RELIGIOUS SCHOOL
The Adat Reyim Religious School is growing and thriving! Join us for our exciting next year - Register today
Our Interim Religious Education Director Melanie Berman is implementing our Enhanced Hebrew Learning program, designed to provide flexible and personalized options for students in grades 3-6. We are designing new Sunday morning for different age groups for prayer and celebration. We are strengthening our commitment to family education, offering new opportunities for multi-generational engagement. we have an exceptional team of veteran educators who build lasting personal relationships with their students.
Our vision is to expand the mind and open the soul, endowing each child with a passion for lifelong learning, and a fundamental appreciation of what it means to be a Jew in today’s world. Our students have the opportunity to study Torah, Israel, Mitzvot, Jewish history, culture and values, and build strong Hebrew reading skills. The Adat Reyim Religious School is committed to its students and families, as we develop a lifelong love of Jewish learning not only for young students but also for Jewish adolescents and adults, actively engaged in their Jewish communities.
We are particularly excited about welcoming our new Youth Director, Danielle Gaita, who is developing wonderful programs for our teens in 8th -12th grades that will strengthen friendships and enhance Jewish identity.
Welcome to our Interim Education Director and our Youth Director
Melanie Berman, a respected teacher in our Religious School, is leading our Religious School as Interim Educator Director. She holds a BA in Psychology from Bryn Mawr College and an MA in Education from American University. She has served as a teacher, Education Director, Head of Jewish Studies, and Head of School at a variety of congregational schools and Jewish Day Schools throughout the United States. She served as Conference Chair and member of the Board of Directors of CAJE (Coalitions for Alternatives/Advancement of Jewish Education), and was the author of Jewish educational materials for Torah Aura Productions. She is eager to share her expertise and her love of Jewish learning with a new generation of students and their families. This past school year, Melanie successfully piloted AR’s new Hebrew Instructional Model in our third and fourth grades. She is looking forward to expanding that program to our fifth and sixth grades this coming school year. Melanie can be reached by email at religiousschool@adatreyim.org.
Danielle Gaita is joining us as our Youth Director this year, and she cannot be more excited! Originally from New Jersey, Danielle is a senior at George Mason. She is working towards a B.A. in Anthropology with a minor in Judaic Studies. Danielle has interned at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington D.C. as a Museum Education Intern, working to revamp and revitalize the Teen Council there while immersing herself in local Jewish history. She will also be the Program Coordinator at the Pozez JCC's Camp Achva in Fairfax over the summer. Danielle is most looking forward to connecting with the teens and helping to provide them with a special community and support system of their own that encourages friendship, individuality, and most importantly - fun! Danielle can be reached at youthdirector@adatreyim.org or 703-569-7577.
Congregation Adat Reyim Religious School
Special Programs
(Coming Soon)
Ruach Playlist on Spotify
Our Ruach Spotify Playlist includes the songs sang together during the 2021-2022 school year. The playlist will continue to be updated as we share new music with the students this year. Our Ruach Specialists also created a Ruach High Holiday Playlist. If you do not already have an account with Spotify, you can download the app for free and begin listening. The free version is not nearly as flexible and exciting as the for-a-fee version, but it is a place to start and is worth a try.
Schedule of Classes 2022-2023
Grades K - 7 Sunday Morning: 9:00am - 11:30 am in person
Grades 3-6 Hebrew: Individual Options on Sunday mornings, Monday afternoons,
or Wednesday afternoons in -person or on ZOOM
Ruach ( all - school singing and stories / Musical Tefillah/ Traditional Minyan: K-7 11:00 -11:30 am.
Exact program and grades participating will vary, and will be published in advance.
Parents are invited to join us in the Sanctuary for any of the programs that their children are attending.
Tefillah (B'nai Mitzvah Preparation): Virtually with Carolyn Kaplan-Solomond,
scheduled individually approx. 6 months prior to B-Mitzvah date
Confirmation Class (10th Grade) with Rabbi Glazer: various Sundays 12:15 - 1:30 in-person
Teen Program (8th-12th Grade): Sundays twice a month 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm (times and location may vary; in-person)
For Access to Classroom Zoom Links Click Here (You Must Login)
Click the Calendar Circle above for the Religious School calendar.
In addition you can also check the synagogue calendar by clicking HERE.
