KB Sunday
School Information
The Sunday School at Kahal B’raira provides
children with an engaging, stimulating and welcoming experience to
acquaint them with the history, traditions, beliefs and accomplishments
of the Jewish people. Students are taught to understand, celebrate and
identify with this heritage, with a focus on the humanistic elements as
most relevant to our congregation and to the modern world. The school
environment emphasizes experiential learning, and is designed to
promote critical thinking and collaboration in the pursuit of a
holistic Humanistic Jewish identity for each student.
The Sunday School is scheduled at the same time as the
whole-congregation meetings to encourage connection to the KB
community. Appropriately-sized classes spanning nursery school through
seventh grade are lead by paid teachers, assisted by one or more aides
drawn from KB’s enthusiastic young adult population. Curriculum
includes holidays, Bible stories, history, Jewish culture and
traditions, literature, current events and Humanistic ethics. We
encourage parental involvement with the school and take seriously our
commitment to tailor each student’s educational experience to their
needs and abilities.
Please contact
our
Sunday School Principal, Sandra Mayo, with any questions about the
program. Her email address is sandramayo@rcn.com.
Vistors
Your children
are welcome to
visit the Sunday school, but please contact the principal beforehand so
that she can make the necessary arrangements.
Curriculum
Our Sunday
School is
organized by a committee
of parents whose activities include enrollment, hiring of the principal
and teachers, and curriculum development. The School consists of small
classes, spanning nursery through seventh grade. Curriculum includes
holidays,
Bible stories, history, Jewish culture and traditions, literature,
current
events and ethics. To see our K-7 curriculum summary, click here.
The classes meet 14 times, approximately every three to four weeks
between
September and June on Sunday mornings at the Fayerweather School,
765 Concord Ave, Cambridge.
Bar
and Bat
Mitzvahs
Bar and Bat
Mitzvah
preparation is an optional
program. Families are encouraged to include the congregation.
The
child selects and studies a Judaic topic for one year with an adult
tutor,
and then makes a presentation to the congregation as part of the Bar or
Bat Mitzvah service. Each Mitzvah family creates and organizes its own
service with support from the congregation. The program is
described in more detail here.
Enrollment
in the Sunday School
The
Kahal B’raira Sunday
School runs for 14 sessions, September through June. Annual
tuition
for each child enrolled is as follows:
- Preschool
$300 (child
should be > 3 years of age AND toilet trained)
- Kindergarten-Grade
8 $475
There
is also a youth group for children beyond grade 8. Tuition is
$325. Technically speaking, the youth group is not part of
the
Sunday school, because it meets on its own schedule.
You can enroll your children in the Sunday school when you join KB.
Use the enrollment
form.
Grade Placement
The
Sunday School Committee
reserves the right to determine the placement and age ranges for each
class
according to enrollment. Sunday School level does not need to
be
the same as the child’s regular school level. If there is any
information
that will allow the Sunday School to place your child appropriately
and/or
that will assist the teacher, please let us know by attaching an
explanation
to the enrollment form.
Survey Results
During the Spring of 2008, we
distributed two surveys -- one to parents, and one to teachers.
Here are the summaries:
the parent survey, and
the teacher survey.
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