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Rodeph Sholom School, a Reform Jewish Day School, fosters intellectual curiosity through a challenging independent school academic program in nursery through eighth grade. At the heart of RSS is a warm, vibrant community, where students are guided by Jewish knowledge, values, and ethics to become self-confident and socially responsible leaders.** Imagine someone came to Rodeph Sholom and spent the day wandering from class to class. At the end of the day they were asked to write our mission statement, and they wrote exactly the mission statement as it is written above. What would they have had to have seen and heard in classes come to that statement? In other words, what does our Mission statement look like and sound like in action? Come to an agreement on 10 things you would hear or see with your partner. 1. Students feel comfortable asking questions and expressing opinions in class.
 * RSS Mission Statement:

2. Jewish Knowledge—Tanach, Hebrew, Holdiays, and History

3. Students think independently, express themselves independently, and are able to assume leadership roles via Divrei Torah, Student Gov’t, project presentations, etc.

4. Using different Modalities and Multiple intelligence to explore subject matter in fun and engaging ways (art, skits, music, talent show, arts festival, science fair, etc)

5. Ethical Initiatives/ Service projects (Dorot, Toy Drive, Mishloach Manot, etc.)

6. Group work/ Debate/ Discussion

7. Text Study—Jewish and secular

8. Field Trips

9. Teacher is students best advocate

10. Fun, smiles, laughter, pride and joy of being part of a Jewish Day school community