Alumni BBQ – August 16

What? All Valley Torah Alumni are invited to a family fun BBQ at the Emek Magnolia Campus. There will be organized age appropriate fun activities for all age groups. This includes moon-bounce, basketball, friends, great food and much more. All in a spacious park-like area (with easy parking). When? Sunday, August 16 from 11:00 – 3:00 Where?Continue reading “Alumni BBQ – August 16”

PBL Exhibition: We Dared Greatly!

This school year has been quite unique as students have been given the opportunity to explore their interests, investigate societal issues and encouraged to think locally and globally to discover new passions in finding creative solutions to help others. Staff has kept busy also, with trips to innovative schools like High Tech High in SanContinue reading “PBL Exhibition: We Dared Greatly!”

PBL comes to Valley Torah

This Semester we experimented with doing a Project Based Learning (PBL) module in select Gemora classes. The Culmination was an exhibition (this past Sunday where we also celebrated a Siyum On Meseches Megillah as well as the Principals project) where different groups got to display their projects. The Gemora the boys were learning is inContinue reading “PBL comes to Valley Torah”

Trust is the cord that binds us

There is a very interesting commentary on this weeks Parsha that highlights the degree to which parental influence extends and the source for it. After the Bnei Yisroel’s complaints and dissatisfaction with the Manna the Torah tells us that Moshe questioned his ability to continue leading them on his own. The HaEmek Davar explains thatContinue reading “Trust is the cord that binds us”