Youth Activities (Religious School) 3 Years - 7th Grade

• Our Calendar: what's changed?
  • Due to where Passover and Easter fall on our calendar, we will be extending the school year by 3 days in May.  Be sure to pay close attention to the calendar. 
• Our Enrollment: what's changed?
  • This year we are asking about ski season and carpool! Please indicate your preferences
  • This year we are also asking about additional people who have "authorized access" to pick up you children. 
  • You have 3 options this year!
    • Only Sunday Mornings(Full Year) 
    • Only Wednesdays (Full year) 4th-7th grade-ONLY! 
    • Sunday Mornings only and then Wednesdays only during ski season. (Ski Season this year is defined as: 12.3.24 to 3.12.25)

    • **If you sign up for B'nai Mitzvah Class in person on Wednesdays, you must also sign up for Judaics on Wednesday or Sunday.

• Our Wednesdays/Ski Season: what's changed?
  • We listened to your feedback and are so pleased to be launching a 4th-7th program, in person, on Wednesdays! 
  • What: Judaics and Hebrew/B'nai Mitzvah Class.
  • Time: 4:30pm-6:45pm. It's 15 minutes later so we can serve pizza and let students take a break. 
  • We ask for $130 per student in order to cover the cost of pizza for the year. (This is completely optional! This will not be in your registration fee, but billed to you once your registration is complete.)
• Our Education: what's changed? 
  • We rewrote the entire curriculum so your student can have an exploratory, hands-on, communal experience, making friendships and being Jewish together! Our Blog will be updated to let you know what happening in the classroom! 
• Our Engagement: what's changed? 
  • This year, we are trying to have youth engagement for all ages! It might look like gathering together with both parents and students, and sometimes just students. We hope that these new groups will be well attended. Please email Jocelyn Rosenberg: Rosenberg@emanueldenver.org if interested in joining/helping.
  • Our Youth Groups!!!

    • Pk/K: led by own wonderful Molly Smith (please reach out to her at: Smith@emanueldenver.org)

    • 1st/2nd

    • 3rd/4th

    • 5th

    • 6th/7th

• " Youth Activities/Religious School Enrollment" includes Hebrew. There is no separate enrollment needed.  Pk-3rd grade will continue using Kathy Horewitch and Jocelyn's Rosenberg's AWESOME HEBREW Curriculum.  4th-7th grade will have an hour of Judaics and an hour of Hebrew on Sundays.  *If you feel like your child needs more Hebrew enrichment, please reach out to Kathy Horewitch for Hebrew tutoring. 
• Families must be members of Temple Emanuel to register for Youth programs (Religious School). If you are not a member and are interested in joining, please contact Susan Chayet Director of Membership, at chayet@emanueldenver.org prior to filling out your registration 
• Before your family’s enrollment is confirmed you must submit your students’ immunizations records to Molly Smith at smith@emanueldenver.org
• Families will receive information pertaining to the year, including class placement and new protocols, before the start of the program.
• If your family is in need of scholarship, please reach out to Jocelyn Rosenberg, Head of the Max Frankel Religious School at rosenberg@emanueldenver.org.
• In order to complete registration, we are asking all families to pay for Religious School in full as you register. Shul-cloud does give you the option to pay over a period of months.

Jocelyn Rosenberg is our Director of Youth Education and Engagement. She will be running all of our Youth Activities for PK through 7th grade; including the Max Frankel Religious School, Youth Groups, and Madrichim (Teen Assitant) Program. Jocelyn has spent 20 years in education and has been Principal at Temple for the past 3 years, while teaching for the past 6 years She is honored to lead our Religious School filled with Community, Learning, Kavanah (Intention), Jewish traditions, and Fun! Feel free to reach out anytime to Jocelyn at rosenberg@emanueldenver.org.

Kathy Horewitch is our Hebrew and B’nai Mitzvah Coordinator. Kathy has been in Jewish education for over 20 years, sparked by her desire to allow students to learn to love being Jewish. She is excited to expand her role at Temple Emanuel. She looks forward to supporting your students as they learn to love Judaism as she has. Contact Kathy at horewitch@emanueldenver.org.

Molly Smith grew up at Temple Emanuel, attending religious school, Hebrew School, Confirmation, and assistant teaching. She attended IST in the summer of 2000, graduated with honors from Hebrew High School, and was a counselor at Shwayder Camp during the summer of 2001. Molly returned to teaching at Temple Emanuel when her daughter started My Jewish Discovery. She is excited to work with the team to build the Youth Activities program! Contact Molly at smith@emanueldenver.org.

All protocols are created in collaboration with the Temple Emanuel Re-opening Task Force and are subject to change. More information will be provided as the school year approaches.