What’s New at Bnos Yisroel?
Preschool
Kindergarten Alef Bais Celebration
Preschool is a time for developing a love for school, love of learning, developing social skills and gaining foundational academics. We recently celebrated our completion of Aleph Bais in our spacious fun room. The girls enjoyed several different hands-on centers...
Purim Comes Alive in Preschool
Bnos Yisroel Preschool got into the Purim Spirit. Students enjoyed age appropriate activities such as a special trip to Bas Melech Gym, Megilla Leining, A carnival and a Mommy and Me program. The fun comes alive in these...
BEAM Time
BE A Mentch is the preschool middos program. This year in honor of Shmitta the preschool is “visiting” different places in Eretz Yisroel and working on middos along the way. Along with our beloved puppets, Shulamis and Shoshana, this program was kicked off with...
Shemita
Our kindergarten classes will have a month-long unit on שמיטה. Students will have flip books that depict שמיטה lessons in conjunction with a שמיטה storybook that the teachers read to them. This enables the students to retell in their own words what they have learned...
Elementary School
Chumash Play
In second grade foundational chumash skills are emphasized. Some of the skills covered are the structure of a pasuk, common shorashim, prefixes and suffixes. By the middle of the year students are prepared to learn from inside the Chumash. This milestone is marked by...
100th Day of School
“Which day of school are we up to?” This is a common question asked by our Elementary students as the 100th day of school approaches. The daily count up climaxes on the 100th day with a day of fun math exploration. School wide teams were formed and the day developed...
Shemita
OOur Elementary Staff is bringing home the lessons of שמיטה and the related mitzvos unique to Eretz Yisroel in many different ways. Recently the classes joined together for a Mitzva Fair. Students rotated among different centers. Centers included salads for practicing...
Authors on Zoom
Keeping learning relevant and engaging is so important. We were excited that Faygie Holt, a frum author of of several books, including the Layla Diaries series agreed to share her experiences as a writer with our students in grades 3, 4 and 5. We are sure the girls...
Siddur Play
Bnos Yisroel incorporates an annual performance for each grade into the curriculum. In First grade we celebrate the Siddur Play. It is a culmination of the review of letters and nekudos. This milestone marks the time that students can begin to read tefillos from...
Eretz Yisrael Theme
Our year long program titled, לבי במזרח is in full swing. The students are enjoying the experiential monthly assemblies with mock tours to cities in ארץ ישראל utilizing slide shows, sound effects and more. Some places they visited recently were Yeshivas Mir, Bnei...
Middle School
Shabbaton
In Middle School our administration emphasizes the balance between responsibilities and privileges. A highlight of the Middle School year is the Shabbaton. This year’s theme was “Yesh Li Kol” Guest speakers, Rabbi Heber and Rabbi Berkowitz spoke to the girls. The goal...
Hakaras Hatov
Are happy people grateful or are grateful people happy? Mrs. Romanoff challenged our Middle School students to find out. They have embarked on a journey of hakaras hatov. They will learn sources from our chachamim that detail how a bas melech should think about...
8th Grade Science Fair
Bnos Yisroel strives to make learning engaging in all subject areas. Science Fair is an annual event that serves as a culmination of the process of learning the scientific method. Students selected topics in chemistry, physics, etc.and then they researched,...
8th Grade Play: Operation R.E.S.C.U.E.
Although Bnos Yisroel is over 20 years old, we are committed to our mission of continuing to innovate new programming to enhance the social, emotional and academic growth of the students. This year we held our 2nd annual 8th grade play! Our 8th graders worked hard to...
M.U.G.S. Program
This year, our Middle School students have embarked on a new curricular addition to their Social Studies classes, called M.U.G.S. This acronym stands for Mastery and Understanding of General Studies. This program ensures, in a fun way, that our girls have awareness...
High School
12th Grade Shiras Devorah Trip
In March our 12th grade travelled to Lakewood with several chaperones and administrators to see the Holocaust Exhibit presented by Shiras Devorah High School. Taking visitors through the Eurpoean countries and towns, the concentration camps and then showing us the...
Yemei Iyun
Mrs. Adina Wilhelm, a beloved Chumash teacher works with student head, Sarah Leeba Caplan to develop Yemei Iyun that bring specific topics to life for our students throughout the school year. In the month of Kislev the girls explored the topic of ” הבדלה בין ישראל...
Production
High School Production is the highlight of each school year. An interview with Mrs. Neuberger who, together with Miss Goldberg, oversees the production revealed the many levels at which our students are involved in bringing the production to the audience. This year’s...
Mishmeres
Machsom Monday is coming to Bnos Yisroel High School. The program was kicked off with a pin-decorating activity and special song presented by the Mishmeres heads that they had recorded at a recording studio. The pins will be hung in each classroom so the students can...
iStrive
Bnos Yisroel is constantly striving to encourage our girls to think carefully about their technology usage. Rachelli Feldman, Devorah Mandelcorn, Sara Steen and Aviva Thav are the current year iStrive heads. They work with Mrs. Malka Rena Heinemann, their advisor to...