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Small-Schools Conference Scholarship

We are pleased to announce the inauguration of the RAVSAK Small School Professional Development Scholarship. This scholarship will make the training, networking and professional development opportunities of the RAVSAK Annual Leadership Conference accessible to educators from small Jewish day schools and small Jewish communities across North America.

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Title: Head of School
School: The Akiva School
City: Nashville, TN

The Akiva School is the only independent elementary community day school of its kind in the region and has earned both local and national recognition as an outstanding academic institution. The school is located minutes from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, a culturally vibrant city...

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Featured School

The Paul Penna Downtown JDS

The Paul Penna Downtown Jewish Day School appreciates the diversity of contemporary Jewish life. Our Senior Kindergarten to Grade 8 curriculum presents children with a holistic view of the world, weaving together the Jewish and general facets of their lives. In this highly enriched learning environment, students develop excellent academic skills and a meaningful Jewish identity.
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Associate Member

The David Project
is a non-profit organization that is leading an educational movement of effective Israel supporters. We aim to inform and inspire strong voices for Israel through our dynamic and comprehensive educational curricula, workshops, and seminars.
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Project SuLaM Enters Phase II: Shabbaton Focuses on Jewish Peoplehood

♦ by RAVSAK Staff

With the generous support of the AVI CHAI Foundation, Project SuLaM: Study, Leadership and Mentoring, RAVSAK's program of intensive Jewish studies for seated heads of schools and other key administrators, has been extended from a one year program to a two year venture. Whereas year one focused on the Judaic growth of 16 individual school leaders, "phase II" focuses on 10 school-based leadership teams composed of a year-one participant, a second administrator, and an influential lay leader who, together with the guidance of a program mentor, develop and implement new initiaitives to strengthen the school's Judaic culture and curriculum.

This past month the 30 "Sulamites," together with mentors Jerry Issak-Shapiro, Mariashi Groner, Susan Koss, Dr. Larry Kutler, and Susan Weintrob, gathered in Plantation, FL for a 4-day Shabbaton to explore the theme of Jewish Peoplehood. An extraordinary text-based curriculum, developed by Rabbi Joseph Kanofsky, Ph.D., of the Toronto Board of Jewish Education, served as the core of the Shabbaton learning.

In addition to covering all costs related to program Shabbatonim, Project SuLaM will provide each participating school with a mini-grant of $1,500 to support Judaic programmatic growth. AVI CHAI has also committed to funding a second cohort of program participants (see page 23 for more details).