Mati's Gan!
Today was Mati's first day at gan (gan aleph, not even pre-gan!). Yup I actually got up to bring her ;)
I would describe the setting as yeshivish. The primary school is called the cheder. It's mixed until grade 3, it is a rarity to find a school where they separate so early. It's in a community center and it just takes 15 mins to go there.
The dress code is kippa from start and skirts as soon as possible (they start really talking about it at 4 but most girls wear them much before). They don't have Chabad issues with treif animals, and they have a big nice flat screen tv too. The food is provided by them only, and it is Chalav Yisrael (they use parve products without hechsher if they are on the rabbinate list) which makes sense as probably a good number of families (try to) keep it. Most boys have "visible" payes and many have tzitzis out. Long skirts and sneakers are not an issue either.
The school follows the regular public school secular education (I doubt they do sex ed!), just tzniusdik and with only frum teachers. Boys and girls being mixed in the beginning, the level of Hebrew and kodesh for little girls is probably outstanding and gives great bases. In gan alef they already learn Hebrew letters!!
It's 250 euros/month on 12 months with cantina and nosh (400 at the caregiver, and we brought food!), more like 150 euros with the tax cuts! It's as cheap as a charedi school!
Kids bear names like Yaakov, Akiva, Orna, Sarah, Shirel, Israel Meir, Levana, Yehiel, Samuel, Ahinoam, Aaron. I saw no Yiddish, Ladino or Judeo-Arabic first name (they are probably used in second or third) and hoping Mati won't be too weird. I explained her names to the director and she seemed to get it. There are a few Ashkenazic teachers. Mati's morot are named Sima, Simcha, Hadassa and Chana.
They have an Yitzhak Rabin room! Tons of seforim and Jewish art on the walls, and they show the yellow star the community leader wore during the war...
The school page 8 to 10. The director is the rebbetzin of the community, here is the rav.
I would describe the setting as yeshivish. The primary school is called the cheder. It's mixed until grade 3, it is a rarity to find a school where they separate so early. It's in a community center and it just takes 15 mins to go there.
The dress code is kippa from start and skirts as soon as possible (they start really talking about it at 4 but most girls wear them much before). They don't have Chabad issues with treif animals, and they have a big nice flat screen tv too. The food is provided by them only, and it is Chalav Yisrael (they use parve products without hechsher if they are on the rabbinate list) which makes sense as probably a good number of families (try to) keep it. Most boys have "visible" payes and many have tzitzis out. Long skirts and sneakers are not an issue either.
The school follows the regular public school secular education (I doubt they do sex ed!), just tzniusdik and with only frum teachers. Boys and girls being mixed in the beginning, the level of Hebrew and kodesh for little girls is probably outstanding and gives great bases. In gan alef they already learn Hebrew letters!!
It's 250 euros/month on 12 months with cantina and nosh (400 at the caregiver, and we brought food!), more like 150 euros with the tax cuts! It's as cheap as a charedi school!
Kids bear names like Yaakov, Akiva, Orna, Sarah, Shirel, Israel Meir, Levana, Yehiel, Samuel, Ahinoam, Aaron. I saw no Yiddish, Ladino or Judeo-Arabic first name (they are probably used in second or third) and hoping Mati won't be too weird. I explained her names to the director and she seemed to get it. There are a few Ashkenazic teachers. Mati's morot are named Sima, Simcha, Hadassa and Chana.
They have an Yitzhak Rabin room! Tons of seforim and Jewish art on the walls, and they show the yellow star the community leader wore during the war...
The school page 8 to 10. The director is the rebbetzin of the community, here is the rav.
