Through their participation in synagogue and Jewish life, Temple Akiba Religious School provides all its students with the opportunity to strengthen their faith in God, love of Torah, and identification with the Jewish people.

From kindergarten to 12th grade, Temple Akiba Religious School nurtures students and teaches them to value and practice prayer, further the causes of justice, peace and freedom, celebrate Shabbat, festivals and ceremonies, and support and participate in the life of the synagogue. Such Jews will strengthen the fabric of Jewish life and ensure the future of Judaism and our people.

Our Approach

Temple Akiba strives to provide our students with a Reform Jewish Education. To help guide us in this goal, the Temple Akiba Religious School follows the goals developed by the Joint Commission of Jewish Education of the Union for Reform Judaism.

The goal of Jewish Education within the Reform Movement is the deepening of Jewish experience and knowledge for all liberal Jews. We believe that Judaism contains answers to the challenges and questions confronting the human spirit, and that only a knowledgeable Jew can successfully discover these answers.

Our Focus

We provide a program of Jewish education, which will enable children, youth and adults to become Jews who:

• Affirm their Jewish identity and bind themselves to Am Yisrael

• Bear witness to b’rit (the covenant between God and Jews) through Mitzvot (commandments)

• Affirm their historic bond to Eretz Yisrael, the Land of Israel

• Cherish the study of Hebrew

• Value and practice tefila (prayer)

• Further the causes of justice, peace and freedom through chesed (loving-kindness)

• Celebrate Shabbat, festivals and ceremonies marking significant occasions in our lives

• Esteem their own person, families, and communities; and those of others

• Express kinship with K’lal Yisrael by actively seeking the welfare of Jews throughout the world

• Support and participate in the life of the Synagogue

Program Highlights

• Music, Israeli dance, and Krav Maga specialists

• Immersive language acquisition program: Hebrew Through Movement

• Family learning days

• Holiday celebrations

• Retreats

• Social action projects

• Shabbatons

• Monthly family Shabbat services

  
  

Enrollment

New Families: please contact religiousschool@templeakiba.net for registration information.

Fees

Transitional Kindergarten - 3rd Grade (Sundays) $1600

4th - 5th Grade (Sundays/Tuesdays) $2100

6th Grade (Monday/Tuesdays) $2000

7th Grade (Mondays) $1300

Akiba High (8th-9th) $1300

Akiba High Confirmation $1400

Akiba High Post-Confirmation $1300