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Hebrew School
When it runs, how the classes are grouped, what it costs, and who teaches.
| When | Sundays, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM |
|---|---|
| Age groups | 5–8 and 9–13 |
| Class size | Up to 12 children |
| Boys and girls | Both, together |
About the age range. Our classes run 5–8 and 9–13. Our older material has previously been described as going up to fifteen, and we haven’t been consistent about that in print. If your child is thirteen or older, please call 408-910-2034 and ask — there is usually something for them, and it may be CTeen rather than Hebrew School.
The last tuition we published was $1,000 for the year, or $35 per class for families who’d rather pay that way. That includes all the books and the snack. Fees are set fresh each year, so treat those as the last figures we printed rather than as this year’s — call the office and they’ll tell you the current one before you commit to anything.
By the class: $1,050 · By the year: $1,000
The year is lower for 30 Sundays. The two meet at 29 classes. Last published figures; confirm with the office.
Scholarships are available. If the fee is the thing standing in the way, say so. That conversation is a normal one to have here and it stays between you and the office.
Mussi Weinfeld
Director
Tamar Netichalio
Teacher
Cassie Gallo
Teacher
Staff change between years. If you want to know who your child’s teacher will actually be this year, ask — it is a fair question and we’d rather you asked it than guessed from a website.
The program is built to be broad rather than deep in any one thing: enough Hebrew to read, enough history to feel placed in it, and enough of the holidays to recognize the year as it comes round.
Starts at letter recognition and moves through phonetic decoding, reading comprehension and writing. As children approach mastery, writing and conversational Hebrew come in. Children are encouraged to keep practicing between classes and over the breaks.
Children in grades 3 to 7 study extra material during each class. After a series of tests they compete in a local competition, with a chance to go on to the international one.
Jewish history and the figures of the Torah, taught through theater, crafts, STEM and filmmaking rather than from a textbook.
Hands-on lessons on each holiday as the year turns, from Rosh Hashanah through to Shavuot, plus holiday celebrations that families come to.
Projects built around the coming holiday or Mitzvah, made to be taken home — which is how a good deal of Jewish life gets into a house.
Parents get a class summary twice a month, covering what was taught and how their child is getting on, so you are not reconstructing the morning from a seven-year-old on the drive home.
Hebrew School is also where the groundwork gets laid for a Bar or Bat Mitzvah — the reading, and the sense of what the day actually is.
There are reading drills and letter games for children to keep at between Sundays; see Hebrew practice.
Either is fine. There is no membership to join first and no affiliation required to enroll, and 408-910-2034 reaches somebody who can answer a question before you fill anything in.