Fox Valley Jewish School 2012-2013
FVJS: Fox Valley Jewish School
FVJN’s Jewish religious school program information.
Please read all below: Description, Calendar, Curriculum.
Questions? Contact Barb Anderson: barb.anderson58@att.net, or info@fvjn.org.
Fox Valley Jewish School
A religious school that fits your family!
• Preschool-8th grade
• Optional Hebrew program
• Bar/bat mitzvah tailored to your child and family
• Sensitive to the needs of interfaith families
• Focus on what it means to be Jewish in our communities and our world
• Ethics, history, holidays, community service, field trips
• 2 Sunday mornings/month
• Reasonable tuition
More information can be found in the curriculum below. Return the completed registration form to ensure a spot for your child in this year’s class!
FVJS is a part of Fox Valley Jewish Neighbors, an unaffiliated organization of Jewish and interfaith families in the Fox River Valley.
For more information email school@fvjn.org.
Registration form:
http://www.fvjn.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Fox-Valley-Jewish-School-2012-13-registration-materials.pdf
Fox Valley Jewish School 2012-2013 Curriculum
Preschool-2nd Grade
| Date: | Topic: |
| September 9 | Welcome back breakfast 9:30-10:30 Rosh Hashanah |
| September 23 | Yom Kippur Ethics-Respecting the Elderly |
| October 14 | Fall field trip |
| October 28 | Bible-Jacob and Essau World Jewish Experience-Folktales |
| November 4 | American Jewish Experience-Parts of a synagogue Ethics-Be kind to animals |
| November 11 | Community Service |
| December 2 | American Jewish Experience-Living in a non-Jewish society Hanukkah |
| December 16 | Bible-Joseph Israel-Geography |
| January 6 | World Jewish Experience-Jewish Foods Ethics-Protecting the Environment |
| January 27 | Winter field trip |
| February 10 | American Jewish Experience-Early Settlers Bible-Moses birth/childhood |
| February 24 | Purim American Jewish Experience-Life cycles |
| March 3 | Bible-Commandments World Jewish Experience-Family history |
| March 17 | Passover Sedar-1 hour Art- 1 hour |
| April 7 | Yom Hashoah-Differences/Prejudice/Different & Alike Ethics-Bad speech |
| April 21 | Spring field trip |
| May 5 | Bible-Making the Sabbath Ethics-Befriending the lonely |
| May 19 | End of year breakfast 9:30-10:30 End of year activity-Teacher’s Choice |
| Date: | Topic: |
| September 9 | Welcome back breakfast 9:30-10:30 Rosh Hashanah |
| September 23 | Yom Kippur Ethics-Respecting the elderly |
| October 14 | Fall field trip |
| October 28 | Bible-Introduction to Leviticus: What is Holiness? World Jewish Experience-European Vs. American Jews |
| November 4 | American Jewish Experience-Famous authors Ethics-Be kind to animals |
| November 11 | Community Service |
| December 2 | American Jewish Experience-Civil Rights Heroes Hanukkah |
| December 16 | Bible-Stumbling Blocks Israel-Industry/Inventors/Inventions |
| January 6 | World Jewish Experience-Jewish Foods Ethics-Recycle |
| January 27 | Winter field trip |
| February 10 | American Jewish Experience-Different Branches of Judaism Bible-Rebuking others |
| February 24 | Purim American Jewish Experience-Famous Jewish musicians |
| March 3 | Bible-Holiness of the Earth World Jewish Experience-Civil War/WWI |
| March 17 | Passover Sedar-1 hour Art- 1 hour |
| April 7 | Yom Hashoah Ethics-Befriending the lonely |
| April 21 | Spring field trip |
| May 5 | Bible-Love your neighbor World Jewish Experience-Holocaust |
| May 19 | End of year breakfast 9:30-10:30 End of year activity-Teacher’s Choice |
FVJN
Post Office Box 346
Geneva, IL 60134
630-465-0356
