WELCOME TO EMEK HEBREW ACADEMY
Teichman Family Torah Center
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ABOUT
EMEK HEBREW ACADEMY
MISSION STATEMENT :
Emek Hebrew Academy Teichman Family Torah Center is
dedicated to offering an academically challenging and strong Orthodox education
for Jewish children in the community by providing them with a comprehensive,
well-balanced curriculum in both Torah and general studies. Our atmosphere is a
serious but warm one, conducive to learning and to success, and our primary goal
is to empower our students with Jewish values so that they will go out into the
world with an unwavering devotion to halacha, Jewish Law. At Emek it is
our hope that teachers, parents, and students will join our rabbis in a
commitment to lifelong learning. To that end we provide a solid foundation in
both Torah and general studies, guaranteeing an environment that is rich in
Torah and Talmudic law study and that is grounded in community service and
proper midot, behavior. Upon graduating students will be equipped with
the critical thinking skills needed to succeed at the most rigorous Yeshiva high
schools or at other institutions of higher learning. They will also leave our
doors knowing that more important than the content they have learned is the
values they have internalized. We therefore emphasis tzniut, modesty, and
kavod, respect, as being of utmost importance, and we stress a love for
our people, for G-d, for Torah, for mankind, for the land
Israel, and for the state of Israel: ahavat Yisrael, ahavat Hashem, ahavat
Torah, ahavat habriyot, ahavat eretz Yisrael, and ahavat medinat Yisrael
respectively. Finally, it is our vision that our community—staff, students, and
parents—be devoted to studying, to achieving excellence, and to demonstrating a
spirit of cooperation and friendship.
SCHOOLWIDE LEARNING
EXPECTATIONS:
OUR BELIEFS:
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Every student can learn to appreciate the
importance of learning; can grow in his or her love of learning.
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Every student can grow in the knowledge, background and pride in Jewish
traditions; can become a living example of Torah values.
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Every student can learn to appreciate the value, worth and importance of others.
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Every student can develop a positive feeling of self-confidence and self-worth.
THEREFORE, SCHOOLWIDE EXIT LEARNING
EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENT SUCCESS:
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATORS WHO:
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Convey verbal, non-verbal and written messages to others in clear and
unambiguous ways.
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Receive and understand significant verbal and written messages.
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Are
fluent or working toward fluency in the English language.
CRITICAL THINKERS WHO:
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Identify problems.
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Develop and utilize appropriate solution/resolution strategies.
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Use
multiple resources for problem resolution.
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Analyze and synthesize data as part of the problem solving process.
INITIATORS WHO:
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Anticipate problems or dilemmas.
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Invent and create original solutions to problems.
QUALITY PRODUCERS WHO:
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Produce intellectual, artistic and practical products.
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Maintain high standards of quality for all final products.
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Use
original ideas for projects.
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Use
appropriate technology to design and produce work and projects.
COLLABORATIVE PARTICIPANTS WHO:
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Develop leadership skills.
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Cooperate, contribute and compromise when working in groups.
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Accept praise and constructive criticism as part of a group’s growth process.
SELF-DIRECTED ACHIEVERS WHO:
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Assess their own learning strengths and needs.
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Set
realistic goals and priorities.
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Use
appropriate strategies for attaining academic excellence.
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Persevere in the face of failure, evaluate progress and redirect energies when
necessary.
COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTORS WHO:
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Display a moral and ethical responsibility to themselves, their community, the
environment, our nation and the world.
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Demonstrate positive and productive traits of citizenship.
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Use
their talents to enhance themselves and others.
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Demonstrate tolerance toward those with differences.
