Hebrew Teacher Tali Mugg wins Grinspoon Steinhardt Award for Excellence in Jewish Education
We are so proud of Hamorah Tali for her accomplishment! Designed to recognize, honor, and support, outstanding classroom Jewish educators on the local level, these awards will be presented to professionals in communities across North America in conjunction with their central agencies for Jewish education or federations. The Awards have been presented to educators of excellence in 88 communities across North America since the program’s inception in 2000.
Jewish Day School Annual Regional Science Exposition
Several MWJDS students were among the 200 students from 10 area day schools who presented their projects and participated in hands-on activities the Exposition, organized by CJP.
Massachusetts Science Poetry Contest
MWJDS competes annually in the MA Science Poetry Contest. Many of the works of poetry shared at the Barnes & Nobles poetry reading are entered into the MA Science Poetry Competition. The annual Massachusetts Science Poetry Contest for grades 2-6 was launched by Prof. George Ladd (LSOE) at Boston College, encouraging schoolchildren to wax poetic over stars, DNA, Newton’s Law of Motion, and the ecology of a prairie dog town, among other topics. The competition has drawn an estimated 50,000 entries from Bay State schoolchildren over the past decade. Prize categories include Most Original Poem, Most Humorous Poem, Most Expressive Poem, Best Cooperative Poem and Best Long Poem.
In the 2010 competition, the following students were awarded 2nd place in their categories:
Elizabeth Schnur (grade 2) for her poem “Weather”
Jessica Rieder (grade 4) for her untitled Hebrew Poem
The Tamar Kindergarten class for their poem “Trees in the Woods”
Honorable mention was awarded to the following MWJDS students:
Josh Lapidus (grade 2) for his poem “Universe”
Rebecca Schwartz (grade 5) for “Spring” in Hebrew
Eliana Bazer (grade 4) for her untitled poem
MA Letters About Literature
Letters About Literature invites young readers to write a personal letter to an author, reflecting on how that author’s work somehow changed their view of the world or themselves. In 2010, Shira Tall, grade 6, was recognized as a semi-finalist with her letter to author John Boyne about his book The Boy in Striped Pajamas. Shira’s letter secured an honor among the top 10% of the more than 4,100 entries from across the Commonwealth of MA!
Chess Tournaments
The Chess Club meets after lunch to polish their skills. These young people take their game very seriously, and served as coaches for their fellow schoolmates at the All School Chess Week.
Members of the Chess Club have the opportunity to flex their skills at a variety of Chess Competitions sponsored by the United States Chess Federation. In 2010 Micah Rothkopf, grade 2, won his first chess tournament, won all four of his matches and received his first medal! Congratulations Micah!!