CLP Info Sheet

CHILDREN’S LEARNING PROGRAM INFO SHEET

Children’s Learning Program Key

Kitah Bet = 2^nd grade

Kitah Gimmel = 3^rd grade

Kitah Daled = 4^th grade

Kitah Hay = 5^th grade

Kitot = the plural of kitah (meaning “class” or “grade”)

Day & Times

Kitot Bet-Hay meet on Mondays

School is 4:00-6:00pm

The optional Early Arrival Hebrew Enrichment is 3:40pm-4:00pm.

*If you are dropping your child off early, you must register them for this program.

We also recommend this program for all new incoming students past 2^nd grade as an important opportunity for them to get extra practice.

Location

M.S. 88

544 7^th Avenue, at 18^th Street

The closest subway stop is 15^th Street on the G and F trains or you can take the B67 bus.

Arrival & Dismissal

Students are not permitted within the building before 3:30pm.

We absolutely must dismiss at 6pm sharp.

If parents are going to arrive later than 6:05pm, they are required to call Ora: 917-224-8269.

It is ideal for parents who know they are running late to contact another parent to pick their child up. (Class lists will be provided the first week of school)

For drop-off or pick-up coordination help, contact Andrea Artz, Education Committee- Andrea.Arzt@nyn.nmss.org

PLEASE STAND IN YOUR DESIGNATED AREA, INDICATED BY THE SIGNS THAT WILL BE POSTED.

(If it is cold or raining, you are welcome to warm up inside while you wait but please exit and stand in your designated pick up spot outside at 6pm so there is not a traffic jam inside as students come down).

Emergency Contact information

Ora Wise, Education Director- (917)224-8269

M.S. 88 mainline- (718) 788- 4482

Weekly Hebrew Homework

Every week students will come home with a double-sided worksheet aimed at reinforcing what they’ve learned in school about a shoresh (root word), holiday, and/or tefillah (prayer).   Here’s how it works:

Each student will receive a folder on the first day of school. You are responsible for that folder!

-       every week the folder goes back and forth

-       one section of the folder is for work from the student’s teacher and one half is for their weekly Hebrew homework

-       every week the students should enter the school and drop their homework sheets in the drop box at the entry

-       after they drop off last week’s homework, they should take the new homework for the current week and put it in their folder (the worksheets will be color-coded for each kitah) 

Due to the limited amount of time our teachers have with the students, this weekly homework is important reinforcement of the Hebrew letters, words, blessings, and prayers students have been introduced to at school. If students are not interacting with Jewish words, ideas, and practices at home, they will not internalize or retain what they are learning.

Important Family Events:

Kitah Bet & Gimmel Kabbalat Shabbat & dinner- December 2, 2011

Kitah Daled & Hay Shabbat morning service & Kiddush luncheon- February 11, 2012

CLP Family Havdalah Program- March 17, 2012

End of year Siyyum & Shabbat Service- June 2, 2012