The Hebrew School of North Country Reform Temple - Ner Tamid is a thirteen year program that begins with Kindergarten and continues through Twelfth Grade. The program is defined by its integration of Jewish music, art, film, and food into the curriculum and this ensures that the students experience and learn through all of their senses. Family education and grade-based special programming offer exciting ways to bring hebrew school learning into the home and into the greater synagogue community.

The vision of NCRT’s Hebrew school includes the following objectives:

* To nurture and develop a positive Jewish identity.
* To provide a challenging and stimulating educational environment
* To provide students with a strong foundation in Jewish Bible literacy, Jewish history, Reform Jewish values and rituals, and Jewish holiday observance
* To develop Hebrew reading skills in each of our students
* To introduce the study of Modern Hebrew
* To inspire meaningful connections to Jewish liturgy and worship for our students
* To teach our students about Biblical and Modern Israel and to foster a connection to Israel
* To foster an understanding of Prayer Book Hebrew
* To encourage and foster identify with Jews throughout the world
* To inspire personal connections to performing mitzvot.
* To engage students in Jewish practice at school and to encourage them to bring such practices into their homes
* To empower students to participate in the larger synagogue community
* To foster leadership skills and self-motivation in each of our students
* To awaken in our students a sense of social responsibility and social action
* To motivate students to make a commitment to a lifelong pursuit of Jewish learning


Welcome to the 2009-20010 school year!

The Hebrew School at North Country Reform Temple- Ner Tamid is the place to be! Our teachers are talented, dedicated, and they care! Our teachers and staff work together all throughout the year and strive to bring the best Jewish Education possible to each of our students.

Here at NCRT, we recognize that each student is unique. Our teachers attend multiple workshops throughout the year with highly qualified facilitators. Workshops involve hands-on learning for our staff. Our opening staff meeting focused on how to teach in a variety of ways to reach out to multiple types of learners within a daily set of lessons!

Here at NCRT we are aware that our students have spent a full day at school on Tuesday before they arrive. The creative teaching methods of our staff on both Sundays and Tuesdays have been shaped to reflect that awareness as well as the knowledge that our students lead busy lives in general.

This year our school will embrace the theme of Being Shomrei Adamah (Caretakers of the Earth). In Genesis 2:15 Adam is told to work the Earth and to guard the Earth. Using Jewish texts and sources as our guide, our focus this year will be on understanding the balance between working the earth and protecting the Earth. Our theme will influence each of our programs and our school will strive to act in a manner that is consistent with our theme at all times!

We are looking forward to a fantastic year!
Parents, please take time to introduce yourselves to your son/daughter’s new teachers. Our staff is more than happy to meet you, to chat with you, and to discuss with you the progress of your son/daughter.

We wish each family a Happy and Sweet New Year!

B’shalom,

Cantor Rebecca Goren