Admin3 days ago2 minSpreading Seeds of Kindness!Our second week of camp went with a “Big Bang.” We splished and splashed and kept our entire body hydrated with an enormous water slide....
AdminJun 242 minWelcome to CAMP GAN ISRAEL 2022!It has been a fabulous first week of camp. We loved seeing the happy smiling faces when we arrived on Tuesday morning. Everyone was ready...
AdminJun 102 minEach person is a shining STAR. Literally.It’s hard to believe that we are a minute away from summer and it’s already time to say goodbye to our friends and Morahs whom we loved...
AdminJun 31 minWE are the Guarantors!Celebrating Shavuot this week and super excited the cheese (I mean Torah:) holiday is here! We learned all about the 10 Commandments and...
AdminMay 272 minHashem Gave Us A Present, Do You Know What It Was?We have been having fun preparing for the upcoming holiday of Shavuot and have been working on creating our very own mini Torah worlds....
AdminMay 202 minLove Your Friend As Yourself“Rabbi Akiva says, ‘This is a great principle of the Torah’.” We learned that it is so important to treat each other the way we want to...
AdminMay 122 minThe Twelve Torah Passages Here are many of Judaism's fundamentals brought forth through verses and sayings of our sages. The Lubavitcher Rebbe taught us these...
AdminMay 61 minHappy Birthday Israel!What a fantastic week we had celebrating Israel’s birthday! We pretended to board an El Al flight and go straight to Israel! We each got...
AdminApr 291 minWelcome Back! We loved hearing about everyone’s fabulous Pesach and Spring break. The children shared stories of spending time with family and enjoying...
AdminApr 81 minPesach is Almost Here!What are enjoying Pesach prep, finishing our projects and loved welcoming our BJP families to our Model Seders. We have been singing our...
AdminApr 11 minLet My People Go! We have been busy this week getting ready for Pesach. We talked so much about the upcoming holiday and how we celebrate it. We spoke...
AdminMar 252 minLotsa Lotsa Matza.The time has come and we are learning all about Pesach! The story of our freedom from slavery. The time when we celebrate all the...
AdminMar 171 minChag Sameach! Happy Purim! We have had the best week getting ready for Purim and celebrating it in school! We had a blast face painting and face painting on our...
AdminMar 111 minJoy, Cheer and Happiness! Purim is in the month of Adar and it is the happiest time of year! In BJP, we have been singing Purim songs with puppets, dancing to...
AdminMar 41 minJoy Abounds! It's Finally Adar!What a joyous week we had. We have been getting in the spirit by creating Shushan Towns in all our classrooms. Coloring in our huge...
AdminFeb 252 minCelebrating Presidents & The Land of the Free!In honor of President's Day this week, we learned all about Presidents, sang the Pledge of Allegiance and discussed our American Flag. We...
AdminFeb 182 minEvery Child is an Artist..."The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."- Pablo Picasso We continued exploring different artists and techniques, styles...
AdminFeb 111 minVan Gogh, Mondrian, Carle, Monet and more!We've explored some fun artists this week. Van Gogh, Mondrian, Carle and Monet, are just some of the artists we looked into this week. We...
AdminFeb 41 minReuse Reduce Recycle!We have had a great week talking about not letting things go to waste. We know we can reuse or re-purpose them to make beautiful prices...
AdminJan 282 minFood Groups & Blessings ...For the wonderful food we eat!! We had a delicious week learning all about brochot, blessing Hashem for all of the food we eat. That...
AdminJan 212 minCelebrating all things NATURE!THANK YOU all so much for joining us at our second annual Outdoor Spruce Day! We had a great time beautifying our garden, painting...
AdminJan 141 minTu B Shevat is here, it's the birthday of the trees!We have been celebrating nature this week. We learned we need trees for so many things we enjoy daily. Wood furniture, home for small...
AdminJan 71 minHappy 2022!We are so excited to start 2022 with a lot of energy and fun! We hope you all had a wonderful vacation and are ready to enjoy the second...
AdminDec 23, 20211 minIt Finally Feels Like WINTER!We have been enjoying all things winter this week! We squished white play doh to make balls and create snowmen. We used glue with salt to...
AdminDec 17, 20211 minSolar System GaloreWe loved learning about Avraham Avinu (Abraham our Forefather) and the stars so much last week, we decided to spend more time and expand...
AdminDec 10, 20211 minGaze up at the stars and count them!It’s been such a wonderful week learning all about the first Jewish man Avraham. We know Avraham was promised to have as many children as...
