Welcome from the Director

The school year started with great success. We have a phenomenal staff this year—Morah Shoshana Herron teaches the K-1 class, Morah Michal Stein is the 2-3 grade teacher, I teach the 4th grade, Morah Gali Spigelman teaches the 5-7 grade class and Morah Stephanie Paffrath is the 8th grade and high school teacher. On Thursdays Stephanie, Rob Newfeld and I serve as the Hebrew teachers and Elisheva Frankel is our Hebrew tutor.

The Hebrew curriculum has been completely revamped. Each grade has defined objectives and we have added a second day of instruction each week—Thursdays—that is completely devoted to Hebrew.

While we believe these and other changes will improve the level of Hebrew reading competency and understanding among students, we are also asking parents to partner with us using the resources linked to each class' web page to reinforce what is being taught in the classroom.

• Parent Resources for Shalom Uvracha
• Parent Resources for Hineni I
• Parent Resources for Hineni II and III

We have also instituted a distance learning program for students who cannot attend the Thursday sessions and have reached out to our high schoolers to serve as classroom aides—madrichim.

I am excited to work with you and your children and look forward to a wonderful year. If you have questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me by
e-mail at morabatya@bethsholomfrederick.org. I value your support and feedback.