By Heather R. Pierson As the parent of a child with a disability, it is important to understand your child’s rights within the educational setting. However, the laws and processes governing the rights of students with disabilities can be overwhelming and difficult to understand. Generally, if a public school receives federal funds, three laws protect…
Arizona Jewish Life asked the state’s Jewish schools to share “What’s new?” Temple Kol Ami Early Childhood Center is accepting registration for the 2017-2018 school year beginning Feb. 5. The program is open year-round with full-time and part-time hours for children ages 8 weeks through pre-kindergarten. The school offers a highly qualified staff and a…
Ballet Theatre of Phoenix 2326 E Indian School Road, Phoenix 602-957-3364 • ballettheatreofphx.org We provide excellent classical ballet instruction that trains the whole dancer, in order to help our students understand themselves, not only as an artist and performer, but also as a person. Ballet is a means of expressing ones’ soul through technique and…
The Helen Diller Family Foundation is accepting nominations for the 2015 Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards. The program recognizes as many as 15 Jewish teens annually with awards of $36,000 each for exceptional leadership and impact in volunteer projects that make the world a better place. As many as five teens from California and 10…
PHOTO: Israel Sci-Tech Schools Director General Zvi Peleg, left, talks to students in the Air Force program in Kfar Saba. Israel Sci-Tech Schools, the largest independent network of science and technology educational institutions in Israel, will convene an international conference on Nov. 29 in Jerusalem that will focus on correcting global deficiencies in STEM…
Change is in the air at Tucson Hebrew Academy and Pardes Jewish Day School in the Valley. Both schools have long histories of combining a love for Jewish learning and culture with excellent academics and a strong sense of community. They each strive to nurture critical thinking and a positive Jewish identity while providing a…
For nearly 40 years the Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Phoenix’s Passages Lecture Series has presented top scholars, speakers and programs from around the country to provide insight into everything from politics to entertainment in the Jewish world. This year’s series features seven lectures beginning Jan. 10 and concluding March 13. Programs meet at…
In its 2015 Quality Counts report, Education Week ranked Arizona as 47th out of 50 states and the District of Columbia on quality of education. That probably doesn’t come as a great surprise to most Arizonans, who have grown accustomed to our state’s dismal education report card. But what may astonish some is that our…
After a successful debut in Tempe last year, Limmud returns to Arizona for a day of learning designed to take everyone who attends “one step further on your Jewish journey.” Last year more than 400 people turned out for more than 40 talks on such diverse topics as Jewish cowboys and Talmudic ethics. This year…
“You’re ruining my life,” bemoans my 15-year-old son, Levi, as he storms out of the kitchen in a fury. To be honest, this kind of teenage drama is relatively rare in our household. Levi’s grown into a fairly easygoing young man who handles most of life’s daily stressors with a cool, even-keeled sense of rationality…
