Teaching & Learning

Our Mission

Solomon Schechter Academy prepares our students for a lifetime of learning. We nurture in our children a positive cultural identity, healthy self-esteem, and a sense of responsibility for themselves and their world.

SSA is the educational choice for both Jewish and non-Jewish families seeking a stimulating, supportive, and joyful start for their children's formal schooling years. The program and facilities encourage intellectual development in a secure, individualized atmosphere, which fosters the child's natural curiosity and instills pride and confidence in his or her identity.

Our secular studies program offers opportunities to learn in a broad range of areas, including the core disciplines of reading, science, mathematics, language arts, and social science. Enrichment of these core disciplines is provided by regular instruction and participation in music, art, computer science, community service, and physical education.

Our Judaic curriculum includes Hebrew language, Jewish history, Jewish laws and customs, holiday observances, values and ethics, Torah, prayer, and the study of Israel. The beautiful traditions and observances of Judaism are incorporated into and related to the daily lives of our students. For example, when our students learn the mitzvah of visiting the sick, they may practice it by going to nursing homes or local hospitals. Similarly, they are encouraged to practice the mitzvah of regularly giving tzedakah. Our students actively participate in deciding how tzedakah will be distributed.

Each school year, our curriculum is enhanced by two visiting emissaries. The emissaries are native Israeli, young men and women who choose to delay their military service in Israel for one year to come to the U.S. to perform volunteer educational support services at SSA. The positive perspective and unique experiences that these volunteers bring to our students is highly valued.

The heart of our success

As lifetime learners, our faculty are positive role models for our students. They work within and across disciplines to provide a fully integrated academic experience. The school recognizes and responds to children's individual learning styles and needs by increasing the level of challenge for advanced learners and providing enhanced development opportunities, as appropriate. We offer creative uses of available school and community resources to provide a learning environment that is academically productive and emotionally supportive for each student's needs.


	Printer-friendly version Send to friend Teaching & Learning Our Mission Solomon Schechter Academy prepares our students for a lifetime of learning. We nurture in our children a positive cultural identity, healthy self-esteem, and a sense of responsibility for themselves and their world. Teaching & Learning SSA is the educational choice for both Jewish and non-Jewish families seeking a stimulating, supportive, and joyful start for their children's formal schooling years. The program and facilities encourage intellectual development in a secure, individualized atmosphere, which fosters the child's natural curiosity and instills pride and confidence in his or her identity. Our secular studies program offers opportunities to learn in a broad range of areas, including the core disciplines of reading, science, mathematics, language arts, and social science. Enrichment of these core disciplines is provided by regular instruction and participation in music, art, computer science, community service, and physical education. Our Judaic curriculum includes Hebrew language, Jewish history, Jewish laws and customs, holiday observances, values and ethics, Torah, prayer, and the study of Israel. The beautiful traditions and observances of Judaism are incorporated into and related to the daily lives of our students. For example, when our students learn the mitzvah of visiting the sick, they may practice it by going to nursing homes or local hospitals. Similarly, they are encouraged to practice the mitzvah of regularly giving tzedakah. Our students actively participate in deciding how tzedakah will be distributed. Each school year, our curriculum is enhanced by two visiting emissaries. The emissaries are native Israeli, young men and women who choose to delay their military service in Israel for one year to come to the U.S. to perform volunteer educational support services at SSA. The positive perspective and unique experiences that these volunteers bring to our students is highly valued. The heart of our success As lifetime learners, our faculty are positive role models for our students. They work within and across disciplines to provide a fully integrated academic experience. The school recognizes and responds to children's individual learning styles and needs by increasing the level of challenge for advanced learners and providing enhanced development opportunities, as appropriate. We offer creative uses of available school and community resources to provide a learning environment that is academically productive and emotionally supportive for each student's needs.