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WFHA Gears Up For New School Year

After a busy summer preparing for this upcoming school year, Westchester Fairfield Hebrew Academy is excited to welcome its new and returning students to campus this fall.

The school year will kick off with WFHA's annual opening ceremony, which brings the entire school community together for festive song and dance, and will give the Academy's 70 new students a taste of some of the special memories they will create during their years at WFHA.

Aside from some new faces, returning students will see a number of changes on WFHA's 17-acre Greenwich campus, including a state-of-the-art Multi-Media Center. Students from all grades will have access to this high-tech interactive computer lab, which also includes an audio lab for the study of language and a digital resource room that will house an extensive audio and visual library.

"The use of technology has always been paramount at WFHA," said Head of School Nora Anderson, noting that students have computers and Smart Boards in each classroom, and the middle school students have personal laptops. "This new center will supplement our students' already extensive exposure to computer technology, taking their skills to the next level."

"The center's instruction will emphasize practical skills that the students can bring back to their classrooms and integrate into their studies," said WFHA's technology educator Dotan Pollak.

Pollak, who has received certification in Smart Board interactive whiteboard technology and is the only Smart Board master trainer in Fairfield County, will work with WFHA's teachers to implement the latest techniques in the classroom. He will also consult with teachers on the best methods to integrate computers and technology into the curriculum.

Other new additions to the campus are a second lunchroom and several new classrooms to house WFHA's fast-growing student body. The school's main playing field was also lengthened and widened during the summer to accommodate regulation soccer and lacrosse games.

With summer barely over, the fall academic calendar is filling up. The school is introducing an eighth grade honors biology class and will expand its Excellence 2000 math and science enrichment program. The sixth grade will visit the Teva Learning Center, a Jewish Environmental Education Institute. As part of WFHA's comprehensive World Jewish History curriculum, the seventh grade, which will study the Revolutionary War, will travel to Boston. And, in preparation for their year studying the 20^th century, eighth graders will visit Washington, D.C.

In September, WFHA will host artist-in-residence, Mordechai Rosenstein. Rosenstein, who will work with the students across all age levels, is one of the country's best-known Jewish artists and is recognized for his award-winning lithographs that reflect the rich and ancient traditions of Judaism.