Inspiring us to do more
Our Atid class had an opportunity to meet with Barry Shrage, President of CJP. We are always inspired to meet people who have dedicated their lives to helping others. We understand that the important work that CJP does not only helps those less fortunate, but helps people to participate in Jewish activities such as our own MWJDS!
Let’s write a song – Fall 2010
Robert Snyder, valued volunteer and accomplished musician, taught a mini-course to our ATID students on musical theory and composition. During this elective students explored musical notation, rhythm, harmony and lyric writing. Students worked in groups to write original compositions which they performed at the school – wide Hanukah celebration.
MIT Scientists lead 5th grade Rocketry Project
In 2010, MWJDS 5th grade students participated in a 7-week rocketry unit designed and taught by two local MIT rocket scientists and a senior engineer. Steven Finn, a principal scientist at MIT, along with fellow rocket scientists Mel Weinzimer and Ron Todd helped our students push the limits as they learned the fundamentals of Newtonian Mechanics.
Harvey Leonard brings Meteorology to MWJDS
What do the 1978 blizzard, hailstorms in Arizona, eyes of hurricanes, and tornadoes in Massachusetts all have in common? Ask our 5th graders. Harvey Leonard, the meteorologist for Channel 5, gave a riveting presentation on the causes of weather and why certain weather patterns occur. Students acted out the movement of the sun and the earth, watched footage on hurricanes and tornadoes, and heard tales about some of the biggest storms in history.
Sidney Caplan recounts liberation of Dachau
Sidney Caplan spent three years as an Army medic during World War II. To mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, the 89-year-old recounted battles in Italy and France, and the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp in Dachau, Germany, to our fourth- through sixth-graders and their teachers.