LETTER FROM DR. STARR
Heritage Academy is a special place. Just walk our
halls. You will hear giggles coming from the kindergarten. You will
relish the bright, clear singi
ng of first grade children as they start
their morning. Peek into the second grade classrooms; students are
performing plays in Hebrew, baking challah and hatching chicks in
incubators. Our third graders have reading buddies with fourth
graders, and explore life on a kibbutz. Fourth graders build
Native American totem poles, and relive the events of Mt. Sinai.
Our fifth graders are entrepreneurs, and can read Rashi. Middle
school students build bridges, make videos, research Talmud, reenact the
Constitutional Convention, speak Hebrew, and do weekly laboratory work
in our science lab. Art music, physical education, computer
technology, and weekly visits to our library, enrich the curriculum.
Our students are participants not just receivers, in their own learning. We build on their natural abilities by enriching their environment with manipulatives, audio and visual aides, technology, differentiated curriculum projects, portfolios, and field trips. We tap into the child's natural curiosity and thirst for knowledge. Have you met our students? They delight in being here. They know one another. They care about each other, and we care about them . We monitor their growth intellectually, emotionally, socially, physically, and because we are a Jewish Community Day School -- spiritually. We are a unique place. We have much to offer and room to grow. Come join us!
Dr. Deborah R. Starr, Director
Heritage Academy Jewish Community Day
School - 594 Converse Street, Longmeadow, MA 01106 - (413)
567-1517
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