SHORESH OPEN HOUSES!

Wednesday, January 20 from 10:30 am to 12 noon

Thursday, January 21 from 7 to 8:30 pm

Welcome from Arlene Sherman, Shoresh Director

As a preschool educator I feel priviledged to work with children and parents in the beginning, opening doors to the future and helping children experience their first educational adventures.

Each school year is a new beginning for our children, a first step in an educational process that helps them to move toward their potential, discovering who they are and how to relate to others. It is a first step in developing skills - skills that will be nurtured over the course of the school year.

You get one chance to create a good beginning and form a positive foundation for your children to grow socially, emotionally, cognitively, physically and Jewishly. With a close partnership between home and school the possibilities are endless.

Our preschool is appropriately named Shoresh - the Hebrew word for roots. Establishing roots helps to build the foundation upon which children can grow and flourish.

Come and visit the Shoresh Preschool at Temple Ner Tamid. It will be my pleasure to give you a tour and tell you about our NAEYC accredited program.

About the Shoresh Preschool of Temple Ner Tamid

Our professionaly staffed preschool offers a variety of programs for children 15 months to five years of age in both morning and afternoon classes. The innovative hands-on learning includes a rich mix of linguistic, numerical and cognitive skill-building tools in a warm and caring environment. The curriculum includes art, music, dance, computer instruction, science and nature. It promotes academic and creative growth in a fun-filled setting. Our Mommy and Me program caters to our youngest population and provides them with age appropriate activities that will transition the children into our two year old program. Judaism is integrated throughout our program. We celebrate the Jewish holidays and Shabbat, and instill Jewish pride and a sense of history, laying the groundwork for an understanding of Judaism.

The student body of Shoresh is diversified in both religion and race, with children from Bloomfield, Glen Ridge, Montclair and surrounding communities attending. Individualized attention is made possible by our small class sizes and low teacher/student ratio. This allows each child to develop in a comfortable and nurturing setting.

Shoresh is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. This means that we have demonstrated the best in quality programs for young children and their families. We will continue to maintain these standards at Shoresh and look forward to an exciting new school year.

Schedule 2009 - 2010

September
10, Thursday	Meet & Greet 10:30am - 12:00pm
14, Monday	First Day of School - Lunch will begin
18, Friday	Rosh Hashanah - No School
28, Monday	Yom Kippur - No School

October
8, Thursday	Back to School Night - 7:30 pm
30, Friday	In Service for Teachers - No School

Novemeber
9, Monday thru    18, Wednesday	Tzedakah Project - Food collection for Thanksgiving
25, Wednesday	Half Day - School will close at 12:00 pm
26, Thursday - 27, Friday	Thanksgiving Break - No School

December
1, Tuesday thru      9, Wednesday	Hanukkah Toy Drive
4, Friday	Pot Luck Shabbat Dinner with Religious School K-2
24, Thursday- Jan 1, Friday	Winter Break - No School

January
4, Monday	School Resumes
18, Monday	Martin Luther King Day - No School

February
7, Sunday	Shoresh Family Concert - Rebecca Frezza & The Big Truck Band
15, Monday	President's Day - No School

March
1, March	Purim Parade - Dress in costume!
11, Tuesday	Teachers' In-Service Day - No School
22, Monday	Passover Celebration
29, Monday thru    6, Tuesday (April)	Spring Break/Passover - No School

April
29, Monday (March) - 6, Tuesday (April)	Spring Break/Passover - No School
7, Wednesday	School Resumes

May
19, Wednesday - 20, Thursday	Shavuot - No School
31, Monday	Memorial Day - No School

June
11, Friday	Last Day of School - "Stepping Up" Celebration