All the staff at Machon Micah are looking forward to an enriching and fulfilling year of learning this coming year. Our program will meet in person and we will continue to offer our virtual one-on-one “E-vrit” tutoring, which has been a vital part of the Machon Micah learning program for more than a decade.
Please refer to the chart below for an “at-a-glance” view of our plans:
Temple Micah membership is required for enrollment in Machon Micah. For more information about joining Micah, contact Jeannelle D’Isa.
All first time families enrolling in Machon Micah should schedule an introductory meeting with our education team prior to completing the registration form. Contact Director of Education Sharon Tash to set up an appointment.
NOTE: Updated registration information will be available soon.
Questions? Contact Sharon Tash, Director of Education.
Machon Micah students in grades Pre-K-7 engage in a lively curriculum which covers Jewish holidays and traditions, Torah stories, Israel, Jewish values and various aspects of social justice. They also have activities involving music, Israeli folk dance, Jewish-themed yoga and art. Students in grades K-2 learn Hebrew letters and are introduced to rudimentary spoken Hebrew in the highly enjoyable “Ivrit b’Ivrit” virtual learning program.
Students in grades 3-7 learn Hebrew decoding and prayer-based Hebrew during their weekly “E-vrit” one-on-one virtual tutoring sessions. These sessions also include Judaica instruction. Hebrew skills are reinforced during in-person classes.
In anticipation of b’nai mitzvah, Machon Micah 6th graders also learn Torah trope on Tuesday afternoons.
| 2021 | 2022 |
| October 3 | January 30 |
| October 17 | February 6 |
| October 24 | February 13 |
| October 31 | February 27 |
| November 7 | March 20 |
| November 14 | March 27 (All-Community Pesach) |
| November 21 Politics and Prose Book Fair | April 3 |
| December 5 (All-Community Hanukkah) | April 24 |
| December 12 | May 1 (Micah House Walk; Final day of classes) |
| May 15 (People of the Book Fair) |
| 2021 | 2022 |
| October 5 | January 25 |
| October 12 | February 1 |
| October 19 | February 8 |
| October 26 | February 15 |
| November 2 | March 1 |
| November 9 | March 8 |
| November 16 | March 15 |
| November 30 | March 22 |
| December 7 | March 29 |
| December 14 | April 5 |
| April 12 | |
| April 26 | |
| May 3 | |
| May 10 |
1. All Machon Micah teachers and classroom assistants will be required to be fully vaccinated by the start of the Machon year
2. All teachers, parents and students will be required to wear masks all the time while indoors. Masks should meet the following requirements:
3. Students and teachers will wash hands thoroughly with either antibacterial soap or hand sanitizer when coming into the building, when using the restroom, after group activities and before AND after eating
4. All singing aloud must be done with MASKS ON. Boker Tov and Erev Tov will be modified for COVID but they will still have music and a spiritual component
