Schechter Westchester alumna Antoinette Klatzky of the Eileen Fisher Leadership Institute (EFLI) spoke during the Special Program block today about how best to make a difference in the world as an individual. “It starts from within, it starts with ourselves, and it starts with the decisions we make each day,” Klatzky said. Eileen Fisher, the
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KehilahPalooza Festival Launches New School Year
After starting the first day of the 2015-16 school year with a school-catered breakfast and speeches in the high school gym by school and student government officials, followed by presentations on student life, technology and school rules and eight 15-minute class periods, Schechter Westchester students spent the last three hours of the day at a
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Schechter Says Lehitraot to NETA
After more than a decade of using the NETA Hebrew curriculum, Schechter Westchester reevaluated its Hebrew language program this winter and decided to leave the full NETA curriculum and use its Hebrew teachers to develop a curriculum. NETA, a Hebrew language curriculum developed by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and supported by The AVI CHAI
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Schechter Implements Optional Inclusion of Matriarchs in Amidah
By Sarah Fortinsky For years, Schechter Westchester students have learned that the daily prayers they recite in school are timeless and unchanging—until last week, when the administration introduced a change. Each minyan at Schechter will now give students the opportunity to recognize the imahot, or matriarchs (Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah), alongside the avot, or
