October 22, 2014 by Adina S (’17) (Students) Eliav B (’17) (Students) Emmett B (’17) (Students) Gabriel T (’17) (Students) Leah Z (’17) (Students) Noah K (’17) (Students) Zachary S (’17) (Students)

JPDS-NC’s fourth graders visited the Israeli embassy to decorate their sukkah. A sukkah is a tent-like structure built from organic material with the roof having gaps in it so you can see the sky. A sukkah is used on the holiday of Sukkot to symbolize how the Israelites lived in the desert, as described in […]

• Holidays
• Israel
• Student Stories
• Washington D.C.

October 1, 2014 by Ben L (’20) (Students) Lilli L (’20) (Students) Margot W (’20) (Students) Willa R (’20) (Students) Yael R (’20) (Students)

On Monday, all the third graders went on a special field trip to the Shofar Factory. We learned a lot about making a shofar and even got to make one of our own ahead of the Jewish high holidays. A shofar is a ram’s horn that some Jewish people blow in synagogues on the holidays […]

• Project Based Learning
• STEAM
• Student Stories

May 28, 2014 by Sami H (’15) (Students) Sophia M (’15) (Students)

Fifth-grade students from JPDS-NC just returned from Chesapeake Teva, a four-day, three-night outdoor education program where Jewish students from different schools learn about the environment and how Judaism connects to nature. At Teva, students go on long hikes through the beautiful nature and learn about different topics that connect Judaism to nature, including ecology, togetherness, […]

• Environmental Education
• Student Stories

April 30, 2014 by Isabella L (’14) (Students)

In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 27, JPDS-NC students participated in a Holocaust Commemoration Ceremony this week. On Thursday, April 24, we remembered the survivors of the Holocaust. Those who survived. And those who defied, risking their own lives for others. Third to sixth graders commemorated this by watching a video about the […]

• Holidays
• Student Stories