Netivot: K-Grade 6

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Netivot/ Pathways to Jewish Learning

NETIVOT/ PATHWAYS: OUR MISSION
Netivot provides the building blocks for your child to develop a love for Jewish life and a connection to Jewish traditions. Our synagogue-based program creates rich opportunities for Netivot students and their families to experience the rhythms and rituals of Jewish life while connecting to the larger community and the State of Israel.

THE PROGRAM
We offer a Jewish values curriculum as well as Hebrew literacy, through fun and engaging project-based learning, matching values to holidays and other special days on the Jewish calendar. We are proud to use the Shalom Learning curriculum as the basis of our program.

OUR VALUES
Our team is committed to helping your child explore and expand their Jewish knowledge, ignite their Jewish pride, and put their Jewish values into action.

OUR TEAM
Our team is made up of passionate and dedicated educators, who bring energy and kindness to their teaching. The teachers are assisted by youth volunteers as well as our visiting Israeli Shinshinim. Raissa, our director, manages the team and interfaces with parents to ensure that the whole family is part of the Netivot experience.

Meet the team

WHO
Netivot is an inclusive space. Families do not need to be members of Shaar Hashomayim and children do not need to be halachically Jewish in order to enroll.

Netivot is for families who are looking to expand their children's understanding and connection to Judaism. Our program targets students from grades K-6 who do not attend Jewish day school.

WHAT

Through our project-based and experiential curriculum, your child will learn about Shabbat and the holidays, the meaning and teachings behind well-known texts and stories from our tradition, and basic Hebrew literacy.

Our Jewish values-based teaching highlights intellectual, practical, and spiritual pathways to Judaism, connections to Israel, and offers unique hands-on volunteer opportunities.

SPECIAL PROGRAMS JUST FOR YOU
We engage the whole family, by encouraging our Netivot parents and grandparents to participate in:

- Shabbat in the Park: a fun outdoor celebration
- Netivot Kabbalat Shabbat: welcoming Shabbat together as a community
- A Model Seder: to get ready for Passover
- Year-End festivities: celebrating the accomplishments of our Netivot student

ADDED VALUE
Netivot students and their families are also invited to join special events hosted by the Shaar.

Community events such as our Sukkot celebration, Chanukah candy-drive-by and mitzvah project, and our model Passover Seder are a few examples of the special events Netivot students and their families get to experience during the year. This added connectivity to the wider Shaar community is a great way to establish a relationship to our clergy, our community, and to start feeling at home in our building.

WHEN
2025-2026
Wednesdays 4:00 – 6:00 PM

WHERE
At Congregation Shaar Hashomayim.

FEES

Early Bird Discount – Register by July 4 and pay just $1250 (regular price $1400)
Sibling Discount – Save $200 for each additional child
Referral Discount – You and a new family each get $150 off

Payable in installments throughout the year. Tuition is tax receiptable.

Please contact our director Raissa for information about financial assistance or with any other questions here.
Spots assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.