219 Bedford Road Pleasantville, NY 10570 Office: 914-769-2672 Fax: 914-769-1795 School: 914-773-0043 info@shalomPCS.com www.shalomPCS.com
Jewish Learning
A Hebrew School Your Kids Can Love
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Pleasantville Community Synagogue Hebrew School is a thriving community within a community. With almost 150 children - from towns all over Northern Westchester - in our Kindergarten through Seventh Grade alone, our intimate and nurturing environment is an active and exciting one. Peer support, caring teachers, the guidance of the rabbi and school director, all go into making the PCS Hebrew School experience one that is valued by both the children and their families.
Our Hebrew School seeks to create for our children an Olam Yehudi Katan, a small Jewish world, experiential as much as it is academic. The staff of caring, committed teachers under Ronni Metzger’s direction work to fashion what amounts to an extended Jewish family, where each child is appreciated and loved. The continuity of the teaching staff coupled with the intimacy of the teaching environment allows for an extraordinary level of relationship-building with both children and parents. After the completion of 7th Grade, the children have the opportunity to continue their studies – first in "Jew Tube" for eight graders, and then later in Hebrew High School, both taught by Rabbi Mark. "Jew Tube" centers on an investigation of popular media |
(television, movies, music videos) for clues about values in the general culture, a discussion about the students’ reactions to those values, and a study of traditional Jewish texts commenting on the same issues. The program acknowledges the sophistication of young people today, as well as the greater need for our youth to grapple effectively with the challenges of a more complex society. Peer support, the guidance of the rabbi, and the wisdom of the texts all go into making the program one valued by both the teens and their families.
An important and innovative addition to our children’s education has been our monthly Family Education Shabbat. The Saturday morning study, led by Rabbi Mark and based on the Torah portion of the week, provides our children with a rare chance to talk about things that really matter with their friends and their parents at the same time. Their friends give them support, their parents give them perspective.
Click here for photos of Hanukkah celebration 2011 at the Atria Senior Living residence in Briarcliff Manor and at PCS.
Please see Calendars for current and upcoming activities, as well as Shabbat Services for detailed children's service information.
PHOTO RELEASE FORM - Click here for form regarding use of your child/children's photo in the PCS web site, newsletter and promotional materials.
An important and innovative addition to our children’s education has been our monthly Family Education Shabbat. The Saturday morning study, led by Rabbi Mark and based on the Torah portion of the week, provides our children with a rare chance to talk about things that really matter with their friends and their parents at the same time. Their friends give them support, their parents give them perspective.
Click here for photos of Hanukkah celebration 2011 at the Atria Senior Living residence in Briarcliff Manor and at PCS.
Please see Calendars for current and upcoming activities, as well as Shabbat Services for detailed children's service information.
PHOTO RELEASE FORM - Click here for form regarding use of your child/children's photo in the PCS web site, newsletter and promotional materials.
Click here to learn about our Educational Director, Ronni Metzger.
HEBREW SCHOOL CALENDAR
HEBREW SCHOOL PARENTS' HANDBOOK
TRANSPORTATION
BAR/BAT MITZVAH
UPPER GRADES
