The image of a Muslim girl standing on a stage with a Jewish girl appears on the wall that serves as a projection screen in the 7th grade classroom where I am teaching, immediately capturing the attention ...
As I wandered the halls alone it seemed highly unlikely that I would stumble upon the graduation portrait of a woman I had only met two times at Beth Tfiloh. But, as I rounded the corner of the 3rd ...
The group of 14-year-old students sitting in front of me in their class at SSG watched with intensity the YouTube performance of the Slam Poem “Why am I Not Good Enough?” The poem, which went viral ...
Prior to this trip, our second to Budapest and to the Scheiber Sandor school, my partner teachers in Hungary and I exchanged emails about the classes I would be teaching. Amidst class numbers and information ...
In continuation with the theme of citizenship that my co-teacher Zsolt and I brainstormed about before I came here to teach, today I worked with my grade 13 class on a ditto that I use when I end my ...
I landed in Budapest at close to 11 in the morning on Monday, April 23 and about one and half hours later, fueled by only one and half hours of plane sleep, I was back in the Scheiber Sandor school ...
On a plane from Baltimore to Brussels – the first leg of my journey to Budapest for the second year of Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School’s partnership with the Scheiber Sandor Gimnazium – I listened ...
The old expression goes, you can’t go home again. Maybe, but I can tell you that today when we returned to the Scheiber Sandor Gimnazium for our first day of teaching this this year it felt incredibly ...
I felt right at home as I sat in the special services team meeting at Sheibor on Monday morning. The psychologist, grade advisors, special education teacher and administrators come together to discuss ...
Turn left, go straight I know exactly where we are! The sense of familiarity calmed my nerves as we strolled the streets of Budapest. I marveled at what a difference a year makes – both in the weather ...
Traveling by air usually makes me feel very anxious -But today, I was feeling “uncharacteristically calm” as I loaded my suitcase into the trunk of the car. I think I can attribute this to the fact ...
Now I am writing to let you know that this afternoon we shared our experiences with our entire staff and it created the atmosphere we hoped for. I really do feel that this was the momentum we needed ...
I would like to say thank you again for all you did for us. I personally am grateful beyond words.and I wish that your efforts will bear fruits with other schools as well.
The day after tomorrow at our ...
This has been our last day at Beth Tfiloh. We had the possibility to see how a week ends in the school. After Dvar Torah given by Rita Tuna we each had the possibility to say goodbye to the children ...
Starting our day with the Academic Support Team was another possibility to learn for us. As our school, SSG is a place where Special Need children are integrated in regular classes, it was really useful ...
We started our day with a visit to full of all school administration meeting, which was fabulous. As Dr Schorr managed the whole meeting was absolutely effective and simply professional. As we see it, ...
Another day has passed. We started the day with an organized excursion with a ranger, who showed us around the Downtown of Baltimore, which was the perfect start of our day. Thank you guys again for ...
After having had our first day to teach we now all feel much more comfortable and confident. We were all really nervous before today as it was the first time to have taught in another country.
BT students sharing their love of the school
Thank ...
What a fantastic day we have had. We all are so grateful to our dearest colleagues for showing us all the famous and memorable places in Washington. Beginning with the fantastic White House and all ...
Arriving at Dulles Airport
We have arrived. We were all so excited to be here. Our journey was really pleasant and successful. Thanks for our dearest hosts , Glynis and Alan we had our first dinner in an authentic place, in Silver ...
