A big thank you to Mr. O'Dell's first period class, as well as to Rabbi Lapidus for inviting me to participate in Beit Midrash this morning. I hope my schedule allows me to continue to join you as the year continues.
As a reminder here's our Beit Midrash goals for the year:
1. Students will engage in memorable learning experiences that expose them to concept of Torah lishma(study for the sake of study).
2. Students will learn how to become good chevruta partners and will be inducted into this acient and particularly Jewish form of learning.
3. To build a community through the study of shared text.
4. To study rich text in a rich and progressive context.
5. Students will learn how to "read" and "do" text.
6. Assessment should be based on citizenship ranther than competency.
7. Learning activities should aspire to educate the whole student with an eye toward relevance and application.
8. Beit Midrash sessions are planned jointly by the Judaic faculty so that the planning of the lesson reflects the multivocality that we seek to create in the classroom.
9. All faculty members are encouraged to attend Davis Academy Beit Midrash and learn alongside students as a way of modeling adult learning and to help foster the goal of "one text-one community".
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