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The Program

What your child actually learns.

Hebrew reading taught by level, a working kitchen, a dedicated art studio, and a full Jewish curriculum. Here is all of it, in one place.

Hebrew Reading

Ten levels. They know exactly which one they're on.

We teach reading with Aleph Champ, which works the way karate belts do. Every child starts where they actually are and moves up one color at a time. A beginner is never behind, an advanced reader is never bored, and progress is something a seven-year-old can see.

א01
White

First 19 letters

ב02
Red

Last 13 letters

ג03
Orange

First 3 vowels

ד04
Yellow

Next 3 vowels

ה05
Green

Last 3 vowels

ו06
Blue

Exceptions to the rules

ז07
Purple

Reading practice · 13–23 words a minute

ח08
Brown

Reading practice · 23–33 words a minute

ט09
Grey

Holiday prayers · 33–43 words a minute

י10
Black

Reading from the Torah · 43–53 words a minute

Each level has three stripes inside it, so there's always a next small win. Most students arrive knowing no Hebrew at all — that's the normal starting point here, not the exception.

Beyond the Classroom

A real kitchen. Not a hot plate in a classroom.

Every division rotates through the kitchen every month. They measure, they knead, they burn a batch and make it again.

  • ShabbatChallah, braided six different ways
  • ChanukahLatkes and jelly doughnuts, from scratch
  • PurimA hamantaschen production line
  • PassoverMatzah, eighteen minutes, hands covered in flour
  • ShavuotCheesecake, obviously

Whatever they make, they take home.

The Art Room

The “Arts” was never decoration.

A dedicated art teacher comes every single week, and that room is the reason a lot of kids show up. Mosaics, painting, sculpture, ceramics, mixed media — always tied to what they're learning.

The art room is led by Ryan Merritt, a painter based here in Troy and trained at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Ryan paints landscapes and geometric abstracts in oil and acrylic, teaches art history, and has work that sells internationally.

They don't take home a worksheet. They take home an heirloom.

A menorah they designed themselves. A seder plate their family will use for twenty years.

A child drawing at a table with coloured pencils. A child holding up a decorated flower pot made in the studio.

The Substance

Fun is the method. This is the goal.

What your child should be able to do by the end of the year.

  1. Read Hebrew

    Actual letters, actual words, actual prayers, at their own level and without pressure.

  2. Know the holidays

    Not just when they fall. What they mean, why we do what we do, and how to run one at home.

  3. Own a piece of the story

    Abraham, Joseph, the Maccabees, Esther. Our history as their inheritance rather than a textbook unit.

  4. Do it themselves

    Say a blessing. Braid a challah. Light a menorah. Lead the Four Questions at the seder.

  5. Be proud out loud

    The one we care about most. In a world that gives Jewish kids plenty of reasons to be quiet, we are raising kids who aren't.

The Curriculum

Six things we teach, every year.

  1. Hebrew

    Students learn to read and write Hebrew and gain confidence with the siddur, the prayer book. We use Aleph Champ so that every child reads Hebrew by the end of their time here.

  2. Jewish values

    Judaism offers values that give a person the tools to get the most out of life. Our students explore the ones that will guide them into adulthood.

  3. Traditions, holidays and Shabbat

    By living the traditions rather than reading about them, children gain a deeper understanding and a real affection for them.

  4. Torah

    Students study the messages of the Torah and the practical lessons in them that apply to daily life.

  5. Israel

    Children learn Israel's history and geography, and build a connection to it.

  6. Jewish history

    An appreciation of the history and culture that has been carried and preserved across the generations.

Enroll

Enroll for the 2026–27 year.

Every child gets real attention, real kitchen time, and a teacher who knows their name.

Educate your child. Educate a generation.