Rimonim Torah School is the newest expansion of Rimonim, the Youth and Family Learning Community at FTJC.
Rimonim Torah School is guided by Rimonim’s essential values of arevut (ownership and involvement), chesed (love and kindness), and limmud (learning). We’re thrilled to foster an environment where children and families can bring their full selves and learn joyfully together.
Our curriculum focuses on building Jewish skills and learning Jewish values and practices. We engage with Torah and Bible narratives, the Jewish calendar with its holidays and lifecycle events, Hebrew literacy, Jewish identity and diversity, how to do mitzvot, and justice and ethics. More information about the Torah School curriculum can be found here.
The 2024-2025 (5785) school year will run from September 18, 2024 through June 4, 2025.
Afterschool sessions will meet from 4:00-6:00pm on Wednesday afternoons at the Fort Washington Collegiate campus, corner of 181st Street and Fort Washington Ave. Nitzanim (K-2nd Grade) and Shorashim (3rd-5th Grade) will meet separately in two different classes. We are happy to help you coordinate transportation with other families who might be coming from the same school as your child. New this year we are excited to partner with the Y to help coordinate transportation to Torah School. Families who sign up for the Y's Be Me After School program on Wednesdays can opt to have the Y provide transportation to the Collegiate Campus and childcare until Torah School begins at 4 PM. You can sign up for Be Me here. Please see here for more details! Hebrew Partners Online is how we teach Hebrew literacy at Rimonim Torah School! Students work solo or in pairs in a live Zoom session with our tutor for 30 minutes a week. Families who pair up can share the tutor’s fee. If you choose to opt in, we will connect you with our Hebrew Language Specialist to coordinate a schedule that suits your family.
Family Beit Midrash is a four-part Shabbat program that is also part of the Rimonim Torah School. Enrolled families come together on Shabbat for a special Shabbat meal and additional learning with our educators and our clergy team. Children and their grownups learn special topics both together and apart, showing children that learning about Torah and Judaism is a value for the whole family. It's also a lovely opportunity to build Jewish community among our school families.
For any questions about Rimonim Torah School, please contact youth@ftjc.org
Rimonim Torah School 2024-2025 (5785) Calendar is available here!
Deadline
Tuition
Early Bird
June 30, 2024
$1900
Regular
September 1, 2024
$2100
Sun, October 13 2024 11 Tishrei 5785
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