Bais Menachem's Early Education Program serves Kindergarten and 1st Grade students in a warm, nurturing, cooperative, and challenging environment where Judaic and General Studies teachers collaborate closely.
The program establishes foundational skills through interactive, hands-on activities:
Students advance toward higher-level thinking skills. The school emphasizes educating the whole student — developing an inquisitive and scholarly mind alongside respect for others and collaborative living skills.
Concentrated study of Language Arts, History, Science, Math, and Speech/Drama alongside Judaic coursework, with emphasis on student-led activities.
Students develop knowledge of and appreciation for literature, language, and composition, improving skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
William Golding's Lord of the Flies • John Knowles' A Separate Peace • George Orwell's Animal Farm • Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea • Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Macbeth • Poetry by Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson
Students understand, appreciate, develop, and deliver effective speeches through solo presentations and group debates while engaging with theatrical material.
Charles Boyle's Speak Out With Clout • Stein & Harnick's Fiddler on the Roof • Neil Simon's Fools • Celeste Raspanti's I Never Saw Another Butterfly
The program develops critical thinking skills and active problem solvers. Singapore Math is used in grades 6-7; grade 8 employs McDougal Littell's Algebra I.
Content is presented through PowerPoint lectures with projects, activities, and labs, emphasizing real-world relevance.
From ancient man and the Stone Age through ancient China, India, Greece, Rome, Egypt, Kush, the Hebrews and Judaism, and the Early Americas. Hands-on, project-based learning with compare-and-contrast activities.
From the first Europeans in 1607 through the thirteen colonies, Revolutionary War, Constitution, the Era of Jefferson, the Age of Reform, the Civil War, Industry, and the Progressive Era.
The iReady Diagnostic is an adaptive assessment tool by Curriculum Associates, designed to help teachers support each student and create a path of personalized instruction.
The test adjusts difficulty based on student responses, narrowing in on specific areas needing support. Teachers receive actionable data showing where students perform relative to grade-level and national norms.
Reports include Lexile® and Quantile® metrics for reading and mathematics performance insights. Students take these assessments multiple times throughout the school year.