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Family Shabbat Experience (** FSE **) is a program designed to approach Jewish Education in a new way.This is an alternative to the Sunday component of the LBT Religious School program for families with students in grades K through 6.The goal of FSE is to enhance LBT families’ engagement in the Jewish values of learning, community, and involvement in Jewish life.  Participation in FSE means making a year-long commitment to a new way of learning; parents and children participate in FSE together each Saturday afternoon that FSE occurs. Though there is a classroom component to the program, the learning at FSE extends far beyond the academic aspects associated with school learning.It is an experience of learning through living Torah and Jewish life.
 * Leo Baeck Temple **
 * F**AMILY ** S **HABBAT ** E **XPERIENCE

 Those who enjoy and value spending time together with their family, partaking in lifelong Jewish learning, and building strong friendships with other LBT families will be well suited to our Family Shabbat Experience.Both long-time members and new families are welcome.

Temple Sholom Scotch Plains NJ www.sholomnj.org

Trimester Learning Model and Family Track In the 2010-11 School Year Temple Sholom got rid of our entire Sunday grade based curriculum (where each grade studied different topics) and instead broke our year in to three trimesters with all grades studying the same topic during the same trimester. The trimesters are on a four year rotation curriculum. The entire congregation (through adult learning, sermons from the bima, newsletter articles...) studies this same trimester topic.

In addition, families can choose for each trimester to have their children learn in our grade based Sunday morning classrooms to study the trimester topic, or to instead take part in our Family Track program for the trimester. Our Family Track program includes 3 hours of at-home activities, 3 Shabbat services, 3 Havdalah programs (3 hour multi-generational programs on the trimester theme) and one congregational education day. Below are some of the materials that we have used for the program. Please contact Michelle Shapiro Abraham and educator@sholomnj.org with any questions.

[|introduction to our Trimester Learning Model (publicity)]

Overview of 2010-11 Curriculum (Genesis Trimester)

Overview of 2010-11 Curriculum (Biblical History Trimester)

Overview of 2010-11 Curriculum (God Trimester)