Chag Kasher v'Sameach

I am interrupting my blog posts about our language arts curriculum to share with you some Pesach well wishes. Chag Kasher v'Sameach!


Today is the last day of school before Passover vacation starts. The building is buzzing. But more importantly, the place smells like Pesach. Today, every student brought a vegetable so that we can have a giant pot of vegetable soup for our school-wide Passover meal. Everyone is busily getting ready for the all-school seder. Sixth grade is debuting their giant seder plate display that they worked on in art class. 

Members of Kitah Vav along with art teacher, Morah Kitty, designed a giant seder plate for the entire school to see during our seder.

Gan students are cleaning their classrooms and cubbies. Some of the members of Kitah Bet are getting ready for their Hebrew play which retells the exodus.

Members of Kitah Bet getting into their parts as they take the stage to tell the Passover story.

Throughout our curriculum, students are interacting with Pesach in real ways. If we were to focus on one big central question that we want to have our students ponder at Passover, it would be, "How and why do we remember important moments in history that have impacted who the Jewish people are today?"

These moments are significant and many in the school. They are woven into all aspects of our curriculum. They are transmitted in all different ways. Students are given a rich landscape to explore this question. At LGA, we fully believe in integrating the arts in all aspects that we do. We also believe that this looks different for all ages. 

Look at how Gan has been introduced to the seder. They created a hagadah. They made matzah. As soon as you walk in the doors of the school, you are greeted with instructions on how to make matzah. Take a look at Morah Amy's blog about how she creatively introduces Passover to her class. 

Then take a peek at how Kitah Vav (6th grade) delves deeper, creating a piece of art work that will hopefully last for future generations of LGA students to use and study from. They research in-depth the individual parts of the seder plate. 

This surely isn't the way that I learned about Passover. The LGA students are excited to share with their families all that they have studied. I will leave you with two things to look at. One is the Gan hagadah and second are these students singing "The Four Questions." 

So on behalf of the entire LGA community, Chag Sameach!