Beth Hillel Elementary brings out the best in each individual child.
This effort is centered around developing these five key characteristics:
Critical Thinkers
- Gather, evaluate, and construct meaning from a variety of sources
- Design and implement strategies for solving problems
- Develop questions, create hypotheses, gather data, analyze the results and make conclusions
- Support claims using evidence
Quality Producers
- Design artifacts of academic self-expression
- Work collaboratively with others to achieve common goals
- Write effectively in multiple genres considering structure, development, and conventions.
- Articulate ideas clearly, creatively and effectively orally and through various media
Jewish Community Members
- Develop a foundational knowledge of Jewish history, texts, rituals, and values
- Experience communicating, reading and writing in Hebrew
- Value their Jewish identity, the Hebrew language and connection to Israel
- Participate in tikkun olam through mitzvot, initiatives, advocacy and tzedakah
Respectful Leaders
- Value themselves, others and the environment
- Celebrate differences and diversity through empathy
- Take on leadership roles within their classes, peer groups, and the school community
- Take responsibility for their behavior and decisions
Reflective Learners
- Develop a growth-based mindset through motivation and optimism
- Demonstrate curiosity and the desire to learn more
- Understand how they learn and apply appropriate learning strategies
- Exercise self-control
