performance in honor of Veterans Day. The First Graders sang the classic American song “You’re a Grand Old Flag” with great gusto. “We practiced every day until the 10th to get ready for the Veterans Day performance!” exclaimed Zecharyah. “It sort of says thank […]
- Music
- Performing Arts
Torah Talk for Parashat Vayera
November 16, 2016 by
This week’s parasha continues with Avraham’s journey through life. It begins with the news that Avraham and Sarah will together have a child; takes us through Avraham’s unsuccessful discussion with God, trying to get Hashem to spare the people of S’dom and Amorrah; follows Avraham and Sarah on their sojourn in Gerar; witnesses the birth […]
- Parent-Child Learning
Ari Zymelman Lecture Series on Parenting Education: Screen-Time Struggles
November 10, 2016 by
While I consider myself to be a capable parent, the topic of technology is one that I want support around. There are websites, articles, and resources on the issue. But where to look next? The answer: JPDS-NC! Next week, the JPDS-NC parent community will gather for the screening of the documentary Screenagers: Growing Up in […]
- Adult Learning
Torah Talk for Parashat Lech Lecha
November 9, 2016 by
In this parasha, Avram and Sarai follow Hashem’s call to journey to Cana’an, where the covenant between Hashem and Avraham is affirmed. Avram, renamed Avraham, has a son with Hagar, Sarai’s maid, and Hashem promises that Sarai, renamed Sarah, will bear a son as well. In chapter 14, verse 13, Avram is referred to as […]
- Parent-Child Learning
JPDS-NC Students Create Voter’s Guide
November 3, 2016 by
The students at the Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation’s Capital invite you to read their Voter’s Guide: Kids’ Voices Count. Students created the Guide in order to share kids’ perspectives on key election issues, addressing such topics as foreign policy, healthcare, immigration, globalization and trade, public land use, D.C. statehood, and more. For […]
- #JPDSNCElectionProject
- #KidsVoicesCount
In the News: Students Study Issues as Election Approaches
November 3, 2016 by
JPDS-NC students are in the news discussing our schoolwide election project, and sharing their learning on political campaigning, trade, public land use, D.C. statehood and more. Enjoy the Washington Jewish Week article about the JPDS-NC Election Project: Kid’s Voices Count.
- #JPDSNCElectionProject
- #KidsVoicesCount
- In the News
Behind the Scenes of the "Boxed Lunch" Program
November 2, 2016 by
When JPDS-NC began more than 25 years ago, there were only a handful of students. At that time, many things were handled by parent volunteers, including lunch. Parents ordered pizza for the students, and distributed it as needed. All of these years later, lunch is still organized by a dedicated group of parent volunteers. Now […]
- Milton Parents Association
Torah Talk for Parashat Noach
November 1, 2016 by
In this parasha, we hear the story of Noach and the flood; about its aftermath when Noach plants a vineyard and gets inebriated, and his son “sees his nakedness”; and finally, about the story of the Tower of Babel and the birth of Avram. We all know the story of the flood. But why did […]
- Parent-Child Learning
The Importance of Voice and D.C. Statehood: A Second Grade Election Project Update
October 27, 2016 by
One of the highlights of Second Grade at JPDS-NC is their study of Washington, D.C., so the issue of D.C. statehood was chosen for the Second Graders to grapple with in our Election Project. The journey they took to arrive at a place where that question held relevance was impressive indeed. The Second Grade teachers […]
- #JPDSNCElectionProject
- #KidsVoicesCount
- Washington D.C.
Students Express, Experience, and Extend Hebrew Learning on Zoo Field Trip
October 27, 2016 by
“Hiney Chitah!” (Here is a Cheetah!) “Ani roeh Dov Panda betzeva shachor velavan.” (I see a Panda Bear whose colors are black and white.) “Hapanda ochelet alim.” (The panda is eating leaves.) “Hadov yoshev al sela.” (The bear is sitting on a rock.) These conversations in Hebrew and many more were heard not in the Biblical Zoo […]
- Environmental Education
- Washington D.C.
