Author Archives: rrogozen

Reading Week 2012 = A HUGE Success! For the third year in a row the entire Schechter campus came together to celebrate reading. During this  annual Reading Week event, many multi-age and multi-sensory events/projects were planned to celebrate reading. Each … Continue reading →

The Mishna asks: “Who is wise?” The answer: “The person who sees what is yet to be born.” Put another way: the one who sees what’s around the next corner. Our faculty and administrators have been to universities and graduate … Continue reading →

There are two Hanukka stories: the Jewish civil war between the assimilationists and the religious zealots (Book of Maccabees), and the miracle of the oil (Talmud). The lesser known, lengthy version in the Book of Maccabees shows intense division within … Continue reading →

Years ago, the State of California created the Task Force on Self Esteem. At the time, the debate among educators was like the chicken-egg dilemma: which came first? Did a child need to first develop self esteem in order to … Continue reading →