Beth El Temple Center Religious School seeks to nurture in our students the development of a Jewish identity characterized by knowledge, action, and commitment.  As a Reform Jewish institution, we hope to challenge our students (and to help them acquire the requisite knowledge and skills) to discover their own path to authentic relationships with God, Torah and the Jewish people.  We believe that the Jewish religious tradition offers a worldview, a set of values and a way of life that can provide an enormously precious anchor in the midst of a turbulent and rapidly changing world.

Components of Jewish Education at Beth El Temple Center:

Jewish Living: Learning Torah, sacred texts, ritual practice, Jewish values and traditions are the foundation of our curriculum.
Our aim is for each student to discover and grow into his/her own sense of Jewish identity.  We want students to explore and experience Judaism, to see that it impacts them in their daily lives and to enable them to make educated Jewish choices.

Jewish Literacy: We seek to develop in our students an appreciation of Jewish texts and an understanding of the relevance of Torah to our own lives.  Our students develop fluency in reading Hebrew prayers and familiarity with modern Hebrew.

Jewish Family: The family is the primary agent in the development of a child’s Jewish experience. We want to work together to build a gesher, a bridge, between the home and the school.  We want to involve parents in being teachers and role models to their children.  This is done through our family education programs as well as other school-wide learning opportunities.

Jewish Ethics and Values: The Religious School is not just a place to learn Jewish information.  It is a place where everyone – teachers and students alike are encouraged to act in a manner that demonstrates derech eretz, the right path.