5. Activities that imply aerobic exertion such as Israeli dancing will take place outdoors employing social distancing or we will not hold them during the fall semester
6. There will be no dedicated activities involving food indoors during Machon Micah class time (including bagels on Sunday morning). Tuesday afternoon classes will include a short break time when students will be able to have a snack (brought from home) outside
7. If any adult or child exhibits cold symptoms, please do not come to Temple Micah. These symptoms include the following:
8. If any member of the Machon Micah staff OR your child tests positive for COVID, they may return to Machon Micah after the following conditions are met:
**Asterisk denotes E-vrit Days
Sunday 12 Tashlich 10 am
Sunday 12 MM TEACHER ORIENTATION 2-5 pm
Monday 13 MM Evrit Teacher Orientation online 7-8:30 pm
Sunday 26 Outdoor Sukkah
Gatherings at various homes
Monday 27 Simchat Torah Service
**Asterisk denotes E-vrit Days
WEEK 1
Sunday 3 Machon Pre-K -4
Monday **4
Tuesday **5–Ivrit b’Ivrit-grades K-2, Grades 5-7 Erev Tov/tutoring, 6th Grade Trope Class, R2B
Wednesday **6
Thursday **7
Friday 8
**NO MM or Evrit Oct. 10-15 Week of Indigenous Peoples Day
WEEK 2
Sunday 17 Machon K-4
Monday **18
Tuesday **19–Ivrit b’Ivrit-grades K-2, Grades 5-7, Erev Tov/tutoring, 6th Grade Trope Class, R2B
Wednesday **20
Thursday **21
Friday 22
WEEK 3
Sunday 24– Machon K-4
Monday **25
Tuesday **26–Ivrit b’Ivrit-grades K-2, Grades 5-7, Erev Tov/tutoring, 6th Grade Trope Class R2B
Wednesday **27
Thursday **28
**Asterisk denotes E-vrit Days
WEEK 4
Sunday 31– Machon K-4
Monday **1
Tuesday **2–Ivrit b’Ivrit-grades K-2, Grades 5-7, Erev Tov/tutoring, R2B
Wednesday **3
Thursday **4
Friday 5
WEEK 5
Sunday 7- Machon K-4
Monday **8
Tuesday **9 Erev Tov/Grades 5-7 6th Grade Trope Class,R2B
Weds. **10
Thurs. **11
WEEK 6
Sunday 14 Machon Pre-K-4
Monday **15-Ivrit b’Ivrit-grades 1&2
Tuesday **16-Erev Tov/tutoring, 6th Grade Trope Class
Wednesday **17
Thursday **18
Sunday 21 Politics and Prose book fair (details TBD)
***NO MM classes or E-vrit Week of Nov. 22-28 Thanksgiving week
WEEK 7
Monday **29 –Ivrit b’Ivrit-grades 1&2
Tuesday **30-Erev Tov/Grades 5-7 6th Grade Trope Class, 7th R2B, E-vrit for grades 3 and 4
**Asterisk denotes E-vrit Days
Wednesday **1
Thursday **2
Friday 3 Shabbat Hanukkah
WEEK 8
Sunday 5 Hanukkah All Community
Monday **6 –Ivrit b’Ivrit-grades 1&2, **9th Night of Hanukkah
Tuesday **7-Erev Tov/tutoring, 6th Grade Trope Class, 7th Grade, R2B
Wednesday **8
Thursday **9
WEEK 9
Sunday 12 Machon K-4
Monday **13
Tuesday **14–Ivrit b’Ivrit-grades K-2, Grades 5-7, Erev Tov 5th 6th Grade Trope Class, E-vrit tutoring grades 3&4, R2B
Wednesday **15
Thursday **16
**NO MACHON or E-vrit Winter Break Dec. 19th-Jan. 2nd
**Asterisk denotes E-vrit Days
WEEK 10
Monday **3
Tuesday **4–Ivrit b’Ivrit-grades K-2, E-vrit tutoring grades 3&4, R2B
Wednesday **5
Thursday **6
WEEK 11
Sunday 9 Bowling b’yachad OR Different activity AC Day
Monday **10
Tuesday **11-Ivrit b’Ivrit-grades K-2, E-vrit tutoring grades 3&4, R2B
Wednesday **12
Thursday **13
**NO E-vrit during MLK WEEK
Jan 15-21
Saturday 15- Shabbat Shirah