AdminDec 8, 20211 minChanukah Oh Chanukah Come Light the Menorah!We had so much fun celebrating Chanukah! We made so many delicious Chanukah treats! Latkes, Sufganiyot, Chanukah cookies, edible menorahs...
AdminNov 19, 20211 minA Week Full of Thanks!!What a beautiful week we had celebrating Thankful for our Generations Day! We loved being able to welcome you to our school family to...
AdminNov 12, 20211 minFall Festivities and Pumpkin Play Coming Your Way!We have been busy practicing singing songs and dancing in anticipation for our Grateful for Generations Day next week. We have created...
AdminNov 5, 20211 minThankful and Grateful!This week we focused on being Thankful and Grateful. We know the month of November brings the holiday of Thanksgiving, a time when we...
AdminOct 29, 20211 minNoach and the Ark!We had such a great week finishing up our unit on Noach and the Teiva (Noah’s Ark). We played with rain, clouds, rainbows, colors,...
AdminOct 22, 20211 minA Splashing Good Time!What a splashing good time we had learning about Noach’s Teiva! We used wood and glue to decorate a huge Ark. We know that there were 3...
AdminOct 15, 20211 minG-d's Beautiful WorldWe had a fabulous week learning more about G-d's beautiful world. We know on day 4 Hashem (G-d) made the sun, moon, stars, and planets....
AdminOct 8, 20212 minIn the Beginning G-d Created...It’s so nice to be back to school after a wonderful month of beautiful holidays! We know our final holiday was a celebration of our...
AdminSep 17, 20211 minHappy Holidays & Chag Sameach! It’s been a short but fun week here in BJP. We continued to learn about Yom Kippur and Sukkot. We focused on the story of Yona. We know...
AdminSep 10, 20211 minShana Tova, Getting Holiday Ready!We hope you all had a wonderful Rosh Hashana and your year is as sweet as your children are! We only had two days this week but we packed...
AdminSep 3, 20211 minWelcome back to school!We are so excited the fun has begun! We are so happy to be partnering with you to create the best school year here in BJP. We loved...
AdminAug 20, 20211 minLiving Through JoyWeek 9 was oh so fine! This week we talked about living through joy! Bring simcha ( joy) into our world! We know that everything comes...
AdminAug 13, 20211 minTaking Care of Our World!Week 8 was great! We spent this week focusing on taking care of our world. We know that it is our responsibility to make the world a...
AdminAug 6, 20211 minHonoring Mom and Dad!Week 7 we learned all about honoring our parents and showing them respect always. We know when our parents ask us to do something we...
AdminAug 2, 20211 minKindness is in the air!Week 6 fun! Kindness is in the air! We had a great time this week celebrating and focusing on small acts of kindness. We know the...
AdminJul 23, 20211 minTreat Other People the Way You Want to be Treated!Week 5 of camp was a blast! This week we focused on the golden rule, treat other people the way you want to be treated! We learned from...
AdminJul 16, 20211 minSeek out the Good in Everything!Welcome to session 2 of Mini Izzy and Izzy Explorers! Week 4 was so much fun! Our theme this week was looking for the good in everything....
AdminJul 9, 20211 minDiscovery Course! We Discovered that class was a blast!Monday we used our feet, animals and little people to make tracks! We walked in paint, used shaving cream to make footprints, and had a...
AdminJul 2, 20211 minThe Treasure Inside of Us!Week 2 in Camp Gan Izzy was arggggggsome! The theme this week in camp was all about our treasure inside of us, our neshama! Our soul. We...
AdminJun 25, 20212 minIt's Finally Summer! We started off our wonderful summer having fun in the sun! We had a giant water slide here on Monday! We loved splashing and sliding and...
AdminJun 11, 20212 minThank you for an amazing school year!What a great week we had to end this school year. We had so much fun our final week here by reading all our favorite books, singing our...
AdminJun 9, 20211 minIt takes a Village. YOU are the soul of our school!Thank you to each community member, preschool parent, child and teacher for supporting us in our auction this week. It takes a village!...
AdminJun 4, 20211 minEnjoying our last few days together in BJP!This week we have had a blast enjoying the California warm weather with water and sand play fun! We have been bringing in recycled...
AdminMay 28, 20211 minThe Year Flew By!We only have 10 more days left of this unprecedented year. A year of extreme clarity in priorities and a year of gratefulness beyond...