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1B Celebrates Chumash Learning!
Mazel tov to Rabbi Sebbag's first-grade class on their Haschalas Chumash! May they continue to grow and shteig. Grandparents, enjoy the nachas and please consider supporting your grandchild's education by joining the Shoroshim Society.
After-school Triumph!
TA Girls’ win second place at the VEX Robotics Competition Middle-school-aged children are highly cognizant of their perceived strengths and challenges. Feelings of both confidence and insecurity shape a child’s sense of self. “This is why it’s so important to build...
Reflections on Hakhel
Dear Friends, As a young camper in Camp Munk, it’s hard to forget the learning group led by the late Rabbi Dovid Trenk z"l in which I was privileged to participate. My sharpest memory of those summers of learning were not the texts we studied; rather they were of...
Elevating the health and well being of every student.
TA Breaks Down Barriers to Students’ Mental Health Care New partnership with The Brookline Center provides students with onsite help. Batya’s daughter needed help. Her bright and imaginative nine-year-old was emotionally withdrawn and struggling academically. Batya...
STEM Update
Torah Academy Hamilton STEM Lab: “Quick, we need cardboard, a screwdriver, and measuring tape! We’re about to learn about how parachutes work on spacecraft!” Just a year ago, this request from a 6th grade girl would have been met with a quizzical shrug. Today,...
Legacy Story: Rabbi and Mrs. Wieder
Rabbi Aharon Wieder and Mrs. Sheva Wieder were educators at heart. They spent decades teaching Jewish studies in the classroom. Yet, they spent even more time outside of the classroom teaching by example. Both survivors of the Holocaust, they were fiercely committed...
Legacy Story: Mr. Leonard (Lenny) M. White, a”h
Mr. Leonard White, “Lenny” as he was known, made an impression wherever he went. Personable and brilliant, he never forgot a face and was sought after by many for advice. Born and raised in Dorchester, Lenny lived most of his adult life in Brookline. He was a proud...
Ask the Administrators
HOW DO YOU ENCOURAGE COMPLIANCE? Rabbi Moshe Frohlich Assistant Principal Show you understand their struggle while at the same time enforcing the rules in a firm, non-emotional way. It takes a lot of reminders and a lot of patience. Mrs. Dina Feldman...
Unmasking Resilience
Achieving compliance through patience, persistence and compassion. Of the many changes awaiting Torah Academy (TA) students when they returned to in-person learning this fall, mask wearing was the biggest. In accordance with the guidance received from the...
Grant Stories
Torah Academy was recently awarded two new grants! At Torah Academy (TA), we see a wide-open field of possibilities when it comes to locating funding sources for our school. Fortunately, resourcefulness and creativity are always in the air at TA! Winning...
A Torah for Torah Academy
We feel grateful and humbled that for our alumni, regardless of the discipline or profession they have chosen, Torah is at the center of their lives. As young adults, they continue to learn, love and live the Torah values taught at Torah Academy. Now, as...
TA Stands for “Taking Action”
Torah Academy’s Community COVID Testing Initiative “Why is this happening?” In these COVID times, it is natural for us to ask why. What is the meaning behind these difficult events in the world? How can we make some sense of the challenges and pain? It’s...
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