Sunday 16- Machon Outing to MLK Memorial
WEEK 12
Monday **24
Tuesday**25-Ivrit b’Ivrit-grades K-2,Grades 5-7, Erev Tov, Trope Class, E-vrit tutoring grades 3&4, R2B
Wednesday**26
Thursday**27
WEEK 13
Sunday 30 Machon Pre-K-4
Monday **31
**Asterisk denotes E-vrit Days
Tuesday**1-Ivrit b’Ivrit-grades K-2, Erev Tov/5-6, Trope Class, E-vrit tutoring 3&4, R2B
Wednesday**2
Thursday**3
WEEK 14
Sunday 6 Machon K-4
Monday**7
Tuesday**8-Ivrit b’Ivrit-grades K-2, Erev Tov/5-7,Trope Class, E-vrit tutoring 3&4, R2B
Wednesday**9
Thursday**10
WEEK 15
Sunday 13 Machon K-4
Monday **14
Tuesday **15
Wednesday **16
Thursday **17
**NO MACHON or E-vrit during President’s Week
Feb. 19-25
WEEK 16
Sunday 27 Machon K-4
Monday **28
**Asterisk denotes E-vrit Days
Tuesday **1-Ivrit b’Ivrit-grades K-2, Erev Tov/5-7, Trope Class, E-vrit 3&4, R2B
Wednesday **2
Thursday **3
**No MM Evrit Tutoring March 6-13th- College Spring Breaks
WEEK 17
Monday **14
Tuesday **15-Ivrit b’Ivrit-grades K-2, Grades 5-7, Erev Tov/tutoring, 6th Grade Trope Class, R2B
Wednesday **16
Thursday **17
WEEK 18
Sunday 20 MM Pesach Program
Monday **21
Tuesday **22-Ivrit b’Ivrit-grades K-2,Grades 5-7, Erev Tov/tutoring, 6th Grade Trope Class, R2B
Wednesday **23
Thursday **24
WEEK 19
Sunday 27 All Community Pesach
Monday **28
Tuesday **29 Ivrit b’Ivrit-grades K-2, Grades 5-7, Erev Tov/tutoring, 6th Grade Trope Class, R2B
Wednesday **30
Thursday **31
**Asterisk denotes E-vrit Days
**NO MACHON or E-vrit PESACH And Spring BREAK April 9-22nd 2022
WEEK 20
Sunday 3 Machon K-4
Monday **4
Tuesday **5-Ivrit b’Ivrit-grades K-2, Erev Tov/tutoring, 6th Grade Trope Class, 7th Grade R2B
Wednesday **6
Thursday **7
SPRING BREAK AND PESACH
Sunday 24th- Pre-K-4th
WEEK 21
Monday **25
Tuesday **26-Ivrit b’Ivrit-grades K-2, Erev Tov/tutoring, 6th Grade Trope Class, R2B
Wednesday **27
Thursday **28
**Asterisk denotes E-vrit Days
WEEK 22
Sunday 1 Possible Micah House Walk and Final Sunday of Classes
Monday **2
Tuesday **3 FINAL CLASS-Ivrit b’Ivrit-grades K-2, Grades 5-7 Erev Tov/tutoring, 7th Grade- Tzedakah Allocation and “Party”, R2B
Wednesday **4
Thursday **5
WEEK 23
Monday **9 FINAL MONDAY EVRIT
Tuesday **10 FINAL TUES. EVRIT
Wednesday **11 FINAL WEDS EVRIT
Thursday **12 FINAL THURS EVRIT
Sunday 15- People of the Book Fair
Boker Tov: Led by Rabbi Beraha and Machon Staff, Boker Tov is a lively morning program filled with learning and song. Parents join their children on Sunday morning at the start of class for the first thirty minutes at Temple Micah.
E-vrit: One-on-one online Hebrew tutoring for students in grades 3-7. Each student meets with a tutor for 30 minutes per week. E-vrit tutoring includes Hebrew instruction and lessons around Shabbat, holidays, and Torah stories. Fun fact: E-vrit is a pun on the Hebrew word for the Hebrew language, ivrit.
Ivrit b’Ivrit (Hebrew in Hebrew): Tuesday afternoon interactive virtual Hebrew class from 5:00 to 5:20 pm for students in grades K-2.
Machon: A place of learning.
R2B: Reason to Be – Teen learning for students in grades 8-12. R2B meets Tuesday evenings from 6:30 – 8:00 pm.