lasses meet on Tuesday afternoons from 3:45 – 5:45 p.m. The school year runs from September 2011 until May 2012.

For more information or if you have any questions, please contact Marla Kolman Antebi,
School Director at 510-704-9687 or via email at education@chochmat.org.

t the Torat HaLev school, students and families learn tools to enliven Jewish practice and raise spiritual consciousness. We draw upon Judaism as a rich source of values and traditions to sustain ourselves and cultivate righteous action in the world.

Our school serves children in first grade through B'nai Mitzvah. Run on a family education model, parents are in the classroom, helping and learning alongside their children. Exploring Judaism together, families deepen their connections to tradition, to each other, and to community.

sing a variety of modalities including music, art, storytelling, meditation, and drama, our fun and engaging classes will deepen students’ connections to the rhythms of Jewish life and the cycles of the seasons. Students will explore the spiritual side of Judaism through
direct experiences with meditation, chant, and contemplative practices. Together we will engage in mitzvah projects that allow us to put our values into action and collaborate in building tikkun olam (repair of the world). Classes focus on specific themes that rotate each year. Basic Hebrew skills (decoding, simple vocabulary, prayers) are taught every year. Other themes include Torah stories, the Jewish calendar and holidays, Shabbat, prayers and blessings, mitzvot, and Jewish values. Students who return year after year will develop a strong foundation on which to build their future participation in the community through adolescence and into adulthood.

he strength of the CHL community is built on the active participation of individuals and families. Families enrolled in the Torat HaLev school are encouraged to become active participants in community programs, attend events like Shabbat services and holiday programs, and help in the larger community. By doing so we help strengthen the community and model for our children the mitzvah of avodah (work that contributes to the greater good).

Our school runs on a Family Education Model, and we encourage parents and family presence in class. Parents at the THL school are asked to attend at least half the classes with their children each semester if their schedules allow. Parents who are unable to attend at least half the sessions find other ways to contribute to the students and families in the community, by lending help and expertise in a particular area, or through avodah service (volunteering) to the community like helping at events, working in the CHL office, supervising children during services, and organizing.

For children with special needs or those who require more one-on-one attention, the expectation is that parents will attend classes with their children or send another adult to fulfill this role. For any sessions when no dedicated adult is able to attend, the parent must designate another class parent who will be present that day to serve as their child’s adult. In this way we guarantee that the classroom remains a comfortable environment for productive learning for all students.

2011 Tuesdays
Jan 10, 17, 24, 31
Feb 7, 14, 21, 28 (TuBeshevat Wed 2/8)
Mar 6, 13, 20, 27 (Purim Th 3/8)
April 2, 17, 24 (erev Pesach Fri 4/6)
May 1 (last day of classes), 8 (parent meeting)

Members
1 child………...…………….………..$800/year
2 children………...…………….…..$1250/year
3 children…………………………...$1700/year

Non-Members
1 child…………………………….….$1150/year
2 children…………………………...$1900/year
3 children……………….………….$2650/year

Early Bird Discount Registering and paying at least half the total
before June 30, 2011: Please take a $50
discount per child.

Registering after September 2  Please add $75 late fee per child.
* Class sizes are limited. If you are registering after
September 2ne please call the office at 510-704-9687 to
make sure there is room for your child/ren.

Refunds Before Sept. 12: full amount paid, minus $75
administrative fee. After Sept. 14: pro-rated amount of tuition for unattended classes, minus $100 administrative
fee.